Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-12-03
THE BIGGEST RAM.
An india MAN VIII W,lzn3 Hear
sly HAT a Ton.

now resident 81 ijtnVllle, lo"h :"
two thousand lnim6ilanis, ninst' EN-
miles west of indianapolis. Nh The Big
Four Rnllrosd. and the county seat Of
Hendricks county.
John, WIN WAS born in Iowa City,
Iowa. in 1855. soon moved 10 The blue
gras. region af X .nlncky.
At birth he weighed ! | pounds He
grew M rapidly thai nj the age at ii
month. he had 7 pounds OF h-sh IL"
show for each mpnlh of hll existence,
weighing II pounds.
From Tins time IN his gain in fl.sh
was phenomenal, and he Was tho Ia K
Of The community.
When he reached the age Of 2 years.
his weight WIS 2J6 pounds. When he
WAS 3 years old, in 1853. P. T. Barnum
inargnraie,l baby show in New York,
md his parents hearing of This re-
solved Ia enter him IN competition with
The other contestants He was awarded
the PRIZE off red Tor the largest b,by
present. $1,000.
At tie age Of years his wrilh' bad
increased until he weighed 3J2 pounds
His weight the next SIX yetrr kept on
increasing until b; registered 405
pounds.
The next eight years his weight in
creased 1876 pounds, making his total
weigh, Col pounds. lie made il 1875
pounds wnen he WAS 2J years old.
ID irIng the next iwo years he only
increased his wei GIT 10 1883 pounds.
hut the next year he gained 81 pounds,
IN king the total I'VE pounds al The age
Ut Is
From that time his weight has been
gradually incrrasins un'il nj the rrr.-
ent time. when he Is oaly s. years o'd.
~ tips the Scales VI 9O7 pounds
Judging from the past he has moi
stopped accomplishing flesh, aud
although h. his not weighed him .eli
very recently, il il slid he believes hr
Is still Increasing in : Is, AMI viii con
iinue 10 grow f,r some year. 10 c"iue
This INN 'nse amount ~ fish /, not
caused ny IN extraordinary appetite
Mr. Craig, on the contrary, being n
very delicate cater, j. hot I'D iiclrd Ia
The Use of intoxlcanFs. and does no'
Use tob icco in any form He sutf,.r-
M Inconvenience from his y-ry heavy
weight, and was never Ill day in his
life.
He stands six feet FIVE inches in his
stocking feel. and measures eight feel
four inches AZ the hips. The rloih IN
me of his suits of cln'hrs will serve
10 make several suits Tor ord nary men
i r,q hiring forty me yards 10 max,
| him II fu suil-coit, vest ani pania.
lonns-ana il takes three pounds III
yarn Ia IN Ike him n pair 81 Stockings
He lau .hinsly says thai the Cow,
,lways smile when they see him g0ins
o \ shoe ship 10 lenve hi, measure foi
pair Of boots, ~ il will lake a wholt
side to make him par, No. IL beins
| The size he wears.
The father of Mr.. Craig was very
small man, weighing about lis Ia 12l
pounds. fIis mother was also sm,l
woman, not weighing over ITO 10 liz
pounds
Hrs grea'- grca'-grsndfa,hrr on hi,
mothers side was Governor Chiitrnden
the first Governor of ycrm mt, who's,
| hirthplaee WAS ireland. DR.. Hansen
Cailttt. his grandfather. was AssisIan
surgeon General of the Ulited State,
TOR thirty-nve year and died in III,
government service vi E4s, Liberty
Pa. He was born in E gland.
On his fathers side Mr.. Craig
grandfather WAS n native ut Scotland
an his grandmother German. hsyin,
been born in the city of Franktoi,
Mr.. Craig is a first cousin of William
P Hepburn. n, the present inns solicit
tor fnr the United States Treasury.
A few days asn M. Craig's hom
was frightened by Mrs Craig givin,
birth toa girl hlby. This !. the "nl,
Child they have, ami both are very jn
ful over the sves' Mis-. Crsig's weigh
10 about 131 pounds