Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-07
KENTUCKY CHILD
WEIGHS 10, AT
AGE AZ MONTHS

inclined to make objects weigh in
heavier than they really were, Doug
las almost welcomed a 47-pound baby
to it's midst last summer.
OF course, the report that baby
! could weigh AZ pounds at birth was
generally secuted by local folks and
naturally it proved no more true
than the story that the moon is made
of green cheese.
According to a newspaper article
from Lexington, Kentucky, however
which was recently published in the
! Los Angeles Times, there is a young
ster now living in Nicholas county
of that state who at 31a years of age
| is said to weigh ITO pounds. What
i is more, the boy is reported to have
the strength of a child of Is.
Bue here-read it for yourself:.
A career in the films is sought
by Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Taylor Of
Nicholas county, Kentucky, for their
abnormally large son, Meredith Stan
ley Taylor who, at az years OF age.
weighs 110 pounds and is as strong
as the average boy of Is.
Aside from his unusual tendency
to take on weight, Meredith is a
healthy normal boy and his parents
| have hope that some day he will be-
come star comedian of the films.
| Taylor would let his boy "act in
! the movies" if they would pay him
enough, he says, and believes Mere
dith would be great attraction"
Falls would have to be eliminated
from lis acts, however, as the child's
| greatest fear is OF falling. Even
| when seated in d chair lp is nervous
When sitting down ordinarily he will
Irepose on a cushion.
| Meredith's unusual growth has at
tracted attention of physicians
throughout Central Kentucky, none
of whom can give an explanation of
his rapid and abnormal development
I The child was born on June s.,
1922, and at the present time weighs
110 pounds, which is probably the
greatest weight of any child this age
in the country.
At birth Meredith weighed eight
and one-half pounds, and it was not
until after he was 3 months old that
he began to show signs of unusual
development. When he was l year
old he weighed sixty-two pounds.
Parents Under Average
The parents of Meredith are below
the average in weight The father
is about 140 pounds. The mother
weighs 120 pounds. Two brothers
and sister are rather frail. None
of the members of the family on
either the maternal or paternal side
is of abnormal weight
The 42-months- old boy has more
than ordinary intelligence for a child
Of this age, and is able to speak
ordinary words clearly and distinct
ly. He has the voice of child of
II to ii years.
The simple games of hide-and-seek,
ring-around- -the-rosy and others that
are played by his brothers and sis
ters are as eagerly enjoyed by Mer-
edith as any of them, and, 1iotwith-
standing his weight he is as agile
as any of the other children.
The baby of the family in so far
as age is concerned, Meredith's great
the loving care of children of that
age. No rocking to sleep in his
mothers lap for him. 1t is a task
4OI dTiIlS IHdI InOS0 OIL MS
mother to tuck him to sleep at night
Kneels For Rest
Meredith has no favorite amuse-
ment. From the time he gets up in
the morning until he retires at night
he is never idle for long at time,
prattling around after his parents or
playing with his older brothers and
sisters. When he becomes tired he
kneels on both knees, which is his
favorite posture for resting. His
diet consists of the food of the rural
folk, meat, vegetables, butter, hoE
biscuits, sorghum, buckwneat cakes,
ETC., only he eats a little more than
an ordinary grown person. He sleeps
about ten hours at night, and has
never been sick day in his life.
Merediths strength has apparently
developed along with his weight, as
he is as strong as a boy of Is years.
His younger brother, who is II years
of age and weighs about eighty
pounds, is picked up ann carried
across the floor with ease by the boy.
The Taylors are sturdy, rural folk,
of the pure Anglo-Saxon strain COM
mon to this section.
ChiId's Measurements
Following are the measurements
of Meredith:
Height, Al inches.A
circumference of head % inches.
Neck, IA inches.
Shoulders, 4S inches.
Chest, Al inches
Biceps, 12 inches.
Thigh, 81 inches.
Knee 18 inches.
Calf of leg, IA inches.
Meredith is gaining an avert ge of
one pound n week, his development
being much more rapid through the
winter than during the summer
months. His parents believe he will
weigh $50 pounds when he is years
of aga next June.
Many letters are received by his
parents daily asking for pictures OF
Meredith. For a time Mr.. Taylor at
tempted to accommodate them, but
the requests became so numerous
that he is now forced to ignore all
appeals.
LANDIS ACCLAIMED