Antique Mouse Trap

When the homeowners watched a mouse sitting next to a trap, munching on a piece of cheese, Herbert received a call. Ten mouse traps made no dent in the onslaught. Some residents who in the past may have seen an occasional mouse in the basement have had to ask for professional help this year, Herbert said. The family had begun noticing the typical rice-size droppings in some kitchen drawers, a common mouse hot spot, Herbert said. "It's definitely the worst we've seen so far," said Herbert, who operates the business with his father, Dick Herbert. The number of calls regarding mouse infestations began rising five years ago, he said. NEWBURYPORT — Dave Herbert of Essex Pest Control has seen his fair share of mice during his 32 years in the business. Then, after increasing by 20 percent each year, he suddenly logged a 40 percent spike in 2011.

” (What he actually said was, “If a man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles or church organs than anybody else, you will find a broad, hard-beaten road to his house, though it be in... “It is, to be frank, what people think of when they think, ‘Mousetrap’,” said Woolworth. Arrayed around Woolworth in the Woodstream conference room were some of his favorite Woodstream products – all of which are meant, in various ways, to get rid of mice. “At a price point of about two for a dollar, it is the simplest, cheapest way of getting rid of mice,” said Woolworth, not with the maniacal tone of an executioner, but more the matter-of-fact chant of a businessman. “Even though, as they say, we are always looking for a better mousetrap, we know we have an awfully good one here. Ralph Waldo Emerson was widely, if incorrectly, quoted as saying, “Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door....

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Mouse Races -- 6:30 pm Saturday, Knights of Columbus Hall, 5420 Old Collinsville Road, Fairview Heights. $15 per person. Beer and soda included. Bring your own snacks. 50/50 drawings and silent auction. Benefits PTOEC Sponsor of Area Special Olympics.

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