Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1859 — A Woman Passing as a Man for Forty Years. [ARTICLE]

A Woman Passing as a Man for Forty Years.

A most extraordinary revelation was made at an inquest recently, before the coroner for I Salford, England. The body of a man was I foupd in the sluice at Mode Wheel, on the ■ risver Irwell, and in the evening an inquest | was held. On inquiry, it was found that the deceased, who went by the name of Harry Stokes, was in fact a woman; that she had been twice married during that period; had kept a beer shop in Manchester during ; the early part of her career; but in every way conducted herself as a man. The jury, after an examination, returned a verdict of ; “found drowned.” Well Paid for His Signature.—The Baton Rouge l La.) Gazette, speaking of the 1 duties of Superintendent of Public Education in that State, says: “This is a very onerous office, requiring the occupant to sign his name as many as four times during the year. Now, the salary is $3,000 —so that the lucky incumbent gets $750 every time he signs his name”