Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-15
Marriage Of q Gsargia Phenomenon,
Miss Dixie Hsygoed, OF Memphis,
Though She
Weighs 1o4 Poundr, Performs wonderful
Feats OF str.Dgth in q Mosi
Wonderful Manner.

"oboerIul tanner.
Among the supernatural manifestations
now exciting attention among the Curl
Gus, the so-called electric women of
Georgia are not the least wonderful. For
several days psst one of the ladies'. Miss
Dixie Haygood, has been in Memphis
giving exhibitions Of her power. A re-
porter OF the Avalanche, by invitation of
the little lady, assembled with several
other gentlemen at the psrlor of the Clar-
endon hotel to test these remarkable mani
teststions and discover, II possible, their
source snd secret. Among the gentlemen
present were Lawrence Lsmb, Zepo HAr-
ris, Henry Walsh and several others. It
is needless to say that IL wss the determ-
nation of the gentlemen present 10 oe-
tect, II possible, sny tricsery or .legerde-
msin that might be attempted.
Miss Hsygood is Of small stature, com-
pact mold, spd apparently muscular be-
| yond most women, and weighs about 104
! pounds. She has brown hsir. blue or
| violet eyes, ard pleasant expression Of
countensEce, but an air also of frmness
and decision of character. The first two
| rests, viz, drawing s gentleman easily
] o1OuEN tAS AOoLu ny aOpltluS pSE uHuti W
s chair or an umbrella held by him, or the
third test of holding billiard cue in her
open palms st an angle Of shout forty FIVE
| degrees with such firmness thst a strong
man, or even two strong men,
could not force the point to the
| hOor. were certainly remarkable In q wo-
man so small, but might have been &C
complished BY woman Of very great
physical strength. Therefore the reporter
felt disappointed to some extent, snd
argued with his companions that it was
either matter Of sleight or else re-
msrksble development of muscular power.
But the next tests were different. Oae
Of the gentlemen present was requested
10 lift the lady by her elbows, held taut
at the waist. This he did, but when
told to try it again utterly failed
to raise her an inch. Two strong
men then raised her by holding her ell
bows on each side with the greatest ease,
out on attempting 1t sgain they could not
raise her weight q particle from the floor.
This was poser sud was tried several
times, the party offering many explans-
, tons, but none st all satisfactory. The
fact remained unexplained, that she could
st will allow herself to be lifted IS other
: people, snd Immediately thereafter bring
into play such force, without apparent
effort, that two strong men could not
move her 100 pounds Of weight, try they
, ever SO hard.
The next test was still more inexplic-
, able. A chair was brought-an ordinary
j diningroom chair-and q gentleman
weighing about $50 pounds was placed in
1t. Astride OF his knees another gentle
? man Of about l45 pounds weight was
u placed, and between the TWO & third gen.
o tleman Of at least 160 pounds WAS seated.
S all raised their feet from the floor IS the
D chsir was tilted back and held balanced.
, The lady then approached the back Of the
chair and placed her open palms along
d the arms CT stats supporting the chairs
e back.
Observing the reporter narrowly watch
}, ing er, she requested him to place his
i hsnd between her hand and the chair to
. prove tina. no pressure YVES exerted.
e This WAS done, and only the lady's thumbs
$ touched The back of the chair. Then,
e yithout sn fort or the contraction Of q
mxsc e, or the slightest pressure on the
d reporters hand, the chair and its living
:, freight YVES raised sbout fourteen inches
3 from the floor. The weight, includir g
70 the chair, was at least $50 pounds, and
]. John L Sullivan could not have per-
y formed the feat 80 easily accomplished by
the little woman.
q This test was convin ing, but the next
IL was no less so. Miss Hsygooi stood on
y one foot, and holding billisrd cue hori~
zontally before her st half-arm's length
e three strong men assayed In vain to push
e her, by throwing their combined weight
y against the cue, from he- balance on one
l. foot OF press her arms back to her chest.
Isl Tho nfYora nj ayp1aratinn nf
q these strange exhibitions of hidden force.
He says the shspely, womanly HANDS
: lifted the three great strapping fellows
e from the floor by simply touching with
n oper palms his own hands placed upon
" the chair back, s1d he saw the dainty No.
o % boot standing uImoved On the floor
e with the combined weight of the same
q three Memphis gentlemen thrown pc Nera
e fully and persis.ently against the small
figure Of it's owner. Explain 1t who can.
u But in one respect, at lesst the modest
Is little lsdy is like other mortals, she has 8
e womhn's heart, and last night st 1880
d O'Clock, in the Clarendon, gave her hand
d conft ;pgly to the man Of her choice,
u Thomas L. EMORY, of Cincinnati. The
" pair were quie ly married by Squire ]. J.
e Barry, without previous notice even to
: the hotel clerk, and few minutes later
/ went to the theatre to give the regular
performance. The bride was richly
II dressed in velvet costume, and
II wore an exquisite corsege bouquet Ct
= white flowers without ornaments. The
= young husband has certainly q deal of
temsfisY, to place hisass1i in the hands of
, enc SO capsule Of enforcing corjugal
: Obedience, but seemed to be very happy
e man.
d - EvaSssAtsd Rssrbsrriss,