The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-09-11
The Chambers Family.

III Ill neT VIII, lduCaSClC lTedhi
Dame Nature follows no fixed LAY
of procedure, but doeth what sh
will. which is the only rational ex
planation of her remarkable cours
IN regard to the family whose nam
heads this article. Mr. and Mr..
S. E. Chambers live DOVE nea
Roseville in this county, and al
an industrious, hard working littl,
couple, in no ways desiring the no
tOriety into which their interesting
progeny have brought them. They
were married somewhere along il
he sixties, and Immediately aftel
that event settled down for an earn
est effort to make living, and lay
up something tor a rainy day. In
due course of time a son was bOrL
to the little couple-Mr. Chamhers
weighs only about 120 and Mrs
Chambers 1l5. Willie, for by this
name the first chile was christened
''udded out into a healthy young
ster of some several months old
when suddenl, he began taking on
an extra amount of fat, successive
iy mounting up TO fifty, seventy
five, ne hundred his, until at the
age of two and a half years he had
reached the enormous weight of one
hundred and eighty five pounds.
AT this time he was most aston
ishing spectacle. His BODY was al
most rounded with fat, and meas
ured considerably more around than
IN length; his eyes were half con
cealed, SO far back in flesh were
hey set; all his limbs were much
larger than those of the best sized
grown person, while he had grow d
so fat and unwieldy as to be utter
~ incapable of lpcOmotion. Strang,
TO say, the health of this curious
being was exceedingly good until q
little while before death, which took
place when in his third yerr, he
having at that t me attained an av-
oirdupois of 1S5 pounds.
Two other children were then born
o them, both of which soon died.
and neither of whom displayed any
of the remarkable characteristics OF
Willie.
In 1871 another son DerO, was
ushered into existence, and at the
age of three months began literally
TO spread himself, and continued
the spreading process until fi.,
years of age, when he scooted the
beam at one hundred and ninety
eight pounds. Referring to the
Times file for IA, we find the fol
lowing sccount of this young giant.
then two and a-half years old:
"Drro stands in perpendicular meas
urement thirty seven inches. Th,
measurement around the wrist is
ten-and ahalf inches. The leg
around the calf gives a circumfer
ence of eighteen inches, and tn,
thigh the enormous length of twen-
ty-eight and three quarters around,
while the hips take full rty-eigh,
inches of tape to circuit their huge
ness. Around the waist he shows a
girth of forty two inches. His av
oirdupols pulls down the scales cas-
lily at one hundred and eighteen and
a half pounds. He is intelligent,
can walk much easier than his pom
ier"us form would indicate, and en-
joys good health" After this Dero
continued - grow steadily in ODE
sity until he reached his fifth year
and his one hundred and ninet.
eighth pound when he suddenly
died. He was the best kn wn of
the children, having been taken t.
Louisville and other large cities and
HIS appearance caused
much discussion and comment a,
the time, and his picture was
deemed worthy of insertion in the
Police News of New York, and ali |
The other great sensational papers
Next in order came Norah Anne
ia Chambers, who was fully a.
greet a curiosity as DerO, and, a.
-egards her wonderful memory,
much more worthy of note. She
vas born in rs, and followed almos'
n the exact career of DerO, having
fattening at about two
months OF age and continued to
gather it on afterwards, until she, in
Ter fourth year, weighed one hun
tired and sixty five pounds. She
vas three feet, fouI inches high, and
our feet, three fOurJhs inch around
he waist; measured fifty-seven and
hree-.ourth inches around the
houlders, and fifty-nine and three
ourths around the hips, while her
egs were two feet, eight inches
y Ound, and her arms fractional
nch over a foot and-a-half in cir
During a period of
he winter, she gained flesh at the
ate of two pounds per week, and
rev bulky that walking was i'm
'"ssibIe. The doubled span of q
mans hand would not meet around
ler arms by some two or three inch
8. Not the least curious trait of
1orah was a most retentive mem
ry. She was said to have been
BILE after once hearing extracts
rom books read, to repeat them
from memory. She had
arge box of nickels, given by
arious persons, every one of which
ersons she recollects, and also the
attending the presen-
alton of the coin. She died some
wo years ago.
Another two-year old now weighs
bout 13O pounds.
The family is thus equally di-
ided-there having been three
hildren of the ages of twO-and-a-
alf, five and four years weighing
espectively, 185, 1913 and three of
ommon size. 1t is certainly one of
he most remarkable households of
hich we have ever heard.
NAN.