A GOOD MOUSETRAP.

Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1338, 4 November 1884, Page 4

A GOOD MOUSETRAP.

■ . 'f^Bgfes "writes m the Australasian x^—' One of the best advertisements ever promulgated is, I think, that of a certain American mouse«trap.' Thert' ?fe men paid to write amusing things who cannot come within furlongs of it. The recommendation is is as follows : : — " It does not catch the inoupo around the neck and squeeze the immortal soul out of him like the old kind, but gets him inside a cordial, friendly manner and-.sets out afr«*wunte* lunch for the victim. When the other mic« hear jhim rattling the plate*; and smacking! his lips, they all go m. Itiwill;hold enough for a quorum, and after the caucus has trans- \ acted all the business that'is to come befor* | the meeting, a motion to adjourn is in'; or d*r ;. but. when thej come to adjourn,, it jis" f oiiricTto' V i -impossible ■ to x do so ' , with ' any a degree of Bucceea. They generally worry through the night, and m tbe morning the woman of the house puts the trap m a pail Of water, and the work is done. Thousands of mice fere now climbing the' golden stair m this manner. The trap is rnor* fatal tban th»"yellow fever, and about as prompt and efficient as a Leadville vigilance torninittee. The way this trap is going on it won't be long: before frotn>n 7 will have no cau'e'tejuujp.up on -a ohair and squeal i {rom fright. This trap is filling up th» little ' moust cemeteries at an appalling rate."; Thifltrap alpiost deserves to be named. i