The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-20
In Mems Clothes.

IN the early part OF July MT. JESSE
Kinks, farmer on Main street, near thu
Brewer Brick Company Works, in Brewer
was called upon by good looking young
man who desired to assist in haying. Mr.
Kinks engaged the person, and Charles
Works, as he gave his name, commenced
to do all the work of common laborel
on the farm. Haying was in operation
and he took hold with readiness and was
thorough and efficient farm hand. After
remaining with Mr.. Kinks till the busy
season was over, about a month, and, be-
ing out of work, he went to Orrington
where he engaged board with Mr.. Lewis
Cotton, about mile below Orrington
Corner. He remained there some little
time, and about the first week in Sep
TENDER was taken sick.
Several physicians were called at diff.
ferent times during the sickness. Dr.
Buker, of Hampden; DR.. Woodcock, OF
Brewer village; DR.. Walton, of this city,
and DR.. Thomas, of Brewer, all visited
the patient. The disease was pronounced
inflammation of the bowels, and in two
or three weeks the sick person was up
and around all right. He told the doc
tors who had been to the trouble of Wis
iting him that he had brother, a physi-
clan in Aroostook county, who owed him
some $500. He had q friend in Bangor,
however, who would settle the bill. The
gentleman, when seen, told them some
thing that let a strange light on the af-
fair. The aforesaid Charles Works, al
though the semblance of man, was in
reality woman. This soon spread, and
the person of whom a feminine pronoun
must now be used, soon found herself
the subject of deal of gossip. The
surprise was very great, and many could
not believe the report, but various sus-
picious things were taken in account, and
last week it became settled fact that she
was a woman, and she acknowledged it
after some time.
She had, however, succeeded in dis
guising herself very perfectly, and none
mistrusted she was other than a man.
She wore mems clothing, and assumed
most CT the habits of young men. She
smoked and chewed with the rest of
them, and Manly Rankin, the wielder of
the shears in Brewer, has shaved her sew
eral times. She has been around with
boys most of the time and spent one
week on the blueberry plains with them.
On all these occasions no incident &C.
Cured which would lead any one to sup
pose that she was other than her dress
indicated
she is spoken of as a person of free,
open cOuntenance, possessing by no
means coarse or masculine features, and
is of dark complexion, wearing her hair,
which is curly, cut close. Nothing but
down grew on her face, but since being
shaved the skin has become rough and
the growth of hair encouraged. She has
been in company considerably during the
season, and has seemed to be much in
clined to tlirt with the girls, thus Undue
ing the jealousy of some young fellows.
She has been especially attentive to a
young lady of Orrington, and has called
on her several evenings, doing the "court-
ing" in good shape.
The reason given by her for her strange
conduct is that her mother, who, accord
ing to the girls report, lives in Dixmont,
told her, as her father was dead, they
would have to look to her for support,
and thinking she could get better wages
by assuming the garb of man, she did
so. She is about twenty years of age,
stout and strong, and as a farm laborer
gave good satisfaction to her. emplo, err
Saturday night she left Orrington with
out telling where she was going.
gor (Ke) Commercial.