Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-18
Mrs, Frank Hersoul, Vine
yard, Shoots a Buck
Husband Says She Did / As
Neatly as He Gould.
Chased Il In Canoe and Shot When
Leaving the Water.

FLAGSTAFF. Me. Nov. l7-lSpec'aD. =
Chasing a deer in canoe isn't the eN-
rrrienCe of many women but that LUCK
came 70 Mrs Frank Herson OF New
vineyard yesterday afternoon and the
lady has the buck to show for it.
"Anrie and have been padding
along together for the past IL years
but she went it alone yesterday. wa
tie way in which Mr.. Hersom opened
the story today You see we had been
trudgins up and down the timber town
IN I.,y looking and ustenjr.e. W
came 20 z little divide three miles back
Of Flagstaff pond and | tol'i Arnie
to go over the ridge and follow down
the little stream. which is nothing
more than n defiIe brook until it reaches
WITHIN a short distanc" ri til" pond
She went up and over tho horseback
and that was the last | saw of her until
] reached the shore of the pond ana
found her in our canoe scud'ling along
behind the head of . big buck.
. she lad gone down the stream A.
SIi1ad ted her to do until she reached
a point very near where We had dis
covered a trail of hoofs which crossed
tia brook. There she took t" the tim
Der ak4in and worked her way back
: to flesshore of the pond. That morn
ing We had left our canoe at III" mouth
of the hspok and there was where |
! had thsuGht I would find her. I had
Just started to work that WIZ Wnc,'
Iheard the, report Of a rifle which
sounded like a 900 went straight t.
the pondE shore and got there just in
time to STE my wife slid" out Of the
mouth nf the brook toward the middle
Of the poIif The deer was doing some
mighty HHA padding ana 50 MAS tn"
other DEAR Annie told me that the shot
she. hid fred had struck III" buck on
the horn and the horn shows il.
We'll. to make u long story short. She
went after that deer as though she had
10 other purpose in life. Tie buck
made good Roadway and was NOR" than
half way across the pond when Annie
fell in Its rear. sang out {" her &
quarter so in case the buck land. 6
first she would be in position 70 cat"f
flank. She was not more than i
yeards behind the buck when he land
cd and as he staggered out of tn" Wa'c
she was right where she c"l'd sem
q bullet through his heart. winch Sh'
did with as much nicely as myself. IN
buck will weigh dressed 80 pounds.
In an aside Mr. Hnrsom sad his WIFE
was "VariOusIy overcome by the in
cident First she yelled to him as h.
70
ing. then she laughed. cried. poor dear
ed" the buck. was both tIrkf"d MAJ
to death and sorry and felt both pr"u'
ard unhappy.
Mrs. IIersom WAS horn in III" town :"
New Portland. but has lived on farm
in New Vineyard for the past II years
AS small girl she was az much ~
the water Rs at home and her h"as
5 was that ne, could send can"" where
sny nun Nanld take ono. When Mrs
!. Hesofm swt1 Out II years old She VI:
svtpteltx ne Native in N"rridgew oci
! nenkE4Sld fN{nf A well-known rive"
:. tlx{vkrfnfd A0t time was ir charS" "
64E@Cf rt1crmen engaged in takIn'
10 dt{s&. x ltbg pine out Of Sandy riv
s1SsMA2cA666kticsi into the Kcnnchcc on
putRe CT Point. The water p"ure'
:. o. h5ffhrough Bombazeen rips Xix
1E1nd and as III" rear or N
ris195 Ne went over, the men prepare
StufnA9the rapids in the batcau- l-it
tle Anrie Dyer was on the bank rs m
boats were about t. be- sent thr"ug
the churning waters and she asked tn
foreman if she could z" along. tn
foreman gave one glanC" at the thii
and then asked:
Can you swim"
Yes. but you are not going T.
swamp. ar" YOU" was the return.
The riverman reached out his han'
and the little girl Of II STEPPED over tn
side of the boat. She dropped down he
tween the feet of the foreman who wa
handling in the siren. He seized
rubber coat and cast il about the chill
and gave the order To get into-the cur
rent. The great boat b"wled along
''ap"d high with the bow and stern
me water dashed high on either side
'f' foam tcw in AL directions The hi
cars were worked (" steady the Graf
on rs course bow and stern paddle
were Piled as only experts know how.
Twice tho foreman glanced down a
re child and each time she glanced u
at him. He smiled and so did she
She was going through water no WON
an had ever travcrscd before or ia
ever traverscd since. Tie grea; swell
east barrels Of water into the boat bu
lie little girl kept her feet on the se;,
idlis a'.d escaped wettinG.
When finally the batcau swung in
u the big bay at the foot IF the rapid
aid later by few seconds when it
I'o" ground on the pchbly beach. til
ioreTan helped the child over the sid
VI me boat t" the shcre and asked:
weren't you frightened"
ihow. that's heaps Of fun" was Ill
FplG ~ the child. The foreman ha
Written this story.