The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-12-02

the resem blance was exact. LII
head is very large and nearly squar
like the donkey's. 1t is coyere
it'll coarse black HAIR, as stiff an
straight as ever seen on the anima
referred to. The eyes are the eye
of donkey to perfection, but tn
most perfect resemblance to thi
animal are the ears. They stant
straight up and run out to shari
| peak in the exact shape of the eari
OF the donkey. They are abou
three inches long, but are not GOV
cred with hair. The lower portion
of the face is covered with shorl
growth of hair, which is sheared by
the mother at regular intervals
The body of the cripple is also
covered with a growth of long
stiff, coarse hair.
The reporter, noticing the fact
that the upper part of The head, be-
tween the ears, was much larger
than the lower part, at first thought
that this was due to the growth OF
hair. In order to satisfy himself
on this point, he advanced toward
George, to place his hands upon his
head. AS soon as he got within
range, he received a couple of vi
cious kicks from one of the mon
ster's feet. Mrs. Volz also adj
vanced at the same time, and she
also was kicked. The reporter,
however, succeeded in getting his
hands on Georges head, and found
that the shape noticed was the
shape of the skull and was not
caused by the hair. All of the
hairs grow upward. As the visitor
stood looking at the object before
him, it kept swinging its head from
side t. side, and the expression of
the face was precisely that of the
donkey. George cannot talk at all.
He m ikes no sound that approaches
to the human speech. His mother
informed the reporter that he had
sufficient intelligence to compre-
hend enou to have his wants sup
piled, which were few. He ex-
pressed wish for drink or some
Thing to eat by signs. During the
interview George several times be-
came very much excited, and re
sumed his violent motions with his
hands, aud at the same time ne con
torted his features in a horrible
way. Mrs. Volz offered him glass
of water, but he repulsed it, and 1t
was not ascertained what he wanted.
Anon he would become settled, and
recommence the swinging of his
head. Georges hands were men
toned above. There are really no
hands, but the stumps of three or
four fingers in the aggregate are at
tached to what would be the hands
if he were a perfectly formed hu
man being. The shoulders are very
narrow, and the spinal column Is
not sufficiently strong to enable
George to stand up long at time.
He crawls when he wishes to move
about. One of his legs is that of
human, but the other is shapeless.
George is powerless to wag his
ears
He eats the ordinary food that is
served on the table. Mrs. Volz
stated that his appetite was good
and that he was allotted
place at the family board. Some
times he refused to eat the sub
stantial food of an everyday meal,
and he was then fed on cake or
-0poa 0thar IoI;oaov Tho room -,
which he lived is on the ground
floor, across the hall from the gro
Gerry. In it are Georges bed and
The bed occupied by his attendant.
George is kept attired in sort |
Of jacket, so far as the upper por-
ion Of his body is concerned, and
below that is worn a wSollep frock /
Or petticoat. While iE the room
With George, he cripple's mother |
asked him TO shake hands with the |
visitor. George held out his left |
lrm, which was grasped by the re-
porter, but George made no effort !
70 shake the reporters hand, al
.hough he took advantage of the |
situation TO launch a kick at him |
With his foot. When standing erect
George would measure about tour
eet eight or ten inches in height.
When questioned further relative to
he intelligence of the cripple, Mrs.
Volz said that he could distinguish
between the picture of his dead sis
,er, who died three years ago, and
hat of his sister who is still alive.
When asked where his dead sister
5 he would point toward heaven.
several physicians have spent a
great deal of time in years past IN
to improve the mental
condition of the cripple, but in vain.
Mrs. Vulz informed the reporter !
hat during the terrible siege of |
cholera in 1S49 here she was en-
,iente with George. Her husband |
aad the malady, one Of her children
lied of il and another had it twice.
Everybody was deserving the city.
and she became almost frantic at
the terrors of her situation. They
resided at Vine and Liberty streets
then, and they owned a dairy.
There was no one but her to attend
20 The dairy, and, being unable to
do the work herself, she gave the
dairy away to man who agreed TO
take it and run it for nothing. 1t
was during this frighttul period,
while she had to be among the ami
mails belonging TO the dairy, that
her un born child was marked. She
stated that the impression was out
that she had been frightened at the