Show rats will cat any thing from shortbread to slippers but so cunning are they that unless anise seed is sprinkled an tho trap after setting thoy smell tho human hand and keep aloof tho barrel remedy is worth trying fill a barrel with chaff leaving at the fop somo choice morsel to tempt tho rats appetite and an stick leaning against the side oo 00 this for three nights and then on tho fourth night fill the barrel two thirds with water and ano abird with chaff the rats thrown off their guard by previous immunity will mount tho ladder ga aly and meet their fate in tho treacherous ocean bo lov I 1 |