The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-12
A GIRL WHO is DEATH ON GEESE.
Monie Morgan Kills Nearly 10000
Birds in One Season.
From the San Francisco Call.

FROM tHc cuH pTuVCtsCO Cutts
Miss Mollie Morgan is probably as pretty
a girl as ever blossomed on the Colusa plains
and is decidedly more distinguished as
rife snot than any other Of her sex In Cali
fornia.
She can tell stories of her work In shoot
ing geese that would make the most cred
uloua doubtful unless he heard the advent
ures from her own lips.
"Do you want to meet the greatest girl
shooter in the worldr' asked Michael
Francis Donleavy OF Call man yesterday.
The desire of meeting such noted per-
sonage was readily admitted. and in few
moments she was found in the hotel at the
corner OF Fifth and Mission streets.
She was in the parlor standing before
window aud gazing out upon the dismal
prospect as the rain fell IN torrents. While
approschiug her it was noticed that she
had her arms up as ii she were In the attl-
tude of firing at something with a gun.
When addressed Miss Molie turned sud-
denly round, and on being introduced she
blushed deeply and laughed, saying:
"You have caught me In the act"
And what act is that"
30, Of shooting geese. This ts the time
of the year that we shoot geese up in Co
luss, and l should be there to help"
do you shoot geeser
Certainly. have been a shotgun and
rifle shot since was ~ years OF age"
"And you are now-ah, beg pardon" and
her interviewer was thinking of blushing
when she stopped the rush of blood to his
cheeks by replying
Seventeen. That's all right. It's no
trausgressiou with me to inquire my age
You are reporter and want TO know
something about herding geese In Colesa,
your friend says" she ratified away in the
most composed manner. well" she re-
sumed. thoughtfully, "it is lots OF fun for
me at least, but I've never met q real live
reporter before. l suppose. though. they
are no worse than millions Of other geese
that have met. But then had gun"
Her father came In at this juncture and
hearing the last ramark laughed. Several
other people also laughed.
Fearing that she might get q gun, Miss
Mollie was quickly asked:
"Did you say millions"
Exactly" was the answer. "Don't be
alarmed at that. I'm inside the limit, be-
cause have il down to q Mathematical
certainty. / have seen over 5000 acres
covered with them, ard estimating 1000
birds to the acre, there would be 5000, 900,
and l am putting IL low because i do not
want to be accused Of exsggeration."
you WON'T" was the only response that
her uuestioner could summon up, as her
large black eyes sparkled with merriment
at the aInaZ6ul0lb Bu0 udu EEU0uCSus
That's right" chimed In the proud
father. Now, Mollie, tell him what you
did last year."
yves, sir, but It may not be believed.
| You see, / now shoot rife altogether
winchester. Formerly l used a shotgun,
but soon learned by experience that could
not get in range. The object. OF course.
was simply to keep the geese OFF the grow
ing grain.
having them $50 month for their services.
| They used old army musket3 loaded with
shot. 1t was seldom that any of the men
ever killed a goose. All they wanted to do
was to brighten them. When the bounty
was offered by the county for the head Of
each goose, / adopted the Winchester.
Father paid me $40 month, and sold my
heads to the county at the rate OF cents
per head.
Last year was my largest record. The
season began in November, and, as usual,
| lasted 80 months or thereabouts. During
that time I herded every day and killed
| 9.S55 geese. wanted to make even 300 in
bounty money. but could not quite reach
that sum-. This year expected to DO better,
had to come down here and help father to
| do some business"
with this last remark Miss Mollie, or
Mary Elizabeth Morgan, as she writes IL on
the back OF her photographs, hesved q sigh.
''But l will be up there tomorrow
THAT is a large-sized story, Miss Mollie,
was suggested. ut would be awful to ask
YOU how many you ever killed at one shot. "
~ really could not tell" was the reply.
~ have crept up through a swale or water
way onto acres of geese and emptied my
entire sixteen shots into the flock before
they got out of range"
"And you picked up"
.Just sixty-seven. You know sometimes
one shot went through half dozen OF them.
That is the largest work ever did without
raIoading. When there is small flock do
some fancy shooting by taking their head:
IN I can do that forty nine times out Of
ffty at the range Of 100 yards.
''If you don't believe it come up there this
vvintsr and we'll show you. Get of at Max
we'll and it's only seven miles. Wen treat
you we'll"
| -, -. xvn,td vou think OF me IN I were