The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-01-18
ATTRACTIVE TRAPS.
STYLES TO SUIT THE TASTE OF
EVERY RAT.
Thst Il the Way to Induce the Rodents
TO Come In a Householder who IA
perim.ntod with the Sew Ideas and
Didn't Succeed.

II any one has poor opinion Of the
intellectual standing Of rats among
mechanical inventors let him set about
selecting good rat trap. He will
find that the highest inventive genius
Of all lands has grapplod with the
problem Of how to construct a trap
that will appeal 10 the various facul-
ties Of the average rat. had no idea
that rats had 80 profound u compre.
hcnsion Of applied mechanics until ]
set about buying trap.
send a good, ilrst-class rat trap
around to my house" ! said TO my
hardware dealer on my way down
town: land don't charge me fortune
for It either" added. TO give him an
idea that ! knew all about traps.
well. now. | don't just exactly
know that I'm SURF what you want.
he replied. better stop back and
pick one out. DO you want trap
that hangs. stab-. browns or brushes
the rat? One that kills instantly or
one that goes about IL leisurely and
gives the poor rat time 10 repent OF
the error Of hiH ways? Are your rats
highly educated or illitcrate? Are
they fond Of puzzles and knotty prob.
Ions or do they go in for happy-go'
lucky. easy existence? Are they
frivolous aud worldly or pious and
sodatoP You sec IL all depends
had always taken hardware deal
crs ~ men without any humor In
their souls. says the philadelphia
Times writer. 50 thoughtI'd oncour-
aga this one and go him one better
So replied that what | wanted was u
live rat 10 make an example of, and
that Us my rats seemed to be- OF tho
sporty. man.about.tOwn kind |
thought n rat trap with race course.
n casino. few good side shows and
other attractions. all FOR one admis-
sion. would about iill my bill. lie
took my joke rather rcscntiully, !
thought. until he handed me u large
wiro affair with two stories ami a
cupola. with front and side entrance.
nlco little parlor OIL the main salon
and on the second story q dying
trapcsc and a curious revolving cylin.
der that he assured mo gave most
rats Of my kind u great deal Of
pleasure.
III your rats want something moro
exciting here Is French trap that
has made n great hit with the sporty,
arounl-town rats In Paris" aud no
showed mo trap built 10 lool; like
the Cafe Nor ut Monte Carlo. with
an observatory ON top into which you
were supposed 10 put deck OF cards
and stack few chips 10 attract WIS.,
iting rats. On the second story was
a music box to be wound in the ovo-
ming and which invited all hands TO
the dance. On the first floor, free to
all. were To bc pmced "savory foods
and other mcsscs." The idea seemed
20 be that the easy entrance and exit
10 the first floor, with IT, free lunch
would tempt the rat 10 90 up stairs
and forgot himself In the wild torpsi-
choroan rcvclrics. Tho dealer claimed
that rats were like Chlneso-all fond
Of gambling assured mo that
could hear them 40 Il game almost
any night II listened. lie said that
no had known nineteen rats 10 b.
caught u, one time In this temple OF
iniquity,
II seems that rats are like persons.
, Some like ono kina OF trap and some
another; Just as different people like
different houses As you win discover
II YOU over buy book with three
, hundred houses OF different styles for
dollar" l counted some twenty
other traps Of all sizes and pattern.
: guaranteed 20 appeal TO the fancy OF
. frivolous rats. There Is one with a
1 mirror inside intended TO appeal "a
, the fancy OF frivolous rats. There |,
. one with u mirror inside intondol Il
appeal TO the pugilistlc and dude rat
another with Il "bottomloss pit and
a crystal maze; another with merry
go-ronnd. and 80 on. Tho dealer
called my attention To the very sirils
= ing influence that the worlds fair, es
peclally the Midway Plaisancc, ha
= had upon trap building, and he assure
r mo that trap patents had been takcI
$ out ON Turkish Thcater," IA Da
honey Village" aud THE Streets o
. Cairo II seems old that the grea
$ exposition should not have hal ,
9. building devoted TO rat traps the!
certainly deserved large section o
h the Liberal Arts building
q The FIRST thing did was TO got
q trap for sporty rats. No good.
Il tried few other styles, but withou
success; all the rats In tow
!. used 10 gather in my cellar u
A night and laugh at those traps
I, Finally / concluded that | had mis-
4 judged my rats and | won't in 70
traps Intended for the less worldl
>, minded. But not a rat did | catch.
/, then let up ON traps and hunted III
,, libraries Tor works ON rat soclolog
- and rat psychology and the like.
concluded that this was sciontlil
problem and had TO be approached |
" scientific way, | don't see how
happens that some OF our German
a friends who are fond of the hopolessl
~ profound have not taken this up; bu
they haven't; it's too much for then
II rats don't have spoken languag
70 with highly organized state OF Sc
~ ciety. thon I'm very much mistaken
A., An EVa WIN IarA