, 1876-01-09

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4 PENNSYLVANIA AMAZON.
letter IRON Milton. Pa. to tie New Yor!
Sun says: Away up here in this quiet re2lor
lives one OF the mos. remarkable psychologists
creations OF the nineteenth century. 1t 10 nc
less than womau who IL woman Only ln sex
presenting peculiarities which would have ons
tied her TO high rank among the famous wouer
of that MY thsoa age when Thalestr's made love
10 Alexander. whom H,ppolyte fought Hercules
for the belt, aud whcn penthesilea lost her life
in her duel with Achilles.
Tine person o: whom write lives at Lewis
burg, on the Susquehtnna. Respectable. dressed
iu woman's garb. get as devoid Of womanly quail
tiles ~ an ceoetR is Of heat, adoriog her mother
| With childish devotion. set stunning aud avoid
ing all other women Chy. Iivoly, dash!og, e1~
pert tolerab1y we.! educated. par-aS1ng OF ev-
eryth1ug rartaken by man in the shape OF le9iti-
| mate sp~rt, pastlue, food, and drink; such. IN
bret, is the weird, wild c:e1ture, bur better
| known over tho whole country sido as Johnny.
''She il abbye the medium height, is 1eshy
| and we'll formed, and weighs about l40 pounds.
| Her black hair hangs loose about her shoulders
! aud seal ca? hangs jauntily upon one side OF
het bend. Her short cont has broad lappels and
big buttona- and her plain brown dress descends
| modcstly to pair Of prettJ-shaped feet III heavy
| morocco boota. white sild handkerchief, henry
gold chain, aud necklace aro about her neck. Her
hands arc ruldy sad rough, aud rale'Y encased
in gloves. She Is 23 years OF age, Was born noar
/ Levieburg, and is flom d respectable family.
! Her fat-es IL desd, and her guardian has soma
! n11, {,aY 1Ff@ haF tFt
+ travel ABOUT lrom place to pl4ca. Visiting ths
boys
| :.bhe can skate. drive. run, PLAY baseball bst
catch. Lei. talk stang, take hand at dra s-.,oaef
or cribb4ge, snoSe, dauce drlux beer, r1de horse
bsck, swlm aud dive with tho boss aud woraI OF
uI+n, ret there Is no Eezaon in tue village who
for momsnt thinks johnny Britton Is very
/ bad girl.
II was looking at photograph represen:ine
her dressed III bsse-baI ua.t. Ihose seemed
to be suadox Of shans IN uer features. I
tell you hated the idea OF being wound up IN
those tsgs, ami shall never bo cAusn: III them
again. une said. | want to keep III INV owa
hatuess although hate those wno we4r IT,
She hax u broad forehead, clear b!ie eyes, I
prominent nose, timely curved lips, pretty taeth.
round dlmpied chin. f4l1 complexion, rosr cheeks,
and very genial and lively disposition. She
LAS taken several pTlza3 for line skating. and can
outs ZIP he heste s young III Sd Ill The Eeishbor-
b ,od She sesuus to Le lars.culatty food OF ball
playing iheo"s 3 heavy uaso~bail With great
force, swsftuess aud regularity aud c,u catca
s"iitlY-thrown balls with great ease and GER
tslntg. On skates she can jump IL feet and ex-
ecute the most oi hcEie .!sul cs. At 30 yards ahe
can hit q a1au eluack the face with paIl n
~ every tins; thai is 1t the bail Ii not stopped
by the catcher's hands.
''She has run 100 yards In th1rtoen seconds,
which Is good tina, even for q tnAu; aud cao
sa0dle AMI LrItlie Eorse az vel aud aa Qu!caiJ
IS my Jockey. She IL HI eIper: rider Bnd url'er.
traye. almost recassss, aad no no SO eau 20 too
last for her. At a race or tnatcn OF aov k'nd
she'll ION .!le s7or.ipr-men. uuC pools, aud
wager her money with the rest OF tuem. She
Vii etaud call for dr.nL5 Il" AIlow!i !iQros,
pay for 1t, snolo, AID talk horse. She dstesta !
tubacco-chen1uE. raieiy lnuul1ee III prGtaue t
language, but never iu vlkA.itv. She abhofs |
anu Iooks with contempt upon .n@ person who |
dAres t. use Indecent language in her u,esonce. |
Hence, sue IL tiea.ed With great respect by th:ee
Tho know her. She Is never seea intoxicated, !
aud when at lone Is r4rcfy out OF the house |
after sunset. In any <thletlc sports sue geneT- i
a.Iv led ai} her com2auicns; and when any !
deyltrv IL concocted that she thinks is not ras |
cally Or dishono,abe, she is 1t alI times really /
ana wiling to lend a hand.
''She il nn exuert m2Ixsmnn with rifle or
piettl As Nh of haud shot Ler skill s simply
marvellous. At 1u3lt- rltchlng Hhe shows to good !
advantage sud she eau SWIM halt mile very
easily. She letests ehow aid display, and Eays !
that sle frequently regtets thai she is the
object OF 30 much idle curiosity "halever abe
goes.
II asked her what induced her to become 80
un0omanly, aad che replied that eba 2lwAya
wanted to be with the boyh- From her earliest
recoilec.iou sine was extremely sDrfy that sac
was burn girt She remembers having stuutly
protested aganat wearing dresses when quite
young, and Hlle vowed then that she would he a
man IN spite Of all Of Them. There Is uosbing |
foolish or frivolous about her, but she appears |
to be q eeus,b1e. thoughtful woman. fully cog
nizant OF wha: abe is doing, aud at all times
ready to defend her position BY argument that
has eound ring.
"She is a Curious creature at best aud the
more she il known tbs mote Of n puzzle stl" xp- |
pears. She lately visited Philadelptia TO attend
tho Moody and Sankey meet!ngs, and since her
return am told that she ia turning over o new
leaf, but that Ii not certain. She always said
she would never marry. She liked men a. CON-
panIons OUT she could not think OF being the
11fe of oue.''
WHY He WANTED THE TIGER.
Those who attended the sale OF animals from
Baruun's Hlppodrome in Bridgeport, tho other
lay (says the Danbury Ne.ns), report the follow
ng occurrence: A tiger uss being offered. The
bid ran up to 81, 500. This Was made by man |
i no was 4 stranger, and to him it was knocked
lown. Dalnum. who had been eyeing the
Stranger during the bidding, NON went up 10 him |
Ind sad:
pardon me for asking tho question. bus Will
Iou tell me uhc1o you are from ?"
"Do*n South bit," responded the man.
''Are you connected with any show =:
"No."
"And are you buying this animal for your
'olf :"
Yea"
Barnun shifted about unehsi]y for moment, |
ooxed alternately at tho man and the tiger, aud
wide oty trying his bsst to reconcile the two to-
;ethe1. .
.Sow, Young man." he finally said, "you need
,os take this animat unless you wnnt to, for ,
here are thoa6 hero WHO will tnke it off ypuf ,
lxnds."