A MONTROSITY.

Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1227, 10 November 1874, Page 4

A MONTROSITY.

At the house of a colored woman by the name of Mag Bluthey ; on tbe corner of Tenth and Wooster streets, there reside a colored man and his wife by the name of Fisher, who are the parents of a girl child about nine months old, who is certainly one of the greatest curiosities of the human species that we have ever heard or read of. Ex-Policeman William H. Harris, who visited the house on Sunday and examined the child, informs us that its skin is perfectly white, although its parents are of a dark ginger- cake complexion. Its form and features are perfect up to tbe bridge of the nose—the chin, mouth, and nasal organ being not only well formed but really handsome in their symmetry and general appearance; but commencing with the eyes, the face and head has the appearance of ah animal, more resembling a white bear than anything else of the animal species our informant could call to mind. The hair is of a whitish color, and like the wool of a sheep. Its eyes are round and piercing, resembling those of a minx, and revolve in their sockets in a very peculiar manner. They cannot bear the light of a lamp or candle, and are instantly closed when one is brought into the room, and are only kept open in the daytime when the room is somewhat darkened, It has no eyebrows, and the lid is of a peculiar formation, and in no particular resembling the eyes of a human being. It is very timid, and when anyone approaches it has the appearance and actions of a rabbit started from his lair. Here is a fine field for those who make human nature in its various forms and peculiarities an object of study and analysis.