A Terrible Combat With Rats

Mr. iéase Lftyérty, of East Pennsbóro, living near Booser's mili, was lately very Bauoh annoyed by rats, wEioh íTief] ;!!' his eKgSj id nimio sad wOrk with kis corn in his crib, and then invaded liis granary aiul eommenced destroyiag a bin oí' Aiheat. ffix. L.; dn eíároiilátioi); i'oitnd tbée was 1;! Wlê Íacé wliere tlioy got in. He thereupon resolved to kill the rats by an artífice well -worthy of the cause. He strewed corn moal liberally on the floor of the granary, and about one hoiu' later he noiled the hole simt ; he thea cf}ed Ma dog (a Spanish temer) aüd armed with d cliíb-, -vent to battle Now thé door to the grannry is fastened vatíi a lxjug Wooden latch oxtending l'nll across the door and can only be opened íroin the Outside, and Mr. L., on enterjjip the gïailaryj drew tho door sliut aTid heax-d the íatch fall. He thon thonght that the enemy was 1u'b but this was an error, for tka i'fits Vvere more nuvaer'jiis than he expected, and flnding no way of escape, attacked both Mr. L. and his dog with gi-eat fury. Mr. L. laid on his blows hard and fast, and one blow, aimed at a rat) vmir.rtuiiately hit the tlog on the head and killed hmii Mr. tj.; being thv.á ÖepriVed of his faitliful ally, wöula have fled but could not. He then commenced calling for help, tlie rats meanwhile liept skirmishing around his legs, ran np his body, bit lus hands, aad one böldet thmi tbfi reIJt bit iiis nose. It is impossible to say what the residt of this imequal contest Vv-oiüd havo bc.cn liad not a passing noighbor, a-ttracted by the uoiae and cries, went to the relief of Mr. T., who pfesonted S, ; shockiilg gpectaclej his face and hands bloody, and his olothes torn iuto slireds. Mr. L., being washed and rehabiliteted, sat down to reíiect, when lie luckily hit on a botter plan of waa-faro. He went and boirovred twelVe cfttSj wKidi ■n'ith i hlfl ihvii made flfteeh ; these lie ín the eVening shut np in his granary with the rats, and the next morning ho fonnd, on examination, ten dead cats, one blind one, and two with one eye apiece. T'te remaining two were unhurt, alul by i actual count he found 119 dea rata j of the dead dog tliCre wfts nothilig lft bul the bones and hair, the rats doubtless having eaten him while Mr. L. was lmnting cats.