MARRIAGE OF THE MIDGETS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 7080, 26 July 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)

MARRIAGE OF THE MIDGETS.

Thk Rev. J. Mackie, of the Scottish National Church, Manchester, officiated at the marriage of the small couple known as the Koyai American Midgeti, whioh took place at the St. James's Hall in that city, where they bad been holding receptions tor some time. Legal preliminaries had been gone through at the office of the Superin-tendent-Registrar. The contracting parties were Mr. Francis J. Flynn, otherwise known as General Mite, whose eta tare is 22 inches, and Miss Millie Edwards, who is 19} inches. Colonel Dipt, who is not a great deal taller, acted aa best man. Arriving in carriages, the bride and bridgroom were lifted out amid cheering from a crowd, and earned into the office, where diminutive basket seats had been ««t for them on a table. The room was decorated with flowers, the ring was put on, tho declarations were made, and the register wits signed. The subsequent ceremony was according to the forma of the Presbyterian Church, and there was * great assemblage of "spectators with Is to 5» tickets. The bride entered on the arm of her husband, who in the meantime had put on a general's uniform, while the lady nod attired herself in cream-coloured satin, with train, veil, and wreath. Her bridesmaids, one of them her husband's sister, were two little girls. The married pair stood on a tablo placed bcaide the minister. He prefaced the servioe with a few words addressed to the company, but all was concludedin about a quarter of an hour, and the bride and bridegroom were handed down from the table to receivo the congratulations of their friends and admirers, the band of the 3rd Dagoon Guards playing Mendelssohn's march. The husband is in his 20th year, the wife two or thre* years youngor. They ar«.natives of New York State and Michigan reipectively. The bridegroom has been exhibiting for about nine years, and has visited most of the European countries. His wife is not the former companion of his travels, a tiny- Spanish lady named Zarate, who returned to her own country about two years ago, but a still smaller successor. Tber bridegroom's fathor, who was present at the marriage, is rather tall, as is also his mother.