Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

About two weeks since the wife of Mr. John Cobb, of Providence in this county, observed a wolf following some sheep directly towards the house in which they lived; and as her husband was absent from home, she immediately took down the rifle and approached the wolf, who stopped as she advanced. She levelled the piece at him and snapped it three times in succession without effect. Being convinced that the rifle would not go off, she resolved upon another mode of attack, and immediately approached the wolf who began to advance and with the breech of the gun she struck him on the head, when the breech broke off- not discouraged at this accident she kept the wolf as bay with the barrel, and called to her son, a boy of about ten years, to bring her an axe who did so- but as he approached, the wolf made towards him, when he threw the axe at the wolf and retreated.  The wolf immediately turned and again attacked the woman; who had in the mean time secured a club, and with which she beat the wolf, and killed him, without receiving any in jury.