The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-06-17
lReading (Pa. Eagle.

1t is not generally known that there
lives in Reading one of the most re-
markable dwarfs to be found in this
country. Such is, nevertheless, the fact.
His name is Daniel +. Davis; he will be
nineteen years of age i'm short time, and
his present weight is fifty-four pounds.
He stands forty-eight inches high, and is
in every way well proportioned, fine
looking, pleasant in his character, and
intelligent. He is the son of Frederick
Davis, an engineer employed in the new
rolling mill in Reading. The young
man lives with his parents at No. 800
North Eighth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis, the father and
mother, are perfectly healthy, of ordi-
nary height, developed the same as other
people, and are an industrious and re-
spectacle family. They have lived in
Reading about eight years, having moved
there from Safe Harbor, Lancaster coun-
ty, where the husband and father was
born. Mrs. Davis maiden name was
Hahn, and though born in Baltimore,
she is directly related to the Hains of
Berks county.
Mr.. Davis is a man about fOrty-two
years of age, stands five feet eight inches
high, and weighs probably one hundred
and sixty pounds. Mrs. Davis is several
years younger, and is about the same
height, weighing probably one hundred
and thirty pounds. They said that their
sol when young was sick, and could
assign no reason for his stOppage of
growth, other than the results of such
large quantity of drugs. He grew to his
present height when about nine years of
age, and for the past ten years he has
not grown a quarter of an inch in height.
A few years ago he went South and
picked up a few pounds in weight.
Later in the day the writer met the
diminutive young man. He is remark
ably we'll formed, and his entire make
up is in perfect harmony. He is trife
pale; has smooth white face, large
dark eyes, well shaped head, covered
with light hair cut short, and his cloth
ing is cut like those of any other man.
His hands are no larger than an infants,
while his feet are also very small. He
is square-shouldered, perfect in his back,
a well-shaped breast, and his arms and
legs are in fine proportion.
Naturally he is quick and intelligent.
He has an active mind and possesses
great taste for music. He plays several
Instruments very well. He also mani
ifests fondness for telegraphing. Some
months ago he was examined physically
by DIR. Luther, who pronounced him
solid and sound in every way, shape and
form. He is a great favOrite among his
friends, being pleasant in his communi-
cations with everybody and manifesting
equal respect for all who seem interested
in his welfare. People in his neighbor-
hood call him Danny Davis" and in
many respects he may be compared with
General Tom Thumb and Commodore
Mutt, both of whom are remarkable for
their agility and bodily symmetry.
When Stratton, or Tom Thumb, as he is
called, was five years of age, he was not
twenty-four inches high, and weighed
less than sixteen pounds. Tom Thumb
was born in Bridgeport. Connecticut, and
Danny Davis, in Safe Harbor, Lancaster
county.
Instead of being dragged around the
country and exhibited by an itinerant
show company as some great Lilliputian
king, Mr.. Davis is going to business
college, and is preparing to earn an hon.
est living for himself in legitimate
way.