The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-03-09

V0sS AssOOSAWsNs
About Her.
A few days ago We cut from IN ex-
change the following item:
"A woman has been working Ut
Sacramento as = barber for the last
six months, dressed - man, and
her secret was only discovered by an
event which is likely to happen in
every we'll regulated family"
We paid little attention to it then,
thinking it might be one Of those
many stories which wicked editors
are apt to get up At times to fill up
their columns, but it seems now that
We we're mistaken, IS our readers
viii see from the following which We
copy from the San Francisco UtrOni-
Gle, Of the I'd ult:
"The two or three line items which
appeared last week in most Of the
daily press of this city, announcing
that 4 Sacramento barber named
Harris, had been discovered TO be a
female, and was arrested for wearing
male attire, scarcely elected remark
in Oakland at the time, but yester-
day, on the return to that city from
Sacramento of one of its veteran
Democratic leaders, the brief item
was remembered, referred to and
much discussed, for the Democratic
chieftain brought the news from the
Capital city that the party arrested
was none other than Bill Harris,
who had lathered and shaved in Oak
land for four long years. without be-
ing discovered that he was q she.
Among the habitues Of the various
barber shops and among the 6remen
of Oakland, sBilp Harris was freely
discussed yesterday afternoon, and
now since he has turned out to be a
she, many funny things were thought
of that she did when he lived in Oak
land. He was remembered as
handsome looking, smooth faced
young man Of good and temperate
habits, graceful figure and tapering
fingers; and one prominent tonsorial
artist, who worked side by side with
sBilp for ono whole year, remem-
bered having asked him why his ears
were pierced, when reply was that
she did it on account of his weak
eyes. And again it was remembered
that when 'BilP was once reminded
of his striking likeness to Miss Mary
Vane, OF Canada, he blushed clear up
to the roots of her hair. Yet of all
this nothing more was thought at the
time than that sBilrs' excessive mod
esty was so stirred by the flattery of
being favorably compared with
handsome girl that he showed
suffusion Of red color in her cheeks
that confused him. From what could
be learned of this freak-struck maid
on she came to this State from Bos-
ton about six years ago; resided in
one of the lower countries for year,
where he tended bar, but soon after
fed that portion of the State for
shooting the life out OF one Of band
Of Greasers who were in the habit Of
imposing on her employer by drink
ing his merchandise without pay.
She appeared in Oakland about four
years ago, working the first six
months in barber shop near the
southeast corner of Broadway and
Seventh street. Soon after 'BilP
opened . shop of his own on Seventh
street, between Broadway and Wash
ington, which he conducted success
fully for eight months, when she
pro6ted by IN opportunity and sold
out for handsome bonus, agreeing,
however, not to open another shop in
Oakland for one year, She commit
ted breach Of promise, however, and
soon fitted up the elegant tonsorial !,
parlors on Broadway now occupied
by Jerry Bowman and Gus Myers,
on the windows OF which can yet be
deciphered-'W. K. Harris Tonsor-
ial Rooms During the year she was
the proprietor of this shop, Bill &C. ,
cupied room with present officer !
Of the Oakland Fire Department, but :
who then kept restaurant on South i
street. The boys Who run with the
had considerable fun yester- /
day with their ex restaurant comrade, !
who declared, with child-like sim .
plicity, that he never saw anything
ungentlemanly in the lady-like de- :
pertinent of 'Bill' Harris. For having !
opened this latter shop, 'Bilp got her. :
self into lingering and expensive :
lawsuit, which caused her to fall so
far behind in her rent that finally ,
Colonel HaniGn, her landlord, took
the shop from her. sBill left Oak ,
land soon after this-some eighteen
months since-and nothing has since
been heard of her until the appear
anee of the little item referred to,
which it has since been discovered
to mean none other than the identical
'Bill' Harris, who is so we'll remem-
bered in Oakland"
STRANGE Scientific Eanss