Emery County Progress | 1907-10-19 | Page 5 | Belling a Rat

belling a rat you have probably read or heard that the best way to rid a house ot rats is to catch one and fasten a bell about its neck A bo in delaware tried the experiment two months ago he was badly bitten in making the bell fast but he turned the rat loose and expected the tinkling of that bell would have great results it did have in the first place the rat who wore it was constantly on the move all night and the tinkling bell kept the family awake and in the next the sounds brought scores of new rats to the house instead of being afraid of the bell they were charmed with the mu sic had the boy tied a harmonica to another rat s tail the rodents would have had a dance every night