The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-11-02
IN MEMS CLOTHES.
The Young Woman Who Dressed. Smoked
and Was Shaved Like q Nan
Bangor Me- Commercial


In the early part of July Mr.. jess,
| Kinks, Il farmer on Main street, neal
the Brewer Brick Company works, il
Brewer, was called upon 10y a good,
! looking young man who desired To as
Sist in haYing. Mr.. Kinks engaged
: the person, and Charles Works, a. he
| gave his name, commenced to do al
| the work of Il common laborCr on the
! farm. Haying was i'm operation, ana
| he took hold with readiness and
was a thorough and efficient farm
! hand. After remaining with Mr.
| Kinks till the busy season was over.
| about a month. and being ont of work
| hc went To OrringtOn. where he on
gagged board with Mr.. Lewis Bolton,
| about mile below OrrinytOu Corner.
| He remained there some little time,
and about the first week in SCptelnbeT
! was taken sick.
Several physicians were called at
different times during the sickness.
Dr. Buker, of IIampdcn; Dr. Wood
cock, of Brewer Village; Dr. Walton.
of this city; Dr. Thomas, of Brewer; all
visited the patient. The disease was
pronounced cdiuilammatiOn ofthe bowels
and ia two or three weeks the sick
person was up and around all right.
He told the doctors who had been to
the trouble of visiting him that he had
a brother, a physician in ArOOStOuk
County, who owed him some 500.
He had friend in Bangor, however,
who would settle the bill. The gentle
man when seen told them ~omcthin"
that let Il strange light on the affair.
The aforesaid Charles Works. al
though the ecmllance of a man, was in
reality a woman. This SOOH spread,
and the person of whom a feminine
pronoun must now bC used soon found
herself the subject of Il deal of gossip.
The surprise was very great, and many
could not believe the report, but va
riOuS suspicious things were taken into
account, and last week il became
settled fact that she was a woman, and
she acknowledged il after sometime.
She had, however, succeeded iIi dis
gusiug herself very perfectly, and
none mistrusted she WAS other than 81
man. She wore mems clothing, and
assumed most Of tho habits of young
men. She smoked and chcwed with
the rest Of them, and Manlcy Rankin,
the wiClder of the shears i'll Brewer,
has shaved her several times. She
has been around with the boys most
of the time, and spent one week on
the blue-berry plains with thCnI ON
all these occasions no incident Occurr-
ed which would lead amy one to sup
pose that she was other than her drc~S
indicated.
She is spoken of n Il person of free,
open COuntCnanCe; possessing 10y no
means coarse or masculine features,
and i Of dark complexion. wearing her
hair, which i curly, cut close. Moth
ing but down grew on her face, hut
since being shaved the skin has he
come rough and the growth of hair en-
couraged. She has been in company
considerably during the season, and
has seemed to bc much inclined To flirt
with the girls. thus inducing the .ieal-
oIlsy of some yOum" fellows. She ha@
been especially attentive to Il Young
lady of OrrimgtOn and has called ON
her several evenings, doing the court
ing" i'm good shape.
The reason given 10y her for her
strange conduct j. that her mother.
who. according to the girls report,
lives in DiXmOnt. told her, ~ her fa-
ther WAS dead, they would have to
look To her for support, and thinking
she could get better wages by a>~um-
in" the garb of u man she did -. She
il about twenty wears of H%c, stout ana
strong, and ~ Il farm labOrcr gave
good satisfaction to her employer.
Saturday night she left OrringtOn
without telling where she was going.