Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1881 — Two Lilliputian Cousins. [ARTICLE]

Two Lilliputian Cousins.

Bangor (Me.) Commercial. There is a young man in Belfast,who in regar.l to stature and weight, can discount General Tom Thumb or the late Commodore Nutt when of the same ace. Little Johnny Robbins, son of William Robbins, who lives in Ward Five, is seventeen years of age, stands thirty-nine inches in height,and weight but twenty-nine pounds. Johnny has not grown any since he was eight years of age. He is well proportioned, and is a most wonderful little fellow. A number five baby shoe easily fits his foot, and his hands and limns are equally small. Johnny is intelligent, and often take* a trip to Belfast in company with his cousin, Daniel Dunbar, twenty-four years of age, and about the size of Tom Thumb.