Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-03-05
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The Burnham DEnn-and-woman story
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From the Muscailns QOws) eoarier.I
Our readers have doubtless perused
yarn from the LA Crosse Democrat, con
cefning ne Transformation OF woman
into man. This ia entitled ''strangl
story" and rightly, too, for it 10 strange
but we know one that beats 1t. II
Montpelier township, in this county
there lives an aged couple by the name
of Boss. These two individuals take
il turn about. That is, every three
years the woman becomes man, and
during the same three years, the man
changes to woman. Strange as II
may seem, there are some dozens oi
people in this county who stand read ;
to verify this statement with an aifida
Wit. These two unfortunate beings
we're married in 1S4S. In 1840 the wo-
man gave birth to a lid which died.
Shortly sftet the birth Of this child,
the parents began TO change sexes. A
separation followed, and the parties
moved from Tennessee, where they
then resided, one to Illinois, the other
to Kentucky. In 1851, the change
having become complete in both, th y
were again brought together by friends.
They fell in love a second time and
we're married, the former husband this
time being the wife, and pice VeysG.
In 1852 the former husband and now
wife presented the former wife and now
husband with female child. This
child is now 16 years old. She also is
troubled in 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 boy, and is not certain when
he gets up 10 the morning but that be.
fore night he will be q girl. He Tor
she) keeps two sets of clothes handy,
and when the changes begin TO come on
dons the proper apparel of her Tor his)
sex. This may seem tough story, but
it is vouched for by large number OF
reliable persons. But to return to the
parents. At intervals of three years
the change of sex described above has
taken place regularly. The couple now
have five children, three OF which call
the original father mother, aud 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.) Agood story is told Of young
darkey who was not acquainted with
the family failing. Meeting the girl
at party one evening, be fell violent.
ly in love with her, escorted her home,
and on the way solicited and obtained
permission to call again. The next
evening found him promptly at the
house of his sweetheart Imagine,
kind reader, the astonishment of this
prospective citizen when he found his
dulcina arrayed in boys clothes and
sporting an incipient moustache on
what the evening before was the smooth
rosy upper lip. Two days later he
came again and found his Mary John
(for that was the name given by the
conscientious parents) once more
blooming lass, without even the SEM
blance OF man. Taking one look at
her, the astounded youth rushed from
the house and never went near ii again,
"for fear," as he said, "that he might
get to be gal hisself." 0f the truth
OF this last circumstance, we are not 80
certain, but we again assure our read
ers that the remainder of our story is
as true as fact can make it.