Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-12-19

TO be trusted. In the time Of Sir Hans Sloane
there was exhibited at the Mtre and RUNNER
al Charing-c ga itlle wild man, aged twenty
seven, and thrty-four inches high And cat
cctet-house in Charing.cross," Ia famous place
or exhibitions w,s Calrng cross in those days.)
"a little man. fifty years Old, two feet nine inches
! high, and The father Of eight children when he
sleeps he puts bis head between his feet to rest On
by way Of pillow and his great toes in each ear,
which posture be shows to the general satisfaction
Of ell the spectators The Liege people boast
of an old woman, who dad about century ago,
at TIE age Of an hundred and with the altitude Of
thry-two inches Mary Jane, of the same hight,
died at Wem, ,in Shropshire, ninety years ago
but the poor thing was deiormed and lame. An
advertisement OF the lime of William and Mary
tells Of German woman, "4t the brandy-shop,
over against the Eagle and Child, in stocks
| Market" (where the MaGsIon-house now st4nds),
"lhe dwarf Of the world, being but Two feet seven
in hight and the mother Of two children" This
was also the hight OF "a man Of the least stature
that has been seen in the memory Of man. al
the Plume Of Feather. 10 the same locality. One
exhibition was u "a little Scotehman, bat two
icet and SIX incles hgl, near upon sixty years
old be sing and dances with hs son he fof-
merry kept wrlt.ug-schOol, and dlscourses Of the
Scriptures snd Of many eminent histories very
"Hey "a Peuabosue III nut smell Inc Jour
GAL ce Medicine notices man twenty eight
inches high, Mr. Simon Pap, Du'ch dwarf,
VINO attracted good deal Of attention 10 London
fifty years ago, was about as many inches in hight
as he was pounds 10 weight and years 10 age
twenty eight. IL Queen Anne's time there was
"a .It e fairy woman, come from Italy, being but
two feet TWO inches high" There is a rec I'd Of
one 'iaD''H pouN'.' "u1' Al'housu on'y I"eh!'
ave '''ne' ,'t - gave oi.u 70 emu
~ ~ % .-' I'''''''o' " a u"I'. I-'Ies 'u-
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~ 10y 'ous' Ne V'Hi anu eq0aF " couI'r'
u' 'i'''.','' y '''N' 'i,'' a'e 81 ~ HOi' oPen
~ ''Pe0n D'"a'.'0'' sne iietVn I consul az
't9' ~ w "a" @"n'' oI! egn'ee" ,Ncut'
1.tu' p'si' " no Oo''so.l9us sl'enN' o' one
on!! '',,',n ~ 'N'u'S NRI, anu tHU!'se'en years
o'1' VI f"Y ~ 'ne p'c''onHaite ues sen. cs',
IO''sF u"a'' gu esu''eu HODe' h.s"' oul
.neH '1s va, 0N'l '''N' !'It' oil' = s''' was eA-
N'O.'e4 a. p'''""'D I'N rag Ao' u1cH aoo'e
ekulteu 'u'Ns' o"s' living neNsf l''Ieo' pong
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1uli''enh va N9 "aA' na'Iia''Y upou N'' rAnus'
As"e n'' ooul oue 'OV' 'out Iope' Oh .ns
sio1uu 'mp' 1foH ''O'e near 'ulee 'oO' h'sh
W. oN' "a'.'
Mln1 N"a'' nave "aG soule ues'ee o' historic
ovS4'5 a''''i'r " 'u.'' "'"'''' 0"'"s w 'D'
c'I l.i''''g5' ~ 'H9" 'a''t''
'enfey iluu'on' d N1''ahu man was one oi
lhs email uanu % ""'e people VINO nave gaue1
name anu Aue' A' esu' years oia ne was oh'y
eighteen iocnes n's' ana was 'aken 'nto 'lc su,'e
o. y. 'He Dahe o' D'TS"kuAu' Hh'u OHaf'es 'ne
fHs' ana queen Il5N'o''A MafA "ete' on one
occasion ("h'el mas become 'lItsome rom oe,ng
peFpetuaiiy c'eu)' entertained by Tue duke Jei-
ifey hudson was served up IN cou p's' 'u.'y
atmea ana 'C'ou'f'u' Inc queen was so ue-
Ash'ea WIN 'he uDy creature Ina' she oesse1
MN q tHe oNN' A,u ''"eIl ''fu"un en,'l' E,
J '"e ~ a, s1''' ~ "' s'e| up ue "sr'Ye4
u'u'i 'ss., ""e "-' euf'!Osu !, nun! 1e"0''e
'n'''i'"s 90 o'U anu "' Ho"e' 'l.'"s y I-,4 41e
Gl Coui'i Tue la'-ef porter Slsanuu isli'" ,ooA
JtHei'! oe' o. us po1Ne'' ne oOuu no' Oe'I
loAe' oI ths A'uu pfeleleu ior s'' occas'ons' ou.
ne was hucu 'n,Att" u' 'ls moeAihs faI"efY V'
'ue couf''el,' ""v Oh i'ieisu h'ss'Ou Iiuu,
soh was 90 lhauutntu ol au Insult oi 'u' N'n1
'nas Ae seAlienseG 'nc oueU"s. Ane ooe'"ei ~
PeA'ep a'ueu N"n 'qI'' iiuasOu nss'eu 'u''
'1t ahaH suou'u H1' euN WIN 'uis auul' oHA' Nn'
su'' thel met Win f.''O'si anu huu'on sno. n'r'
dsaa 'h 'ne spo' Inc man N"no was ''s1'e,n
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ne was N'N'J 'Neu 10 oe hNs't1 10 s's '''on
eohos'.is loPNn po1 Ahu uea m r'on
iU.e enle aeofe 'he uta'n o. Chai.s, 'ne o'o,
ora. me years .so h's '''snea ana osu'A hed
SAN upuott aLe muse "eit y lhe A'nu1''au
mussum al OAio'u are tney there SUM
Another poauei' G"'fi'i We may 50 GtsisHA'e
him' Urea ou'! !." le-fs ago uh,guAh' no.
aef9 'he ,Esn' 'sN5,H nuhefeo anu u''! guy
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duke 10 tae Gays oi Vac fret en- Rey1luuOni ana
n, ther II the duke who VS. afterwards King
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