The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-02-27
THE TRIBUNE.
WONDERS MEYER CEASE.
The Burnham- han-and Woman Story
Nowhere.
From the Muscantine uowa) Courier.

from the Muscantlne tlowa) Courier
Our readers have doubtless perused ;
yarn from the La Crosse Democrat, con
corning the transformation of a wemar
into man. This is entitled a Strange
Story, and rightly, too, for it Is strange:
but we know one that beats 1t. IN Mont
peller township, in this country.-the
lives an aged couple by the name Of Ross.
These two individuals take it turn about.
That IS, every three years the woman be
comes man, and during the same three
years the man changes to a wonran.
Strange as it may seem, there are some
dozens Of people in this county who
stands reany to verify this statement with
an affidavit These two unfortunate be-
ings were married in 1913. In lSi9 the
woman gave birth to child. which died.
Shortly after the birth Of this child, the
parents began to change sexes. A separ-
alton followed, and the parties moved
from Tennessee. where they then resid
ed one to Illinois, the other to Kentucky.
In 1851, the change having become COM
plete in BOTH they were again brought to-
gather by friends. They fell IN love a
second time and were married, the former
husband this time being the wife, and
iace cersa. In 1852 the former husband
and now wife presented the former wife
and now husband with a female chnd.
This child is now l6 years old. She also
IS troubled III the same way, often chang
ing sex in a single night She never
knows when she goes to bed but she will
wake up IN the morning and find herself
a boy. and is not certain when she gets up
IN the morning but that before night will
be a girl He Tor she) keeps two sets of
clothes handy, and when the changes
begin to come on dons the proper appar-
ell of her Tor his sex This may seem a
tough story, but it IS vouched for by a
large number Of reliable persons. But to
return to the parents. At intervals OF
three years the change of sex described
has taken place regularly. Thecouple now
have FIVE children, three of which call
the original father mother, and two of
which call the original mother father
These children are liable to occasional and
complete changes of sex, but not OF so
sudden nature as that which marks the
status Of the oldest boy Tor girl. A
good7story is told 0 a young darkey who
was not acquainted with thefamily failing.
Meeting the girl at a party one evening,
he fell violently IN love with her, escorted
her home, and on the way solicited and
Obtained PERMISSION TO call again. Inc
next evening found him promptly at the
house of the sweetheart. Imagine, kind
reader, the astoishment of this prospec-
tive citizen when he found his dulclnea ar
rayed In boy clothes and sporting an IN
cipient moustache on what the evening be-
fore was the smooth, rosy upper lip.
Two days later he came again and found
his Mary John for that's the name given
by the conscientious parents} once more a
blooming lass, without even the sem
blance of man. Taking one look at her,
the astounded youth rushed from the
house aud never went near it again, for
fear, as he said, that he might to be d
gal hisself' Of the truth OF this last
circumstance, we are not SO certain, but
we again assure our readers that the re
mainder Of our story is as true as fact can
make it.