SOME REMARKABLE GIANTS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2313, 24 December 1889, Page 2

SOME REMARKABLE GIANTS.

Among somewhat more authentic owes of ancient giant* may be mentioned the Ireek, Orestes, woo was ll^fjb tall j an Arabian, Galabro, 10ft; Far num. the SootohmaD, 114 F fc'; and the Emperoi M4ximiDiuB f B^ft, r: .The. ,l»>jfcyr^ mm a Thr&clau bora, and fa *ald to have had aoatO'3iy one $ood quality, and to hare been hated by all mankind. He worehla wife's bracelet as m ring upon bla <hamb, and b(a Bhoea were longs; by lft than thoso of any other man, Walter Parsons and William Evans, the two famous porters of King Oharlea.l, of EogWnd, were tbe plants of that period. The former waa 7ft 4<n In height, and , of great strength and oaur age. As an old writer putß it, " He would neither boast nor sneak t? any man, but would take two of the tallest x* eomea of the Gated under hta arms at once, and ordor them as he please tb." In hti youth Parians had been a blacksmith, and when at work at the anvil be was obliged to Btaod to a deep bole In th ; ground m order to bf of the same height as the other workmen^. Among other giants of modern times perhaps the moat intelligent, and certainly one of the moat gentlemanly was Oolonel Orr, who died aoma seven years ago. He wili be remembered by many who witnessed bla performance io;.'" Jack the Giant Killer,' a dtama which was presented by Colonel Orr and a oompauyJ of Lilliputians, and attraoted maoh attention. Colonel Orr was 7(t> m io height, and weighed 5201 b, At the time of his death be waa & Royal Aroh Mason and • Knight of Pytblas. ....... '..... .:;: Tbe Chinese giant, Ohaog Wo», Glow, was donbtleaa the ta'lest maa exhibited m America, He claimed to be. 6ft 2in high, bat lacked the flue proportion! of some of his predecessors. Ohtog ja . the aon of a weihl.y silk and tea merchant of Pekln. and li well edaaated, speaking several Janga*ges.: He . has bean ,ex« hlbited m iSuropa and Australia, yijndi when In America wore a solitaire diamond ring given him by the Emperor of Rasala whlob i was valued at over lOOOdol. He was also tho posaesaor of a gold medal awarded him by the Barlin Exhibition, attesting him to be the talleat living maa' According to an Eaglieh newspaper, however, this Ghlaese anomaly oannoi rightly olalm this pre emlneaod m stalore^ diooe there appeared m London some three years ago a giant who.fac surpassed any other whose height has bean reobrded. la modern times. giant «aa &a Austilan by birtb, named Winkslraeler, and his height was Bft 9ln. He was born at Fteldbusp; m 1865, bat showed no dovelopment of this extraordlmiy growth np to the age of fourteen, when he begaa gcoirlng rapidly. At the time the aoobunt from whloh we qnote was wHttec he wai on exhibition at the London Pavilion, where a huge bed had been oonstruoted for him, and which was expeoted to be his home for aome time.— "San Fran, olaoo Bulletin "