A LILLIPUTIAN MARRIAGE.
The marriage of a couple of diminutive specimens of humanity is thus recorded in a Home paper : At Brooklyn, New York, on Bth inst,, by Rev. H. 0. Pentecost, of the Park _ Avenue Baptist Church, Major Littlefinger Ida Hosmer, in the presence of a assemblage. The Major, who is a ' widower, is twenty-four years of age and tips the scales at 54 pounds, his height being 3 feet and 6 inches. His wife, a dwarf, whose maiden name was Millie Shay, died in June last at Kendall, Ind., her native place. She left a child, now living, which weighs 6 pounds. The Major’s real name is Robert H. Huzza, and be hails from Boston, while exhibiting at Hartford, Conn., that ho met the young lady who won his affections. Miss Hosmer is 25 years of age, 3 feet-high, and weighs 45 pounds. Her brother and sister, who were present, opposed the union ; but the lady asserted her determination to wed Major Littlefinger, and did so. The bride was attired in white satin, and the groom wore a full dress suit, white necktie, and gloves.
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Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1060, 16 July 1883, Page 3
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187A LILLIPUTIAN MARRIAGE. Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1060, 16 July 1883, Page 3
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