The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
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and th=r=t0re good hasrzezseoe-- and
sse determined ssD91 after h=r sazily
uzx dszzsesle-5 n the e1erUrive nan
s1G1 that ta@ rats zzss 90 An expert
was sent fog and ne b-gn-at some fer
rsss TO Wzshin<toa 10 battle with
t1eIr hereditary dozeseie ez--ie<
Tae expert carefully stopped up all Of
the h0l=s ezeep. ole. into which he in
trotceei the fe-etk The rodents sssi
out Of their ls5yrinrhins underground
passages thrDz-h the only exit left
opea- ar which trained Scotch terriers
stood waiting TO grab and kill than
with 4 shake apSeee- The ferre-s do
most Important service by seeking out
the nests Of yOu1- rats and eating
their brains of which they srs ex-
trenely fond On the occasion re-
ferred to the wooden floors in the
basement Of the executive mansion
were taken mp and concrete ras laid
down instead This was done mainly
for the purpose Of keeping out such
four-footed foes IN the future The
mice in the building are few. by rea-
son of the efficiency Of hlac. and
white cat that s-rzyed in and settled
down in the kitchen fre years ago.
Mrs Cleveland had considerable
trouble with white house rats during
her irst term in the executive man
sion and was sgreesbly surprised at
the commencement Of her second term
70 find the number OF the rats greatly
reduced She used great deal OF poi
son and many traps daring her frs. adj
rniniszratioa. but managed TO keep
them in szbssec-'oa by using traps only
during her second term
The rats were Sd nauero1s, hungT,
aggressive and inp1deat when Geo
Grant commenced his frs. term that
Mrs Grant co1uellezi the removal of
the sable. which then sdjOinei the
builSinz or the east But the deseru>-
tion OF the stable did not reno-e the
rDicut pests In fact. taey were so
bold that one Of then trippezi Up the
fat eolo-ef cook zs she walked across
the kitchen. and she killed il by sitting
dOSn upo1 t. The animals made q
ncT-o-x Of tunnels under the brick
pavenents and in the walls They
we-e rot content with ordinary food
bzt preferred the remnants Of state
dinners psrtiezlariy chicken GRO
euettes end pate de foie gras They
Eved high while Andrew johnson tzs
president because Nr- johnson was
high lirer and did not care much about
his Surroundings This was Elfortz-
nate because there x,re parsons al
TINT time resilient II the executive cS-
tsblishzeut 20 whom the presence II
rats real or imaginary, wzs particr-
izrly Objectionable Subzequeztl7.
the superintendent % pzl,lie bzildinzs
and grounds repeatedly tore up tze
Eoors and rebcfIs the sewers. bat with
OUT effect
The drst good Overlapping which the
white house has recsi-ed in genera
ton was superinteciei hy the wife Of
President Hayes in the Summer Of -
The family residence rEas taken ID IN
the p1eshieut-s costs=s - the National
SclSiers' koEre- uo-th If the city I.eav-
ing her hzss1zd tlaere- Mrs uc-ss
drove into so7En cvzr- day opened ali
the doors ard rInf1oz=s and AIRED tho
white house thoroughly while the
vo-Sr5en sTerc rz-rssis-linz sezvsrS-
water pipes and Hzsrs- Billy Crlsnp-
who was steward az - vsi;- hosss=
under Hayes Ead Gsrheld, declared