The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-13
g,eeBsr MAN m rHs WORLD.
a Blue Grass Fed aoosier VINO TBS
the Scale at oO7 Pounds

the Scale at GOT Pounds.
From the Nelg York Her1'd
WORTHWHILE. IND, Nov. o--lndlana
let's of having within il borders the
LARGEST man in the world
Tbis person is John Hans'n Cralg. now a
-ssident of Danville. towF OF 2,OOo innaoi-
- nineteen miles wed of indianapolis.
the Rig Four railrOfd. and the county
.aot of Hendricks COUNT.
I'm who was born n Iowa City, Ia, IN
- s1on moved to thu blue grass region Of
Kentucky. .,o,,.,, ,,o,,rds 10
Al birth he weighed eleven POUNDS. he
a -, =, ranidIv that Il the age of IL months
gIen 5 saven nounds)f flesh to show for
&c . - -1o1th of his existence, weighing
seventy seven poune.
Eron this time onhis gain IN flesh was
.na1omenal, and be was the talk or the
eo W., he reachedthe age Of 2 years his
-ro,-bt was 2O6 pounds. When he was
vea1s old. in 1855 p. T. Barnum inau-
curated a baby sow IN New YORK, and
r. ,,srants. hearing of this, resolved to
nls him him in competition with the other
.as+on.s He WAS awarded the prize
DFlSaJ for the largest baby present, 81 900.
a. tha age of 5 years his weight had in
..nosed until he Weighed BOZ pounds. His
ei--ht the next six years kept on increasing
I'll be registered 405 pounds.
The next eight years his weight increased
tq6 nouuds, mixing his total weight COL
nonnds He made it 725 pounds when he
was p years d. ..ou.. =, o,,,.. :.
o-aosad his wight to 75S pounds, but the
o-t year h gained thirty-four pounds,
r,asi1g the total 1872 pounds at the age
If %
VI Erorn that inc his weight has been grad
ally increasing until at the present time,
when he is oily So years old, he, tips the
,cales ct 907 pounds. Judging from the
mast he has MT stopped accommodating flesh
and aithoughhe bas not weighed himself
az recently, it is said he believes he is
still increasing in size. and Will commune to
grow for SOM years 70 come.
eTb;s immense amount of flesh is not
caused bv al extraordinary appetite, Mr..
Creip. on thecontrary, being very deli
80 eater is not addicted TO the use of in
toricants. an! does not use tobacco in any
form. He siffers no inconvenience from
his very heavy weight, and was never i'll a
day in his life;
in0 feet. and measures eight feet four inches
attbe hips. The cloth in one of his suits Of
clothes will serve to make several suits for
ordinary men, it requiring forty-one yards
to make him full suit-coat, vest and
nantaloons-and it takes three pounds Of
warn to make him pair Of stockings.
He laughilgly says that the COWS always
smile when they see him going to a shoe
shop 10 leave his measure for a pair of
boots. as it will take whole side to make
him pair No. l2 being the size he wears.
The father of Mr.. Craig was very small
man, weighing about rs to 100 pounds
His mother vas also q small woman, not
weighing over ITO or lis pounds.
His neutrality-suspicious. on his
mothers side was Gov. Chittenden, the
first governor of Vermont, whose birth
place was Ireland. DR.. Hanson Catlett, his
grandfather, was assistant surgeon general
Of the United States for thirty-five years,
and died in the government service at East
Liberty, Pa. He was born in England.
On bis fathers side Mr.. Craig's grand
father was native of Scotland, and his
grandmother German, having been born in
the city Of Frankfort. Mr.. Craig is first
cousin of William 2. Hepburn. at the pres
ent time solicitor for the United States
treasury
A few days ago BIr Craig's home was
frightened by Mrs. Craig giving birth to a
girl baby. This is the only child they have,
and both are very joyful over the event.
Mrs. Craig's weight is about 100 pounds.