Show THE TALLEST DOY I The biggest boy lor hit age In the whole world llvet at Oxford Warren County N J Hit name It Edward Schaer he It 1Gyears old and his hIIIM h already 9 feet itf Inches without Ml shoes If he should keep on growing at the ordinary rite from now unllhe Is bra vein 0111 Ie would then be over even feet In height lie believes that when he reach that age he will sand ally 7 feet 4 Incheti It 10 usually the cite when phenom nil growth lakes place In childhood Ih subject It physically a weakling Th Iremendoui strain upon the vitality resulting from ouch unusual growth enerilly enfeeble the yitemi II mound to a disease and It 10 rrgir 4 by physicians Kclurr however hat never teen sick day In all hit lA lear lie li as strong and healthy at a young animal and hit an appetite commensurate 10 hh ilie Just at present he weight ifa pound mil It gilnlng at the rate 01 bout a round a week lie 10 not at all proportioned and It U i only In the boyishness ol hit lace tint hU lack ol einlt noticeable He hat the stride and carriage usually a nun at the age at which such height and weight are not extraordinary Thlt phenomenon In he way ol growth It the youngest ol a family ol eight children Every one ol hit broth ems and sisters are ol good height per ecllylormedbrlghl and hriltnr None 01 I them hive developed any tlgn of anything alinornul and they look upon their big brother with at much ailonlih menlat It I felt by strangers This extraordinary youth li I to his lather grillflcitlon well fitted to perform per-form the work 01 a stout farmhand In very partlculir There It I no one in the neighbourhood who can bea 1 itlchlng hay and when It comma 0 breaking a hone hit strength makes him matter hand In ltd moil ol the tasks that are considered onerous because ol the strength required to per form them are child play to this over 1 grown boy Ordinarily boys who grow up In this way feel abashed Ihelr own bigness and rather III at ease but Scharrer says That he only trntatlon which hat Im pressed Itieif upon him In any way It I surprise Even ass bahy he was usually large by the lime he had reached the age ol S years he was at tall and well formed at the ordinary boy ol 8 and at to he had attained the growth find general appear anee ol a boy ol 16 Mentally he It 1I all Ihat could be ex peeled ol a boy ol hit age lie 10 a good udent and hat made the mot ol hit rather limited onportunttlet for tduca lion onHe He says Indeed that he proposes to educate himself according to hit sloe and II he should do this there It I no ueillnn ol hit becoming learned man The quettlon ol a calling In Ille It not bothering Scharrer at all He says he was bon a armor ana a farmer he will remaIn Nothing else hit any altriclton for him whatever he seems to have an Inborn love lor the toll Yarlout effort have been made to Induce In-duce the boy to become a museum attraction at-traction but quite apart from the fact hat hit parent object he U himself strongly opposed to any thing ol the tort 1 do not know ne said why I should exhibit myself to other people Jut because I hive grown more than moat people doetnt mike me a freak 1 Why should people want to pay money lo tee a tall boy II anybody wants to look at mr lei him com down lo Oxford where I live and I will stand up and he Inok III he It tired can I dont ice any reason why I thouldnt be allowed 10 Day at home Ille other people Unlet a however nature presently call n halt New Jersey bids fair to lurnlih the legitimate tuccetiortoChanj the Chinese giant and the Isle lamented Captain Ilitet |