The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-04-27
4oo POUNDS OF HER.
An Elephant In Woman's Guisc,

ped with Grape, AID when he VIA
asked If be had suffered bereavement
he said that be was mourning fo
Mrs Fuller. He spoke freely OF hi.
sorrow, thus:
81 really loved that woman said
Mr. Fuller, although she was SO very
large-weighed 100 pounds. They
had her on exhibition for a while al
the Museum, you know. But mere
size Is nothing in woman where a
mans elections are engaged. She
always treated me well, too. They
had story going around in the pa
pers that one day while ] was sitting
| on the sofa with her, counting her, !
noticed that she didn't pay much at
tention, and that after a while / got
Up and walked around her and found
tina. there was another mar On the
o.her side, showing his attention a:
the sane tine / vas. AL lie, sir;
nothing Of the kind evsr happened.
But she really was large. / know
rhen she Eas down az the shore las.
Summer took her into bs;he, sz5 IS
she 60. into the water he tide sud
denly rose snd drowned a 10. Of folks.
Il was the highest tide Of the whole
season. Poor Msui-her name was
Maud-Msad couldn't swim and she
asked me to hold he- while she foa,-
ed, and then when | tried to. Of course
| coIl3n',-nobody could have held
Maud without a dsuick-zHi she
went under. When she came up
sh. vas mad as Thunder, aai said
she didn't believe | lored her. Ard
tod her | loved a. much Of her as
| could a. o-e time. 4 woman Of
those Dimensions has to be zdsrei in
sections. Then .ae CANE cut a-i
the tide went down.
She could Int swim ba. sac wzs oCe
Of the most beautiful dsreers Ys4 ~
er saw. Give asr aoo- that as3
well been propped from 5ereatt; and .
she would whirl about as zr2gliai as
a fsiry--,hat is fa.rg a. large Is
she was. Blu: she vas disagree
Bile woman to waltz Wit. To-
could't get your arm around her a4.as.
No man could. -Four m=a could
hardly clasp it. And 50 when Used .
to have to waltz with hcr always
cached as far as could, then cover (
ID the rest Of the distance with a
boat hook. She said it tore her dress
put she bore it Ike an angel, for she
never cared for dress.
They never measured her for her
;lothes as they DO other women
They used TO get surveyor to come
md take her demensious with tele-
cope, and then they would run the
,alico mill on full time for couple
If weeks and turn her out a dress
But gew-gaws and frippery were
lothing TO her. She never wore Jew
:ly az all except an engagement ring,
md when ! ordered that the maa
isked me why ! wanted to put
,old ring on my lager beer keg. She +
vas large around the fingers.
at cost me a good deal Of money,
,ut didn't mind il. All | wanted
vas to obljge her. There was one
ime. however, that | had to deny .
Ier a favor. She wanted me to take .
Ter down 10 the creek on Christmas
o teach her 10 skate, and wouldn't
because | knew we'll enough the ice
wasn't froze solid 10 the bottom
Did you ever see her eat: No, An
man don't often have such chance
Is that to observe how health stimu-
ates the appetite. She thought
1othing of putting away barrel Of
apples at lunch, and when Shea fla
shed it as like as not she'd say to
me:
"'George, ! wish to patience yoa
would go down and get EN- to hurry
up dinner
ga hind quarter Of beef vas Il
mere smack for her, and she'd eat a
watermelon just like you'd ca. pill
81 don, exactly know what it was
that caused her death Some people
thought that the last two barrels Of
apples che ate must have disagreed
with her. ANYWAY, they gave her
eighteen gallons Of paregor;e and
spread a quarter Of an acre Of mus
tard plaster on her witbou, doing her
any good.
"And when the old man saw she
was DIVING he went ard 60, r., .La
fence aud cried like chilli. mad