The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-08
IN MEMS CLOTHES.
The Young Woman Who Dressed,
Smoked and Was Shaved like
Man"

Bangor (Me.) Commercial.l
In the early part of July Mr.. Jes
sic Kinks, farmer ON Main street,
near the Brew Brick Company
works, was called upon by good
looking young man who desired to
assist in haying. Hr. Kinks en-
gagged the person, and Charles
Works, as he gave his name. com
menced to do all the work of com
mon laborer on the farm. Haying
was in operation, and he took hold
with readiness and was a thorough
and efficient farm hand. After re-
naming with Mr.. Kinks till the
busy season was over, about a
month, and being out of work he
went to Orrington, where he en-
gagged board with Mr.. Lewis Bolton,
about a mile below Orrington Cor
ner. He remained there some little
time, and about the first week in
September was taken sick.
Several physicians were called at
different times during the sickness.
DIR. Buker, of Hampdcn; DR.. Wood
cock, of Brewer village; DIR. Wal
ton, of this city, and DR.. Thomas,
of Brewer, all visited the patient.
The disease was pronounced infa-
nation of the bowels, and in 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 broth
er, a physician In Aroostok county,
who owed him $500. He had q
friend in Bangor, however, who
would settle the bill. The gentle.
man when seen told them some
thing that let a strange light on the
affair. The aforesaid Charles
Works, although the semblance of a
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 suspicious things were
taken into account, and last week it
became a settled fact that she was a
woman, and she acknowledged it af-
ter some time.
She had, however, succeeded in
Disgusting herself very perfectly, and
none mistrusted she was other than
a man. She wore mems clothing,
and assumed most of the habits of
Young men. She smoked and
chewed with the rest of them, and
Manley Rankin, the wielder of the
shears In 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 them. On all these oc-
casions no incident occurred which
would lead any one to suppose that
she was other than her dress indi
Gated.
She is spoken of as a person of
free, open countenance, possessing
by no means coarse or masculine
features, and is of dark complex
ion, wearing her hair, which is cur
ly, 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 consider
ably during the season, and has
seemed to be much inclined to firt
with the girls, thus inducing the
jealousy of some young fellows.
She has been especially attentive to
a young lady in Orrington and has
called OH her several evenings, do
ing the ''courting" in good shape.
The reason given by her for her
STANCE conduct is that her mother,
who, according 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 a man she
did so. She is about twenty years
of age, stout and strong, and as a
farm laborer gave good satisfaction
to her employer. Saturday night
she left Orrington without telling
where she was going.