Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-28
A PENNsyLvANIA HUxrRrss.

Mrs. Charity Hsrti~t. Who Runs FoSs. and
Does Not Ba;k a; racLIing Rig Game.
Scranton Correspondents Of the New Nork SUI
Mrs Charity Hartley. the wife Of Mr. Jona-
than b. Hartley. is the most successful fox
hunter in the Dutch mountain region Of Sulli-
van county. Mr.. Hartley. who owns a small
place on Wolf run. has beea n cripple for q
number Of wears and Mrs. Hartley takes care Il
him. works the land and does a good deal q
hunting in the fall and winter Mrs. HARTLEY 10
foriy-five years Of age and weighs 100 pounds
She has had no children aud much hard work
ont Of doors has made her strong and healthy.
She is vivacious and jovial aud she likes 90 tell
about her experiences in the field with hound
and gun Mrs. Hartley is left-handed and shs
nresa rife or shotgun from her left shoulder with
ease and wonderful accuracy. She keeps two fins
foxhounds, but she never lets both run on .
foNs track at the same time. She works one
OF the hounds one day and the other the next,
SO as TO have fresh one every morning when
the weather for running foxes is Just right
she says she knows all the runways the foxes
have, and when she goes aheld with the hound
she wears rubber boots and a mans overcoat
beited at the waist. Her hands are kept warm
by yarn mittens knitted by herself. In the
ieit mitien there Is a hole FOR her trigger finger
"A ~ n
Mrs. Hartley has killed nine foxes and an otter
this winter. and she owns big otter muff and
large mink cape made from the fur OF ami
mails that she has shot or trapped
Before my husband got lame, F" said Mrs.
Hartley the other day, II had learned 10 shoot
at mark, and had killed two deer down in
Buttercup ravine. but had never shot foN or
an otter. Jonathan had hunted foxes ever
since We were married in is6s and he had two
good hounds the fall he became a cripple lie
wanted me TO sell ihem but couldn't bear to
part with them, they were such loving and
obedient animals. and after the fall work on ,b,
place was done L made up NV mind to see n
couldn't hunt foxes and give the hounds all the
exercise they needed. So when the first snow
came L tied Major in the dog shHutv and took
Leney over TO the foot Of Ash hill The hound
found fox's tracks before long. and 1 IN
snapped the strap ana let her go Jonathan
had told me where the regular runnings
were, and stayed near one till | got
SO chilly that / thought | would have
TO give mp and go home. Leney was having 50
loud up and down the hills that hated 70
leave her, so gave NV hands a good rubbing
aud went 10 another runway. where IN a few
minutes, fox came Looping along aud I shot
il. ! waited till Lenev arrived and then I
fastened the strap to her and carried the foK
home. Jonathan showed me how 10 stir n
and in a few weeks / could remove the hide
from a fox in a minute and a half shot
eleven foxes that winter. and 1 was out
with Leney or Major a good many times when
didn't get fox. have hunted foxes every
fall and winter since and have killed 1903 IN
all We raised two OF Leney's pups and since
Leney and Major died 1 have run foxes with
the young hounds"
Mrs. Hartley told the writer about seeing
steam pou ing out of hole In y large leaning
poplar tree in the Dart forest ia Wildcat rlouut-
aims In January few years ago. She was lead
ing hound through the woods on her vay to
Nettle valley, where she was intending 10 run
foxes that forenoon, and when she sss the
steam coming out Of the hole in the frosty air
she came TO the conclusion that it wa, the
breath of bear IN the hollow trunk
The desire 10 find out exactly What
caused the steam-like substance 90 issue rom
the tree oyercame her and she tied the hound
10 a saplng some distance away and built fire
at the butt of the poplar. thinking TO smok, the
bear out if one was snoozing IN the tree. Mrs
Hartley had a double-barrel shot gun, loaded
with B Is shot. for foxes. and when she has got
a good smoking fire started she cooked he gun
and rested II across a log a few wards from the
poplar. She had guessed right. for NJ loss
than five minutes bear backed out Of TIE hol-
low trunk and began to puff and snort and rub
its eyes,as though the smoke bothered r. Mrs.
II trtley blew the bears brains out. and instead
of going on a fox hunt, she got a man 10 draw
the bear 10 her home on bobsled. She skinnsd
the bear. which was a 550-pounder and divided
the meat among her nearest lakewood neigh
bors.
Some one told Mrs. Hartley a few winters
ago that lazy fellow named Bob Mum.ord had
killed three deer one night with the aid of q
headlight in the neighborhood of Batteroup
Ravine. Mrs Hartley asked Mumfo-d il il
was a fact, and he said 1t was true. ''It's
shame. and it's Illegal" said Mrs. Hartley.
"But 4 won't take the law on YOU tins time.
Bob. II ever catch you hunting der with a
headlight. though, III put bullet just as near
to the headlight / can get it," humford
broke the headlight and reformed