The weekly Ottumwa courier., 1864-01-14

J ANU ARY. H. LOO
opaaays wha,eees. are scarcely more than
krse papcent, of he cash value Of what il
distributes na ts7 fs7''a ~ -
The. present pinch is simply this; that
while the soldiers needing aid are just now
Dry numerous, and probably at once to DO
much more so. II happens that the stores
and the purse If the Commission a.e botIA'
a sadly low ebb. @st'
Tt needs therefore. two kinds Of help
goods, whether provisions, clothing. or 9th.
err; ard money to carry and distribute the
goods. .Misadventnres,r capfuries. and in
famous robberies. for none Of which is the
Com mission tn blame. destro we'd large
amount Of their supplies near Chattanooga.
The central store-rooms at Washington
havs.been emptiea to meet acquisitions, un-
til they are nearly bare. Hrai III j
War is the most awful waster In the
world. Notwithstanding ~, that has been
done, our brave fellows on sick k.beds. or tor
often sick with No brds at all. need bed.
ciNhes; wooden uhderclcthine drawers
more particularly just nnw';) ticks for bed
and pillow. aandkerchiefs warm dressing
gowns, towels All kind. Of ie'lies and dried
fruits. pickles and preserves :; prepared
msat and vegesables; farinaceous food ;
stimulants,c zach as whisky brandy. and
wine fi1 TO- a-f s
Send therefore. any and every man, wo-
man, and child-sinclv. or nv Clubs or
societies-of whatever vonr abundance can
spare or your poverty can scrape; nv little
or by much. Each garment, each month
frl. NAV well renew lie, and viii almost
surely give pleasure Uncomfortable to help
less sick men, chillish il NAV be from
ling wearing p'in or ghast'v agonv
wounds, hut who have freely placed limb
and life at hazard n keen us free. to keen
our beloved CO, .n'ry stainless and pure.
to fulfn duty and, to do Justice. s )
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The TaIlest Girl in the World.
I Barnum's last acquisition to his Museum
is girl seventeen ve,rs of age. who is
eiohty-ons iaclle. in height. and still growing
A writer in a New York paper describes
her "a follows: ssoa ts 7ten
"The giant hov--who ia now at Barnum's.
;s eight feet high. the girl surprising him bv
an inch but as the height Of the softer sex
Averages a mhch smaller figure than that OF
men. the contrast presented in the case oi
the girl Is still more marvellous. Her face.
her arms, her fingers. her feet. are in prop
err proportion tn her great height ren"n-
dous in size and longth, Her foot is fifteen
inches long. AMI its width exceeds the length
of many lady's dainty pedestal The fin
gers are huge An ordinary arm by sme
side Of this lady's looks puny and stunted
Her knee reaches nearly 70 the hip Of a per
son Of ordinary height. She !. agreeable am
pleasant in manner. anite handsome for h."
SIZE. and we'll nraportioned. lady o
usual height standing beside her seems tn
veriest sinfant. y. {ps
The sensation Of person on seeing TIN
rdy rise to her feet is, one of positive fright
To watch her upward progress with raised
ewes il appalling tn q person unprepared 'or
the sight, To use the expression Of LITTLE
girl who saw her rising from her chair
"whs she keeps going upr A lady
Ave feet six--and a lady of that height j
considered quite tall-walks under her arm
.wi,hou. stooping.sv Her weight. considering
her size, is not remarkable. being three hun
dred and seventy nine pounds.
The gisntess' dresses take twenty-tw
Yards of cloth. An her clothes Of course
| have to he made for her bv special meas
ure. and very large measure Those shoe
which the negro performers sometimes wea
and dignity by the name Of ''gunb'ats"s ar
4 small compared 70 those magnitudinon
structures which hN@H
| I-iE Beneath her petticoats
Like little .aice fnot exactlv) peep in and ou
As if they feared the hight"
The lines: sj 1ssa
| 7aHer foot is small ard has fall
| !, Like snow. fakes on the snow"
are not applicable 20 her, nor could it b
said, as in .'Romeo and Juliet"
20. SO light foot. ,sa.
will never wear out the everlasting flint
But it is entirely trne that
"Her very foot speaks" ''fa ?
The young ladv's mother is IN the city
She is small. slightly bull lady, with 81
infant, the brother Of the giantess. whiri
any man can dang'e at the end OF his An
gers The infant will have togrnw amazing
liz fast ever I, reach hil sister pronortions
! Mr. Baroum, 1t will he seen. has found :
rival to his own giant hoy. The giant DO,
/ ,s eighteen years old, but he is not so tall
nor 50 strong. and has not so big . foot o.
hand as the giant girl The giant boy is
said to be somewhat jealous. But there 1
no need of that. as he is doing as well as h,
can to make Tower Of Babel of himself
He has gained three inches and half dn
ring the last year. AMI has not stopped
growing by any means He has mot beer
able to raise anything IKE heard or nous
taohe yet, while the giant girl has quite
substantial double chin. a g ee'f' f9eso
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