The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-03-18
A Wonderful Head.

A most remarkabls specimen of
man, after existing Tor many years
in the wilds of Jersey, unknown to
the outside world, has been brought
to this city aud mny be seen NJ a
siloou on Walnnt street. Ever
since his birti ho has been unable TO
stand upon his feet. on account Of
tho weight OF his head, which is Of alb
normal size For twonty-eigbt
years, the length oI his life. he has
been compelled to lie abed contin-
ually. His name Is Charles Eiling
aud .ho WAS born in Burlington
lcounty, Nov Jersey. lie Lacks one
iuch Of being 1--WE feet in length, bat
would probably have grown longer
bad he been III the hnbit of tlking
physical exercises. MS head up.
pears 10 be six TINES the ordinary
size, and his mother says, has always
beeu as dl-prup)tiiOnato in weight
to the rest OF hs body rs it IL now.
/ Tue measurement around the
heal ut tho middle of the forehead j.
turty three inches, while tine line
passing over tho crown AMI under
chin ia forty four inches. Of course
the head could never be weighed
accurately but its estimated weight
at present ~ eighty pounds, which
ls two iifths Of his eutlre weight.
Tue iOner corners Of tho eyes arc
fonr inches apart, :he distance from
temple to temple IL thirteen inches
land the bridge of tho nose il siS
inches below the upper line OF tht
forehead.
II 1t we're a case Of hylroccphalus
il would doubtless he less remlikl.
bile, but thoro ia every physical oy
, dence in support oi statements
nude by several physicians that it is
, neither more nor less than au
abnormal growth of skull aul bgItn.
The head il solid, and ITS parts
nearly proportIpuate except th,
forehead, which in both height aud
breadth measures about one and :
bali times as much as IT would /
symmetrical with the other parts o
even 80 abnprmally largo II head.
Tho trunk of the body is about the
same ia sizo ~ that of many q big
fat boy who walks the streets, but
. the muscles arc soft and weak fol
want of activity. Tho measurement
around tho chest il forty-foul
inches and around the waist thirty
tivo inches. HIS legs. however are
no thicker than those of an eight.
year old boy OF ordinary size.
tie oytends his hand tD visitors
bids them goo | dIv aud cllL5 with
them IN calldiSh manner. lie seem
10 have un oyolly-bIlancol minl,
but it is that Of prattling iniaht
He cannot read and never would try
tp learn even tho alphabet, ~ hi,
neck. although no weaker than
might be expected in person who
uls been always confined t. bel
was not strong enough 10 move hIS
head without giving him pun. Ii
is thought that ho would not bo s.
childish had he been accustomed tC
sights aud sounds beyond the limits
OF u bod room which iew except hl,
parents uui their small number u
Jersey neighbors ever entered. His
parents have hal No child but
Charles The father is dead, bu
the IN other is with him here Bott
parents were healthy, Of ordinary
stature aud possessed the average
physical development, They were
engaged in agricultural pursuitt
about two miles from tho village o
Bridgeborouyh, which is leagu,
from Riverside, New Jersey. A
notice Of tho case got into II rura
newspaper not long ago, aud this
', catching the eye of tho proprietor o
the saloon he sought out the humble
homestead and arranged to hav,
Charles kept at his place for exhibi
tion.-Phita. Times.