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Show ' HEN AND RAT FIGHT,. A remarkable story of a fight between be-tween a lien and a rat comes from the village of Dinnington. Much consternation was observed; among, the poultry of Parsonage farm, and on a farmhand going to ascertain the cause of the trouble he saw. an,, old hen holding a monster rat by the throat, while her chickens were scattered right and left through, fear of the enemy.. The bravo mother continued to-hold to-hold the intmder until it had been killed with a milking stool, and .in spite of serious injuries to her throat caused by being bitten by the rat she could not be induced to leave the rodent until quite satisfied that no further danger whs to be feared from ib. London Standard. |