The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-04-18
An Elephant in WOman's Guise
from the Philadelphia Bulletin.l

I'm Elephant in WOman's Gulse.
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.l
Mr.. Fuller stopped in at the Office to
make arrangements for advertising al
nenagerie and circus that he hopes to
,ring here during the Centennial season.
lis hat was thickly wrapped with Grape,
md when he was asked if he had suffer
ID bereavement he said that he was
Mourning for Mrs. Fuller. He spoke
'reely of his sorrow, thus:
II really loved that woman," said Mr..
Fuller, 'although she was very large
weighed 400 pounds. They had her on
exhibition for while at the Museum,
you know But mere size is nothing in
: woman where mans affections are
She always treated me well,
too. They had story going around in
the papers that one day while / was sit.
ting on the sofa with her, counting her,
| noticed that she didn't pay much at
tention, and that after o while l got up
and walked around her and found that
there was another man on the other side
showing her attentions at the same time
l was. All a lie, sir; nothing of the
kind ever happened. But she really was
large. know when she was down at
the shore last summer l took her in to
bathe. and as she got in the water the
tide suddenly rose and nearly drowned
a lot of folks. 1t was the highest tide
of the whole season. And Maud her
name was Maud-Maud couldn't swim
and she asked me to hold. her while she
floated, and then when / tried to, OF
course, eouldn't-nobody could have
held Maud without derrick-and she
went under. When she came up she
was mad as thunder and she said she
didn't believe loved her. And I told
her / loved as much of her as l could
at one time. A woman of those dimen.
sions has to be adored in sections. Then
she came out and the tide went down.
"She couldn't swim, but she was one
Of the most beautiful dancers you ever
saw. Give her a floor that had been
we'll propped from beneath, and she
would whirl about as graceful as a fairy
that is, a fairy as large as she was.--
But she was disagreeable woman tc
waltz with. You couldn't get your arm
around her waist No man could. Fou'
men could hardly clasp it, And SC
when used to have to waltz with her
always reached as far as l could, and
then covered the rest of the distance
With boat-hook. She said it tore he
clothes, but she bore it like an angel, fo
she never cared much for dress.
aThey never measured her for he
clothes as they do other women. They
used to get surveyor to come and taxi
her dimensions with telescope, ant
| then they would run the calico mill ol
| full time for couple of weeks and turl
her out a dress. But gewgaws ant
lfrippery were nothing to her. She nev
ler wore .jewelry at all, excepting an en-
gagement ring, and when / ordered tha
1.-THE man asked me why / wanted to pu
a gold hoop on my lager beer keg. Sh
was large around the fingers
..It cost me good deal Of money
but / didn't mind It. All wanted wa
to oblige her. There was one time
however, that / had to. deny her a favor
She wanted ne to take her down to tn
creek on Christmas to teach her to skate
and / wouldn't because ! knew we
enough the thing wasn't frozen solid t
the bottom. Did you ever see her eat
No? All! man.don't often have sue
a chance as that to observe how healt
stimulates the appetite She though
nothing Of putting away barrel Of al
pies at lunch, and when she'd finished
lust as like as not she'd say to me:
"rGeorge, / wish to patience you
$: go down and get 'em to hurry up dil
Iner.'
"a hind quarter of beef was mel
snack for her, and she'd eat waterme
on Just like you'd take pill.
.sI don't exactly know what it ",
caused her death. Some people thougl
that the last two barrels of apples 81
ate must have disagreed with her. An,
way, they gave her eight gallons of pa
egoric and spread quarter OF al &C
of mustard plaster on her without d
ling any good. And when the old ms
saw she was dying he went and sat (
!, 1.-THE fence and cried like child; al
! when they told him he oughtn't
,, grieve, because Maud was going to
better world, he said he knew it, but
bothered him to know whether to G
. her to shuttle out to the cemetery a.
die on the ground, or to let her flick
: where she was and then bury her gra
: uallv.
!, "But she died at home, and they r
: the burial casket in the parlor on whee
! and ran her through the front. door
: sled, and then mule team took h
! along. They buriei her in place Ii
q cellar, and when asked the man
the cemetery to plant violets upon
grave he said it would cost SIS q u
!, = to cover the ground with those f9we
I so we put it in grass"
: Then Mr.. Fuller put his handkerch
! to his eyes and drifted out through
= door and down Chestnut street.
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