The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-15
A PENNsYLVANTA HUNTREsS.
Mrs. Charity Hartley. who Runs Foxes an
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SCRANTON. Jan. 14.-Mra. Charity Hartley. the
wife OF Mr.. Jonathan b. Hartley. IL the most
successful foxhurter in tho Dutch Mountain
region Of Sullivan county. Mr.. Hartley, who
owns n small place on Wolf Run. has been q
cripple for n number Of years. and Mrs. Hart
ley takes care OF him.. works the land. and
does a good deal Of hunting in the fall and
winter. Mrs. Hartley Is As years OF age. and
weighs 100 pounds. She has had no children,
and much hard work out OF doors has made
her strong and healthy. She Is vivacious and
jovial. and che Ink es to tell about her experi-
ences in the field with hound and gun. Mrs.
Hartley is !eft-handed. and she fires a rife or
shotgun from her left shoulder with ease
and wonderful accuracy. She keeps two fine
foxhounds, but she never let's both run on a
OF the hounds one day and the other tho next
so as to have u fresh one every morning when
thn weather for running foxes is lust right.
have. and when she goes ailold with tho
hound she wears rubber. boots and IL mans
In tho left %n,itten there is u hole for her trig-
inG, fox. Mrs Hartley has Killed Nine fo oses
and an otter this. winter. aud she owns a Zig
otter nun and a large mink cape made from
Bar 9esSt tns ny oyn husband oy 4 g 6sa ln 1snr;. ss 81 Mrs Mrs.;
az u ne hIlu tdu llttu W uteT uOWn III
Buttercup Eavina. but mad never shot q fox or
an otter. Jonathan had hunted foxes ever
two good hounds the fail he became a. crirple.
He wanted me to sell them, but l couldn't bear
to rart with them. they we're such loving, and
~ couldn't hunt foxes and Civ. the hounds
snow came tied Maior, in the dog shanty and
tick fSs L Msneyy G }Nspd to shs oI loot r q Ash HiII;
long M a aodf I un ,Snna q tho foS stra srac ana , oet ore
&c. Jonathan had told me where the regu-
liF r gSt so SsbiI Tsf fsat a / tbo ! shtsy { x6 mesr n Srs
Q siy up ua nn sra d SS n0 the His hHsf thS Maf I G hstod TO TO
and went to another run way. where. in slew
minTte IS: 2 fd fox 81, zane i"ping along and | shot
fastened r the strap raj t to her ar.i'e Carried aai the faef FOX
and in a few weeks | could remove the hide
from a fox In a minute and O half. / shot
with t,eney or Major : good many times when
oil: We raised " o. Leney's pups. and since
t den sya and i Mnioss died I have run foxes with
Mrs. Hartley told the writer about seeing
stsam p fS. : \: out ass Of b 5 hole ;1 In 3 large r MlSrs I ?
va. T lsadi d S E aHpp Vdl fSEo %SSrs tile CIV woods Sss d; on
tending to run foxes that forenoon. and when
she saw the steam coming out OF the hole, in
lle frosty air sue came 10 inc conclusion That
1t was tho breath OF a hear in the hollow
trunk. The desire to find out exactly what
caused the steam-like substance to issue from
the tree overcame her. and she tied the hound
to q sap!tng some distance away and built a fire
In the butt OF the poplar. thinking to smokethe
bear out II one was snoozing IN the tree. Mrs.
Hartley had n double barrelled shotgun. load
ed with Is Is shot. for foxes, and when she had
got a good smoking fire started she cooked
her gun and rested It across II log Il, few yards
from the poplar. She had guessed right. for
in less than five minutes n bear backed out Of
the, hollow trunk and. began to pun. and snort
ed It; Mrs. Hartley blew the bear's brains out.
man to draw the bear to her home on a bob
sled. She skinned the bear. which was n $50
pounder. and divided the meat among her
nearest back woods nsighbors.
Some one told Mrs. Hartley q few winters
age that q lazy fellow named Bob Mumford
had killed three deer one night with the aid Of
q headlight in the neighborhood OF Buttercup
Rayine. Mrs Hartley, asked Mnmiord L 1t
shame, and it's Illegal" said Mrs. Hartley.
But l won't take tho law on you. this time.
Bob, IL ! ever catch you hunting deer. with a
headlight, though. IN put a bullet just as
ford broke the headlight. and reformed.