The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-11

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Talking to a Giant---rhe ar r,a,u
Caiossus---rTow the W oriu A" -.
s,ss.,,ac Of seven Foet-s-A PROBES
sor I'm search or % Specimen
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On "profcssionaly," said the giant, placing
bis finger on the crown Of our hat, describing
circles there in peculiar; tambo.lrlne-like
hummer (hc would have been forced 10 stoop
considerably to have put his hand on our
sboulder). +" professionally the life Is not stlch
= nm ardIo,,s one. To look the part Is the thing.
II ain't a strut or a swelling of oneself out
that does II. I have seen lots OF giants that
had the pompous parade manner, and never
seemed an inch taller by it. peculiar loity
EXPRESSION and a looking into distance IS
something. My pose is natural, perfectly so,
belongs to myself alone, and It's secrets aie
not to be acquired. Sometimes, however,
;t,s very trying on my nerves. / am afraid
am pettieg rather shaky that way. 10 De
constantly associated with bass drum ana
- .s band is SCATTERING my system. am
bras .Aly terms with everybody excepting
on frien,. ',d-mastcr. He knows am the
with that ba. place. A giraffe or hippo
ATTRACTION of the. public opinion with
potamns may carr, g certain to come
them for while, but II Why is it, then,
back to me before long. '" 'ntrec, why
when forced to make my grand Z. >'o-dra-
is it that, instead Of low music, M ny
matte like, he always will insist ON coIii..
down with crash Of sound, so rs 10 snIi-
low me in it, dim my effects, ana aps'' uc
diminish my size, from the want VI d
,nrsi,nl CONTRAST l have complained
time and time again to the management
,ho,,t il and it won't interfere. NOW, i
love Il to YOU, sir, if al entree with drums
.and cymbals wouldn't be just the thing lor
the dwarf. and make him look smaller, whllc
something smooth and soft for me Woulo1
make me look biggerf There IS just one
noint where the public and the whole con-
Germ" there he swayed round, a huge arm;
like Windmill, over the audience, anl.nal
vans, and all)"are mistaken. Ihey tlliilk
because ! am the biggest man awe tllaC ]
have no heart or sentiment! itic he
snote his breast with 4 thud, which re-
sounded like a c.tapult against a stone bas-
t;un.1 at tell You if my outside is large, my
tian NV body. That leader is my mortal
enemy. with his obstcperous music, ana II IL
wasn't for friend of mine in the orchcs,
tra--1hc flute. that little man in the second
row. with the green spectaclcs OIL would
have c,,t the whole concern, big drums,
tromboncs, and all, long ago. (Hcrc he
ucrIrctly Qlivered with rage; VIC let
i from the way our hat was vibrating)
"'rhat flute" went on to say the colossus,
suddenly changing to sentimental Veh'
"wth The lawn, the dog in the happy lam
Nv, and pair Of doves, are my oniy true
friends here. If this show ever breaks up
have made up my mind to buy them, get the
flute to come and live with me to play for Inc
evenings, and SO end my days. ihefc IS an
other ,lcl,lsion the public labprs under winch
! am anxious to enlightcn them about. and it
l. regarding our feelings about dwarfs. We
are supposed TO hc jealous about them. That
all is nonsense. Mostly they arc very little
children when they come into the bu>s-
-unss. and despite the tricks they arc Taught,
and the way the ladies spoil them,
| never knew case where they didn't
kind of love and look up to giant.
hive Eeen associated with them all my
life. and know all their ways. When they
get a little hit old, say in their teens, Il KIND
of uncertainty comes over thcn-ilfe gets
kind of hazy like. 1t would be their ruin
professionally if they grew any. us tol!cN-
ing TO sec them measuring themselves
ull the time on the sly. There was one little
clap 1 travelled with, as was most fourteen,
and was uncommon small. He was always
bothered with the idea that some day he
would wake up the sixteenth Of IN inch
taller. He never had IN ache in his little
finger that he wouldn't be all over in Il trem-
bic, thinking it was growing pains. Often
he would conc to me and ask me, OH honor,
if I didn't think that he looked as if he was
Il going to grow. Somehow OF other noticed
he was always siding up to me, and neasu-
ring himself on my leg. had darn some
where on my trowscr lee, just where the gold
stripe came, above my ankle; he would stretch
himself to that--that was his notch. sup
pose il he really had shot up whole foot l
would not have had the courage to tell it to
him.. We giants, you know" (here he smiled
in condescending manner,) "can never be
afflicted in this way. We can't grow less
only more. In fact" (here he became more
confidential than ever, and whispered in our
eur so loudly that he blew our hat off, 81
have hopes of growing still. If it was but
half an inch more / could dictate my own
. terms to the management. But that poor
fellow, the dwarf, eventually did break his
heart, and all through mistake. lie
got himself new rig, and as proud as
could be, he comes to Inc to show him
self and to be admired. If dwarf has u
fault, it's that of being vain. He comes to
me, measures himself, and noticed him
- turn pale. The top of his head was just a
hairs breadth above his mark on my leg.
saw him kind of stagger. He was took poorly
that very day, and never was himself after
that. 1t was all owing to his boots. The
stupid shoemaker had put high heels on
them, and that was the reason. But the
shock was too much for him, he lost all con-
fidence in himself after that, and took 80
much to grief and liquor that we had to dis
charge him."
"You have no difficulty" We inquired,
Gin getting engagements 7" -
"None in the least. The day was as tall
as am now was professional, and l have
never been idle since. A dozen people, here
and abroad, are always disputing about hay.
ing me. You see, I am sure thing, and the
main-stay of a show. They gets the giant
first, and builds up on that afterward.'
eyes," he added, then suddenly paused and
heaved a sigh enormously deep, call the
world wants me alive" Here he ceased
drumming on our hat, which was pleasant
relief. "But what is very, very hard, some