Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-23
GIANTS on THE EARTH.
A Happy Couple Who Weigh Nearly
Half u Ton.
Globe Democrat.

ways possessed Il charm tor human being
OF medium size. From the lays of Col
ath and OF Cath all tie way down throum
the vista of giants. which includes anon
its muscular monstrositics the sons {
Anak. o., Cog. and Magog. F'ingal, Ca
maran. " HON Jack the Gant-killer slew
Belzoni Fin McCooie. the Irish giant. Lon
, John Wentworth, of Chicago, and Il hos
}. OF others less known TO fame. rlcn of Or
> gantic stature have commanded the admin
: alton of thcir c0tclnporares and the won
der of those who, coming after them. hay
seen them only through the riagnifyir.
i, glasses of a mcii,!acious iegcEd. The gi
ant has always been in demand. In an
c;cnt times. when brains had not nearly >,
). mich scope in warfare as now. such
: mighty mass Of muscle rs built up the hi.
bull-'lozcr who kept the armies of Israe
in awe, until Dayid's superior knowlrdr,
OF the art Of projectiles overcame him
was half an army in itself. No record ha
been kept which shows the esteem in whicl
such terrible men of war were held b,
their courtrymcn. but ii is safe to prcsunl,
that the same anxiety which is now arolls
ed by the govt of a GortschakotT was t.ler
called forth by the slightest symptoms O.
indiSposition OF the part of Goliath
Since the days. however, in which the ri
ants only utility seems to have lain in his
fighiing power. the race has undergone q
marked mental and moral change. and the
mode,h civilized example. instead of set
ting himself UP as a sort Of international
prize-tighter or Il devourer of innocent chill
dlrn. contents himself With becoming
Mayor ofa city or one Of the ccn,ers OF
attraction ola great moral and canyas-ccv-
cred exhibition.
Notwithstanding the fact that the harm
lessncss OF the modern giant has become
thoroughly wcll-estabished. there irrcsist-
IDLY cling to him The romantic recol!ections
called forth By tie fairy stories of child
hood. and. hence. as a Globe Democrat re-
porter sat yesterday afternoon. in parlor
of the Lindeli, awaiting the arrival OF Cap
tain and Mrs. Bates. the married monsters.
who are to exhibit with Coles circus. and
to whom he had a few moments prev ously
sent up his card. he could not free himself
entirely Of the idea that Ire was ,t;out to
encounter something terrible. He was. in
fact. in the act of neryously glancing at
the door which led into the hotel hallway
| when his eye WAS caught by a merry, sun
burnt face peeping through the transom
above it. The features bore so stron"
resemblance to those of Andy Clabby. the
genial Clerk of the Criminal Court. that
the reporter was about to challenge him
when the door opened and the Press agen.
of the circus entered and announced Capt.
Bates and wife. The announcement was
followed by the entrance of the altitudin-
Gus couple.
Their sudden appearance overwhelmed
the reporter with surprise. He had pre-
pared himself to see something quite large,
but the extraordinary size Of the mighty
pair was SO utterly beyond his expectation
that for a moment he stood speechless. |
The ceremony Of Introduction aroused
him. First he was aware of an abnorm-
ally developed bow in black broadclotI.
which 'egan in infinite space over hi. head
described the arc OF an enormous circle in
the air, and compared with which his own
salaam seemed like the most insignificant
and flippant of bobs. Then q very large
but very pleasant mouth. somewhere up
near the ceiling. parted with merry smile
and an expression of gigantic pleasure a,
meeting the reporter. Then an arm shot
out from Il shoulder which loomed a few
te,-t above the head of the reporter. who
lost his right hand in Il mass of
warm and tender folds of flesh. lie had
shaken hands with Il giant-and felt happy.
Not less extensive was the graceful greet
ng prollered to hin, by the lady; il any
hing, her bow seemed of larger proper
ions than that Of her spouse. The intro
luctiOn over, the giant, the giantess, the |
press agent and the reporter sat down. and
on the current topics of the i
lay was in order. 1t had hardly got we'll
nder way before the reporter found him
IN alarming nature. 1t is said that to per- t
ons leaving tie earth in a balloon. the Z
ensatiOn produced is that the earth rapid /
Y desccnds. while the balloon remains sta
ionary. The delusiOn which overcame .
he reporter. after he had become familiar l.
With the size of the giants, was akin to v
his. The press agent is a medium-sized d
nan. glancing at him after prolonged
urvey of the Captain, he had assumed, to t
he reporter, the proportions of General il
Dot, while the giants seemed to be people 1
# ordinary size. The reporter took a ii
asty survey of his own person, which h
ad apparently suddenly shrunk into v
warish size. Captain Bates, stretching +
imselt upon the lounge, threw forward
is well shaped foot. The reporter glanc-
d instinciiyely from it at his own highly h
olislied No. il, and became alive. tor the a
rst time in his life, to the fact that he pos Il
nssed one of the most delicate and dainty il
,et IL the world. In fact, he was wonder 81
lg whether Captain and Mrs. Bates were e
OF taking in free exhibition of pair of
warts when the male giant rose in his a
light from the lounge and walked to the c
'indow. This brought his proportions in h
irect comparison with those of various O
rticles in the room, and the illusion van Ii
he'd. The giants were again giants. and in
ie reporter felt happy that he was still a e,
Of the medum-sized man. G
Both Captain and Mrs. Bates proved to o
exceedingly obliging and good-tempered
eople. and when the reporter expressed a
ssire to have good view of them stand- Ia
e alongside of one another. they im'nedi- fr
ely took up the position desired As IN
icy stood before him, the reporter sur OF
,yed them with a critical eye. The re- RI
lit of his observation was that both in ci
vidually and collectively they were gi- o.
,pfic SuceoSS in fine most arnnlo ,,o.r;,x. ~.