The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-27
With the Long BolU
Eye Natures walks Shoot Ioily as IL flies. .

Occult Method Getting Rid Of Rats by Giving Them
Timely Advtce-some Rats Likely to Ely in the
Face Of Danger by Not Needing the Warning.
A woman who lives in Sunnysde and who objects
to killing things if there is any other way, always tells
rats if any of them claim residence in her cellar,
that they must leave there will be trouble for
them Last winter an old gray rat managed to get
made uncomfortable for the house because it
sounded tho there was COW in the partition. So
this woman went into the cellar night and made
her announcement. She said, in a loud voice:
t'There is large gray rat hefe know you, but /.
don't want to kill you. Will you please go else
wherea" @'
The next night she went once more to the cellar
and made her statement:
''An rats must leave There will be poison and
traps around here tomorrow. This is the last day.
That night the rat left.
who lives Irving avenue states that he
had similar experience A big rat took possession
Of his stable and gnawed around the horsefeed box
He kept seeing the rat and day he said openly in
the stable, 81 must get trap and catch that rat.
The rat was not again.
It is not likely that the rats understand English,
but they may detect the hostile vibration in their
ether and have sense enough to- get away from dan
ger. ~ 49,. ....a...
We sometimes read stories of dogs that have been
threatened with death because of age for other
reason suddenly leaving home evidently knowing that
the place becoming dangerous for them In every
great disaster people to have occult
ing and prevented from taking trip that would
be fatal
It would be interesting to know what is going on
or
what for rats and people, ~-<
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A. young in New Jersey had just led his
bushing bride from the altar and was about to take
possession of his home when the usual band Of
1'friends' swooped down them for rough house
serenade In the rush the bride and groom sepa-
rated, and when the confusion abated the former
nowhere to be found. The husband hunted high and
low He accused the serenaders of kidnapping her
She not at her parents home, and he sought her
vain the home Of his mother. Finally he put the
in he hands ofth md
her at friends house, whittier she had retreated
escape the serenading party. It clear case of
fright, and the girl would not go with him until the
serenaders who at work turning out noise in the
desolated house got tired Of their fun and wandered
away. .4.~
If this isn't crime it ought to be violation of
A head official of the Rainhill insane asylum in
England told the Rev H. M. Neld of Bradford Eng,
that ''he would need the hospitality of that
institution he quite bald.' He added that
bad-headed people never insane, the inference
being probably, that their foolishness worked off
thru the head in some way, taking the hair with it.
Mr.. J. T. Riley, magistrate of the Halifax bench,
says there hairless criminals He stated in
court that possibly this due to the fact that
mails were short-lived, very foolish Inference Any
how, there your facts
Mayor Hawkins of New Richmond, Wis, has taken
steps toward averting another tornado by issuing an
order against profanity The mayor states that in his
opinion blasphemy is not only useless but SINFUL
he quotes the ordinance in which the user of profane
language is due to pay the city 800. The mayor IS
proclamation reads: rs. ~
't All persons can enjoy themselves within our city
limits without corruptng the rising generation by
wallowing in the pollution of profanity.''
It is hoped that the mayor will Gull few hundred
dollar bills from the parties who making the
Of New Richmond sulphurous by small, hot talk when
there is occasion for it. The mayors language in
the ORDER which is posted up in the town. is calculated
to make the ungodly smile. For there is something in
the picture of person 'wallowing' that takes
from the seriousness of the message
Why is it that the ultra religious dialect is always
amusing to the carnal mind? Rev. Increase Mather
of the Efathers speaking of the time before his
conversion, says:
ct swan quietly in the stream Of impiety and
carna security for several years.
No matter how much the reader may sympathize
with Dr. Mathers views, he cannot forbear a smile
at the quaint dicon of 1900 1t is what makes that