MINNIE WARREN'S BURIAL.

Inangahua Times, Issue 7, 21 October 1878, Page 2

MINNIE WARREN'S BURIAL.

Minnio Warren, tho diminutive corns pnnion in his travels of ' General Tom Thumb,' died a few we*ks ago in childbed, Tho following particulars of tho funeral aro given by the Middlelnro (Mass.) correspondent, of tho San Frmcisco Cull, writing under date, 25r,h July . ' Minnio Warren was buried this alters noon with her baby in hor arms. Minnio Warren bad always beeu loved by tbo pooole who knew her when sho wa* littlo Huldiih Bump, ber roal name, ant many of tho>io who eaoie to hor funeral to-day hnvo bail personal experionco of her kindness sineo sho became famous and wealthy. Sweet, perfumed fbwors, bom. ti fully arranged as harps and wreaths, wore brought by theso friends, and on a delicato j illow of roses nud passion flowers Minnie's bead lay hi fc'io casket. At 2 o'clock the family assembled in tho par* lour around tbo casket. This was of black walnut, covered with bltto silk velvet, and was lined with white satin. It was the casket of a eh Id ot ten years, but as tho friends looked within, ihoy saw the little mother with tho one arm erabraeing the girl baby, wh-s.** face lay nestled close to the mother's boson. Tho mother's bond was turned to thu baby, and the two seemed quietly s'ceping. Tho baby's faeo was a svvect ono. a little dimple remaining in the chin that even death had not taken away. No one looked upon the littlo motlwr and her ohild with-, out weeping. General Tom Thumb sat near the hoad of tho casket, an i by him sat Livinia Warren. On tho othor side sat M.jor Ncwoll, tho. husband, an I ho mado no effort to control hU feolin ,*-•*, Besi l"s these, Minnie's father an 1 mot her, and her brothers ami sisters, all large men nnd women. veer& in the foii-ii, Mrs P, T, Burnum and Mr Blecckor nnd his wifo, who hud travollod with tho Tom Thumb party for fiftoon years, were also among tho chief mourners, and fully 100) persons wero on tho lawn outside. Borne by four young men, tho cuskot was place I in tho hcarso, and, followed by many carriages, taken to tho cemetery. Here, after the benediction, the ciskot wis lowered into tin littlo grave. The de-i'h of Minnio Warren will probibly end the public nppoaranco of tho Tom Thumb party. Aiintiio's death was iinJonbte.lly causod by hor matornnl love. II id she listened to tho advice of tho phjAiciaii sooner, her own lifo mij;ht Iku'>BML saved, nlthouph her ohlM m";ht Inu-^^^H | lost to her. ihit, slie would "jflf^^^H too During **^ffc|fl^^^^| uotli^^^^^^^^H sbo soon hoped to fe^^^^^^^^^l -