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THE MOUSE. 
THE MOUSE. 
THE COMMON MOUSE. 
The mouse is a lively little animal, and one of the most timid, although he 
eats in the trap as soon as he is caught. The brown mouse can very rarely 
be tamed, but white mice are bred and brought up in a state of domestica¬ 
tion, and the young fancier can obtain a pair at any of the fanciers. The 
female has frequently six or eight broods in a year, but at these times 
she must be separated from the buck, who very frequently destroys the 
young ones. 
The best kind of cage is that like a squirrel’s, but on a small scale. 
Some boys who have ingenuity will construct pretty little houses for their 
white mice. We remember seeing one on which there was a mill, by which 
the white mice, very much like millers in their looks, ground their own 
corn, by means of a turnabout fixed on a post of the dormitory, and it was 
very amusing to see the little creatures come out of the chimney and look 
about, as unlike chimney-sweeps as white is to black. 
The principal food for white mice is bread and milk, oatmeal grits, and 
any other common food, except cheese, which is bad for them. They should 
be kept particularly clean, and their cages ought to be arranged, and beds 
made up every day, or they will give out a most disagreeable smell. With 
care the mouse will live several years. 
