| Show A rat kat A ware warehouseman hanseman hon seman at the oriental dock la in baltimore had tho the distinction the other day of lining tho the largest rat ever see malong along tho the local water front tho the rodent weighed nearly seven pounds and from tho the up of his noso nose to tho the end tit of his tall ho he measured two feet it was only after a de desperate sperato feht lasting twenty minutes that the in im menso rat was hilled for somo some tim scraps of paper aper and wood in tho the all of the e warehouse so indicated that C a swarm or of rodents was at work then the n one morning the warehouseman e encountered u the tha Us big follow fellow with a broom handle ho he attempted to put an end to the rodents life but tho the rat showed fight back and forth he bo scampered and when cornered he be rushed at his assailant once ho he hid behind a coll coil of ropa overhead and then he dashed at the mans head tho the latter dodged dospod but tho the rodents sharp tooth teeth grazed his face at last the rat was killed and measurements proved that ho he was tho the biggest ever seca in port the animal Is supposed to bo be a species found in south america and it Is bel believed loved ho he came here in a ship all of which carry many rodents |
