New-York tribune., 1897-12-12
cALLATIN'S NEGRO GIANT.
uE IS THIRTY YEARS OLD AND Ei"ffA
FEET TALL-SUPPORTED
BY CHARITY.
The Nashville Banner,

D1 SIAhii
,,ror, The Nashville Banner. l.,
dispatch from Gallatin. this State. says !. S %
1T generally known outside of this PIac. az. 49,
not many here are aware OF 1t. thar ti,e ,aos
nerson in the world, so far as heard Vi, ,ant In
20 However this Is a fact. TINS siHi. M
,ntnre is Bud" Rogan. colored. VINO posoeSt Sts
other peculiarities equally as striking do N''
height. :. ,r travelling
through here over the Louisville ana Nasi ,ho
puroad for the past ten or twelve years wiz
have not been attracted by this huiian ann him hin,
strosity and fewer still. after having seen ~ .ha
Snllv realized that they had seen one OF .iie
areatest living wonders Of the age. Atnousn
9Rud' has been a constant visitor 10 al W. ~
trains for years past, the passengers o,nht
aware that they were behoioihs ma % honne
feet tall as he always remained in little nome ONE
made wagon drawn by two fuii-growh p''
goats with fleece as white as snow ,,u ro,,
ON the arrival Of any train Bud ana ms Sc "a
u,ooon NAV be seen at their usual piace oii ei'e
wa, s,da ~ the track and about fifty steps
north of the depot This position places mn, &C. e.
full view Of the passengers. whose at.e"' -,
at once attracted by the peculiar sisht. nhaS W.
aIioht from the train and draw up closer 10 .ne
prodgy to find that he Is sometnlhs , 'na. ~
had never seen before. In the nrst piaSv S,,. the
wagon and goats form an unusuai sisht' ~. ddi,
gient-Iike appearance Of Rogan and his ouuIy
Constructed anatomy strike awe 10 tne spsS
tators They generally question buu DO " " We ho
history which Is incoherently given theii' . as M
Is absolutely ignorant. They ask about MS eoats,
h,s wagon his health, how long ne mas oeeh -, -,
his present condition. etc. ana not lew id
him OF the fortune he could make IL ne or,,, "o
travel. Some want his photograph anu "es 49,
every one who sees and interviews MN sNeS
hin, money in sums ranging from hve Genus 70 d
dollar In this manner Bud makes eoou nn
ing and some days pockets large sum w ni,0
en- route to the Tennessee Exposition the Dr. ..
lvn excursionists' special stopped at the depoI
here about FIVE minutes and as usual Bug enu
his goats were on hand-it was one Oh MS sPe
cIal days. The crowd was amazed az the cu,,o ,,
Cd a
tion for Rogan About $40 was contrlouteG'
which was one Of the best days In "Buds pusi-
ness. .
Aside from being eight feet tall. BUD mas a
roach with each arm extended Of ninety-slx
inches-the greatest In the world, and twenty-one
inches more than that Of Fitzsimmons. His iianu' %
are each thirteen and half inches IN iens'n'
and his finger-nais are about the size Oh a l"eii
tvfve-cent piece He is almost a skeleton yet
he weighs 156 pounds. But the most pecunai
and attractive features about him are ms iee..
They are each eighteen Inches In length, ana as
Largo around as an ordinary mans leg. NO shoes
have ever beer found that he could put on and
In consequence he has to keep his feet wrapped
in blanket in cold weather. Anotner s,rams AMI,
thing connected with him Is that he cannot walk
a step nor stand upon his feet, his neither nTnps
being too small and weak to support ms own
weight While his lower limbs are nothing out
skin and bones, his body and head nave the aP-
pearance OF belonging to a giant
This wonder was born and reared IN Galiatin,
and is about thirty years of age. He was up 10
few years ago aDle 10 90 hoou' -
could do as much manual labor In day as any
other man. But for the past ten years he has
been perfectly helpless. unable TO walk or stano,
and his only means o: locomotion has been his
goats, which are well trained and familiar In
stitution OF the town. Bud" makes living.
however for himself and aged mother By
the strangers who come through here donating
TO him II they should fail to voluntarily give
him a "skeet.' as the negroes term nickel
Bud" will remind them OF It
Rogan has what IS known to the medical men
as acromegaly, a disease characterized by the
enlargement OF the bones especially OF the
hands feet and face. The skin Is coarse and has
tendency TO perspire. and Is accompanied by
a continual thirst. Generally one thus az
flcted has no sense OF taste. smell or hearing.
but Rogan is possessed OF all This disease was
first discovered In 1886 by a physician OF Paris.
France, and only a few cases are known to the
medical fraternity. No treatment has ever been
found 10 be OF any value. However, Rogan is in
good health, and suffers pain. He Is an enor-
nous eater, yet he never gains any flesh.
Everybody In this section knows Bud" who is
quito polite to all. on account Of his Ignorance
and superstition ne has several times refused
good chances to make big money. He has an
idea that II he s taken abroad he will be kid
mapped, and thus he declined an offer OF
lie was promised SIS per week, all expenses and
80 per cent OF the net receipts. At first he agreed
to go, and all arrangements were made for the
trip, but when the time arrived he backed down.
He did, however. consent TO be carried by COM
pany OF Gallatin nen TO the Tennessee Centen-
NAL when 1t first opened. but for some cause he
did not remain long He returned to this place.
where he may now be seen by all passengers
along the Louisville and Nashville Railroad II
they VIII only cast their optics on the east side
OF the track at the depot
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