The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-03
HE is a COLLECTOR OF FREAKS.
Phiiadelphian With n Mania for De-
formed Animals

Aoi hth animals.
From The Philadelphia Record
y IS by ne means an unheard Of oc-
currence for Dame Nature 10 make
mistake IN her distribution Of legs to
the lower animals, and To- present a pig
az calf with an extra leg or 50. bur
to md 20 such dcformed creatures
grouped together in one place by "A con-
4 nolseur in freaks is indeed "A rarity
+ such a collection exists i'm this city to-
day. II rs the property If Fred \. Rob-
lnson OF 23l6 South Tenth street. who
has made fad of the collection of gu
rios 81 all kinds particularly i'm animal
lie, and who has at his home a score
OF barnyard oddities Of various kinds
Some of them died Immediately after
birth and are preserved i'm alcohol.
4 others lived for longer period and
were stuffed and mounted after death.
E the remainder. half a dozen in number.
are still alive and kicking, and occupy
comfortable quarters i'm the stable in
i the rear of Mr. Rohinson's house
me man who gathered together this
/ unique collection Of freaks bought them
up from time To time during the past
three years seizing upon the upportu-
nity TO add te their number whenever
ne heard of the existence of an animal
IN any way extraordinary. The pursuit
or the curloS in inanimatc as well as
animate form seems To have Il peculiar
f
house. though like any other dwelling in
the block on the outside. is veritable
museum within.
The freaks that have been alcohoIiclv
preserved are kept in glass Jars OF vari-
Gus. sizes, in the back Darlor of the
dwelling. In one of the largest of these
vessels is a calf with face with feat
ures so distinctively human as To al
most suggest that il is a human head
upon q calf body. 1t is an ugly face
ana at the same time a startling one.
me neck, exceedingly narrow. is set
upon the body of an ordinary new
born calf, somewhat hloated by 10
years soaking in alcohol. Seventeen or
eighteen years ago. when "Bill" Long
was the proprietor of museum at
Fourth aud German streets. this was
one Of his chief attractions. and it is
said that when il came into his posses
sion he paid $500 for IT,
Another jar contains a two-headed
duck and double headed pig, to-
aother; then there is a chicken with
Tour legs and four wings: a mummifed
louf-legged chicken. which had been
preserved in alcohol until the spirit
eNaporated; duck with double head,
tour legs. three eyes and two sets Of
DIS; double-headed chicken: a Della
ware pig, Is inches long. with eight
legs. single head. ornamented by four
ears and two tails: an eight-legged
two tongues; cat with six legs two
talis and two tongues, and "A puppy
from Noftuld, Va, equipped by indul-
gent nature with eight legs and two
talIs. though it has but one head.
me stuffed animals are only three
IN number. but they are a great deal
more Interesting than those i'm the glass
Jars because their peculiar formation
can he seen to such better advantage
The largest ana undoubtedly the most
curious IS double-ended calf which
used to form part Of the exhibit of
an OLD Wilmington museum before II f
EEL into MI. Robnson's hands. It
stands - inches high and is in reality
Two calves joined together by nature
at the hind quarters. end to end The
heads and bodies .eXcept at the point +
OF lolnture, are perfectly formed but
the mind legs or one part of the animal
cross and interfere with those Of the
ether. Considered as a single calf. it
has one tail eight legs and two
heads.
Another unique feature If the collec-
tlGn Is double headed. four-eyed calf.
with two mouths. The double head
gives the animal a slight resem hlanco
10 a dog. especially as two of the eyes
are SO FAR around on the sides that they
cannot, at first glance. he seen. and the
other two are quite near together in the
Mode Of the head. The. third stuffed
f'''i'ii'I - al niue pig with H1Gnf legs.
six of which are underneath the BODY.
while two grow out of the middle of the
back
The live freaks naturally attract more
attention from visitors than any Of tha
liners for they have attained fuller de-
'tlopment and all are at present i'm ex-
client condition as To health. They are
frnt On the second floor Of the Robinson
stable, lust in the rear Of the house
ilong with two remarkably big horses
which their owner has secured.
Ia the first stall, to which Mr. Robin
heifer "Tootsie." who has
nc and half legs il excess of tbs.
lumber usually allotted TIA her kind.
sTeGtSls came from q place half way
,etween Media and Chester. known rs
5ankS Hi. Her extra ieg-ansl-a half
rev from her right fore quarter. near
point where her backbone seems to
livlde and branch out. The branch
.rmlnates IL the extra lief. and At the
nee joint. an extra half leg makes its
ppearanee. or course. these extra
mbs are useless and hang down by
ne heifers Tank. She IS red in color
18th white spots. Her horns are four
lehes long and she is in a very healthy
Jessie, -half-vear-old
'hite sheep. who has not had a hair cut
pr Is months, and therefore looks a
''"i 'l@s~'l tudH SH' i'=diiN -. =,
,Nfls IN ia" possession Of five legs ,
he extra limb hangs down on the left ,
de, and the hoof. though disuse, has
rn@n 70 q length Of five inches The
fifth leg Is concealed in the heavy 7
roVth Of wool. "Jessie,s' mate. who u
Jed March last. had four horns The
tother to Feotsie." the Eve and one -
alt legged calf had but three legs :,
nd was sent by his owner To the =
University If Pennsylvania. where he
imd.
Tho third living curiosity Is 'Bessiag
'-yodr-uld cow from MINNEAPOLIS
he has two more legs than she needs
rowing from an extension of the back
tnc on the left side. near the shoulder
he formation looks and feels ike an
npcrieetly formed extra head. be
ye.n The fCth AID sixth legs Tho
'Jfs Of these legs have grown into Tong
llus as i'm the instance OF the hcifcr.