Show A hat catcher story abero aro tricks in all trades and probably as many in that of tho professional rat catcher as in any other line according to the story of a man who has made a carrel of money iu that business but thohas binco drifted into other pursuits it was easier tc mabo a living catching rats than by running a game at a country fair 1 I used to use ferrets for the extermination cf the rodents ho raid and when I 1 received an order to clear a warehouse of tho pests I 1 always insisted that tho pay should bo gauged cy the number tit rats killed at much head I 1 carried the ferrets iu a big wooden box with a falso bottom in a secret drawer underneath I 1 would place four or five dozen live rats before starting out let them run booso upon reaching tho place to bo rid of rodents and then freo tho ferrets of with 50 or CO rats running around loose there was always a great slaughter and sometimes the ferrets would kill nearly all the rats I 1 turned freo in this way 3 was always eure of receiving handsome remuneration for an evenings wora upon alie presentation of the carcases tc the parties who employed me philadelphia mccord |