American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-01
of them to Victor Emmanuel, King of

of them to Victor Emmanuel, King of
Italy.
Mrs. Williamson's plan of campaign is
this: Her dog is so trained that when he
first scents moose he starts off rapidly and
stealthily in advance of her, and if there
is youngster to capture he quietly re-
turns to her, gives her a silent signal and
| takes the lead again at pace TO suit her
and proceeds to drive off the mother by
barking, ETC., whilst Mrs. w. tics the legs
Of the calf or calves together. Sometimes
when there have been two, and Mrs. w.
has been unable to attend to both,
Watch" has either "headed OFF, or
"hemmed in" the other for her, and fire.
quently has taken it by its delicate little
ears or mutfie and held it for her, and so
careful has he been that not a scar or
scratch has he ever left 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 time. deposits it 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. On one OF these trips night
overlook her when a long distance from
home, and she was compelled to leave the
two calves under trees and return for
them in the morning.
AlteT Keeping tQeln StdDlcQ LOT u Wetk
or two they have bells hung to their necks
and are allowed to roam at large every
morning, returning of their own accord
at dusk every evening, when they arc
stabbed for the night, displaying great do
cility and intelligence.
Although the mothers are generally so
afraid of dogs as to run away and
abandon their offspring at the first at
tack of. one, it seems there are excep-
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fought for over two hours unsuccessfully
trying to drive off mother, and Mrs. w.
at last appearing in sight in the distance
the moose made furious rush at her,
and she had barely time to reach the up
per limbs of a tree when the moose struck
the lower branches with her fleet,
tearing huge strips from it, and nearly
swaying Mrs. w. from her seat. Had it
not been for the dog the slender tree
ground and Mrs. w. killed, but WATCH
so worried and exasperated the moose that
she was compelled to desist and give
all her attention to him while he tolled
her off some distance. On this occasion
the moose proved the victor, and Mrs. w.
was compelled to go home without the
calf. Reaching home at noon, she at
once, with two of her boys, returned,
and near the scene of the mornings en-
For long time the old moose stood fight,
Notwithstanding the stones hurled at her
and the dogs fierce attacks, the animal
making furious rushes at the boys and one
at Mrs. W., which she barely avoided by
lodging behind large rock as the
moose, with the dog barking in advance,
passed close by her, abandoning the une-
quail contest; and Mrs. w. secured the
youngster and safely reached home with
him at night.
As an illustration of the kind of stuff
Mrs. w. is made of, may mention that
last season as she was travelling through
the forest unarmed, several miles from
home, she saw an immense wildcat,
which her dog drove to the top branches
of a high tree, where he apparently felt
safe. Mrs. W., after vainly trying to dis
lodge him with stones and sticks, pro-
cured long. heavy stick and proceeded
branch below him, she tried for some time
to cudgel him, which only served to make
him growl and make movements as if in
tending to spring on her. However, she
at last got a fair blow at his head, which
stunned and brought him to the ground,
where the dogspeedily put am end to him.
Shortly afterward beautiful CIT skip was
brought to town, and can be seen at any
time at the store of Samuel HI. Cox.
A>SAOAO sAC- low oSolhSe ntooSC-hAIiAh6
came into operation Mrs. W.. shared ten
large moose, and it was not an uncommon
occurrence for her to take her gun and
shoot eight or ten cartridges at trip. As
q specimen of her endurance, may men,
ton that on Wednesday last she started at
daylight for the woods in search of her
oxen, leaving her boy at home to make
moose-cage. Arriving home with them
at noon, she found that the moose had
gone into the woods. After luncheon
she went for the moose distance of sew
eral miles, returned with them at four
p M, had them put in the cage and
started for Shelburne, travelling the whole
of that bitter, dark night, and, arriving |
here at three O'Clock Thursday morning,
delivered them to Mr.. Downs and pock-
eted the snug sum of $40, or eighty dol |
lars each, and walked back home, a dis |
lance of eleven miles, without any sleep
Shelburne IN. 81 Cor. Yarmouth Herald.