Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1865-11-17 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

LITTLE FEOPLE.—In the time of Sir Hans Sloane there was exhibited, at the Mitre and Rummer at Charing-crosis, "a little wild man, aged 27. and 34 inches high ;" and "at a crffee-house in Charingcross" (a famous place for exhibitions was Charinecross in those days) a little man, 50 years old, two feet nine inehes high, and the father of eight children ; when he sleeps he puts his head between Its feet to rest on by way of a pillow, and his great toes in each ear, which posture he shows to the general satiafact'on of all the spectators." The Liege peop'e boast of an old womm who died about a century ago at. the age of 100, and with the altitude of 32 inches. Mary Jane, of the same height, died at Went, in Shropshire, ninety years ago, but the poor thing was deformed and lame. An advertisement of the time of NVilliatii and Mary tells of a German woman, "at the brandy shop, over against the Eagle and Child, ii. Stocks' market (where the Mansion House now stands), the dwarf of the world, being hut two feet seven in height, and the mother of two , children." This was also the height of "a man of the least stature that has been seen in the memory of man," at the Plume of Feathers, in the same locality One exhibition was of "a little Scotehman, but two feet and six inches high, near upon 00 years old; he sings and dances with his son; he formerly kept a writing-school, and discourses of the Scriptures and of many eminent histories very wisely "—a pedagogue in a nutshell. The "Journal de Medecine " notices a man 28 inches high. Mr Simon Paap, a Dutch dwarf, who attracted a good deal of attention in London fifty years ago, was about as many incites in her4lit as he was pounds in weight and years in age-28. In Queen Anne's time there was 'a little fairy woman, come front Italy, being but two feet two inches high." There is a record of one Hannah Bounce, who, though only 25 inches high, gave birth to a child.—Dickens's All the Year Round.  4•_' td, 0 /  e of (ii,. at first Wee plea, and one cit „ the prieiiner was one oi the vicissitudes through a. hielting wonien eau pas,, and k. placed at a Moil's bar. It traespiree ago the prisoner's sister, a young lady of g. attractions, went to reside at Clifton, near Bra,. a short time afterwards she was recognieeil by a gen.. in in of fortune, aid in a brief period she was married to him. The prisoner, who was then young, went to 'there-ide with her eater, and she became such a favorite him, he with her sister's husband. and so interested was he in Ii ive no dine_ i her welfare, that lie hail her educated in the highest 'Ha m, and then manner to qualify her for any society, at his entire afterwards his neither e a. expense. This oecupied some yeare, and at its tenniexpended itself, awl went nation she quitted Engl Ind for the continent. She horror she foetid him suspend-. travelled ti most of the principal cities of Europe, and handle of the cellar door. She ge Ott her return to England she assumed the title of a alarm, but upon the assistant of Mr Hem, countess. Being highly accomplished, she visited and being summoned, the lad was found to be do,, was received in the best society, and in the coarse of mother noe stated that he was of a very violent le tune a gentleman of the name of Watts became ens- Per, but that his rage soon passed away. She did not meured of her, end shortly afterwards married her. imagine that he intended to destroy himself, but only to pal., e f They went to live at some very expensive loagings in f ighten her. Whilst engaged with the noose, his able aina foot had accidentally slipped from the step. an th e d thus e creese i.. Cumberland-terrace, Paddington, but after being there for about four-Months Mr Watts left her. In a week death bad acei lentally ensued. The neighbours corm- Harrogate ; a ape, or ten days after Christinns the prisoner left the berated the mother's assertion as to the lad's tern- er, the animal for the sake... house, but whie she was in the house a lace shwa aiel further declared that both parents were kind nil (I it e e'r 1I :tee Mea ea, ' a lace fall, numerous article of wearing apparel, aff •etionate towards him. The jury found that the coneequence of the recent refusa. yeuth had committed suicide whilst in a state of tem. and silver spoons, were missing, and it was put i ire coal owners to concede an ads, forward that the house had been entered by thieves porary insanity. c it. demanded by the colliers on the pre, awl those articles carried off. The prisoner having