The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 10, 1890, Page 6

rd ‘THE FATTEST OF ALL. A Girl Who Weighs Four Hundred and Fifty Pounds. Mer Appetite Is so Delicate That Her Parents Sometimes Become Alarmed— Two Pairs of Stockings Required te Make One for Della. A veritable mountain of rollicking rolling flesh is good-natured, pleasant- faced Della Beck, the largest girl in the world. Della, according w the Pitw- burgh (Pa.) correspondent of the Chica- go Times, is sixteen years of age and 6he tips the beam at exactly 450 pounds. She is the daughter of respectable but poor parents; her father is a coul-miner AN IMMENSE “SCOOP.” A Telegraph Messenger's Reminiscence of the Lincoln Assassination. “The assassination of Lincoln,” read Henry N. Garland passenger agent of the Wabash, as he spread out a copy of @ newspaper dated April 15, 1865, which contained an account of the murder of ; the President. H “I remember that event most vivid- ly.” said Mr. Garland, toa ChicagoJour | nal reporter, ‘and it is imprinted on | my memory th next mornin was a boy gz in Oswego, that time and wasa mes: what was wn as the in the Westmoreland regions, and her | home is at Cokeville, that county, near the Indiana County line. Her parents are both of ordinary size and none of her brothers or sisters show signs of ex- ceeding the average limits in point of physical development. At the age of five years one sister reached the weight of 145 pounds, but she died at that period. The correspondent visited Della’s home and found her to be a sufficiently comely American girl, strong and healthy, and of fair intelligence. In fact, she is rather pretty, considering her enormous proportions. She was asked to tell something about how she came to be s0 stout, but the question staggered her; she could not tel. In this connection, however, the writer ‘drew from her the most remarkable feature of her existence. “What do you eat?” she was asked. “Not much,” was the astonishing re- ply. “You scem surprised, and I don’t blame you for doubting what I have just told you, but nevertheless it is gospel truth. I never had much of an appetite.” “But how did you get so fat?” “I can not tell. You would like to know what I eat? I will tell you. It will not take long. In the first place, for my breakfast I usually take acup of coffee and one or two hot cakes or a slice of toast, nothing more; for dinner 1 eat a slice and a half of bakers’ bread and a very small piece of steak or some potatoes and cabbage. My supper consists of about the same amount, with, of course, an occasional change of diet. Really, to tell yon the truth, a meal for an ordinary person will last me two meals and I will have all I want, too.” Mrs. Beck verifled her daughter's statement and added that thev were sometimes alarmed lest their child’s ;bealth should fail from a lack of proper nourishment. “Have you never tried to reduce your weight?” asked the writer of Miss Beck. “No, sir, I never have,” she replied. “Why should I? I am happy, and never know what it is to be ill. I experience no difficulty in walking, but I puffa little when I go upstairs.” When Delia was five years of age she weighed 140 pounds, and she has been gaining steadily ever since. She hasin- creased in weight at the rate of one pound per month for the last few years, and is still gaining. In height she is 5 fect 4 inches. She measures 61 inches around the waist, 12 inches around the neck and 81 inches around the fleshy part of the arm. Iler feet are not long but are abnormally broad, so that it is impossible to procure any or- dinary pair of woman's shoes to fit her. The same difficulty is experienced in fitting her with hose. Her mother ex- plained that to meet the embarrassment which this causes she buys two pairs of hose and makes them into one. Della’s chair is a curious piece of furniture, es- pecially made for her, and is a settee large enough for two persons. Her bed is furnished with extra supports. Compared with famous fat women of history Della Beck outshines, or rather outweighs them all when her age is ‘taken into account. Hannah Battersby, ithe fattest woman that ever lived, did not acquire her enormous proportions until after she was forty, and Big Win- nie, the colored heavy-weight, was thirty before she made a record. Della snd her parents have at last decided to accept the offer of a local museum mana- ger, and the girl will then appear for ‘the firsttime in public. She will con- tinue on the road and will manage her- self. ONE OF CUPID’S FREAKS. A Diverced Couple Reunited After Each Hae Buried Two Other Mates. Jackeon Thomas married forty years ago a beautiful young woman about twelve years his junior, writes a New- port (Ark.) correspondent. After a few years they concluded they were not in- tended for each other and were divorced. Both found new and, presumably, more suitable companions. Death robbed each ina short time of the happiness thus found. Each tried a third matri- mopial venture about the same time sev- eral years later, and the new relations continued until recently, when again, by asingular coincidence, the visitation of death left each alone in the world. ‘The bereavement of the one was within afew weeks of thatof the other. Uncle Jack, as he is called, eighty-one years old. his first wife is sixty-nine. Old targets | for Cupid, surely. But the little archer knew that under the dead ashes of a double bereavement in the old man’s heart there was still something inflam- mable, so he aimed an arrow—a fiery arrow, So to speak—at the ancient bre: works, and tbe old flame of forty year ago burst forth again. It was carried by Uncle Jack to the woman from whom he separated thirty-five years ago. The flame caught and spread. Now the fire on the household altar is burning again, after a brief courtship. Beating the Bell-Panch. A Kansas City streetcar conductor has found an easy way to beat the bell- punch. He goes off tosome secluded spot at night, notes the number indicated by the register, pulls the machine until it has vounted off the entire 10,000 and be- gun at one again, after which he rings till the register indicates 100 less than | when he began ard stops. He is then in a position to ring fares honestly all next day and be %& shead of the company at night. is now | The lady who was | Branch ‘ belonging to on a ing the Sight of the Old. Canadian | | South End saloon-k i H Cures Tesr Drops, Granulatione Stye Western Union for with having a vicious sal savage | Tumors, Red Bea Matted Eye Lashes, In Oswego the We | position, * ‘dangerous a the peac ee and | ASD PRODUCING QUICK REWER AND PYRYASENT CURR, our office was separated only by a par- | bodily weal of the good citizens of the | Also, equally efficacious when u In_ other tition. The airs and fexicuny ore commonwealth.” To prove this, one | | Seaeeieeeace Hors Reber Pitter, and messenger boys followed the | Hilmoth Hess swore that the dog had | whereverinfiammation exis ry example of our superiors in working up business. Whenever we'd delivered a message we'd a an answer, and if | t 1 there was none j we'd wait un he read the message and then ask him if he was sure there was nothing to go back. “It was my business to open the office in the mornings, and the day after Lin- coln was shot I was down at the office at 7:30 getting ready for the day’s work. There were no night offices then and no one in Oswego had heard of the assassi- nation. As Il opened the door I heard the instrument ticking our office call. I was just learning then and knew noth- ing beyond the office call, O. S., and the alphabet, which I could figure out. I wondered why e thing = was going so early and let it go for awhile. The call was kept up for so long 1 became convinced that it was something big. We used the old wheels and all the paper in those days, something like a bucket- shop ticker, and I walked over to the instrument two or three times, unde- cided what to do. There would be no one around for an hour or two and at last I went to the key and broke in with ‘ii,’ the signal that all was ready for the message and turned on the wheel. The instant I did so my hair began to raise as the thing went off like an engine, as the operator at the end, believing the regular man wason, began to send ina big message. I was fright- ened half to death, and hardly knew what to do. The blamed ticker kept a going through, and after I had pranced around the office awhile it began giving the office call agajn. I surmised what the operator wanted this time and I gave him ‘O. K.’ and signed. This was all he wanted, and he let mealone. I took the strip of paper and pencil and sat down to figure out the message. It was pretty cold, but I was wet with perspira- tion and so nervous I could hardly hold the pencil in my fingers. “I finally managed to find out what it meant. Abe Lincoln was shot, and our office had got it first. I rushed out to the door and saw that the Western Union had no bulletin out and then I began to work. I got a big sheet of paper and with plenty of ink managed to fix up a bulletin that drew a crowd. About 9:30 the manager tame rushing in and asked me what I meant. I told him what I had done and he nearly had a fit. It wasagreat scoop on the West- ern Union and a big ‘ad’ for our com- pany and the boss predicted that I would be the biggest operator and tele- graph man in the country—but I guess I let down too soon.” ANDY JOHNSON’S TOAST. George Keeble, a Barber, Talks About Mr. Liacela’s Successor. History is not altogether written in books nor carried in the minds of sav- ants. The sources of historical infor- mation are varied. For instance, says the Indianapolis News, one may get an idea of the char acter of President Andy Johnson from a talk with his barber, who happens to live in this city, and is none other than George L. Keeble, one of the proprie- tors of the Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation barber-shop. “I might have been the first free col- ored man to be married in the White House,” said George, “but I was not willing to wait until we could go from Nashville to Washington. It happened in this way: “My wife was Mrs. Johnson's maid. She waited on the front door of the Johnson mansion and was very affection- ately treated by the family. “When Governor Johnson went to Washington, knowing that I was wait- ing on Mrs. Johnson's maid, we were asked to go along and be married at the capital. “The circumstances of my courting were unusual. One day I was walking pas} the Governor's house when I saw a Captain of the army, well known in Nashville, walk up to Mr. Johnson, who was in the yard, and begin to use abusive language. “Among other things 1 remember he ealled Jobnson a ‘traitor.’ Johnson fired up in an instant | upon the gra: es 2 placed abou j ot eorge. do | \ } you know where I can finda good mint | | julep? | bec J gene nd one, H and he w over to try the 2 In drinking | | he would generally propose : a toast, and this was the most common one: ‘God bless the white folks and the Lo-d save the niggers.’” | defendan jcourt summoned Towser to prove his | WANTED —CHICKENS AND ; ET SRE good character, and he was forthwita | = ~ aT ated brought into court and installed in tke | EGGS. ‘ and in here.” | still for a few moment | more | moment she a ; she had never “some AN IMMENSE SUCCESS, mn Dog Put on Trial for His aad Acquitted—How Dog Max mera Terror to the Hearts of Incompe- tent Musicians—Faithful --Dee.” MITCHELL’S EYE-SALVE) A Certain, Safe, SORE, WEAK, r TNFLAMED E EYES, F Producing Long-Sightedness, & Restore | A dog was actually put on trial for | his life in Boston last week. It was, ae the Pent Press, a THE WORLDS FAIR BALVE tiny be used to advantage. Sold by ail Drugcietact 35 ones bitten him without provocation, and he | wanted the handsome animal killed. | Gay A. | | i= co) Towser's owner demurred and the pen. | 5 a Towser’s master retained able coun- | sel for him, and atid the titter of the outhwest Omer of the Public N ale audience and the smiles of Judge Cur | ‘ tis the trial began. The plaintiff told how he was bitten, but acknowledged that be had provoked Towser by teasing him. Others came forward, and after expatiating on Towser’s good qualities, the prisoner himself was brought for- ward in his own behalf. At various commands he played dead, walked on his hind legs about the room, stood on his head, shouldered arms, whined dis- mally in imitation of a song, and wound up by marching up the steps to the | judge’s desk on his hind legs and shak- ing paws with his honor. The latter was greatly amused, and without hesi- tating said, amid cheers: “ Towser, you are a p derly canine. I give j behalf and dismiss 3 paying the costs.” | A well-authenticated story, which seems almost too good to be true, is that of a gentle: .# finished musi- cian, who resided some years ago in Darmstadt. He kept a dog which was the terror of all the singers and in- &trumentalists in the place, for it had the fatal habit of raising its face to Heaven and howling whenever a false note was emitted. It never made a mistake, and well-kyown singers were said to tremble when they saw their un- welcome judge seated by his master's side at concerts or at the opera, for Max was a regular first-nighter, and a great friend of the theater director; he was never known to miss a new opera. Max was no respecter of persons, and when the singing was but a shade out be would attract the attention of the whole audience to it with a terrific howl. One tenor went 50 far as to re- fuse to sing uniess the dog was removed, but Max was sogreat a favorite with the Darmstadt public and such a well- known frequenter that the singer might as well have requested to have the director himself removed from the ytalls, and he was obliged to give in with as good a grace as possible. The dog’s master stated that he had trained bim when he was quite a puppy by ytriking him hard when any one sang or played a false note; later on he tapped im gently, then he only bad to look at him, and by the tire Max was three years old the dog was as good a judge as his master of a false note. At Parkersburg, W. Va., the other lay, a fast passenger train from Cincin- nati to New York, on the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern railroad, was saved from certain destruction by the intel- Mgence of adog. Apnule had strayed on a high trestle work and had become en- tangled among the timbers. 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