The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-06-24
For The Register.
A Nondiscrip Doctor, or Female
out upon the Customs of Her

VIRGINIA, March 1, 1857,
There are more things in Heaven and earth,
Horatio,
Than are dreampt of in your philosophy"
Occasionally in the West and South
west, it is our fortune to meet persons
of such a nondiscript character, as great.
ly to excite our curiosity, and largely
tax our powers Of classification. Pio-
neer life, is fruitful source of varied
and unique development of human char
acter. in older and better regulated
communities, where the hand Of culture
is ever busy in moulding the discordant
elements of intellect, society exhibits
less eccentricities, and better balanced
framework and growth, In new coun-
tries where education and refinement are
considerations secondary to the al
mighty dollar and large farms shabely
cultivated, and poor dwelling poorly
furnished constitute the sun,mum bo.
mum of human existence, human char
acter often assumes places and moods
that to correctly account for, would puz.
zle Yankee Philosopher Men of
the chase, hunters ano .rapers, adven.
turers, and the wild and ferocious in
their externals exhibit striking con.
trast with the moro polished classes in
New England towns. Once we called in.
to his cabin, and chatted away a half
hour with hunter whose only society
was a lad of some IA years, (whom he
had adopted) and his unerriug rife and
faithful dog, His profession supplied
his table with the luxury of wild meats
he lacked not for the staff of life,
pure fountain of water which bubbled
from bank near his door, afforded
healthful substitute for that narcotic,
which imposes an anual tax of over 49,.
900 600 upon American tea and coffee
drinkers We asked for, and received
from him, and account of some daring
exploits and signal victories in battleing
with the wild and savage claimants of
the forests We left, fully convinced Of
the pcrils and hardships endured, to
furnish furs for the proud daughters of
fashion, in more polished circles,
1t is not however our intention to
write of hunters nor adventurers, dan
dies nor loafers, but to relate somewhat
of most singular parsonage, whom l
will denominatc a 'ara aus
This unique character, spent several
days recently in the family with whom
we were boarding. She was a relative
of the family, from whom we gathered
the following particulars. From a child
she had exhibited desire to dress in
malc attire and engage in outdoor
sports among boys. By some means, she
would occasionally obtain possession Of
a coat vest and pants, hat and boots, and
doff her sun-bonnet and petty coats, and
appear in the streets running foot-races
or engaged in other masculine sports.
This was very mortifying to her parents
who would chastise her and order her
back into her accustomed dress, Still
she would persist in being out of doc;
aud when not at school, would often en-,
gage in field work, such as driving team
beapiug up stones, firing log heaps aud
piliug uuderbrush. In physical eoufor'
nation she was verify female-In char,
acter aud mental qualities male Dur
ing the years of her minority she was a
constant source of modification to heI
Mother and friends. After she arrived
to the years of majority, she discarded
and abandoned female attire wholly, and
arrayed herself in mems apparel. Sh,
) studied medicinO awhile, and travelled il
other states than her own. She choos,
the society of men, and passed for on,
whore she was not known. Her nam,
is Susan Niblock, and prefers, and usu
ally is called, Doctor Niblock. Th