Evening journal., 1891-08-10
CELEBRATED GIANTS.
Every Country Has Produced Men Of Alb
normal Size

Every Country Has Produced Men Of Alb
normal Size.
Why do we attain certain size and
weight of body and then cease to grow?
Why is one person limited In stature to a
fsw inches while another stretches up
several feetf Why is 1t that one at ma
turity weighs not above fifty pounds and
another attsins a weight ten times as
greatf These are ell questions of growth,
and some marvellous examples are re-
corded
Nearly every nation has produced its
celebrated giant, aud most nations more
than one. James Toller born at St.
Neots, Huntingdon, England, "at the age
of 10 years had attained the surprising
height Of 5 feet aud upward at the age
of lS years he had reached the height of
upwards of feet II inches, and was
still in progress OF growth There is no
record OF his having attained a greater
height, however, though he was ex-
hibited for a considerable period In
Kirby's Museum as The Greatest Eng
lish Giant.
Two separate men, each Of whom was
feet IN height, claimed the cognomen
of THE Irish Giant o Brien" at the same
time The skeleton OF one of these Is to
be found In the Museum of the College of
Surgeons, London. 1t was bought by the
celebrated surgeon, John Hunter, who
paid $500 for the body for the purpose Of
dissection. This 0'Brien died from
| debauch at the age Of %. The other
| o brien, whose real name was Patrick
Cotter, earned fortune by ex-
hibting himself and attained the ex-
treme limits Of a giants life-l6 years,
He took the precaution to have his grave
chiseled out of solid rock twelve feet
deep, and providedsthat it should be kept
locked and constantly watched. This
o Brien used to amuse himself by light
ing his pipe at the street lamps, and he
quite terrified ahighwRyman. who on one
occasion had stopped O, Brien's carriage,
by simply putting his head out Of the
window and stretching hi imself up to his
full height.
The skeleton Of another Irish giant to
be found In the anatomical room Of
Trinity College, Dublin, is feet inches
in height, and constituted the framework
, Of McGrath, born in Tipperary. whit
made the tour of Europe as the "Prodig
ious Irish Giant Bis enormous growtl
} was said to have been the result of al
experiment made by the celebrated Bishol
! Berkely, who put the boy-an unforu
nate orphan, through a fattening pro
cess, with this result. Drs. Musgrav
and Molyueux have gi zen accounts 0
: still another Irish giant Edward Malon
. who measured feet inches In hi
stockings when he was 49,
Bernardo Gigli an Italian, attained th
: height Of feet when only Is years 0
! age Big Sam, the Prince Of Wales
= porter, who was nearly s feet in height
e Is the tallest Scotchman, unless W
( credit the account given by M. lie Cal
4 who tells Of the Scotch giant "Funnum
who lived in the time Of Eugene II
Z King OF Scotland, and VIII
measured III feet in height. Th
giant Of Utrecht, Holland, described
Q DR. Diemerbrock, the anatomist, stoo
Q 81 feet In height The king OF giRnt
o however, was Ohristoff Munster, born
. Erlosen, near Munden. In June, 1853
who, according to authentic records. a
q tained height Of 81 feet, three inch'
q taller than Goliath or Gath. he serve
Is in the body guards of the Elector al
r. lived IA years N. Y. Times.