Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1906-12-19
P0LtGaTS
ana INSTRUCTIONS How to Hunt
Them.


Jeot don't like to tackle, and |
wouldn't had not received letter
s'Sned MANY Voters. /" asking me
To do so.
1T Is subject that should be
"a"oied with care, aud with your
nose corSei up ani hermetically
sealed. 1t IL, however, very frao.
rant theme, aud with proper m AMP
uiation eau he made very odorirer.
Gus aud aromatic. | can't pro mise
any salt sea brcezes in this article
bat 1t will be full of mountain ze.
phyrs of the rankest sort.
The origin of the polecat il some.
what shroudej in mystery. Geolog.
lists fa'l to iind his foot prints furlh-
er back than the flood. lie must
nave come npoa the stage of acti on
after the great wet spell. We have
reasons TO believe that Noah had a
good coon aud 'possum dog after his
KIND IN the ark. Anybody knows
thal'a dog and polecat couldn't Get
on the same boat. Just imagine old
Noah and his sous aud his sons
wives all seated around the break.
fast table aud the canine aud the
polecaJ seated under the table dis
cnssing the Cuban situation. Such
"A thing would cause ANY man TO oct
nervous and wander out of the path
of righteousness. II wonid cause hlm
to wander away from the table, too
We come TO the conclusion that no
polekitter ever trod the hurrican
deck or scaled the rigging OF Noah's
three IN asted schooner.
We must come 20 later reriod
TO find his origin. He is not az old as
his smell would indicate. An anna.
teur Zoologist would conclude in dis
secting one that he had been dead
five thousand years, eleven months
and ten days, but amateur zoOlogIsIs
get way off sometimes. | believe
IN evolution about the polecat. This
animal is undoubtedly cross be-
tween polecat cabbage and dogfen-
mel. Al least he favors them both in
. |
smell. His wild and romantic ma.
ture would lead ns To believe that
he had slight traces of Jimson weed
III his blood. However this may
he, his ancestors were people Of
, strong convictions and evidently
were not afraid to express them.
They were, no doubt, very acrimo
NOUS in debate and hard To handle
III fight. We know that the pole
, cat of today can carry conviction
To the hearts and noses Of his hear
ers in very forcible manner. Peo-
pie respect him and give him plenty
!, Of room on all ocrasions. He can
. 20 TO school exhibitions and not be
I, crowded in the least.
Some people can't understand for
what purpose the polecat was Great
J 4 cl. can. / understood il when
/ was only a sunny haired, apple
butter daubed youth. / think it on
ly took me about three eighth OF a
second 10 understand it after the
cat got down TO business. 1t was
go plain and simple that wondered
that had never thought of il before.
The wayfaring man, though Popa.
list aud wandcrer after strange gods.
ought to have tumbled to the racket
Hc was created, dying friends, TO be
. let alone; simply this and nothing
more. You bad better let him
alone, too, il you wish TO cave your
, soul and old clothes alive.
lt is not necessary to 20 TO the
poles 90 hunt polecats as many SUP.
pose. Hunt chem wherever thev
may be found from Greenland
icy mountains 10 IndIa's coral
strand; wherever the slick tail pos.
sum and ring tail coon dog banos
out, there you will find the luscious
and juicy polecat. lie is always at
home and is sure to give You a warm
reception, seasoned TO SUIT the taste.