The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-10-30
FANNY NOR E.
.Ur FEMALE HUNTER OF THE WEST

The FEMALE HI NTEE OF THE WEST.
The father of the singular heroine we are
about to sketch, was Kentucky backwoods-
man Her mother died while she was an in
hut. and when she arrived at the age of fif-
-rcn. her father also died, leaving her poor,
,r,udlc>S orphan. 1t is not surprising, then,
That >hr married to Missouri hunter, (an
d,,ldintaucc of her deceased tather,) double
her years a> to age, hut Just her equal as to
poverty Her whole fortune was composed
If one cow, an old feather bed. rusty irving
pan, a broken set of tea cups and SancerS,
dino of knives and forks, with horn handles.
two large pewter plates, and a wooden bowl
Of Indian manufacture. Such was the lcgacy
hcqucathcd hy her surviving parent. Her
husbands wealth might mate well enough
with such portion brought into matrimonial
partnership bv his wife \ black, bobtalcc
PONY. large wolf dog. and a long, heavy ri
fc constituted the sum total of his goods anc
,hattcls 50 far. the nnptial contract might
,,rm fair without cNtravagant odds on either
side. There were other considerations. how
ever. which made the bargain. one might say
frau,lulcntlv unequal. She was pretty, rosy
checked, ruhy-lippcd, healthy lass, with sky
,l la,,,rl,
slender in form but ola most wirv elasticity
and A constitution of the most tenacious vital
~. llron the contrary, was a pale. lean
luu-ry-looking hyporhondriac, who NIGH
tr supposed, from the wrv faces he DISPLAYED
when forced to an exertiOn of his limbs il
profitable labor, to regard work as an unpar
lonahlc sin The entreaties and example of
h., vounr wife. it is true. did for a while
stimulate him to lust sufficient effort in the
way ot deer hunting, to keep them from
starving. The couple then lived in Western
Missouri Fanny. with her own delicate
hands cleared out and cultivated small
!ed and managed her domestic econom
with so much thrift, that Notwithstanding tn
lazincSS OF Tom, they began to accumulat
slowly
But an event occurred. in the sixth yea
Of ithcir wcdlock that changed the prcscr
current Of affairs and startled her in her vii
"h"mc>. \ great revival" under the dircC
oonoihr"C cumberland PreshvtcrianS," swcr
over the West
l. seems that on Sunday the Cumberland,
discussed the passage of Scripture, Take 7
thought for the morrow" &c. Tom swallo,
d" the text, but rejected the comment. al
n'ln'rrprcting the sentence. literally can
70 the deliberate conclusion ''that i. was 81
I'll 10 provide for the wants of the wickC
"''y and resolved to act accordingly.
L was in vain that the industrious wife d
"rl with the theological! spouse. Her tear
"F!Nnrn'' and rcmon>tranccs all ended all
III hI> usual >pa>m of Jerking; but as to al
"4r7 sort Of eAcrtion he would not bulge
leg.
ann! case was now critical in the c
me Tor N'rang" to say. she still loved h
husband with a love that, in spite of eve
"''A"'""'.r dampcr continued to burn
"f''n'y III her atfcctonatc heart till dca,
Hence She could not make up her mind
.'a'" Aim. Er>jl,S, they had now five ch
'.'"' and II was absolutely impossible to su
,''"y on the produce of their paltr
y ''Tm. In this emergency. that We
@.'A suddenly developed an energy a
'...'F oi lofty purpose which the ann
"'T.d cannot >urpaSs
'"1rfa'-ahlc patience, she practis
''Fh"d 10 shoot. till no mark in
''' was her matchand then. as a soil
''.'f'>> took TO the forest and soon :,
her husband and babies with cho
''"'A'r OF meat. 1t is not recorded
mat he manifested anr aversion
''r vcnSon tca>tS which his bet
provided with 50 much labor. howe,
- h" had been opposed to the use of st
Means himself. as the expenditure
|''!''d thought for the morrow.
'"' Wild REGIONS Of Missouri at las, sctt
sunny fields. waving with GOLDEN yr
IN the place of the old rreen wo
Il had furnished shelter and >us,.n,,
"' 'oIHous game. The buffalo fled ,
'".derler into the Grand prairies. nc
=, p" Ue Rocky Mountains The moonbe;
- broad and bright on the open bott,
II r' 'he brown bears used to nestle ann
II matted canes. The rel deer had b
''"' tr :ae .'arp sound Of Cy,l;