Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-07-01
FANNY MOORE,
TuE rIMALE HtNri or THE WE>1

TDE fIMAIE III MI " IhI Nk>j'
Th, ta,her Of the singular Heroine we are
ubuut to sketch was kemuckv BackwoOdsmln
Her mother died while she was AT. lntini, and
when she arrived at the uge Of fifteen. her
father also died. leaving her, poor irlcndlcs'
orphan. 1t is not surprising, then. at tins tend
er age, she urlirled II Missouri hunter, an ac
uualntance OF her deceased ia'hnr,l double her
yrars rs to age, hut Just her rquil ia poverty.
Her " Guc fortune was composed OF COW. an
old ituthcr bed, Il rusty ifylny pan, "A broken
- OF tea cups and sauc 'rS, ditto Of knives and
forks, with torn hluii's. tv0 large pewter
plates, aud wupdru uon ui Indian ni,Uu;IC-
turc. Such was tie l"gacy hCquehlhcd bE her
sityiliuL parent. nr hu.bauu's WelIti might
iu,rr well cnough vita >''ch portion brought
iulu lnati'lnoulo! partnership 10y i wlc a
black, bobtaIlfd pum!, lur-e "o.i Gog, and
long heavy rit!e, culls;tG;cd the sum total OF
his goods and chal,cls. 50 far the n.u;url
contract might seem far, without cytravagant
odds on clt.er side. There were other consider
a,lun-, however, which made til" bargain, one
might SAY irauGul"Hty un"Gud. She vas a
pretty rosy -chrtAel, ruby llppcd. healthy lass,
wtl SKY b.ue eyes. golden nE2iCiS. ana a
chr".v !. uLh, slender IL form, bat ct "hy
ensu Ity, and CONS llutIon oi tic most tcna-
L ou, vitality. lie, on the Contrary was pale,
lean. uhlHTN 'IoONI!P ny 'JSH'tii'Ni "'4' "l' "a
be supposed, irou. iIe wry lace, he displayed
when forced to an eXrrtlnn Ot ms limbs III pro-
fl able labor to regard work as an unpirdon-
able sin The entrcalles anI cN Nimplc Of In,
young WIFE, II Is tur, dId for while stimulate
hin to usi su lrnt effort, IN the way Of deer
hunting, to keep them from starving. The
couple then lly ID III Western Missouri. Fanny,
/ with hex Gwn delicate hands, cleared ont and
cultivated small ii Id, and napagcd her do.
mcs'ic economy with 50 InuCE tllnt, til It, not
wuhslandlng the iazlncss Of Tom, they began
to accumulate slowly.
Egt an event occurred, IL the sixth year OF
their Wedlock, tina. cnauged the present curgcn,
OF affairs aud startled her IN her wild schemes
A great revival" under the gu ,dance OF the
'Cumbcrland PresbyterlanS,' swept over the
West.
| seem, that on Sunday, the Cunbcrlandcl
discussed the passage of scripture, " Take IL
lhought toi the morrow &c. Tom swallowed
the text, but rejected the comment, aud m,in
terprelng the sentence, literally came to tb,
deliberate Conclusion, that ii was SINFUL tc
provide for the walt, ut the wicked body anc
resolved 10 act aCCOriInLly.
II was III VAIN that the industrious wife de
batcd with the Theological spouse. Her tears
arguments and rcmunslranccs all ended alike
III his usual splsm Of jerking; but as TO any
other SORT Of CXCytIOn lie would not bulge
peg.
Tannv's case was now critical in the extreme
for, strange to say, She still loved her HUSBAND
with love that, ld spite of every imaginable
dImper, continued to burn on arienlIy III he
aticctlunte heart till death. She could no
lHake up her mnd to leave hln. Besides, they
had now five chl ireu, aud 1t was absouteI!
mposslble to support family on the produ; :,
of their pHltry, stony farm. In this emergency
that weak woman suddenly DEVELOPED an cuer
~ und inylnc bIlrty of lofty purp 81, winch th'
annals of the world cannot surplss
with inieaug able patience, she praictlscl
and learned TO shoot, ull no marks nan IN
Missouri was her match, and then as a suhtarl
huulfcss, took I, the forest, and soon supplet
her husband aud babies VITA IA choice abun
dance of meat. 1t Is nCt recorded OF More tina
he manifested any aversion towards the vcnlso
feasts which hls better hGlf Progsded with 5
much labor, however much he had been op
posed to the use OF such tOOr'd y means huseli
AS the cXpcn lluce u one uCGLiul thought 10
I morrow.
The wld region of Missouri at last settle
up, sunny fields, waving III g'lden gram
stood III the place Of he old green woods tha
haG furnished shelter and susenInce for In
copious game. The buffalo fled further of
deeper IN the grand pralrles, nearer to tn
Rocky Mountains. The m1onbenn,s fell broa
. and bright on the open bottoms where In
y brown bears used to nestle among the matte
; canes. The red dear hId he ~ scl c ava
by the sharp sound OF Co llns' axes. becam
neccessury tina, Fanny should move. She SO!
her slender improvement on the banks oi Iii
t SILVER Osagc, for cart, yoke of oxen, aud