Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1876 — A Pair of Giants [ARTICLE]

A Pair of Giants

The two giants, whose wedding attracted attention in London several years ago, CapL Bates and Anna Swat, are now living quietly near Rochester, New York. He is seven and a half feet in bight, and she is an inch taller, and each weighs more than four hundred pounds, the rooms of their house are eighteen feet high, and the doors twelve feet high. Their bedstead is ten feet long, and all the furniture is proportionately large. A late Sen Francisco Port says there are now 148 wheat vessels en route to Europe from this port, all cleared since July 1. This is a much larger fleet than was ever known to be en route to Europe from the Pacific states at this season of the year. The wheat fleet in port comprises 73 vessels, representing 96,200 tons of tonnage, with a carrying capacity of 140,000 tons, or 2,800,000 centals of wheat, all of which must be loaded by the Ist of January. There are also 17 ships and barks in port awaiting charter most of which are suitable to carry wheat. These vessels represent 20,000 tons of tonnage and there are 20,000 tons more fully due.-*- Prairit Parmer. “I’m saddest when I sing,” said a Sunday evening warbler. “And bo’s the whole neigborhood!” roared, an unmusical voice in th® street.