The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-10-31


While travelling through one a ihr a.
joining counties ~ Maryland the either
day. writes a correspondent II thu iIari-
ford Comm Times. ms, c"nple "a
giants 80 John Powers and his sister
whn have exhibited themselves in most
Of the ciiie- Of this country. Powers j.
about - years ~ age. and has exhibited
himself for fifteen years If that time
lie j. about seven feet ia height. and
weighs. he says, 655 pounds. H. j.
even more Of An attraction a. a fat box
than ne j. a. a giant. The lady who
travels with him a his sister i the well
known fai woman who was lifted ~ der
rickS cut If Barnum's Museum. Ia Ncw
York. some years ago, when thar e>iah-
lishment Was on fire. She i aDoui ~
years Of age, and says she weigh .sG
pounds. am pretty well satisfied she
i about that weight. for she j.. beyond
doubt. the largest piece Of humanity thar
now exists. Her arms are % large iha;
they would almost i'll -four barrel.
She - so big that she j. unable a. walk.
or even move without help. She told
me that she had not walked ten yard. 4;
one time in the past five years. ThiS
pair travel about the country in large
wagons. into which they are raised AMI
lowered BY kind Of derrick arrange
ment or elevator. II j. run by horse
power. Accompanying them are IN
Albino and Circassian girl. the
latter being also a snake-charnler 4
man with an iron jaw. who lift stoves
with his teeth, and allows men 10 smash
hundred-pound stones with sled-e-ham-
mers on his breast: an educated pig.
and several cages ~ MONKEYS 1'hey
live kind Of gypsy life. and camp
wherever night overtakeS them. John
Powers told ine that although h. had
been in hundreds of cities. h. had never
seen the sights in any II the first. he-
cause. Of his immense size. H. could moi
travel about the streets much il h. de-
sired to: and second. because Il WA
mot business" 10 allow himself IL ~
seen free. Since he has beea on the
road. " as he expressed ii. h. had -ceu
actually nothing except the people who
came into the tent ar building IN which
he and his combination were exhibiting.
They made plenty Of money ~ i've On.
besides putting BY a dollar for the rainy
day every now and then. but are FAR
from being satisfied. 81 would give
that cage Of monkeys and that bunch Il
snakes, which cost me over q thousand
dollars said the giantes<- 'sif could
walk about this tent" II l. only very
seldom that she j. able 70 stand up. -
a 10 let her audiences see how high she
Is. did know how many yards i took
10 make her a snow dress. but | have
forgotten the exact figures. though il
was between IS and 80. Her foot J.
about IA inches long and nearly nine
inches wide The Albino cir had pink
ewes. and was the only one Ia the party
who was happy. The {" Circassisln girl.
II appears. has been losing her hair
steadily u late. Heretofore il stood up
n erect a. the quilts of a :. fretful por
cupine.- but now II j. breaking away
and rapidly disappearing These Cir
cassian girls = are, like the AlbinoS.
kind II negro. To some extent the
Strengthened haIr i natural. bni i j.
usually worked up for the business by
the aid Of certain acids. which Kill the
hair and make il hard. stiff and straight
20 that il will stand up. All II them
are billed a. beautiful. though 2 beauti-
full one has never been seen. The dak
met the party the .man with the ir.n
Jaw \ and the fellow who stands outside
II the tent and who does the ..blow-
ing.-' rot into fight about -oine tritiai
matter. Although John Powers So
about ~ feet from them h. would n1t
yet up 10 separate the belligeenfs- An
other apparently strange thing about
these fat giants H. that they al le~~
land have always eaten le>sl than AZ
ordinary person. Powers told Ine thai
often one II biz small monkeys wenld
eat more In day than h. did. and.
Judging from the lunch saw him take 4
believe II.