Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-08-30

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or too weak to carry it through, is to 90 to
bed and sleep a week if he can this i, tie
only true rCcupcration of brain power. the
only actual renewal of brain forces. because
during sleep the brain i, in a sense. at rest
in II condition to receive and appropriate
particles OF nutrlmcns from the blood which
take the place of those which have been
consumed IN previous labor, Mere slim
llants supply nothing: they only goad the
| BRAIN, force 1t TO 4 greater consumption of
It's substance, until that substance has been
50 fully exhausted that there is not enough
ieit TO receive Il supply; u>t rs men are
sometimes so near death by thirst and star
-vatlon, that there Is not strength enough
lett to swallow anything, and all is over
he c;tpaclly of the brain for receiving re-
ruEcratlvc PARTICLES sometimes comes on
with the rapidity of lightning and the man
becomes mad in an instant; in an instant
falls into commissions; in au instant loses
Ill sense. and he is an idiot We repeat.
that there is renewed force for the brain
onl Y in early and abundant sleep.
A Trio OF GI,>rs. There is on cNhibi-
ton III 4 store on State street IN
this city perhaps the most remarkable
/
who are giants in stature They are Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. V. Bates, whose home is now
in Seville, Mcdint County. Ohio. They
are each feet | - inches in hcig ght. the
husband weighing rs pounds while the
wife weighs 4lj pounds. The common
sized visitor, when placed between them.
feel, Very much ;l> Gulliver must have felt
when lie fell among the giants. Mr.. or
Caltain Bates, IL hc is called, is a finely
/ proportion"d man, of rlld,lv. hcalthv-Iook-
/ inc complexion, straight and military
! looking in his reg imc4t:tl>. His immense
| Stature Is not 50 noticeable rs that of his
! wife, who seems almost awkward some
how on account of her length, she being
actually taller for Il woman than he is foI
Il man. They are evidently people who,
| if not 30 wonderfully tail. would he con-
>ilcred commonplace. they are intclli-
gent however. and the lady especially
feels the awkwlrlnc>> of her position as
the object of the curio~itrand open-mouth-
ed wonder of the muititulr In m inter
r>tng conversation with our reporter She
showed open Y her dislike of the .ite She j.
leading. and her longing to return to her
home in Ohio. Their home, 10y the way
WIS one built and furnished especially for
them. The ceilings are - - feet high,
and no doorway is less than 5 - feet high.
OF course they find the hotel accommoI Ia
tion5 unsuitable to them wherever they
! 90. ~ the doorW tv> are 50 low, and the
beds 50 short One of the ,tr,tnLc-t facts
about their history is that they Were the
chill lren OF common people. Mrs Bates
father WAS only feet / inches IN height.
while her mother WAS only Il common
,iH Il womln. Her brothers and sisters
are Of NO remarkable height. Captain
Bates father WAS feet > inches in height
"A tall III IN, but a dwarf compared will
hI~ SON Bttr~ j. now twenty N-ninc yrHr-
of age. He j. Il native of L"'cher County
Kentucky. His wifi. i a Nova >cotiln.
twrntv->cven years of agr. they We're
married in Lpnlou Engltnd while travel
ing in that country on rNhibtIon.- Irtn
ton. ". j., >trt IT.. ~. aug. ,.
Pro5tbly the ttlle,t and heaviest man
ever seen in thi, country WAS 1t the Clln
ton stree depot yesterday, waiting for the
$40 +. NJ line for New York. His height
is : feet ~ inches. and he weighs Jp(
pounds. Before the warm weather llt
weighed G3T pouni-.
The dlv being excessively warm he was
no. in Il talking mooI. Crowds of boy
, were following him up and down the plat
FORM which unloubtrdIv pnt him out q
humur We did not learn his n.tme.
H3H STR Efpr,>>. aug. :.