The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-12-25
NimTod in Petticoats.

A correspondent writes to The Yarmouth
(Me) Herald regarding a woman who has
attained local celebrity as a huntress
SHELBUKNE, Nov. 10 Observing in the
the last numncr Of your paper a short tel
egraphIc announcementof the arrival here
Of three tame moose, en- route to
Europe, u charge Of widow lady
named Jane Williamson, their
captOr, 1t strikes me that few facts
III connection with her and her exploits in
the forest may not be uDinteresting to your
readers.
1t seems that four years ago, on taking
up her residencelat Beach Meadow, about
eleven miles from here, Mrs. Williamson
(who by the way, is bright-looking neat,
lady-hke woman, below the medium size
conceived an idea that it would be profit
able business TO capture young moose and
rear them until they became saleabe age /;
and all the rldicules Of her family and
friends failed to shake her determination
In the season of 1873, about the middle Of
May, Mrs. Williamson, with her dog
Watch" made her first hunt for them
and, after one or two unsuccessful trips.
during each of which she has travelled from
daylight t. dark over a distance of from
twenty to thirty miles, she, on her last trip,
succeeded i'll captur ngItwo, and triumph
antly returned home with them The
next season, 1874, she captured three.
and the past season five. When about five
months old they have all beed sold. Two of
them were purchased by Mr.. Calvin Apple
ton, and shipped to the United States-the
others by Mr.. Downs, ef the Geological
garden, Halifax, and sent to crown heads
IN EurOpe-two of them to Victor EN-
manuel, King Of Italy
The Indians have saying respectiI
moose calves well illustrating their rapid
development IL their powers of locomotlon.
which ls-when
One day old, il takes TO catch them
Two days old, 1t takes a Jog TO catch them
Three days old, the ID can't catch them.
Mrs. Williamson plan Of campaign is
tins Her dog is 50 trained that when be
hrst scents mouse lac starts off rapidly and
stealthly IN advance of her, aud If there a
yUungster to capture he quieN returns to
her, gives her silent sIgual, and takes the
lead again at a pace To suit her, and pro-
ceeds to drive of the mother by barking
&c, whilst Mrs. ". ties the leys of tn.
calf on calves together. Sometimes, when
there have been two, and Mrs. W. has
been unable to attend t. both, "Watch'
has either headed of or ''hemIned N"
the other for her, AID frequently has taken
II by It's deiicAte little ears or muffie AID held
II for her her, aud 50 careful has he b en-
tnat not a scar or scratch mas he ever LETT
behind
Mrs. W. after tying their legs together.
carries them home. When there are two
as is generally the case, she carries one
ahead at tine, deposits 1t on the ground.
and returns for the other. In this way she
has several times travelled over ten miles.
getting home at midnight with them, after
being away from daylight in the morning.
IN one Of these trips night overlook her a
long distance from home, and she was com
Peltd to leave the two calves under trees
and return for them in the morning.
Alter Keeping them stabbed for a week
or two, they have bells hung to their necks. /
and are allowed to loan at large every
morning, returning OF their own accord at
dusk every evening, when they are stabbed
Tor the night, displaying great docility and |
Although the mothers are generally 30
afraid OF dogs as to run away and abandon |
their offspring at the first attack Of one. it |
seems there are exceptions. La the season |
OF 1874 the dog fought for two over hours !