National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-05-06
THE GIANTS, HOME.
Where Captain and Mrs. Bates Find
Plenty OF Room and Comfort.

Plenty OF Room and Comfort.
Captain and Mrs. Bates, the giant couple are,
in n certain sense, the most prominent people in
Ohio. They nre pretty sure to be prominent
wherever they are. The Captain once went in
bathing of the Jersey coast and he says the fisher
men put out in boats to harpoon him because
they thought he was whale. But this may be a
fish story. They certainly form the highest
geographical points in the neighborho0d OF their
home at Seville Ohio. MIS- Bates is n trifle the
higher, but, as height is u touchy point with
giants, she, out ofdelicate feeling for the Captain,
rarely refers to this fact else attributes IL to her
coifFure. Their home at Seville is the place for
which they long when they arc on their travels
1t is not surprising that persons
NEARLY EIoHT FEET TALL,
and broad In proportion, do not find berth In a
at table dhote on cane bottom chairs Therefore 1t
is that their spirits rise when homeward bound.
As thcy pass through the door of tho railrond car
at their home station they stoop for the last time
before they again go travelling A coach drawn by
eight stout Norman horses Is in waiting, It Is
about as broad as the roadway, and the wheels are
about as large Us those ON tho ponderous wagons
usod 10 haul granite or marble shuts. When they
are comfortably seatod the conchman cracks his
ward the giants house, little way out of the
town. Other drivers ON the road seeing the giants
equipnge coming, take down the fence-rails and
drive into the adjoining heldS until the enormous
vehicle has passed.
AN IMEMSsE STONE BUILDING
looms up and soon the carriage is pulled I'D in
front Of the entrance. If an ordinary. sized per-
son is with the giants they kindly givehim boost
or two up the steps Then they pass stately and
erect through hall ten feet high. The head of a
person of medium height would about reach to
the door knob They enter a spacious hall, and
go from there to parlor with doors also ten feet
high, and windows in proportion. The chairs are
so large that ordinary MORALS have to climb into
them as babies have to climb into their high
ohnirs. In the sitting room tho piano is the only
piece of furniture of ordinary size but 1t is
the key. board is up In tho air. Thus tho giant
couple manage 10 escape annoyance from visitors
with musical procliyities. In this room are
TWO HUGE ROCKING CHAIRS.
In one of them the Captain deposits his AVS pounds,
seams of many yards OF silk for q new dress with
regulation train. on the table is large album
containing photographs Of hundreds Of follow
uriosities-benrded women, two-heAded and
four. legged wOmen giants, dwaris,. living skele-
tons aud the like, all OF whom the couple know
intimately. Next to this room, in which they
take their meals, is their bedroom. The bed
room, which Is the smallest Of the rooms, contains
bed ten feet long and broad in proportion. There
Is also a bureau with glass as large as tho wall
of an ordinary room. All the furniture Is of ma
hogany and highly finished the giants having
spared no expense. Visitors quarters arc upstairs,
where the rooms and furniture are OF ordinary
size is also the dinner service for the giants arc
not large eaters. The farm comprises 100 acres of
cultivated land, and the Captaintak great pleas
are i'm busyng himself around tho place. He is
respected In the ncighborhood, and noted for his
courtesy ahd hospitality