The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-11
BIG MEN AND WOMEN.
Some OF the Giants and GIantesses OF Whom
History Tells.

| history tells.
| From the Irish Times
At all times and in all countries, kings and
mobiles had fancy for including among their
| retainers either giant or a dwarf sometimes
both. Frederick the Great and his corps of
| gigantic grenaders; and in the Tower Of Lon
| don may be seen lance and some enormous
armor Of sixteenth century work. which doubt
| less belonged to some giant knight or trooper
| OF the Kings bodyguard. James l. had at
tached to his person a porter named Walter
Parsons. commonly called the Stafrordshre
giant, handsome. brave. and strong young
portrait exists. engraved by Glover. Parsons
Wam Evans
two inches taller than his
Britain. Germany, Poland, and Switzerland
% the h be M
tartan diet, which does not tend 70 develop to
80 great an extent the growth OF muscle as
century. to Judge by contemporary letters
and newspapers, seems to have, been more
Horace Walpoe mentions giant and giant
ess who we're on view respectively at spElnpfF
Thsy We're Both. It see@s. handsome and Veil
proportioned persons, and without the usual
awkward ,ungainliness peculiar to their kind.
admiration" said the handbills. " OF the En-
and OF T. the GRAND Gar 81 Moseso S himsef
Her appearance seems to have bean tolloWed
giant commonly called the living Colossus"
who came over to England and established
himself at house opposite the Mansion
village In, Finland. and stood eight feet four
inches in his socks.
ian giant. named Bernardo Gig or Gill, who
measured eight feet In height. and seems to
colossal proportions Of his limbs. But no giant
Byrne. the Irish giant. who was eight feet
nous strength. He was clever and shrewd.
and full Of the natural wi, Of his mother coun-
Rapidly gained BY the sxf S Of Himself led
him into habits OF Glpttony and intemperance.
leaving N INSTRUCTIONS that his body was to b;
buried at sea, but the College Of Surgeons
IN some way obtained his corpse for the sum
skeleton was :" set up" in their museum by
William Hunter. the famous apatomist. ~
Giant exhibited himself In London, by name
Patrick Cotter alias 0'Brien, He was 80 at
Feeble and debilitated III health, he could only
ESt ~ Of Sm losns
hand on the shoudldeF Ct each; Many any, amusing
celebrated dwarf, Count Borulauski. and set
him upon the table. to the astonlshment Of all y
Some time after. while staying at Bath, he
nearly terrified g night Waterman out Of his
lighting his Pine with the lame. He was Of dn
Rmiable and gentle DISPOSITION. but not re-
markable for any intellectual capacity. Since
his day TO tho present time London has only
seen four giants Of Any abnormal height or
inches IN height IN b Isl9; Scott, Chang. and
or giantesses. Miss Scott and Pauline Marie |
Elizabeth Wedde are The only colossal ladies' |
who have astonished the eyes OF the sight-see. |
Ing world. The latter, called the Queen Of the
Amazons, was born at Ben ltendorf in Thur |
duced to tho L9nd9 a public Of the ,;Alhambra
good looking. and OF handsome, we'll. proper |
toned figure. and measured about s feet |
inches In height. or her subsequent history |
ana career we have not been able to trace any
after she had exhibited herself in this comntrV'
L is a curious fact that giants rarely exceed
show signs Of much intellectual capacity They
are. as q rule. good tempered. indolent. and
placid: their opposite extremes, tho dwarfs
being irritable. active. clever and III tempered.