Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-15
BIC MEN AND WOMEN.
Some Of the Gi.nts and Gianssssss OF
whom History Tsfls-

giant or q dwarf, sometimes both, as
Frederick the Great and his corps of
gigantic grenadiers; and In the Tower
Of London may be seen q lance and
some enormous armor Of Sixteenth
century work. which doubtless belonged
TO some giant knight or trooper Of ths
kings bodyguard. James l. had at
tached TO his person a porter named
Walter Parsons, commonly called the
6taffordshirs giant, q handsome, brave
and strong young man, who had begun
kfs "A farrier. His height was z
feet z inches, and his portrait ex-
kts. engraved by Glover. Parsons
kved on into the reign Of Charles |, and
was succeeded by another giant, WILL
lam Evans. two inches taller than his
predecessor.
II Is curious fact that the popula-
tion Of France has rarely produced q
giant; Great Britain, Germany, Poland
and Switzerland carry of the palm; and
this may perhaps be attributed to the
prevalence in France OF a vegetarian
diet, which does not tend to develop TO
30 great an extent the growth of muscle
M does the stronger diet of meat The
Eighteenth century, TO Judge by con-
temporary letters and newspapers,
seems TO have been more than usually
prolific In giants and giantesses
Horace Waipole mentions a giant
and giantess who were ON view respect
lively at Spring Gardens and Half Moon
Court, Ludgate Hill They were both,
Il seems, handsome and well proper
toned persons, and without the usual
awkward ungainliness peculiar TO their
kind. At this time also appeared a
young Italian giantess feet In
height, who was the admiration"
said the handbills, ''of the emperor Of
Germany, of eight kings of Europe and
of the grand czar Of Moscow himself. {"
Her appearance seems to have been
followed In 1742 by that Of Cajanus,
the famous Swedish giant, commonly
called the diving Colossus" who came
over to England and established him
self at house opposite the Mansion
; house He was the son of a pastor of
n little village In Finland and stood 9
feet inches In his socks
In 1858 London was visited by an
other Italian giant, named Bernardo
, Gigli, or Gill, who measured 8 feet
! In height, and seems 10 have created
. an immense sensation by the colossal
proportions Of his limbs But no giant
. ever created such furor as did Charles
Byrne, tho Irish giant, who was feet
I inches In height, and possessed Of enor-
! nous strength. He was clever and
? shrewd, and full Of the natural wit of
his mother country; but, unfortunate
. ly, the large fortune he rapidly gained
by the exhibition of himself led him
into habits of gluttony, and he died at
the early age OF 22.. leaving instructions
that his body was to be buried at sea.
but the college of surgeons In some
, way obtained his corpse for the sum of
Z RS00, according to certain reports. and
: the skeleton was ''set up" In their mu-
: scum by William Hunter, the famous
anatomist.
Shortly after Byrne's death another
Irish giant exhibited himself in Lon
: don, by name Patrick Cotter, alias
O'Brien. He was 30 attenuated that.
tall as he was. he appeared even taller.
! His height was 8 feet z inches. Feeble
: and debilitated in health, he could only
walk by supporting himself on the
!, shoulders of two tall men walking In
i front of him, resting hand on the
. shoulder of each. Many amusing stories
|, are related of him. One evening at q
s Masonic dinner he took out Of his
7 pocket the celebrated dwarf, Count
. Borulauski, and set him upon the table,
] TO the astonishment of all
e Some time after, while staying al
: Bath, he nearly terrified night watch
man out Of his wits by taking of the tor
. OF a street lamp and lighting his pipe
with the flame. He was of an amiable
|, and gentle disposition, but not remark
!. able for any intellectual capacity. Since
! his day to the present time London haa
i only seen four giants of any abnormal
height or size, namely, James Tolees.
feet six inches In height, in 1919; Scott,
Chang and Herr Wickelmeir. the Bava
I rian giant.
OF giantesses, Miss Scott and Pauline
. Marie Elizabeth Wedde are the only
I colossal ladies who have astonished the
! eyes of the sight seeing world. Ths
!. latter. called the Queen of the Anna
zona, was born at Ben Rendorf, IN
. Thuringia, on the 3lst of January
I 1866, and introduced to the Londor
= public at the Alhambra in a piece en-
a titled "Babil and Bijou." She wa,
; good looking. and of handsome, wei
a proportioned figure, and measured
4 about feet inches In height. OF hei
e subsequent history and career we havs
+ not been able 10 trace any account
; since her provincial tour n France,
Q after she had exhibited herself In THU
8 country. 1t IL curious fact that gianfa
rarely exceed the age Of 40 or As. and
few among them ever show signs d
much intellectual capacity. They are
4 as rule, good tempered. indolent and
= placid; their opposite extremes, ths
. dwarfs. being irritable. active. elevei
3 and III tempered. Irish TimsA