The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-09


raised the body little and slipped broad
carpet sling under the waist, fitted at the
ends with stout rods, each large enough to be
grasped by two men. The arms were tied
down and the legs were firmly strapped to-
gether with horses girth in such way as
to offer handles to two men, one on each side.
The nine foot stage, with the body on it, was
then carried outside and placed on tho perch
at right angles to the coffin
Here an interesting discussion arose. The
New Jersey undertaken wanted to place the
stage over the coffin, lift up the body, with
draw the planldng and let the body down
into the coffin. The New York undertaken
had arranged for eight men to carry the
body by the straps and the iron rods to tho
coffin and lower it. Each PRESENTED his argu-
ment, and the pail bearers and guests who
had arrived gathered round and took part in
the discussion. The New York undertaken
finally had his way, and the body was car
ried to the coffin and laid in it without mis-
hap. An attempt to remove the sling from
under him failed, SO the rods were cut off
and the carpet was left in the coffin. Then
the coffin was hoisted upon boxes and left
exposed until after the services. 1t took
eight very strong men to carry the coffin
,
Although Barnum advertised Col Goshen
as the ARABIAN giant, " he was born on the
Isle Of Man, and was q Jew, although he
died Christian. Early in life he was a ship
carpenter, and he often wished that he had
not abandoned his trade for the show bust
ness He died comparatively well off as he
made q great deal of money exhibiting him
self during his lifetime. He retired three or
l
comfortable farm near Clyde Station, n. ].
He was very popular among his neighbors,
and the women dotted on him and visited him
frequently.
THE GIANTS LOVE.
Col. Goshen was twice married and was
divorced both times The second Mrs. Goshen
was q stout, dark complexioned woman of
average height. She is a cousin Of the fat
woman who was the second biggest thing in
the Townsend show that the colonel Travelled
with as giant before the war, after he left
Barnum's employ. She first met the colonel
twenty years ago in Algonquin, Ills. She
was then Miss Mary WEIGH, a 15-year-old
girl of Elgin, Ills, with long, dark ringlets,
big black eyes, and Partially for tall men.
She got into the show free through the pro-
fessional character of her cousin, and used to
spend the most of the time gazing up in
silent wonderment at Col. Goshen's large
face and pleasing mustache The colonel at
this time was the husband of Augusta White,
stout, rudy faced German brunette, who
was the snake charmer Of the troupe and
who used to make little Mary Welch's eyes
bulge in awe as she tossed snakes about on a
little platform adjoining the improvised
circus ring Col Goshen stayed in Algon-
quin all that winter, and Mary went to see
him often.
In 1879, when she had grown to be wo-
man, she again met the big colonel during a
short stay of the show in Chicago, and their
acquaintance was renewed and ripened into
friendship. The giant was still living with
the snake charmer at his farm in New Jer-
sey, but that same year he applied to the
chancellor of the court of chancery, in Tren-
ton, for a divorce on tho ground of his wife's
infdelity. His wife made no legal opposition
and a decree of separation was granted