, 1876-04-02
A LARGE WOMAN.

A LARGE WOMAN.
Mr. F. stopped in the Office Of the Ph!ladslphia
E4u4tin 10 make Arrangements for advertising +
uensgerie and circus that he hopes to bring out
during the Centennial season. His hat was
thick!y wrapped with Grape, and when ts WAS
asked if he had suffered bereavement, ho said
that he was mourning for Mrs f. He spoks
freely Of his aorrou, thus
"Ireally loved that woman," said Alr. F.,
"Although she was SO very larges-Weighed 400
pounds. They had her On exhibition for = uhile
It the Museum, 5ou know. But mere size is
nothing in woman where mans affections are
engaged. She always treated me well, too.
They had story going around In the papers
that one day, while was sitting On the sofa with
her, courhng her, ! noticed that she didn't pay
p,uch attentions, and that after while / got up
and walked around her, and fodnd that there
WIS xnother man On the other side showing her
attentions at tho same time. All q lie, Bir: noth>
ing ct the kind ever happened. But she really
vas large, know when she was down at the
shore last summer, took her In to bathe, and
ss she got into the water the tide suddenly rose
and nearly drowned lot Of folks. It WAS the
highest tide Of the whole season. And Maud
her name WAS Maud-Maud contd not swim. and
she asked me to hold her willis she 1oated, and
then, when tired to. Of course couldn't
nobody could hold Maud without derrick-and
ehe went under. When she came up abe
mas mad as thunder, and she said she didn't be-
Ieya I loved her. Aud told hor Iloved as much
Of her as I could ct ono time. A woman Of
those dimensions has to be adored in sacions.
Then she came out and the tide went down,
"6ne couldn't swim, but she wRa one OF the
most beautiful dancers yon ever saw. Give har
floor that had been wellpropped from beneath,
and she uouid Whlrl about Is graceful as 3 fairy,
that is, q fairy aa large as she was. But she
II Ar~
couldn't get your arms around her waist No man
pould- -Four men could hardly clasp it. And SO
Ehen used to have to waltz with her always
reached as far as could, End then covered the
rest Of the distance with bcat-hook. She said
1t tore her clothes, bat she bore it like angel,
for Sue never cared much for dress.
t'1hey nevez measured her for 4er clothes as
hey do other women. They used to get sur
reyor to come and take her Dimensions with
clescope. and then they no i; run the calico
nill on full time for couple OF weeks and turn
1er out 4 dress. But gewgS % aud frippery wHre
nothing to her. She never wora jawetry at ali,
excepting An engagement ring, and when or
Tered that the man asked me- why wanted to
put gold hoop on my lager-beer barrel She
fas large around The fingers.
alt cost me good deal Of money, but I didn't
mind it. Ali wanted was 10 oblige her. There
kas one time, however, that had to deny her
favor. She wanted me- to take her down to the
ereek on Christmas, to teach her to SKATE, and I
wouldn't, because knew we'll enough the thing
wasn't frozs to the bottom. Did you ever sec
her oat2 All! h man don't often have such 4
chance as that to observe how health stimulates
the appetite She thought nothing OF putting
away bartel OF apples at lunch, and when she'd
fniehed it, Just as like aa not she'd Say to mo.
.George, 1wish to patience you'd 60 down Ind
get 'em to hurry up dinner"
"A hind-querte1 OF beef WAS mere Enack for
her, and she'd eat watermelon just Like you'd
axe pill"
II don't exactly know what it was caused her
leath. Some people thought that the list two
barrels OF applea she ate must have disagreed
Elth her, Any gay, they gave her gallons Of
paregotic, and spread quarter of an acre OF
mustard plaster On her without doing any good.
Ind when the old naan eaW she mas dying, he
rent and sat on the fence and cried like child
ind when they told him he oughtD't to gfieTe,
because Maud was gong to y better world, he
ssid he knew it, but it bothered him to know
whether to get her to ahufae out to the ceme-
teEy and die on the ground, or to lat her
lcker where sho YVES and then burg her gradu-
.'But she died at home, and they put tha
buriai-casket in the parlor on wheels, and raa
Ter through the front door in = skid, and then a
mule teaul took her along. They buried her in
place like cellar. and when I asked the man
n the cemetery to plant violets on her grave, ha
laid it vonld cos: SIS year to cover the ground
nth those flowers, 30 We put It 10 grass
Then Mr. F. put his handkerchief to his eye,
md drifted out through the door and down
Chestnut street.
A GYPSY WIFE.
In the summer OF 1874 (says the New York
T1mes) good deal Of interest was excited in
reference to the marriage OF an English gentle
nan, reputed to be young. we'll born, and
wealthy, to an exquigtely lovely gypsy girl. The
bridegroom. Mr. Hubert Smith, was understood
TO be disciple Of George Borrow, in respect OF
the intense interest he took in the mysterious
wandering race, and had written a book called
"Tent Life in Norway" Further light On this
romantic event came Oh the first Of this month
from = very unexpected quarter-the Divorce
Court, where q suit waa brought by Mr. Il.
Smith for divorce from bis lovely Esneralds, on
the ground Of that young lady'a misbahavioE
with Mr. Groome.
It appeared from the statement OF the peti-
TONER'S counsel that his client was lawyer,
holding the Office OF Town Clerk of Bridge North
medium-siZed town in ShtopEhire, where he
possessed considerable property. On l,is estate
WAS charming seqnestered nook slipping to the
lNver Severn, for which gypsy family named
Locke had 3 particular paftiality. Ar. Smith,
being Of literary turn. and At once conrem-
plative and iuquiring. wRs' greaIr interested III
these RomaDy lntruders, and far from following
tue example Of Mr. Bert1am, Of Ellugswan,
friendly terms, until at length his attachment
toward one OF the daughters grew so warm that
he followed the family when they betook them
selves to Norway, and there, in June, 1874. Was
married to her.
Meanwhile Mr.. Groome, who is stated to be
member Of the Un:rersity Of Oxford, had met
with Mr.. Hubert Smiths book, and waa fired By