St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-08-04

anu resumed Woman'S clothing. She at
times would tell her experiences in the
forest, and asserted that in the eight
wears she had killed $50 deer, eleven
bears, numerous wildcats and foxes.
besides trapping hundreds of mink and
othtr FUR hearing animals. She had
hahd-to-hand contests with both wound
td deer and bear, as ugly seams and
seals upon her body amply testified
f"r two or three Years after her return.
she led il mcndIcamt sort of life through
the valley, and finally entered the poor
house at Delhi, to which she had sent her
cilld, who. however. had some time be
lore been taken ont of the Institution hy
il farmer of Damascus township, WAYNE
county, Pa. named David Fortman.
and gwen Il home at his house.
In the spring of 1865 IL Young woman
WAS let of an Erie railway passenger
tram at Basket station. or long Eddy
She could not pay her fare any further.
and said she had no particular point to
which she was going. She gave her
name as Mrs. Wilson, and said she had
been deserted by her husband at Jersey
city, where they had been living for
some months He WAS an cmpIoNt of
the Erlc Railway Company. and had
rl"pcd with the daughter of the lady
with whom they boarded. Mrs. Wilson
said that she was the daughter of high
~ respectable parents named Perry. Of
Lynn. MaSs.. and that she had run away
from home with and married james
W ilSon, her parents having opposed the
match. The station agent and others
at the Basket kindly offered to make
up Il purse for the unfortunate woman,
and send her back To her parents. hut
she declined the offer. saving that she
was ashamed to meet them. and did not
wish them to know of her Whereabouts.
She was III feeble health. and. fearing
that she might hcrnmc Il burden on
strangers, she went to Delhi and en-
| tered the pnuIhou>e
Lucy Ann Slater WAS still an inmate
of the almsh"u>c. and Il singular at
tachncnt >prang up between her and
the new conner, Mrs. Wilson. probably
owing to the similarity of the causes
which had forced them To- hccomc pau
prrs. The following year. both of them
left the county house. and n"thim" WAS
heard ot either of them for two wears
In the summer of lists, Il party of fish
eInhcn discovered two strange persons
lIN ng III Il cave IN Barrett township.
Monroe county. Pa They We're Il man
ANA Il woman. Soon thereafter there
appeared III one "f III" Villages Il tail.
SI"nl man. carry lnS Il lIiir AMI leading
II half -TloWn bear cub 10y Il string tied
about his neck. The man WAS bare
headed, and his clothing WAS torn and
dirty. Accompany ing him WAS a wn-
man abont twenty five NcaI> old, shah
billy dressed. hut giving evidence ui
''",' 'I't''''Ernr' ,h'' I"' man. Mn"
'''t'' '''.iN'li ,''' htN' '">'P'' i-""'i..i''
'.''' H"'" '",' 'il' woman WIS MS "ll'.
|,N ,''H N''hr" '"'''i 'h' ma" "'IiN
r''u NOISY ana meaningless sermons.
''''''I!''S ina, ne was a Pl"Pht' "f the
ne" d'Slehsail"h' ana 'iiiit the bear had
nttil SEM MN 10y the L"ld I" guard INN
III the wilderness. f"r Nv" Years THESE
Migrants wandered about that part "t
ti'' county hNln" IN caves ana Suh>l>t
ing ON roofs mlIle>' ana game Killed
ny 'h' man Al laSi ihtN were arrest
ga 'n'' i'''S'r u" l'iI a' H'i",'h>""i%'
W@m'if @ 'h'N were h'P' >'N'l"i weeks.
W me III jan 'ht dlsc"\rl\ WAS made
'ii''' 'he\ were nom women S"l,>r-
I"'h,N 'h' H"' 'n"l,'r'N "'aliled 'ha'
,n'N ",'nn%'" L" Delaware county. ~
pi'''n"t" man ana M!ir were Lucy
''''' ',''',' 'nI' WIS ''>''n, WI" n'"
'"'' "''''''S 'h'> \"%'''"''''' '''' ''' '"n'
H'''>'
In the mean time Mary Ann Slater.
the daughter of Lucy Ann. VIII" had
been taken from the Delhi alm>h"n>r
III l-59 "r l-tiO. had found an excellent
h"mc.and had grown up t" hc an intrlIi-
Young man named Stone lived near 10y
with his widowed mother " h"m hc sup
ported. He loved Mary Ann. and he
lnG Il worthy and promising Youth, the
foster father "t the girl >;lw no reason
To oppose Il match between her and the
widows son. The widow. however.
was 50 strongly set against her son
marl ing the Young lady that the Whole
ncighhnrhood wondered. \ number of
Young men in the nri.hhorh"od we've
Jealous of Stone. and one dark night
they way laid Mary Ann. The outrage
drove her almost insane. but stones
affection was undmini>hrd. He still
"nS'n NJ, M'''' ''''ll ma, ''S' >'''''.
,t,.,;r. hi,.L fuII, .,,.,.,u,,t,d f,, L,.,.,,,-
POSITION. She told her son that she
WAS not Il widow. and that Henry Sla-
ter was ms ia'hrl aN Ntl as tiIt ia'hrl
,,n,. uiiScr.,ut ara. tu,v,u tn h,y.
wrecked four innocent lives.
Lucy Ann Slater and Mrs. Wilson
npnin left the Delhi poor housc. and
have ever since been living in caves
and cabins in the woods. The former
is at times entirely deranpcd. All last