The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12

through the postmaster at Sandusky,
o., and after a little correspondence
determined to go out and see if she was
all that she was represented to be. The
farm on which she was living with her
parents was found to be the most mis-
cradle place imaginable, the house and
building out of repair, the ground poor,
| and everything indicating hard Strug-
| gle for bare existence. The girl herself
was half-clothed and fearfully thin and
worn looking. Her work was TO milk
the cows and then carry the milk for
a distance OF five miles to the houses
along the road. She carried two large
\ pals slung on a yoke across her shoul-
ders, and with her huge feet the daily
J toll was so severe that, COUPLED with
miserable food, it had worn her almost
! to skeleton.
Mr. Stone took her Boston on a
salary of SS5 a week, and billed her as
| the big-footed woman from Chicago. }"
! She created a great sensation, and was
a drawing card for a long time. When
she arrived she had on her feet a
pair of boots that showed how primitive
had been her mode of life. They were
made throughout of the tops of farm
ers' heavy cowhide boots, and had
been manufactured at home by first
cutting out of combined bootlegs a
piece large enough for the sole, and
then sewing more bootlegs over it from
side to side until the foot was covered.
A shoe dealer took these shoes to place
in his window as an advertisement,
and in return made for her two of the
finest pairs that he could turn out.
Fanny's salary was steadily increas-
ed as it became evident what a draw
ing card she was, and when she left
Mr. Stone it was to fill an engagement
at $500 a week. She was simple and
careful in her manner of living, and
in fact her living expenses were just
about paid by what she made through
the sale of her pictures She went back
to Sandusky as soon as she had made
enough money, bought the finest firm
in all that part of the country, and is
the entire support of her parents.
TOCCI TWINS BIG SALARY.
The highest-priced freaks ever
Shown in this country were the Tocci
twins, who received a salary of $500
week for a four weeks engagement.
They We're two boys with but one pair
of legs between them, the bodies con-
Meeting at the waist, both bodies and
legs being perfect and Well-formed.
They were constantly worrying about
the high price of living in this country,
and in spite of their large salary spent
as little as they could possibly get
along with. They now have a large
town in Italy, and are persons of great
distinction there.
Che-Mah, the Chinese dwarf, has a
farm near Chicago, and is making d
good deal of money out of it, as he is
a thoroughly up-to-date agriculturalist.
He superintends every detail of the
farm himself. and it is acurious and
interesting sight to see this little fell
low, who stands just two feet and two
inches in height, overseeing the work
of some twenty strapping labOrers,
driving aobut the farm in his little
pany cart, or going to the city with
several wagon loads of produce.
Ella Ewing who is so far as is known,
the tallest woman on earth, is only a
years old, but has already saved up a
large fortune and is the owner of a
beautiful farm near Goran, o. 1t is
said that she is growing taller and
more valuable every day, but she will
not I'LL an engagement except for a
very large sum, as she is married and
prefers life at home unless a great in
ducement is offered.
KRAO, THE MISSING LINK.
One of the most interesting char
acterS among the freaks was KraO, the
missing link. She was a Burmese, but
a girl of a good deal of refinement, as
freaks go. She always had a COVER
ness travel with her, and was we'll
educated and q hard student, but she
had certain instincts that she COULD
not overcome. Most of her manners "a
table We're as good as those of most
persons, but she was unable to resist
the temptation 10 stuff food into the
pouches in her cheeks and carry it
away from table to be eaten later.
Ordinarily her eyes We're soft, and of
great depth of expression, but if any
thing angered her they had the fierce,
intent stare that could be mistaken for
nothing but the look of a monkey.
Chang, the Chinese giant, appears to
have been almost unique in freak an
nails as caring nothing for rural life. |
He made his pile years ago, but in |
stead of buying a farm, went into the !
tea business, and at the time of his |
death, was one of the leading tea
merchants of Bournemouth, England
ROBERT w. SISE.