Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-07-18
A Woman Disguised in Mans Clothes.

y .'SaA haNluS ooeu recently QS~
tected in the garb Of man among the
workmen employed in Smiths whip fac.
tory In Westfeld. Mass, and now that it
can do no injury to expose her secret, we
shall throw little light upon her preyi>
Gus history, at least during her three
years'>residence in thistvicinity. a4
The young woman first made her ap-
pearance in the West in 1851, when she
sought and obtained employment as a
workman in the whip factory of Mr.. I'm
derwood. then engaged in the business in
our CITY. After working some three
months for him, she complained Of i'll
health, and thought more active life
wOuld-suit her better-and. engaged as
cabin boy, runnInga whole whole sea-
son ou our rivers in that capacity, with-
out the slightest suspicion that She was
other than a smart but rather delicate
lad, In the summer ofal852 she appear
ed in her river garb in the wareroom Of
Mr.. John w. Tim. the well known whip
manufacturer on Wood street, and ask. d
work n - tinisher" in his shop, which she
obtained, ;illing the situation creditably
Tor. two years, and endearing herself To all
her fellow workmen by her amiab!e and
obllglng disposltlon-none of whom sus-
pected. when joking with her for her pom
Chant for female society, and gallanting
the girls-that they were cOnversing with
one of.the fair sex.
In the summer Of 1851, she worked less
steadily devoting several days in the week
to buying peaches, which she sold again
in the MAI ket; this led to dissatisfaction
On I'm ,T hay 81, I.ir
the shop engaging for few months in
the fruit and confectionery business, in IL
little shop she opened on Penn street, in
the fifth ward. This was finally closed,
and she left the city a year or eighteen
months ago to turn up agin in the West
field whip factory. All we can learn OF
her history is that she hailed from Ro-
chester, N. Y. and during her residence
in this city was several times visited by IL
man natned d -, who was represented
by her as an uncle. She had with her IL
little girl, some six or eight years old
probably her daughter-but who passed
as her deceased brothers. orphan child.
She boarded AT Boyd's Hill, behaved her
smoking, Joined Il Methodist church, in
Allegheny. and never was spoken evil of
except in regard to her intimacy with Il
young Irish widow, ah acquaintance she
made after leaving the whip factory. and
with whom she finally left our city but
this charge did not affect her much, as
she assured her old acquaintances that
she had married tie acjdOeO!
During her residence of nearly three
years in Pittsburg, the only one who sus.
pected her sex was the woman who kept
the boarding house. and who had better
opportunities of observation than others
but she said nothing of her suspicious
until the girl had left town. Her employ
er reposed every confidence in her. and
during a portion Of her stay with him en-
ployed her in the out doDr business of the
establishment. After leaving Pittsburg
hsr acquaintances here heard nothing OF
her for sometime-uot indeed, until some
accident revealed her sex. at Westield,
Mass, when Mr.. Tim received letter OF
inquiry from Il manufacturer in that place,
and a brother in the church; another from
the Methodist minister at Westfeld, en-
quiring as to her conduct and reputation
hereof which they could give no other
than favorable report.
The most charitable construction we
can put upon her adventure is. that she
is a widow, who, having ascertaincd that
men command much higher compensation
than her own sex, for the same amount Of
work. had determined 10 assume the male
garb 20 earn living for herself and child.
1t may be. however. that for one fault So
ciety had expelled and friends abandoned
her-and that. with more than the usual
energy OF her sex. instead of falling still
lower. victim to mans passions, she be-
tonk herself TO the coat and pantaluons us
protection against the scorn of one sex
and the wiles Of the other. Whatever is
the solution Of her strange conduct, she
deserves credit for her energy and deter
minatiun, and we regret that her secret
has become known, attOrding AS it did IL
safe asylum. -:.. ,.-..-
Since the above was written we learn
that the lady was married some twelve
years ago. AT Rochester, where she and
her husband opened Il small confectionery,
and not succeeding very we'll in business,
they abandoned it and engaged as waits
ers in hotel. After being in the hotel
some time, her. husband became Jealous
of the attentions Of another man. and had
her arrested and confined in Jail about
t .ree months. She is Irish, or of Irish
parentage; her real name is Connolly, but
she passed in this city by the name of w.
J. Daily. She came to work for Mr.. Tim
in June. 1859, with whom she remained
until August. 1853.-PiNsIurg Dispatch.
LADIES VS.. GENTLEMEN.-Three things
that a lady cannot do:
lst. She cannot pass millinery store