The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-08-13
= WONDERFUL WEIGH WOMAN.

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Highly Aooouplishsd aAd Possessed Of
Prodlgtoas Strength. s.
In Welch lore we sometimes find
things Of doubtful authenticity, but the
readers Of this brief sketch may rest as.
sured that it is is no fiction. find it in
''PeDnant's Tours in Wales, " first pub
lished In England something over one
hundred years ago. and lately brought
out in the WEIGH language BY the well
known. publisher, H. Humphreys, Of
Carnavon. I take it from the WEIGH
edition. This phenomenal person was
born about the year 1895, and brought
up at Lianberis, North Wales. Nothing
Is said of any of her relatives. Mr..
Pennant says: :
=. AT the head Of the lake there lives q
very noted woman, Margaret Ach Han,
and was sadly disappointed on not
finding her at home when called. She
is the last specimen of the strength and
spirit of the daughters of the ancient
Britons. At this writing (1776) she is
about ninety years Of age. In the line
Of hunting, shooting and fishing, in her
active days, she had no equal. She
kept at least a dozen dogs of the best
breed; bloodhounds, grayhounds, set
ters and terriers She would secure
more foxes in one year than tho other
hunters combined would get in ten.
I'm boating she was quite at home,
and the queen of the lakes She played
finely on the violin. and was we'll &C.
quainted with the Welsh melodies Of
her day. She was also musical COM
poser, and some of her pieces are high
~ spoken of. She made two harps on
which she skillfully played. She was a
good carpenter, shoemaker. tailor and
blacksmith. She made her horses
shoes and shod them with her own
hands. She built her own boats, in
which, in harmony with an agreement,
she conve, ed the copper down the lakes
from the foot of the Snowden. She
composed poetry, and was a superior
musical vocalist. She had more strength
than any two men of her acquaintance.
When sixty years of age she was more
than a match for the best two wrestlers
of the region, and she was never de-
feated She received offers of marriage
by the score, but for . long time she
threw them all aside. At last, however,
she smilingly accepted an offer from the
feeblest of the lot.''
In a Welsh volume in my possession
''Cymru Fu'' wales of the past), find
the following, which, abbreviated, in
sert as an addition to Mr.. Pennant's &C.
count: Zone day her little dog Ianto
stole the dinner of one of the miners.
This SO enraged the man that he instant
ly killed the dog. When Margaret
heard of this she went to the miners
lodging place and found him standing
with others outside of the house. She
told him that she was willing to pay for
the dog. The man, who was one of the
largest and strongest in the neighbor-
hood, laughed at her scornfully. In a
threatening manner he approached her
and commanded her to depart or she
might share the fate of lanto' No
sooner had he finished the sentence
than tremendous blow from Mar
garet's fist laid him senseless on the
ground, where she left him and de-
parted toward her home"
She died at the ripe age of 102, and it
is said that she never, even for a day,
was confined to her bed by sickness -
Utica IN. W Herald.