Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

     Among the various poisons and other means of destroying these obnoxious animals, I have always found the following to be most effective, but simple and harmless, plan of ridding my premises of these vermin:-Take a few fresh corks; grind them down into small particles; fry them, in the common way, with a little butter or fat; place it, while warm, at the places where the rats are plenty, and, if possible, when they may eat the dose undisturbed by any noise. Leave no water within their reach, and, in a few days, not a vestige of the creatures is to be seen.-Weekly Messenger.