Press: Mitt

Two days before hunting season opened. Farmer Joe Mitt placed the following advertisement in a Shelby, Ohio newspaper:

"Invitation to hunters! Hunting is allowed on my farm southeast of Shelby. There are plenty of rabbits and pheasants and no danger [to dogs] of hog cholera. If you don't get the limit of rabbits, shoot a couple of my chickens to make up the number you lack. If you get hungry while hunting on my farm, come up to the house for a hand-out."

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