The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-07

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| J5erYis since Thrrsday of last #eek. He has
Ebeen exhibiting hstnseil IN various places .in
the village, and has puzzled nos Only the
they. are unable 10 nndeggtand his anatomy.
He can move his heart TO any part or the
body at pleasure, ana even stop It's beating
for SIXTY secofids. he has two sets. Of ribs,
one OF which he eau move from it's position
70 the front of the body, covering the abdo-
men. BE causes a revolving motion OF the
bowels, both upward and downward, the
abdomen undnlating and resembling the
corrugating motions of a flag or a piece OF
Cloth when disturbed by the wind. He can
SO arrest bis pulse that for short time one
cannot discern that he has any. Another
wonderful thing he does is to bend an iron
bar, fye-eighths OF an inch In thickness, by
striking 1t across his left arm. The muscles
Of bis arms he so contracts that the flesh feels
Dis hard as wood. go $50 r. g
MIR. Thomas is certainly q wonderful speci-
men Of physical construction, and he has
puzzled the scientific men of the world. At
our request he called In our office yesterday
and gave US his history, from which we CLEAN
the following =.
He was born in Brazil, South America,
the 4th of March, 1920. His father was an
Ethiopian and his mother was q Spanish
woman. When four years old be was taken
to London, England, by his mother,
and was there examined by Surgeon
Kent. The latter took him to Edin-
burgh, Scotland, where he made an
incision near the heart, and discovered that
he had no diaphragm, and that the heart was
not inclosed in pericardium, but is sus-
pended by two cords instead Of one. Some
years afterwards he was given like exami-
nation in Paris by Surgeon Louis, and with
same result. None of the scientific men Of
Europe understood his structure, and they
advised him to come to America and see If
our learned men could comprehend bis for.
nation: But no one here had before seen
such a creature, and could not understand
his organization. It was in 1868 when he
came here, and in 1860 he went back to Eu-
rope. In 1867 he was at the Paris EXPOSE
ton, and was examined by several eminent
Baltimore. Since that year he has been in
be says that he likes that country much bet
ter than this-there he is treated as gentle.
man, here as worthless, travelling vagrant.
He Is not married, and his parents are now
dead. He has brother who is six feet
three inches in height, but who can
contract himself so that he is but
three feet three inches tall. This is his
only popularity. There was nothing remark
able about their mother, but the father was
apparently destitute of ribs. The latter at
one time-a great many years ago-worked
upon the Erie canal and lived in Lockport.
George has cousin who can throw his left
hip to his right side and usce uersa. Inc
former is in good health, weighs 165 pounds,
is about FIVE feet eight inches in height, and
appears to be not over thirty years old.
MIR. Thomas goes to Middletown to-day.
He will visit Albany and return to this vii
lage in three or four weeks, soon after which
he intends to bid farewell to America.