Show THE TALLEST BOY th the e biggest boy tor for his age in the whole world lives at oxford warren county N J ilia his name la Is edward erl lie he Is old and his height Is 1 already 9 feet 3 2 inches without his i shoes hoes if hi ha should keep on growing 61 j at the ordinary rate from now until he Is ao 20 years old le he would then be over I 1 1 seven even feet in height lie he believes belleveau bel levea thit h 4 when he reaches that age lie he m will ill stand fully 7 feet 4 inches it Is usually the case when phenon trial enal growth takes place in childhood tho th subject it Is physically a weakling the tremendous strain upon the vitality resulting from such unusual growth generally enfeebles the system it amounts to a disease and Is so reg ar d by physicians however has anever seen sick day in all his 16 jears eats re lie is its as trong strong and healthy as an a young animal and has an appetite appet tte commensurate to hit his size just at present he weighs leigha pounds pound and Is 1 gaining at the rate of nebout ut ft a pound a week lie he Is not at nil all ill proportioned find and it Is only in the he boyishness of his face that hlf his lack of years year Is noticeable ile he has the stride A and carriage usually in a man tit at tile the age at which such height and weight are not extra edinar rd inar this in the wn sa of growth Is the youngest of a famiie faill of eight children every one of his brother ers and skiers sisters are of good height per factly for formed ined bright and healan y none of them hem have developed de eloped any signs of 10 anything abnor abnormal nial and they hey look upon their big brother with as much aston astonishment kh as Is a felt hv by strangers this extraordinary youth la Is to his fathers gratification well iotte I 1 to ro perform the work of a stout Carni farni hind in ever every particular there Is ig no n bip ie ii I 1 i the neighbourhood neighbour hood who can be it hini him pitching ching hay nna and when A hen it comes to breaking a horse his strength makes him a master hand in tact fact most of the tasks that are considered onerous k A 0 because of the strength required to perform them are childs play to thlin 0 oer er grown toy boy ordinarily bos who grow up in this way feel abashed at their own bigness and rather ill at ease but says that the opla sensation which has bar im presher itself upon him in any way aay Is surprise even as a baby he was as usually large by the time he had reached the age of q i years he was wag as ag tall and wi 11 II formed as the ordinary boy of 8 and at to 10 tie he had attained the growth and general appear ance of it a boy of 16 mentally he Is all that could be expected of a boy of his age he Is a good and has made the most of his rather limited orl for education ile he sa a Iti indeed deed that lie he proposes to educate himself according it to its his size ard and it if he sl mild do tills this there it Is no s f question of I 1 lh ill beL becoming OMIng a learned mui m ui the question of a calling in life Is not bothering at all lie he says he casborn was born a far farmer nier and a farmar he will ill remain nothing else has an attraction sn N s for lafin hi in whatever he keenig to ha hae c nn an inborn love for the soll soil various ef efforts forti have been made to lo induce the bo boy to become a museum at traction but quite apart from the fact that his parents object lie Is himself strongly opposed to anything of the sort 1 I do not know he said ath v I 1 should exhibit to other people just because I 1 have grown gronn more thin dinofa people make aate me a freak wh I 1 should hould people want to apty pty money I 1 lo 10 0 see sec a atall tal I 1 boy hoy I 1 if f a anybody ny body wants a ants to look at me let him come dom down n to oxford where I 1 live and I 1 will stand up and he con can look till he Is 1 tired I 1 dont see any re ion on wha A ha 1 I IP bf allowe I 1 to atly y at lionie homelike illi e other people unless however nature presently calls a tali new jersey bids to f urn asli tile the legitimate successor sorto to chang tha the chinese gla it A and the late lamented captain nite |