LILLIPUTIANS

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 89, 25 August 1877, Page 3

LILLIPUTIANS

A Eival to General. Tom Thumb is now m Calcutta. HeisaHinduslanJBrkbiniri from Cutfack, is only three feet m height, and declares himself to be thirty-six years old, while not looking more than eight years of age. ,The : little fellow is well-proportioned; and handsome, and appears to be .-quite.i satisfied with himself. He is emploj s<£ at (Qalcuta sa,ys the" Times of India as "mounted orderly" to a i Sahib. "The spaallest pony m ..the i world aJled'iS iioxi m the possession of^ the young Maharaija of Putti&la. AecC^^lng Tfo, llf,; description m a Lahore '•'■ jpiirhaT,^ { 'the titty an imal ; comes from Nepaul, and though it stands only: eight 'inches i bigji,'; is the perfect: miniature of avwell br~ed nortfer'^Thi's:?- lilliputian^otider " : is fit to* be ■•tlie- steed of ia Mexican, dwarf p^ho ",has appeared at San , jjuciia ! Zarate, ;attwelye year^7pld s fls twenty-one, inches m heigfit/anS Weighs but five i'pbunds; / her feet ar^' three inches". long, and. her hands . an: inch and a-quarter broad. r) liucm ca f n get into an or-: dinary'cmmriey-pb{ ;^at^ andean put; : her/hand^through a: flnger;iang, wnile ' her ..clother seem intended for a d 011 .... TonVTiiuinb "Was . twiceTXudacs -size J at the same age, and the wee damsel is; said nbt^toihave grown.afeall:slnc^ ste was a year old. . •,■■■•.-.