Show Belling a Rat You have probably read or heard that the best way to rid a houso of rats is to catch one and fasten a bell about Its neck A boy in Delaware I tried the experiment two months ago He was badly bitten In making the bell fast but he turned tho rat loose and expected the tinkling of that bell would have great results It did have I In tho first place the rat who wore It was constantly on the move all night and the tinkling bell kept tho family awake and In tho next the sounds brought scores of new rats to the I house Instead of being afraid of the bell they were charmed with tho music I mu-sic Had the boy tied a harmonica Ito I-to another rats tall the rodents would have had a dance every night I |