The following incredible “rat story” is vouched for by one of the well known brick masons of this city, who with several of his family, watched the performance, which illustrates an animal genuity and cunning almost equaling human reason.
    A basket of eggs was placed on the floor, and two rats adopted the following novel mode of conveying them to their hole unbroken. One rat would get into the basket, and roll an egg over the edge of the basket, while the other would lower it to the floor, then lie down and hug it with his forepaws. The rat in the basket would then jump out, take its companion by the tail, and drag both rat and egg to their hiding place. The performance was repeated and watched several times, to the astonishment of the spectators.-Galesburg Register.
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