New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-05
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REMARKABLE EXPERIENCES OF MRS An
pREAsoN. WIDOW OF THE MAN WHO
MANAGED THE AFFAIRS OF

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Living with her son on a small farm N me 4r'iI
Of Potter County l. wom'n Who's ne ,t soif ,r -
strange and interesting. T1s woman Is MIS-. M4 ibyy
Ard-rasOn widow OF the former secretary, Oh 'i.,
famous O.e Bull-thc history ~ whose Sol"hy ~
0eona j. an in,reS, IE,r ,sI' was Wow ahen
weed and by Andrc1son. Her name l4'H W.
Frenca she having n'tH ~. o -, 0 roIy her
bones are rackci with rheumatism - i'sut 81 l,r
her husaanls sd II is said ;nat during one winter
Mrs French. una!drd, trapped SIX! nv EthI
w6ich .he aiways carried. flung from hcl' AROUND
her waist Resides hunting and trdp.ES Mrs
band and a crew ~ men 10 drive" logs on ke.;ie
Greek with piNe-pole or cani-hook ms poWsril
deere let log into the stream or breaking Jam a ne
creeks bend It required supreme nGrVr i9r "Sn-
grrous business yet Mrs French lid this more man
one sprInc earning from So 70 s. per day. Ivcn
Onw ~ ne ne Of c,ghv-four years she refers with
considerable pride 10 the time when she was Young
and strong enough to pitch logs in famous ke'le
Mrs AnIreason Is said to have been handsome ,,
and her hair turned gray. one sees traces OF iorm'
beauty. She was vet quite yoLng woman r wnrn
Ole Bulls colony OF Norwegans came INTO tost" ,
County and took mp the elvc-housand-acre tract.
She then mad been WIDOW ior iwT head
quarters and Il was there that she mot ana mar
10 manage the affairs OF the ole Bull colony. But
Mrs Andreason was not In love with the coionlsts
her Many a time. she declares. the Norwegians
would dance all night. to the tune OF a squeaky
instead
At clearing new ground FOR their little farms ne
Mrs. AndreHsou'S most exciting tlHle OF lie
was the first years OF her residence In Potter
county Then deer plentiful a. lambs ~
n meadow: elk inhabited the region IN MOI ser
droyes panthers prowled In every rtVlnV. an"
wolve, In ravenous droves made the nlEht hld"ouH
with "A chorus Of monOtonous hoWls. MIS-. Fr-h'tl
(as was the them was an expert rlh' SHot;
and has slain scores OF black bear. catamounts ana
deer But wolves her specially. Tor the
neun,, or ,bess animals was large enough make
their hunting profitable. Mrs. french. WAS once
DELAYED on a homeNard journey. and darkness
overiook her She was travelling a footpath lead-
inc from Kettle Creek to her home, when sh-
heard wolves approaching She Son'iunru ,s ma ~
they were on her trail and. strapplng her rife 10
her back she climbed a hemlock Tree KNOWN;
that II she could but get dozen feet above GROUND
she would be safe from the wolves sharp teetli
and claws In ess than ten minutes the pack OF
wolves had oyertakcn her and surrounded inc Tree
mnon which she had taken refuge. She could see
the green eyes OF the animals simmer IN me dark-
mss and directing her rifle at the dark OBJECTS
The foot OF the tree she fired as fast as she coui
reload Every shot was answered Dy a ero"I 81
OF her home and the repeated hring OF the rinr
soon brought her husband upon the, scehe. ne
"a ma bearing a rife In one hand ana a nimihs
torch OF pny fagots In the other: Inc nre irlEut1
rn,chsd the tree where his wife was captive the
howl,ne mack went scampering over the brow OF
The hill into the valley beyond -
When Mrs French had taken inventory OF hrI
rise's work she found that five wolves lay deau
a a.,h. foot OF the tree The hides and bounty
from these were worth "A good round sum. SO she
never regretted being freed by the pack 49,.
u.r carly l,.e was full OF such Incidents put
.b 4. Getting 40 old that she cares but little TO re-
ia,a IRAN. Nowadays Her time IL spent In a pig
butl, from beechwood sal lings. In which
she rocks and signs and nurses Ter rheumatic
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