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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by shy[/i] [br][b]Description: [/b]a pair of twin midgets who suffered from mental retardation Discovered by Lyman Warner in 1852 and purchased from their mother at age 26, they performed in several sideshows though it was Barnum who taught them their base routine for a show. Their strength was incredible. They would perform acrobatics and dances. They would speak "in their native tongue", also gibberish, but would also recite poems in English which they had been taught. When Lyman Warner died, he willed the pair to his son, Hanford; when Hanford died, the pair were willed, again, to his son Henry. Thus, the "Wild Men" remained in show business for nearly 50 years until their deaths. [url="mailto:shy@shyscyberchamber.com"][img]Fpics/1_shy_sig_ed2.jpg.FP[/img][/url] [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.