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,denr.;oyair;b8-iea-ofievs:ieisr-liveire311S-•s-ir,alvce11-inIe-liea-te.k,isis-iciueQt«B11P*1a8F8CtdThere seems to be a rat and potato bug plague this year. Rate were never known to infest the country in such great numbers as this year. Ed Bartholomew killed 39 in a short time in his corn crib the other day and a number escaped. Speaking of rats reminds ns of a little incident as related by John Gangwer, who is willing to swear to its truthfulness. Itliap-pened quite a number of years ago in Darr county, Ohio, where be was living at that time. One fall he had a field of corn in shock which was not husked, and before winter set in a heavy rain fell and flooded the field above the furrows made by the cultivator. After the rain if got cold and froze. The ice did not melt for several weeks, and in the meantime the water umler the ice had soaked into the ground leaving empty channels wherever there was a furrow. The channe ls afforded a harbor for the rodents which gathered in the field in almost countless numbers and I*lasted off the corn. Wliat was left was hauled in and put on the barn floor when the ice in the field nulled. The rats flocked to the barn and was eating everything in sight. A scheme was de- , vised to “fix1 them and it worked admiiably. All the holes in the \ barn was nailed shut except two, and about 10 o'clock one night •lohu and his hired man went to ‘ the barn and nailed up Die two , holes, secured good clubs and went inside. There was a room fall of them and after the last one had (, been knocked silly they counted the dead which numbered 3f»S. These raids were continued until the place was rid of rats.FvFctrtCfas1i
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Millersburg Grit
Millersburg, Indiana, US
Thu, Jul 22, 1897
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