Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-05-07
pear taller than her stately lord. Cap

and quite a Chesterfield in manner.
He has frank, pleasant face, giving
clear indications of the massive heart
within him. His garments are all of
the latest style, and fl perfectly. He
affects ouly neatly waxed mustache,
his broad cheeks giving evidence of q
close intimacy with keen razor.
TALK WITH THE GIANTS.
Capt. and Mrs. Bates are people of
more than average intelligence, and
show that they have improved the op-
portuuities they have had for acquir-
ing information of people and places
during their extended travels.
"Do you think you have stopped
growing, Cap;ain?" asked the reporter.
Capt.-"Well. [ hope l have. |
have reached the height Of my ambi-
tion, and have got things perfectly
we'll fixed to enjoy lie as am now"
Rep.-"Were you brought up to
any business?'
Capt.-''I am thorough granger;
[ was brought up on farm, and now
own one myself at Seville, Medina
county, Ohio. have one hundred
and sixty-two acres in fine shape, and
take priue in It,"
Rep.-"You have
A GIANTS CASTLE
Capt.-"Yes, we shave pretty
good house; the lower story is twelve
aud one-half feet 10 .height, and the
upper one twelve feet. Our doorways
are eight aud one-feet high, while Or
dinarily they are seldom over six and
one-half."
Rep -"Ot course your furniture
compares with the building!"
Capt.-''In every room we have
chairs for my wife and myself, but of
course we have ordinary furniture for
our friends aud servants. Our own
furniture was made especially for US by
Herndon of Cleveland. The bedstead
is eight feet and four inches long, and
five feet six inches wide. The chairs.
bureau, wash-stands, aud, in fact,
everything corresponds. We expe-
rence great deal of Inconvenience
when travelling, on account of the
diminutive size of the ordinary furnit-
ure. | took fancy to a spring bed,
and had one made at Hartford. 1t is
big thing"
Rep.-"Where have you been since
you left the farm?"
apt.-"I served in the Fifth Ken
tucky infantry during the war. Con-
federate, you know, but it was one Of
the kravest brIgades the world ever
saw. Since then | have been anus
ing myself mostly travelling about look
log at little men and women"
Rep.-"rhe ready made goods stores
are of but little use to you, Captain?"
Capt -"Not bit. There is not a
single garment or article [ use but
what has to be made especially for me
My boots are about No. II. and are
made for me by man in Seville. My
hats are nearly nine, my collars twenty
five inches and / guess if my gloves
we're gauged they would run up to at
least fourteen. [ have the most trou-
BILE with my clothes-my trousers, in
fact. You see the cloth is made mar
row, and while it is all right for men
of ordinary size, a pair of pants for me
consumes an immense quantity, unless
the zap runs both ways. My wife
says it takes just about.
THREE TINES AS MUCH CLOTH
for my clothes as for men Of the usual
size.
Rep.-"Captain, does your strength
correspond with your slze?"
Capt.-"I think it would if I de-
veloped it,"
Rep.-"Did you ever hear of any
person as large as YOURSELF"
Capt.-"No, sir. [ am satisfied
that am
THE LARGEST MAN IN THE WORLD,
and probably as large as was ever born.
[ have devoted much time in study
ing the subject. and I am satisfied
that there never existed race of
giants, as is claimed. There is act
ually nothing to corroborate the theory.
They claim that men of gigantic sta
ture are vouched for by the Bible. l
claim that we know nothing of their
base of measurement, and that the
standard has increased since those
times, so that cubit might have been
very small measure Of length"
Rep.-"Mrs' Bates. I presume your
large family enjoys good heaIth?"
Mrs. B.-"ExcelIent."
Rep.-"I presume that you are the
tallest lady in the world!"
Mrs. B.--"While we were abroad
the most eminent physicians and scien-
lists assured me that there was never
before lady within eighteen inches OF
my height"
Rep.-"Excuse my inquisitiveness.
but how many yards of silk are there
in the dress you wear?'
Mrs. B.-"Well, this is rather scant