Show I 1 I 1 T t t t tta tt a poisoned food vainly set out to kill ra recently a well known school tench er in a lewis Ilehr ldes public school tod the following rat ml story last las spring a family of rats invaded till dl barn to get rid of tile hie undesirable visitors be got a supply of a rat pot pol son and spread it one night on th floor door of the thereafter locking the door to prevent tiny any of his do mastic animals entering and eating tilt the food next morning lib he found tohle to hi the untouched food cov ered over with a layer of chuff chair which was lying in a licup near at hand ur tit aloyed his wife it if she had been to tile the burn barn but was answered in the negative Ilo however wever on the following night he first removed the heap of chan chaff arid and put down the poisoned food rd before on the following niora morning lim he by was further mystified to tad find the bood food AA A A still untouched but on this occa 14 ll 11 H was covered with a geee of W i ackling which was lying in a curn cornat t of the premises next night the roll we took their departure dep arturiA |