The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-28
FATTEST MAN ON EARTH.
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New York. March 2S.-The French lin
er La Bourgogne, which arrived here
yesterday from Havre. brought 800
pounds of Henri Maurice Canon in her
second cabin.
No fatter man than Canon has been
produced by the effete dynasties of Eu-
rope. He measures 100 inches around
the waist. seventy inches around the
chest, and his mammoth calf is forty
inches in circumference. He is a native
OF Stein. Germany.
Greatness has been thrust upon him.
Though he was an inspector of brewer
les in his native land he never drank
much beer: though he endeavored for
years to lose his all too solid flesh. 1t
gained upon him constantly.
Mr.. Canon is still putting on flesh. and
If he lives may become greater than
Cog. Magog and the Terrible Turk. He
is forty-eignt years old and a bachelor.
but his heart is as young as ever.
Mr.. Canon says no berth on La Bour-
gogne was big enough for him. He was
rocked in the cradle of the deep, sitting
up. During all that long voyage. Mr..
Canon snatched sleep at brief intervals.
balancing himself on the edge of his
bunk. When he landed yesterday there
were great circles around his eyes, and
he begged piteously to be taken to a
hotel, where he could be accommodated
with a big bed and a big room. His
wishes were gratified. and the first
| thing he did on arriving at his hotel was
to go to sleep.
Mr. Canon has come here with no fixed
plan and no manager. His sole compan-
! ion is his niece. a young girl about eigh-
teen years old. He has made overtures
heretofore to freak conniosseurs. but none
of them would listen to him. so he has
come on his own account to astonish the
United States with his mammoth proper
| lions and to compel an acknowledgment
| of his claim to being the biggest man on
earth. H.
Canon has the face OF a grenadier. He
wears no beard. his upper lip Is decorated
with ,prodigions pair os black NOUS
tachios. The face b.Spsaks en-
| ergetic temperament which has been ov-
ercome by the unwieldly development Of
an all too ambitious body. Notwfthstand-
| ing his fat, howeter, Canon Is remarkably
| light upon his feet. and he says he is still
an athlete and can dance as lightly as a
| coryphee.
He has exhibited In all the principal
cities of France. Germany. England. Hol-
land. Denmark and Sweden. in all of
which he has made good his title of being
the latest man. He doesn't believe that
America can match him. and If she can
he is willing TO go back on the next
steamer.
Canon has never known a sick day in
his life.
La B0urgogne had n rough voyage. but
Canon held the part of the ship in which
he was so steady that most of the second
cabin passengers had a very enjoyable
time. He does not enjoy travelling. but
was really anxious 10 see America and
compare himself with the big things in
which this country abOunds. He was not
so confident of his supremacy yesterday
after a view of the sky-scrapers. He took
heart when he found that there was no
hack able 10 cary him from the steamer
dock and no chair large enough TO bear
his weight in his hotel. When he sat 10
take his first meal he was obliged to use
two chairs Re eats no more InaE an
ordinary man.