AN EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD BABY

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4621, 26 October 1883, Page 3

AN EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD BABY

There is in Hampshire County, in Virginia, a human monstrosity which excels anything Barnum ever exhibited. It if* a young woman, or child, born in PennsylTania~in 1865, and therefore 18 years old, who is, in everything but age, an infant. She is the daughter of Mr John E. Miller, of Shanesville. A gentleman who recently saw her, and learned her ago from reliable authority, found her lyiDg in a cradle. She is 28in in height, and weighs but 25lbs. She cannot walk or talk, and lives on no'h ' ing but milk, which is fed from a bottle. She hai, however, a quick perception and remarkable memory, and a brief poem or sentence repeated to her once, and weeks after again repeated with but one word varying, arouses her anger, and she frowns at the changed word. An article laid down in the room in her sight may be allowed to remain for days, yet an enquiry for it will be answered by the child by pointing in its direction.' She is quite an attractive baby, •Uttd no. reason for her stunted growth has , ever been assigned. -The fact narrated above seem to be well attested, and many physicians have visited the child without being able to even conjecture the cause of her condition.