Litchfield enquirer., 1865-08-17
A CURIOUS Cd ASE

A CURIOUS CASE.
 About two months ago. young girl of pleas ing looks and address caintf here from Ney I York City. At first she did duty as hotr waiter, and afterwards, thronsh some means o other, got situation at the arieties, wher 1 she presided over the cigar stand. There he good lucks and winning ways obtained her nj me ous customers, and she diESfH brisk busi ness, In many cases her Eina.ed patron refused to take any change, md thus Mia Addie '-fur that was her name fhroya apac, in her own right, and managed to pick ID an, amount of.pin money. Addies admirers fron the first, were numerous but cyantnally fhe, began to besiege her in drorea 60 ihat ofteI the cigar stand would drkW besrpr than tht stage itself She was an accomplished coquette and thus had smile for each and every one of the crazy crew at her feet. Her smiles were by no means confined to the young, for gray hairs were found worshipping at her shrine as often as the fair locks of youth Among those | who wooed her were old bachelors and Youpo America, and men of family. and widowers and brainless fops, and boys whose thins had not even made the acquaintance of down. And the attentions to which she was treated were by no means confined to the wordy class. No indeed, substantials fell in abundance to her lot. Old Mr. Se-and-S So gave her new dress ard old bach so,and. So presented her with several dozen pairs of pocket. handkerchiefs, and fast Mr. So-and-So sent her two pairs of silk gaiters, ard several pairs of Alexandre's best, while Master so,and- So gave her an order for new bonnet. Then, too, scarcely day passed that she was not taken out to ride be- hind pair of fast nags, with all the usual ac- cessories of ice cream, strawberries and cream, Roman punch, &c.
 Thus things went on-from the time of her appearance at the Varieties in this roseate way until few days ago. when the astounding discovery was made that Miss Addie' was a man Of course the manager and her crowd of admirers were both astounded and inclined to doubt their senses but in spite of all, it turned out that she was not a woman, but that he was man. M
 } The young man stated that for fourteen years he had worn the garb of "a woman, in which guise his fair and pleasing looks had materially asslsted him. In fact. he looks as much like a woman when in male attire as when dressed in bonnet and gown. New York he played the the. part of 2 pretty Hais airl at the B,oad- way Varieties, remaining there until waiter girls were crushed when he came hither. F Since the discovery of the ruse he has gone upon the stage, aLd appears each evening at the Varieties in part first Ggeaseland Herald. A JUVENILE ELoPEMENT.- The Hartford Courant gives these particulars of an elope- n,ent which took place recently from that city. The facts have very much the same ring as in all cases of runaway lovers and are thus :- Miss Anna Brainard is not yet fifteen years old. John Vinton is scarcely nineteen. Now these young and tender children contracted great admiratioe for each other, until their lov- ing demonstrations became obnoxious to the parents of the former, and they issued orders that Vinton should no longer visit their prem ises. This interference. as usual in such cases. only served to strengthen tbe bonds of affec- ton between the youthful pair. aud the smitten, young lady resolved tocurb her cruel parents of their will. Thursday night the lovers met by moonlight-a horse and carriage had previ. ously been provided and was in waiting-and with bag and baggage left the town in good haste. They proceeded to Essex ,and it is sup posed there took the river boat to New York. There were two persons who were knowing to the intentions Of the eiopers and made ar. engagements to accompany them, but by an un- fortunate circumstance to them were prevented. These were Stephen Kingsland, aged about nineteen. and Phoebe Rye, aged sweet sixteen, or thereabonts. They agreed to meet the lov- els It Essex, and left MiddletoWa early in the evening, by private conveyance. After riding two or three honrs. they stopped at house to inquire the distance to their journeys end.- , How far is it to Essex ? asked Kingsland.-- ]. Twenty-six miles, vas fhe fApiy. sHow's that ' They told me it was bl tsep.y six miles when left Middletowaa .ksBat you are not H;ddletown yet. and sure enough they
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