Rat Curry.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 155, 9 June 1883, Page 2

Rat Curry.

rV '• il ' j WaipaW Mail:] r;i -f l -;; A, 7 knowA runiol^er not 20 iaile froni o6r office j being of l an inquiring tarn of mind, went hunting m. his atorerooin aad Jkilled_ a bigjraok rat. This ""fie" dissected, an~d"~was~7oifulate enoagh to find * large tapeworm m the liver, whica !i a medico ,of Bcienlfiv; tastes "m- J^apief. Had he gone no' fdrfcbeiv all 'Would^ hare been well, bat anfortunately he made the rest of Mr Bat into a carry, with cream and yolk of egg and lem on juice,; according to the French styled This he' ate and enjoyed; and told his ■ servant j maid what it was. She refased= to beliero him, and put what he left^into a pigeon scew for the men's- breakfast m the kitchen. ■■'■ It was a' ■ red-haired 1 mafrr commonly .called f'Ginger/L who t .wl^ unlucky enoagh to get the head, and wise enoagh to spot tthi incisor- teeth* :»< This ain't no blank pigeon," he cried, m a Toice of thunder.; "This is a blanked attempt to make blank corpses of half a score of honest men." It is a pity to.cnt the story short hero, but oar reporter says he left at this point and we believe' him'. J- > .V>' M.