New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-16
An ExreAoRDwARY YOUNG womAM

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We have it upon the authority of The Co
hmbus (0) Journal that recently there was
consigned to the county Jail there prisoner
penteonsy provided with names and sur
names II was the hnmor Of tins person some
times to be called J.F Goldsborough, occasion
ally Charles Smith, and then again Mr. Frank
Belden The prisoner was committed for lar
ceny, as we shall presently see, and when re-
ceiyed by tho jailer wore pantaloonO with the
air Of one accustomed TO those garments 1t
turned out, however, that J. +. ChaIles-Frank
was of the softer sort Of sex that her true bap-
tismal name (alas! that we should be compelled
to say so) was Mary and that she has run sach
a career, during her twenty-five years OF hic,
az 10 suggest entirely new views OF female ca
paeity, than which no more interesting topiccan
at present be- discussed. Mary, at the age Of
twenty three, being determined to live by her
wits, had the wit, in the very beginning, 10
discard her long clothes and TO employ tailor.
Making progress in her masculine career, she
became barkeepcr in a saloon, and dispensed
drinks of various sorts to the thirsty Of Co
lnmbus, who swallowed their beverages IN
stolid ignorance Of the angel who mmstered
unto them. Pursuing the manly scheme Of
life which she had marked ont for herself, she
stole $500 of the spiiit-seller's money and
(still pantalooned) launched upon wider and
mOps dangerous sea of enterprise.
In Cincinnati, Mons. Mary was waiter IN
saloon, where she might have continued To
dispense chops and to change plates If she
had not thought it pertinent to the manly part
which she had assumed TO worship at the
shrine Of Bacchus. Her libatiOns being TOO
frequent and possibly too strong. she was ne
posed from the position of waiter, when, gong
to Cleveland, she became still more manly,
since there she assumed the arduons roie o.
lover, and laid siege to the affections oi MISS
KITTY O'Neal, to whom she pledged undyihs
affection. &c was a matter OF course that
Kitty should be left to die of broken heait'
mr. tn live rs she could with a damaged one
for the eccentric Mary essayed other achieve-
ments of genius. Generally she was
thief. but now and then she deviated
(still in Dantalcons) into honest ways. Upon
the Mahouing Canal she was employed 10
coerce the fiery chargers. Upon some steam
boat she obtained the Office Of clerk, in which
she gave great satisfaction, until the rosy god
once moro mised her. All this time, she was
lust as manly as she could possibly De- ono
smoked the fragrant weed. With holiness
which excites our astonishment, she also mas
ticated the same. No young gentleman could
take perpendicular drinks at the bar With
greater frequency and elegance 30 went on
our epicene, imbibine. smoking, chewing,
swearing and making love with just az much
audacious impudence as if her name bad prop
erly been John OF Sam instead OF Mary.
But we are obliged TO record that this tai
ented damsel tempted fate once too often, and
that is why she is now in Columbus JAN.
The kind conductor of railway train from
GAINESVILLE to Columbus, supposing her to no
an honest gentleman, allowed her to sleep IN
a caboose ear. and she requited this touching
benevolence by stealing his gold chronometer-
an implement which no conductor can well
spare For this the young woman Will FOR
some time to come remain ci0iStered up; but
when again at large, a nobler career is yet
before her, for she may take to lecturing.
She has at any rate done something to vindl-
cate the equality OF the sexes. Ii her garments
have been manly, so have been the achieve
ments of this Ohio Moll Flanders, and she has
at least demonstrated that in all this world
there " nothing sharper than sharp-witted
womau-until she gets into jail.