Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-07-15
rae GIANTS uOuE.

! Captain and sirs. Bates. the gian.
couple. are. IN certain ssnss, the most
prominent couple in Ohio. They are
pretty sure to be prominent wherever
they are. The Captain once went in
bathing of the jersey east. and ne says
the fishermen put out in boats 70 har-
poon him. because they shs1ght he was
awhsle. But this may &c :ssh story.
They certainly form high ReoDraphi.
cal points in the neighbcrhood Of their
home at Seville. Ohio. Mrs. Bates is a
trlfie the higher, bat, as hight Is a
touchy point, she, on: Of delicate feel
ings for the Captain, rarely refers to the
facf, or else attributes it to her couture.
Their home at Seville is the place for
which they long when they are on their
travels. Il Is no. surprising that per-
sons nearly eight feet tall, and broad IN
proportion, do not find berth In a
sleeping car conveniently roomy or feel
quite safe at table d'hoss on cane bottom
chairs. Therefore it Is that their spirits
rise when homsward bound. As they
pass through the door of the railroad
car at their home station they stoop for
the last time before they again go travel
ing. A cosca drawn by eight s;ou. Nor
! man horses Is In waiting. it is about as
ofold - the roadway, and the wheels
are about as large as those on ponderou,
WAGONS used to haul granite or marble
shafts. When they are comfortably
seiied the eoachnan cracks his whip,
ana the vehicle goes numbering along
to"are the giants house, a little way out
OF town. Other drivers on tho road,
sseing the giants equ p,ee coming,
t,ke down the fence rails and drive INTO
the adjoining fields until the enormous
vea:cle has passed.
An immense stone building looms up.
snd soon the carriage is pulled up IN
front OF the entrance. If an ordinary
sized person is with the giants they
kindly give him boost or two up the
Steps. Then they pass stately and erect
through door ten feet high. The head
of person Of medium hight would
about reach to the door knob. They
enter spacious hall. and 60 from there
10 pirlor with doors also ten fest high.
ana win lows IN proportion. The chairs
are So large that ordinary mortals have
- climb into them fla babies have to
climb into their high chairs. In the Sit
ting room the piano is the only piece of
furniture of ordinary size: but it is
mounted on blocks about three feet
high, SO that the keyboard is up in the
air. Thus the giant couple manage to
escape annoyance from visitors with mu- |
sIcai proclivities. In this room are two |
huge rocking chairs. In one of them
the Captain deposits his 47S pounds. |
and placidiy cOntemplates his wife sew
ing the seams Of many yards of silk for |
a new dress with regulation train. On
the table is large album containing |
photographs Of hundreds of fellow ouri-
osities - bearded women, two-headed |
and four legged women, giants, dwarfs. |;
living skeletons, and the like, all Of |
whom the couple know intimately. Next |
70 taIs room. IN Which they take their |
meals, Is their bedroom, which is the |
smallest of the FOODS, contains a bed |
ten feet long, and broad in proportion
There Is also bureau, with the glass |
as large as the wall in an ordinary room.
All the furniture is of mahogany and |
highly finished. the giants having
spared no expense. Visitors quarters
are up stairs, where the rooms and fur
n ture are of ordinary size. "a il also the |
l,nner 'ervios, for the giants are not
large eaters.
The farm comprises 160 acres Of cul-
tivated land, aud the Captain takes great
pleasure in busyinR himself about chs
place. He is respected in tho neighb ,r-
hood, AID noted 10 his courtesy.