Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1890 — An Island Populated with Rats. [ARTICLE]

An Island Populated with Rats.

Bean’s-jsland, an uninhabited piece of land lying in Frenchman’s Bay, off the coast of Maine, would be a paradise for cats. It is infested with rats, and how they reach thore no one can tell. It is the general supposition that some years ago a coasting schooner must have been wrecked in the bay, and that it had rats among the other valuable portions of its cargo. The rodents are tbere by thousands, and they fairly swarm over the island. Any one who is not fond qf them dpes well in givirg tfce phee a wide berth, for they know no fear and make it interesting for visitors. Much of the island is low and flat, affid is so perforated with their holes that it resembles a vast sieve. How they live is a mystery. No one knows of any freshwater upon the island, so the rats must have been the sole discoverers of some hidden spring. A man who has practiced medicine for forty years ought to know salt from sugar. Read what he says: Toledo, Ohio,-Jan. 10, 1887. Messrs. F. J. Cheney <S Co.—Gentlemen:—l have been In the general practice of medicine for most forty years, and would say that in all my practice and experience have never seen u preparation that I could prescribe with as much confidence of success as I can Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by you. Have p ea< ribed it a great many times and its effect is wonderful; and would say in conclusion that 1 have yet to And a case of Catarrh that it would not cure, if they would take it according to directions. Yours truly, L. L. GORUSHC, M. D., Office, 215 Summit street, We will give SIOO for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured w.th Hall's Catarrh Cure. r l aken internally. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. AsiTSold by druggists, 75c.