Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1883 — A Walking Skeleton. [ARTICLE]

A Walking Skeleton.

i Abraham Crites, of Crites Mountain, Braxton county, W. Va., has been growing thin for a long time and is now a 'regular living skeleton. Before his affliction he was a large man, weighing jaboutlßopounds. His weight at this Hfnie will not exceed forty pounds. His ■disease is a wasting one, as he declines £n flesh. At this time he might be •teamed a walking skeleton. His thigh ican be easily spanned by an ordinary ■hand. His arms and the rest of his person are equally afflicted, the whole presenting a ghastly and unnatural sight. When lying on his back in bed Mr. Crites’ back-bone can be plainly felt by pressing one’s hand on his stomach His kidneys can also be felt with the hand. With all this terrible burden he can walk, sometimes being able to walk out of the house. i • b J enny Lind still wears her h air as she used to do, her eyes are as blue as* fever, pnd she has the old trick of resting her I clasped hands on her knees; no likeness i has ever given any idea the seraphio sweetness and elevation of her countenance. She is a great favorite with the English royal family, and the Princess Helena passes much time wgh her. ' In 1882 Montana produced gold and silver to the amount of $6,920,000.