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Smith, was apparently exhibited in Boston alongside his polar opposite, fat boy W. S. Burt. John J. Smith’s condition may have been due to any number of causes, but very often books: politics and affairs such an appearance was due to glandular disorders, diseases such as scarlet fever and tuberculosis, or extreme muscular atrophy. One of Smith’s most famous skeletal contemporaries was Isaac W. Sprague, who at the age of 38 claimed to be 5 feet 5.5 inches tall and weighed only 46 pounds. Despite this, he married books: politics and affairs a woman from Massachusetts books: politics and affairs who bore him three healthy sons. Fat Boy carte de visite, 4 x 2.5 inches, 1883 stamped with photographer’s logo on reverse, and signed in pencil "W. S. Burt — Enosburgh Falls VT — 14 years 398 lbs" photographer: E. S. Dunshee & Co., No. 3. Tremont Row, Boston A fat man — the fatter the better — was absolutely de rigueur for sideshows.
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