The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-03-27
New York Star.


! Horrors.
New York star
Recently d Star Reporter .cd Ill liz
store Of Mr.. Ohm Wallace, ,eru.st,
Of North William street, Wallace,
/ l anu in search ot monstroatu sad the
reporter ,iias @,f !s"3,~s lately
to stuii2'
| For the past twcsve nuHte> base
only had one og two IT, spg4E u, but l
nave had q pretty good number during
my years oi' experience. | don't care L.
have them abont the place, they are 50
| repulsiye. Besides they don't sell Gen
orally they are made up in wet prepare
| tion--alchohol. When have them they
are ordinarily y fixed up by me for private
parties q. museums. | have had some
funny cases III NY time, too. Calves
with two heads occur pretty frequently
Then had colt once with one eye, ana
that in the middle Of the forehead
Chickens aud dogs with three legs arG
very common. 4 few weeks ago | stuif-
cal a three legged dog for customer at
Paterson but that was beaten by ca l
had upon one occasion with eight legs
md two heads. Then, let me see, have
Lad also L snake with two heads; Il pio
with two bodies, two tails, one head and
SIX ,e4s: q COW with mans arms, and
lingcr3 ike claws, ana a duck with tive
legs. ] / was eight months old when the
poor tning died.
Go on with your catalogue, please,
said the reporter.
That's about all | can remember
nov" and lady customer coming III 1T
that II 1ment witt q deceased Tabhy, hr.
Wallace 5 memory was not put to further
test.
Mr.. Francis finer, one OF the leading
was then seen in the Bowery, at the
American Museum, No. 29s.
"loa have been a pretty considerable
time II the museum business, hr. Lf-
ner, | believe
Yes; getting on thilty years. L was
| who first introduced tho Mldgets and
the Kentucky Giant into American soce-
". Many a curious freak of nature
would never have been heard OF, it had
not taken them under my parental care
Have any recent cases come under
Your observationTf
Il must explain my method. | adver
tise every week III the Clipper for all sorts
of novelties and specialties IN the way
of monsters. Then if l think they may
BE worth anything, and any individuals
will come out of private lite to be exhis
tied, get them to come on to New
York, where they will be Of
most service 70 the business from
their odd qualifications. Generally
must insist upon photograph
being sent on. | suppose l have some
thirty to forty photographs now of re-
markable curlosities. A fortnight ago /
had sent on from Council Bluffs, Iowa, a
dog with human head, but as he was
stuffed | would't touch him. Here's q
queer case. Look at this photo. Aehild
seven years old with a head larger than
her body. What a head Why, It IS it
for q Pythagoras. | sent the account OF
her to Barnum, but she died before we
looked her up. Her head killed her. I
lad lately an offer from the parents OF IN
elcven-year male child, named Taylor,
living al Canton, Ohio. lie is a boy with
enormous feet, each Of which is about
.hrty-slx inches long Ills father sent
me on diagram of his feet. They were
whoppcrs. and no wonder he was unable
to walk DIR. Kane OF Pitsburg, informed
me OF leopard boy. He's spotted ali
over IS only twelve years old, and was
raised in Mississippi. The Turtle Man,
Of Michigan, beats any thing | have yet
heard Of IN the shape Of monstroslties.
"The Turtle MAN. that IS a queer
name, said the reporter.
Yes, but II is warranted by facts. The
| Turtle Man, OF Battle Creek, Mich. is
| now il the poor house there, and was
chrstenei Samuel Keehe. He i dwarf,
about fou- feet in height, and Las the
| most queer kind Of walk you ever saw
| He has back composed of tough layers
of bonv cuticle, which are growing hard
er and harder every day. Some Of these
cuticles are white, others dark The most
| extraordinary thing about him is his
head, which IS perpendicular continue
| ton OF his neck. He has a flat face and
| nose, Just like negro's. His mouth Is
a rare big one which gees from ear to ear :.
his tongue lolllng out all the time. Then
his eyes are large and rolling, with small
black pupils. His arms and legs are
! short: his fingers are webbed claws, and
they turn outward Just like a swapping
turtles. The inside Of his fins-tor that
| is what they are-are yellow ocher IN
| color, and so are his stomach and feet.
His skin has the ribbed appearance Of
| the under part OF q turtle
| How old is hel'