Chas. DECKER is believed to be the smallest man living. He was born in Mississippi, and moved to Memphis when ten years of age, and has been engaged there for the past ten years selling periodicals. He is now twenty years old, and thirty-six inches in height, and is well known in Memphis for his smartness and intelligence.
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