Cambria County PA Archives Obituaries.....Conrad, Demetrius Augustine 1867
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The Cambria freeman. (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938: November 07, 1867
Mr. Conrad was born at Loretto, in this county, on the 8th day of January, 1833, and
was consequently almost thirty years of age when he died. Very early in life, though
his parents and family are of ordinary size, it was discovered that he must be a
dwarf. Every attention then afforded was given to his education, and, differing from
the generality of dwarfs, whose minds almost always suffer with their bodies, young
Conrad manifested more than ordinary capacity. He became a good business man and a
fine penman, and his compositions not infrequently found a place in the columns of
the Freeman and other local papers which preceded it. 
Although he died at an early age, his face indicated a much more advanced time of
life, and it was quite evident that the volume of brain was disproportioned to the
physical system, thus causing premature decay and death. His weight was but little
over 50 pounds, while his height, by actual measurement, was 41 inches. 
Mr. Conrad, or 'Little X," as he was generally termed, (the name of his father being
John X. Conrad), received liberal offers to place himself on exhibition, but he had
a pride of manhood which revolted at the idea. He kept a saloon for the last few
years in our village, and was a general favorite with all who knew him. He has gone,
but the happy laugh, the genial kindness and the manly integrity of "Little X" will
long be remembered by hosts of friends here and elsewhere. 


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