The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1885-04-25
THE MONSTER MAIDENS.
How They survived the First Days Or
deal at the Fat Woman's Convention.

When Manager Ha.ar. OF the Ninth and
Arch Stree, Dime Museum, reached his
Office a, he!:.pas; o clock Yesterday morn.
ing. he found a man. woman and a scared
office boy waiting for him. 'Shes been
here since oc,oc.,' SAID the latter il.
frightened whisper. land Mr.. Braienburg's
run away The boy had hardly finished
when the woman broke out: Them tat
women OF yours amt had any breakfast,
and they ain; yoin' to get any till I'm paid
dollar apiece for each Oh their meals.
" ..en made the bargain for them at my
boarding house was told that they would
no. ca, more'n twice as much an ordi-
nary person. ! laid in twice M usual
marketing for supper las, night, and there
wasn't enough milk for The cat to lap when
they go, through, and my husband, when
ne came nome la:e-he's watchman-
Lad TO go to bed hungry. No, amt goin'
TO feed them for less than 81. | ought 20
have another fifty cents fer my boarders'
feelings a: seeing them cormorants eat"
"Do YOU mean to say that they haven't
been fcd:' asked the manager, who had
been trying to get in a word during the
TRADE. Feed EN-, feed EN-, good heavens,
they may shrink. OF course we'll pay
dollar meal Go at once. Buy out the
Twelfth Street Market ii YOU want to, but
feed en-" So saving. the per,urbed show
man hustled the keeper Of the Ninth Street
boar ding house out Of his office 10 the work
Of rescue and then rushed off to the place
where the contract was taken to feed the
prodige> in order 70 reassurc them.
Thirty fat women had waited tor break fast
for hours. AS Mr.. Hagar was ushered
into the parior where the starved conven-
ZION waited, the suburban soo.pounder,
known as the Conshohocken crusher, arose
and fell weeping on his neck. As he
arose from the floor and gracefully ADJUST
ed the pipe O: the Franklin stove which he
had carrier! with him in his fall, the man
ager adro,iy eluded the demonstrations OF
the other twenty.nne examples Of cmbon-
point and Strengthening out his high ha,
which had been crushed into the likeness
Of a blighted concert;na by the exuberance
Of the Conshohockcn beauty's emotions
said: Ladies, your deliverancc is at hand
Breakfast will be served al 10 o'clock and
this unfortunate occurrence will never hap
pen again" As matter OF fact it was
halfpas 10 when the fifty pounds ri broil
ed steak, bushci and half OF fried potatoes
and tour gallons of coffee with their at
tcndant bread, butter and other concom
tants were on the table, but each fat NO
man ate to her hearts content.
At halfpas II ti,.. stairs OF the Museum
creaked responsive 20 the gasping groan O
the first IA, woman who assembled them
l, was Mrs. Mariah Onderdonk. a torme,
belle OF Schenectady, \. v, whose use ans
Beauty on the dancing floor we're broush
to an untime!v end by an excessive growth
OF avordupois, which began when she wa
- years old and newly married, in IN,
war 1877. She weighed SIS pounds. Sh,
moved trippinsly across the floor to he
chair at the extreme end OF the crescent
shaped row and took her seat with Il gas,
ofreliet. One by one ten fat women cam,
ap the stairs and took their seats.
1t was O'Clock when the last ouar.e
ton OF FACILITATING beauty had subsidized int
its canopied stall. IL hope there'Ii be som,
nice men come to see it." whispered Mis-
Anna Hill (weight 40, Pi,,sburg), to Mrs
James Peterson (weight s9S, Elmira). :"
came here to Sc, married, did, and if
can't catch on here am going to get in
vited to a rosebud ball. THEY'RE for youn,
girls like me. YOU know
Further condolences were interrupted a
the crowd began to pour into the sevc,
and one. haif:ton feast OF !ovliness ou:sprea'
for its delectation. BY ; o'clock 600
people had passed before the thirty cano
pies. b. O'Clock the thirty triple chin
mad redeemed in maiden modcs,v under tn
glances OF 5000 pairs OF eyes.
When the show closed for the afternoon
there wanted only 500 souls to make up