The Osceola times., 1881-06-18
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the Chinese Giant.
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Yesterday morning az s o'clock closa
carriage drove up 70 the side entrance -
Of the Bingham House, from which fbe,'
was taken out what appeared st fr.t ~
be second edition Of the CeoteBrisl
statue, eIcep. that this second figure yrss
that Of a mammoth Chinsman, who IivsJ
and moved on pair Of inconceivatis
long legs, in pepper-snd-Salt trouser;
vita a breadth Of back and shoulder.tb.,
found difficulty in getting into the bo,si
doorway, which feat he finally accom-
Pushed by low stoop, the upper nm oI
the door Just grazing his back as he did
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As the colossal figure walked into the
office, the guests, who had been oUie,Ie
sitting on benches and chairs reaJin:
with one impulse sprang to their fses
and with faces the picture of speeches,
astonishmcni, looked up at him. Sou
y and calmly, Ike a towering pedestal
be moved uD 70 the Office counter. lcok.
ing upon the gaping crowd below with
pair Of quiet, dark eyes and reaebing
out hand which might have been al =
distance mistaken for a webster's INA,
bridged Dictionary, took the pen which
the clerk handed him and wrote in roo.
ister, in a plain, round hand, Chaue.,n,
Sing; then below this, Parn Young.
This done, he turned calmly around
the top OF bis head almost eraziny ill.,
Office ceiling, and gave some instructions
to 'Parn Young about the luggage. was
escorted to the elevator, which he enter
ed in the same manner, he had entered
the hotel doorway-by stoopine-and
seating himself upon the groaning cnsh.
ion was elevated" TO room No. 24l. ON
the third floor, to which place "Pan
Young" and his luggage shortly fol,
lowed.
TIE colossal figure was Chang. the
Chinese giant. The effect upon specta.
tors as they enter bis room and be rises
and stands before then in all his tower.
ing height cannot be likened 10 anything
else than the sensation produced when
one stands before the statue in the Cen
tenial building. There Is one difference.
however. The statue is inanimate. life.
less. Chang is an affable, courteous.
educated, gentlemaply living creature,
with the best Of manners. His rient
hand sparkles with five huge III amond
rings, one Of them a present from the
Emp peror Of Austria, bearing the lmpen.
FL crest; another present from the late
Emperor Of Qutsia and tie rest presents
from mobiles and people Of different coun.
tries in the world which Chang has Wis.
tied. He isa a thorough scholar, speaks
several different languages, among them
the English, with the fluency Of native
His height is within four inches Of nine
feet; his weight is 36+ p-unds. He is
not fieshy man as most giants are, but
/ spare in proportion 10 his build. He has
I been in the show business twenty years,
and has seen all the noted people. He
"a hlgh-priced giant, because he is i'm.
I posed upon everywhere. To tailors he
/ i prize, 10 landlords terror In New
I York he went to get measured for a suit
| Of clothes which at the most extrayagant
| calculation would not have cost the ay.
erage man over $50, but the tailor eharg
ed him slS5. In the same city. when he
I first arrived there, two months ago. bis
I agent procured board for him at down
town restaurant. The proprietor charged
I him S4.75 for one meal, and told him
after he had paid his bill that he could
not board him at that rate, as he would
brake him up in a month if he attempts
I ed 10 do it. Subsequent negotiations
with the agent induced him to take him
at the rate Of 600 a month but in three
weeks time the proprietor plead with
the agent TO be relieved of the contract
as Chang was eating him out Of house
and home.
The arrival Of Chang produced some
I thing OF sensation among his country
men in this city two of whom saw him
I alight and communicated the news TO
/ the different laundries. About two
/ o'clock in the afternoon, while Chang
was at dinner, a small, modest, shylook-
| ing Chinaman, who withal bore tne
stamp OF a cosmopolitan and a man Of
| the world, came to the Bingham House
I The object Of his visit was TO see Chang.
| He came from a race street laundry for
| that purpose. Mr. Durand took him up
/ to Chans's room, where he waited for
an hour until Chang had finished hi:
/ dinner. When Chang came up and
entered the door the face of the little
Chinaman as he arose and looked at him
was study. His eyes glistened like
beads and his mouth puckered up in
grin that could not have been controlled
if bis life had depended upon it. The
two chattered together for some time IN
the native language. AS the little Chr
naman parted from Mr.. Durand, aiterbe
ing shown down stairs, he exclaimed
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