Word: ratting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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BIJOU THEATRE. - "The Rat Charmer...
BIJOU THEATRE. - "The Rat Charmer...
BIJOU THEATRE. - "The Rat Charmer...
...police of New Haven last week broke up a party of students who had assembled to witness a rat-killing contest...
...story of the terrier follows: "The same gentleman, nothing discouraged by his adventure in the sporting field, immediately entered into another enterprise. Yesterday there came to New Haven, by the Adams Express Company, a crate containing thirty lively rats. It was soon made known that the little terrier, Fannie, who had not succeeded in badger hunting, was to be exercised in rat-killing. As soon as the rats arrived the owner's classmates were overjoyed. They abandoned their lessons, and hastily repaired to a convenient yard, where the crate with its squealing live stock was conveniently placed for the exhibition...