| Show A TA tair TALL the maine giantess silva iya iva iya lya hardy ha has been engaged by mr covert to travel with his concert troupe she ia is a native of wilton in franklin county me is aven seven feet six laches inches in height is is rather lean leai lea i than fleshy yet weighs three hundred and thirty pounds is nearly thirty years of age ace and it i is t suh sud growing she has theretofore maintained hegli hemil chieft ly by service in the capacity of a I 1 purse having the them reputation of briny a most excellent one but for a few months past pact her health health has not been good enough for her to practice ee this thi S vocation ner her mother is to vave ave been below medium size and her galber father not above it she was a twin twin and al at birth weighed but three and I 1 a hair half pounds her mate did not live she she I 1 has always wen been an unus unusually it a I 1 I 1 y small eater cater and accustomed to labor her figure is s not erect like too many tall people she seems to appear shorter by assuming soa sod soine something ething lhing more than the grecian stoop w aeb lob has the usual eft essect effect act of making her look miter than she im hr fler complexion is fair her eyes blue and tte te very if modest indest and mid expression ot of her countenance is said to be a true eniex iniez to ilar her character we aie are assured ana she never as nurse I 1 takes alrin alfin lant lff iff lie lle her r amig amis but always holds tl it in her hand and placing the head ap capr the he ind its feet extend toward the eriq wresl and with the thumb and land little ele eie ee batea she forms an ample and adini era dle idle the length of her hand hallid being quite equal to tb the whole length oan of an infant she is unable to etite s ordinary doors without f stool stopping ing a good deal and it is said that for convenience she usually puts her thiebe and i other little articles upon the casing rasing over the door instead lower object J as a table or desk an amusing incident I 1 is told of liar which runs inthis 9 wise ise and which is said to be strictly true while she was passing through the kitchen ofa farni ww ene cne t day with a large pan of milk ineich in each hadd her hair caught upon afook a hook which two or thrig f inches from the ceiling ceil cell ipg lug and anci held her fast she could neither stoop to set the pons pans down nor raie rai e her hands to disengage her hair and was cn compelled thus to remain until ier her ter cries brou brought t r to ben her assistance eastern portland argus jany 30 |
