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December 5, 1882
Wood River Times
Hailey, Blaine County, Alturas County, Idaho
What is this article about?
A polecat celebrated for ridding a rat-infested ranch near Hailey of rodents is killed by ungrateful ranchmen who find its odor intolerable after the rats are gone.
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MAN'S INGRATITUDE.
A Household, Rid of Rats by a Pole-cat, Kills the Poor Animal.
The celebrated ratting polecat which was described in a previous issue of the Times as having driven every mouse and rat away from Foster's above Hailey, has received his quietus. Unappreciative ranchmen could not tolerate the odor, and what was at first hailed as a blessing in ridding the rat-infested premises became, after their extermination, a nuisance less tolerable. The remedy was voted worse than the complaint, and last week the polecat was driven out. A number of men and dogs collected about the house, and with rags and straw combined with sulphur fumes the skunk was forced to leave its home under the house, and no sooner was it in the yard than a combined assault was made, and the former welcome visitor was riddled with bullets, and suffered an ignominious death.
A Household, Rid of Rats by a Pole-cat, Kills the Poor Animal.
The celebrated ratting polecat which was described in a previous issue of the Times as having driven every mouse and rat away from Foster's above Hailey, has received his quietus. Unappreciative ranchmen could not tolerate the odor, and what was at first hailed as a blessing in ridding the rat-infested premises became, after their extermination, a nuisance less tolerable. The remedy was voted worse than the complaint, and last week the polecat was driven out. A number of men and dogs collected about the house, and with rags and straw combined with sulphur fumes the skunk was forced to leave its home under the house, and no sooner was it in the yard than a combined assault was made, and the former welcome visitor was riddled with bullets, and suffered an ignominious death.
What sub-type of article is it?
Animal Story
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Polecat
Rats
Ingratitude
Skunk
Ranch
What entities or persons were involved?
Polecat
Ranchmen
Where did it happen?
Foster's Above Hailey
Story Details
Key Persons
Polecat
Ranchmen
Location
Foster's Above Hailey
Event Date
Last Week
Story Details
A polecat rids a ranch of rats and mice but is driven out and shot by the ranchmen due to its intolerable odor.