The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1859-11-26
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told In An English paper, the Su!fo Nsos -
The most ron,aiksoie woman OF this century, was
"HARAI" sIoKAs. the bicksttsr, who Committed
Wheel, last night week. For about 30 yearu, thus
extraordinary pcrvon had lived In Manchester aud
Stafford, ~ sjourneymAn and master brickssttei; had
been twice married " other wumsn; had kept boer-
houses and served custoDors NJ tho tap . "Joly
lsndlord;" had worked at hsr trsde bhox sortsI,
and erected many, important buildings In bosh
towns; and bal obtained the rvputanon VI benx
the nost sklful hre-grsto setter and "chiui-
ney doctor" In tho nsghboyhood. she always
dysseh ~ man, IN ths ooshing peculiar TO hsr
ploymsnt; and GOULD lnt ~Ssht sproed the NOR
tar, aud at brck with the bsst Of thsn IN. Her hA
S ,ss % sS Sh.i S,
drank, smoked, ana joked with tine hardest, and
jolnsd In tine evening carousain va 18th all this
this ssr.ns minded woman oo.tr,vod q sosp hs,
own great secret and there h every u believe
that she has gone into the grave st th. sdvsno-
the whole Of her remark able hfe msintansd q, un.
broken check upon tnuse passions witch crowd tns
streets Of every largo town with tho unfortunate Of her
Hor gress endeavor on oil occasions " Keep
up tho manly character she had assumed From .
child she had been accustomed " the svore work Of
81 tho u,ost lAboiious occupations IN which
In enga~ cd, and the skill Ahe bad STAINED IN ths
trade r, vosls amount of psrsevoDg energy which
made her worthy Of better fats than that Of tho
wrtched suicide.
sumo the garb and occupation of . mau, and what
pow rf,I ssency u MAS tuAt enabled her to pmNa
faithful to the linz Of duty she had thus marked out
for berruf There are instances innumsrable whore
the influence Of love- or . romantic d1poeiton, has
clothed the form Of with tnas attire,
and sastsinsd her amid the psrls of the battle
field, In tho dangers u she deep, or In Mid Ad-
venture In foreign lsnds but We know Of no
other case In history or tradition where
woman has wonderfully rpressod her own feel
iDgs and nstural disposition, % completely Snsumod
the batits q man, and been suosr ssfu In ,vst.
ing the prying curiosity Of tho word. "HAsRY"
is with the greatest a,ihsuty we have Osen spe 10
CLEAN the flowipg facts, which, ne.gre they are,
throw me little Iisht on her psst nist"y
She WAS the daughter o. q brick aver In . village
In thu neig hboi hood Of Doncastsr. B,surs cId
well halaI co little body she u,ade 'aise-
fun In the house; and ere many years hSd passed
with me Il the roughe.t and toughest wo' X
In tho.e hard wrought days Latte H.sRisI
sToksss lines had not been laid In pleasant
plscs. She wss SO ground down by tue Iron
haId ss home that, when she was shout eisnt
Yeas oo, sh. put on ts,.red SUIT Of bo, oothing,
rived u :. the village Of Wh.ty, she o"lsd .S. Tor
work. She hsd not away from hsr fathers house
becsuse sh. Old not like work ana pref to eat
ents, ignorant Of their responsibility, had dnyon ner
frum the protsc ion Of home, and from all ths
cistions which should oncnAin tie young niud ~
home. That sne WAS not sfra,d Of hard work Wa
sptsrent when she offered her serv,oss 70 !. brick.
setier In Whitby. Though ono~hst undsrs,zsd
she sppeAT,d . brosdset, active, useful lad, aud wal
BI01uly - W WOfk- hef urSt tubfts please
sit. ndsd with success and she was soou taken 81
app entce
/ From tlis point We must drop the feminine appel
latv,, and speak Of "uAssY SToKEs" As a boy wn,
has ws.d his way 10 the dignity % o. .GLnsy%a
point we lose the connecting links which jola tli
York shire experience TO his Manchester life. Abou
20 years aso he Was brought prominently under tn
n, tiue VI tue pubDy BY the COiIs,,iuenUOs Ui
centric excursion which he had taken into th'
don aims Of m mstrimony. HARRr sroKss, wanting
companion Ia life, executed . matrimonial cOntre
temps True 10 HI, rOls a. q man--for no ha,
reached the ago whtn the average OF bricksettsr
fathers as well % jonIeymtn-h' ca
shout, and hxed his choice upon pump little ~ido,
Who kept a bo,rhouse In Cup,ds alloy, oG Dssusgats
Manchester. He had been accustomed IT, take bis ~
Of be. and smoke his short piPo under Brrsr's roJ
ard had at least taken decided fancy to BETsy hsi
sb. lie was good. d.ooking young msn Vas HAHH
SIoEIs, fur, although still undorszsd and lnnocon
Of whiskerr, ftse As spo tn as 3 womsn's, he va
Nouty built, had ospscous depth of chest, an
pair q hip. which gave an unsusl profit to hi
tslor. Bsrr then looked with favor Hal
s,'s suit, for he bad the reputation Of botu
ty well ss . brieks.tter 1t was resolved tha
they twain should become one hesh aud 80 10 tt
church rey Ned. HARsY discharged the duties
bridos room at church TO perfection; but when th
W dow got him home there u terrible row. IN
night was spont IN downright quarrel and hght
end the lsmentable result WAS summons taken .,
by BlIsY against her husband for assault, 4
which be sas condeunfd TO tho New Bailey for OF
or two montbs Daring the hea'ing of the cas-
BITsI, with great Vehemeuce, dec ared that her hu
band was not man, and that sne therefore wcr
not live " th him The created great anus
ment and gossip ~ the time, and form the SUI
iect of popular bal ads, which were sung aud hA
about the str cts " Manchester. .HAkgY" srOKss
isi uinP iron the New Bailey, was considerably p'
secuted by those little lsmtns who knoV
we'll how TO torment street celebrities, While he y
slso tho oNj ct u much curious spocul aton am ng
brethren of the towel. He, no Sovsr, mainta ned
difcreet silence "a bis sex, threw out uts that
woman he had married WAS mad, and q. the M
att.. Al si .l..,S
sIon afterwards married another widow, rejoicing
, the name Of FHAhOIs COIILss, who was . me hfo
! or twenty years his ior, and who Bsi grown
son ard daughter living with her. Ills CONNECT
with this woman, with whom ne lived unii
oon m,tsed suicide, 10 the most unystsrons pha
In this mysterious history. Bhe declares with
tmn earnessness that she did nov kh,
4 until informed the other day thai the psi a a
with whom she had been hyipg hr TIC iaa a.
years, sleeping togtthsr night auor hs ~. y, y
I same bed, vas q woman, sno n"' '"n ss ~
q looked urcn sroKEs ~ tier stopisthar ON ssrs
thai she toyk sroKEs int her nous, lu ~ rrN IL
stance, out Of pity ~ sniod hm Itoin toa psr,eo'
sion 10 wh,en be s,.s suggested. II may be thSt,
;. though on, Of ,snse oil shsine, TIE ol". womsnth
s,,sSpnts 10 onpoeal her knoN ledge Q. SroKEs's se
A sSs d,d IN reality, know from the hrst thai :
: ~ - -. son AN. and that sns WAS In ali nnot