Arizona weekly enterprise., 1881-11-05
Arizon9 WeeklV EnlarnYisa
FAT AND MUSCLE.

some Historic Ginnis in BO,h Linca
 Daniel Lambert was born of ordinary parents at II- icester, England, on March 13, ITO. gUp to the age of 19 he was slmp.y a muscular fellow, able to lift great weights and carry 500 pounds with ease. Then he succeeded his father ss keeper of the prison, aud the sedentary life thus neoessitated began to tell upon his bulk.
 In l793 he walked to London from WJolwlch, to reduce himself. He weighed at that time AS pounds. The attempt proved uuavailIng. He grew so fat that he could no longer attend to the duties of hts office, so the Magistrates, in consideration of his humane treat meht oi the prisoners and his general ef- ticirncy rtHfed hun on Q pension of G3J. tHtp4 h. was, or rather because he was 4sl, fat he WAS an excellent swimmsr. and fanght that art to hun dreds of 3punh peop.e at Leicester. In oonse iIis<..R Vz his immense bulk he could sNin: 4ith ease with two men on
 After kis rplirement he became such pubic slkfN That he determined 10 go to Londol Hiid turn hi, misfortune to ac- cOuAt. Ela Nent in lSO6, unable to walk 1t tnls ti,lif. A a AeiIicle winch hia to Dc built cxpf&s81y for hun. He nved at va- rIUus P -aNNs au L0u6Un, and wss assisted by ovefy~one. rom the King down. Then be maae Q our Uf the country. Hs enjoyed good health, ate modera 6. l.s, aud urLnR nothing but water ; Was au intelligent and well-nif, rmad man, a. d, | ! iul, clear and III lo ilods tenur voice.
 In June, lsvs. Lambert was weighed. . He tappsa siis benQ at 7dal ponnds. His. nens0se aroun tho boy Was ihrec. Y yards lou inches, and h. Wss oo1
 iyaf idchoy -svuAf 1h4 leg T<- -ul l.is cicthes cost SlO9 Ssven o; Y I| s-xs. insn were repeat dly bn@ 11I Nfi3er his waisteoat without strairiDg butIon. He dled on June 20, 190J. Ills coiliu was sIx l. ct tour inches long, four i-ot iUur ln, hes wide and two feet four inches ueep. lt took li2 superficial ! ie4t of plsnk to make f. Us form WAS that ot square pack" z case. It was buiit on tAU axIet ves and four wheels. T .e Wall uf ths loom Ill winch he died llSr he had long Deen incapable of walk | h.is upst,llrs) Was taken away, and he WAS thus hauled to the gave. Twenty men w0rAed hulI an hour $ tting the co ossal corpse 4nto ,ts last re. tiIs C place by slid ing 1t down all ncllneu plane. LamDert's fatal diseuse was dIolsy.
 A4Otuer mOnster Was Edward Bright, C ml.l Ot M .iuuu, wIIo dI ,d on Nov. t lO, lI1U, Ut tue age Ui 50. He was au active man to wltnln a coupe oi < slrs oI hIs death, wh Il his % pIleucy 1weighed hlnl down and made lie Il ms &ery 70 u.m. A. Ills de.nIse hs We ghsd %6i6 pounds. When Lu was 12 Years luld Bra gut mad weighed Ii pounds. N James MansheiG, butcber, died at DIDdsl, in B sex, un Nov. 9, 1862, in hls sgd year. Though hot above the ordinary heiyht, ho measured hlne feet around, and weighed 4G2 pounds. Wnen hlt,ing In his char, ni.ids express y for his use, hts ahdCm Il cover us KLe>, and hung GUNn alu!Ust tU Ihe ground. h. oouiG 0aiy lie ,u Ii. rlde, and hIs head Lad tJ De bu,st':lvd Lu g. certain ~hy to prevent siu... ..,;cr.
 The famcUs lrish giaut was born in Kin.ale iu 1 loo. lis real ni.m was Pat rlc.l Co:Ser, and he originally Do as a brlcKlAyer. H. Was eight teet se ell aIu Ons-hnn inches Li snGt tlIe age Oi IS, When le ceased showing He died oa Sept. 6. lSJ6, st tue Hot Well, B.isiUl. He had s horror ui body -snut~ hers. 50 h.s grave was made twelve iert deep ln solid lock. Hts cOiiiu, ot iea-i, was nine feet two inches lOng, and three feet across the shoulders. No hearse could be pro cured long enough to hold the coltin {; 1t took fourteen men 10 carry it, aud Lad to be loaered iatu the grave With p1lleys.
 Milo, of Crotona, famous Greek nth- lete, is said to have run d mlle with 4 4yeAr-Old OK upon his should, Is, and aiterwaId killed the animal with one blow of his list, and ate tine entire Car ca.s in ons day. So great was his mus cu ar power that he would bind cord around his head aud break 1t by the swelling pressure of the vel IS. An or diunry meal for Milo Was twenty pounds of meat, as much bread, aud fifteen pnis Ut wine.
 Tue Roman Emperor Maximinus was uP~ard Vf eight feet in height, and, like Milo, eouid squeeze to powder the Lardt st ntIne with HIS fingers, and break tine leg of T ,e by Il kIok. Ills wlfe's OIAceleL served L1ll as Il I OR, anu uls everyday repast was sixty pouAds of meat and all anIphora of ~lne.
 The famous Scanderberg King of Al bania, who was born ill 14l4, was ! man Of great stature, and his teats at sword exeic else have never been tqualed. Or one occasion, with his cimeter, ke strucl his antagonist such low that its force cleaved him to the waist. He is said tC have eleven in two men who were cla, in armor from head to fuot. NJ ur.ce Count of Saxony, the hero of Fontenoy inherited the physical vigor of hi father, and was especially noted for tn surprlsng muscula: power of his hands On one occasion, needing a cork-screw he twisted n large iron nail round int the required shape with his fingers Ano her time, when stopping at black smith shop 10 have his horse shod. h'
 picked up IA number of horse-shoes, and
 with has hands, snapped them in two a
 readily as if made of glass, much to th
 disgust of the smith.
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