The Red Cloud chief., 1879-11-20
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joining ~couniie, If Maryland the other
day. writes & correspondent; If the Hart
ford Comm Times. ! met a couple III
giant. John Powers aud his sister
who have exhibited themselves in most
If the cities Of this country. Power, i,
about 50 year IL age. and has exhibited
himself for fifteen years II that time.
He j. about seven feet in height. and
weighs. he saws, 65j pounds. He j.
even Of An attraction a. a fat boy
than he il a. a giant. The lady Who
travels with him A. hi. sister i the well
known fat woman who WAS lifted by der
ricks out Of Barnum'- Museum. in New
York. some years ago, when tina, eS,ab-
li-hment was ON fire. She i aoou, ~
years Of age, and says she weigh, $50
pounds. | am pretty well satisfied she
j, about that weight, for she j., beyond
doubt, the largest piece Of humanity that
now exists. Her arms are 40 large that
they would almost ill a -four barrel.
She l. ~ big that she i unable Ia walk.
or even move without help. She told
me that she had not walked ten wards at
N time in the past five wears. This
pair travel about the country in large
wagons, into which they are raised and
lowered by a Kind If derrick arrange
mcnt or elevator. IL j. run by horse
power. Accompanying them are an
Alblno and a "CircasSian girl" the
latter being also 4 snake-charmcr; =
man with an iron jaw, who lifts stoves
with his teeth. and allows men Ia smash
hundred-pound stones with s~ledge-ham-
mcrs On his breast: an educated pig.
and several cages Of MONKEYS. They
live a kind Of gypsy life. and camp
wherever night overtakcs them. John
Powers told me that although he had
been in hundreds of cities, he had never
seen the sights in any of the first, be-
cause, of his immense size, he could not
travel about the streets much If he de-
sired to: and second. because it was
u u business" 10 allow himself Ia be-
seen free. Since he has been Ion the
road" As he expressed il. he had seen
actually nothing except the people who
came n the tent or building in which
he and his combination were exhibiting.
They made plenty Of money to live on.
besides putting by Il dollar for the rainy
day every now and then. but are far
from being satisfied. -" would give
that cage Of monkeys and that bunch of
snakes, which cost me over "A thousand
dollars" said the giantcSS. =. if could
walk about this tent" II i only very
seldom that she i able To stand up. 50
rs Ia let her audiences see how high she
Is. l did know how many yards il took
TO make her Il show dress, but have
forgotten the exact figures. though il
was between 80 and 30. Her foot i
about II inches long and nearly nine
inches wide. The Albino girl had pink
eyes, and was the only one in the party
who was happy. The "Circas-ian girl"
II appears, has been losing her hair
steadily of late. Heretofore it stood up
As erect a. the quilts of a "frctful por- :
but now il i breaking away
and rapidly disappearing. These Cir
rassian girls" are, like the AlbinoS, a
kind of a negro. TO some extent the
HAIR is natural. but il i
worked up for the business by
he aid of certain acids, which kill the
and make it hard, stiff and straight,
80 that it will stand up. All of them
ire billed rs beautiful, though Il bcauti-
nj one has never hccn seen. The dav
met the party the "man with the iron
.aw " and the fellow who stands outside
# the tent and who does the elbow
got into Il fight about some trivial
Although John Powers sat
about 10 feet from them he would not
up To separate the belli"crents. An
,thcr apparently strange thing about
heSe fat giants is, that they eat less
and have always eaten lcSS) than an
person. Powers told me that
IN of his small monkeys would
at more in a day than he did, and.
from the lunch | saw him take,
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