The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-05-18
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Strange Sexual Metamorphosis-A etorv
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that Is Vouched for as True.
The following remarkable stsrv "a
"vouched for by eight Trustworthy citi.
gensp Of Erie, Pa:
William P...Baxter is a.farmer and hos
for many years owned a large farm e;t.
uated between Northeast PennsvIvani.
aud Ripley, N. Y. He Is frequentlv in
this city, where he is we'll known. Near
10 the Baxter farm there olives q family
oy the name of Fear, and highly respact-
ed by their neighbors About twenty-fiye
years ago there was born in this family
a,girl Hamed Rosa, and grew up a lovely
child and in due time was cent TO Schooi.
She distinguished herself there by 81.
.raordinary pIecocity, her aptitude ey-
ceeding that or echolars ten years solder
than herself. and in less than two years she
had passed every other pupil and stood
at the head of her class, the holder of ali
.ne honors competed for. At the age of
IA snc entered the services of Mrs. Bag.
.sF' the nrsf @ife of the farmer referred
20. tsoaa proved to be aa good girl for
farmhouse duties as she had been a atn.
dent, and Baxter's family liked her So
we'll that she was treated In every resnect
ss though she was one Of the family.
she continued 10 live. there, and when
she had attained the age O: is her hand
was sought in marriage by young far
mer from o neighboriug village. For
some reason, unaccountable at the time
tn her friends, Mics Fear declined the
honorable offer, alleging che had no desiro
to quit the roof Of her Kind friends,
About this time 1t began 10 be noticed
that. Rooa's features were losing their
feminine softness and that the effsminate
contour Of her hitherto symmetrical form
was vanishing and giving place to mas.
culine angularity. Ber hands, that were
once 30 well shaped, began to grow large
aud coarse, and down appeared on her
upper lip. The presence of the latter
greatly distressed her, and asit continued
to grow. IN spite Of her efforts to prevent
10, ahe became so ashamed tbat she re-.
FUSED to accompany the Baxters to the
family pew in the village church, or 20
mingie in any. of the socials or pnrties
10 which che had once been conrted
belle. The family, while deeply regret
ung the loss OF Roas's personal attTac.
tions, tried to laugh her out of her sem
si.lveness, but the girl appeared to be
months after this Rosa did not appaay as
usual. One morning. no answer came
from the room, and when IL wac broken
open it was found to have been unoccn.
pied that night. All of Roaa's clothes
we're hanging up, oven to those she was
accustomed TO wear about the house.
Two letters were found in her trunk, one
addressed to Mrs. Baxter, the other to
her parents. The contents of Mira. Bax.
ter's letter created the utmost consterna.
tion.
II said the writer had gone awsy, and
that it would be useless 10 follow her.
That her life had become unbearable be.
cause within year nature had worked q
complete metamorphosis in her sex, and
making it necessary to change home and
Eaiuient. Tie aston;shed Baxters dis
covered that she had attired he.self in o
suit OF clothes belonging. ~ DR.. 4. A.
FREEMAN. Two months passed and o let.
ter came in Rosas handwriting. It iI.
formed the family that the writer was we'll
and was working as farm hand In Ohio.
Two years elapsed and one morning q
hne looking young man, with sunbrowu.
face, q magnificent beard and o heavy
aark moustache, stood at the gate of the
Fear homestead.
do you know me, Mary ?" he said to
the young lady who came out to ASCERTAIN
his business. at 10 Rosa" said the Girl
and the next moment the spectators were
rregaled with o sight of Miss Fear clasped
In the arms Of you. !, fellow "Not
Rosa, but Charles Fear, now" said the
whilom houaemaid, and! then he told them
how, after that wonderful change, he had
hired cut az male help; that he had
made little money, and that he had
come home to work the farm. Rfr.
rHose" Fear runs that Farm to-day, aud
hipiey mas no citizen held in higher esti.
mation than he. Since his return he has
twice been appointed teacher In the
public schools, and he can be seen on the
Fear farm every day in the week.-Mrs..
aouri Republican.