Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-04-29
Extraordinary Performance Of a Lady.

The following is an extract Of a let.
ter from person travelling in the wild
portions of Delaware and Sullivan coun-
ties, New York.
As | was trudging along one nfter-
noon in the town Of Fremont, one OF
the border towns Of Sullivan county,
| was overtaken by what l first ouppo-
sed was ayoung man with a rifle on his
shoulder; and being we'll pleased with
the idea of having company through the
woods, l turned around and said, GOOD
afternoon, SIR" GOOD afternoon" said
my new acquaintance, but in tone of
voice that sounded 10 me rather pecu.
liar. My suspicious were at once arous'
ed, and to satisfy myself | made some
inquiries in regard to hunting which
were readily answered by the young
lady whom / thus encountered. She
said she had been out ever since day
light-bad followed buck all day, got
one shot and wounded him, but as there
was little snow she could not get him,
and was going to try the next day, ho-
ping that she could get another shot at
him, and she was quite certain she
should kill him.
Although l cannot give very good
idea of her appearance, / will try 10 de.
scribe her dress. The only article of
female apparel visible was a close-ftted
hood upon her head, such as is often
worn by deer hunters. Next an India
rubber hunting coat; her neither limbs
were encased ii a snug tight-ftting pair
Of corduroy pants, and pair of lndian
moccasins upon her feet. Sho had "a
good looking rifle upon her shoulder,
and brace of double barreled pistols
in the side pockets Of her coat, while a
formidable hunling.knife hung suspend
ed by her side. Wishing to witness her
skill with hunting instruments, / COM
menced bantering her with regard to
shooting. She smiled, and said she was
as good shot as was in the woods, and
to convince me, she took out hur hunt
ing knife and cut airing four inches in d.
ameter in tree, with smallsho in the
centre. Then stepping back thirty yards
and drawing one Of her pistols put both
balls inside the ring. She then, at thirty
6ve rods from the tree, put a ball from
her rifle in the very centre. We shortly
came to her fathers house and gladly
accepted an invitation to stop there over
night. The maiden hunter, instead of
sitting down to rest, as most hunters do
when they go home, remarked that she
had the chores TO do. So out she VENT
fed, watered and stabbed pair ofyoung
horses, yoke of oxen and two COWS
She then went TO the saw.mill, and
brought slab on her shoulder that l
should not like to carry, and with an
axe and saw soon worked it into stove
wood. H IL.
Her first business was to change her
dress and get tea, which she did iii a
manner which would have been credit
able to n more scientific cook. After
tea she finished up her usual house work,
and then sat down and commenced ply.
ing her needle in very lady-like man
ner. l ascertained that her mother was
quite feeble, and her father confined to
the house with rheumatism. The whole
family were intelligent, well educated,
and communicative. They had moved
from Schoharie county into the woods
about three years before, and the father
was taken lame the first winter after
their arrival; and had not been able to
do anything since. Lucy Ann, as her
mother called her, has taken charge of,
ploughed, planted and harvested the
farm, learned to chop wood, drive team
and do all necessary work. Game be-
ing plenty, she learned 10 use her faith
er's rifle. and spent some of her leisure
time in hunting. She had not killed a
deer yet, but expressed her determine
tion to kill one before New Years.
She boasted of having killed any guam
tity of pariridges, squirrels and ether
small game. Alterc chatting some time,
sho brought violin from closet, and
played fifteen or twenty tunes, and also
sang a few songs, accompanying her
self on the violin in style that show
cd ST., was far from destitute of musi-
cal skill. After spending pleasant
evening We retired. The next morning
she was up at o'clock, and before sun.
rise had breakfast out of the way, and
all her work ont of doors aud in the
house done, and when left, a few min
u,es after sunrise, she had on her suit,
aud was loading her rifle for another
chase after tho deer. a04
Aprivate letter from DR.. King, to the
n. York Observer, contains the follow.