Show MILES mines darmes darwen THE GREAT Amr AMERICAN RICAN GIANT some sollie weeks ago says the jackson whig we gave a few tew facts in regard to the weight and dimensions of this extraordinary man manana and promised our rp readers aders through the courtesy ot of a friend in henderson enderson II country further items of interest the friend we referred to was the rev john brooks hose bose veracity has hab never I 1 been questioned by iby any one lie he writes as fallo s nir hir barden burden was born in north carolina in the year 1798 and departed this li feAt his residence in Hei Heis derson iderson county tennessee on the day of january 1857 in the year ot of his hia age ile he joined coined the baptist bur burchin hur chin in earl eari arly lit lite and dortly shortly after emigrated to tolan j lies ties bessee see ni here here bere he be connected hubs huns himself elf eif withY hat ia is called edited the christian chr Chi istian church but had not been a DI member ember of any church for years eara past but as moral and fond of conversing on religious subjects he was an obliging and kind neighbor and fond of company an d about fifteen years a ao ago o he joined j 0 tried the order of masons dia Ala sons ile he was twice tw ic i e married his children are very large but probably none of thom them ae ver eer e be more than had halt the weight of their father he was quite active and lively and labored until about four tour years jears ago when he became BO so fleshy flecht that he was vas compelled to stay at home or be q hauled about in a two horse wagon in ili 1843 1818 hamade he anade a contract with a tailor to furnish him a suit of clothe clothes s for 50 the cloth was to cost 5 per yard U upon on measurement measure me it it took twelve yards of cioti cloth cioth so the tt tillor tailor tallor ilor llor lost 40 and the adkin making 1 the fhe tailor states that three men each weigh in ing over two aundrea Ji undreA pounds put the coat on buttoned it around them and walked across the square at atLe Lexington ington I 1 in 1850 1830 it took thirteen yards of flax cloth doth 1 yard wide to makelim make him a coat it took sixteen ya yards r ds of cambric for his shroud twenty gour jour four yards of black velvet to cover the sides and lid E hs comein feet of plank to inake inal inai e his coffin his ilia coffin was eight feet long iong across the breast thirty two inches across the head eighteen lateen inches acro across sa the ibe feet feit fourteen in c chets ch chats ets depth thirty five inches he weighed in 1845 pounds his bis height was seven feet six inches his weight when he died as nearly as could be ascertained was s g a fra tra fraction clion over ever 1033 dounis |