Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-12-19

pie Of larger R,ovth.
Poland and Russia have been rather celebrated
for dwarfs. Porter noticed the fact in the las,
century. In his travels in Russia and Sw len, he
said 4" Dwsrfs are here the pages and playthi1gs
Of the great, and, at almost all entertainments,
s,and for hours by their masters chair holding
his srnf box or awaiting his commands. There
il scarcely n0bIeman IN this country which is not
possessed Of one or more Of these freaks Of ma
tufe These little beings are generally the gayest
dressed persons in the service Of & cir Iord ard
are allred n unliorm of livery %, very costly
materials. In the presence of their owner their
usual station s at bis elbow in the character Of a
page aud, during his absence they are respon-
slble for the cleanliness and combed locks Of their
companions Of the canine species. They
are generally well shaped, and their hands and
feet particularly graceful. Indeed in the proper
ton Of their igures We never should discover them
to be flaws in the economy Of nature, were it not
for certain PECULIARLY Of features and the tlze
Of the head, which is commonly exceedingly large.
Take them in the whole, they are such compact,
aud even pretty. little beings, that no idea Of Them
can be formed from the clumsy deiormsd dwaris
which are exhibited at our fairs n England. Ii
is very curious t. observe how ueary they resem-
bic each other their features are oil 80 alkethlt
YOU mgpt easily imagine that one pair had prsad
their progeny over the whole unip.'
Ole Of the mo- notable + these Poll i.h dwars,
in the las, century, was Joseph BjraagskL lie
was born ia 1889. He was one Of six brothers
aud sisters. Three Of the Drothers were al about
the middle hight. The eldest, born eleven years
before Joseph, was @ strong and yIgora, little hl-
!os, only igrly.two inches in hight be became
f.-f and Etarttt.I al
lnaaw.k. The sister was a much smaller sptci-
men Of humanity perhaps the smaes, woman
who ever fell ia love for she did love, and o.
cretly beirended the young officer TO whom she
never told her love, lest he should idicule her.
Amla1le and pretty, the tiny creature, who b
credited With only twentyfix inches of stature,
died in heg tWenty-sccond year. a, to Joseph. be
became an European celebrity. He was only
eight idche5 long, when born and so determined
Old nature seem 20 keep him small, that she Oily
allowed him fourteen inches a. one year Old, and
seventeen inches az six years. Having been neg
ected by bis parents, the Countess de Iarno cd
uclted him Another Polish lady, the Countess
Humesk begged him Of her, and be became
quite pei. lie vent % PeGolla, and lived 10
castle where be attained a stature ol tron'y-1ne
inches at ten years DID, and twenty-five inches at
fifteen. His protectress took him for tour to
the European courts. They went to Vienna
where the Empress Maria Theresa wished to pre-
sent him with diamond ring from her finger ;
but this being for TO large, ste gave him a ring
from the inger Of Maria Antoinette, afterwards
the unfortunate queen Of Frauoe then about six
years old. The little man was By that time TWEEN
ty-eght inches in bis stockings. Count kenniiz,
the minister very much psued himj but there
was feeling growing up 10 the mind Of BoruIa
wsk that, after ALL he was only treated as a toy
an amusing cunosily-and be had his moments Of
modification Then they went to Munich and
then to Paris where the court chronclers told Of
bis symmetrical proportions, bis fine eyes, bis live
y aspect, bis healthy constitution, bis temperate
habits, (ra,hlra novelty in those days., his sound
sleep, his graceful dancing, bis polished manners,
bis smart replrees his intelligent conversation, his
good memory, bis sound judgment his suscepti.
Bile feelings, his seli-respecl, hs kindly disposition.
One evening, Count OginskI served mp Boruaws.
si IN turetn, q. banquet, much t. the surprise
and AMUSEMENT OF the guests. At the age u
twenty five, Boruitwsk, hen lhirly-hve inches
high, settled al Warsaw with bis paroness lie
fell IN love with q French actress she pretended
10 favor bis suit but made merry al bis expense
behind bis back-this was deeply wounding to the
little man. Al thirty years old be was thiriy-rine
inches high, and then he stopped growing. At
the age Of forty he again fell into the tolls Of love
this time with an amhble and beautiful womln,
who, after some hesiiatIon married him. This
proceeding 50 offended the Countess Hunie,d,
that she dismissed him from her suite lie had
TO begin the world again, with bis wit and blby
and hard work be found IL, for the great las they
are called did not ook SO smihngly upon lin as
before. lie travelled about Europe, FIRST as
concert gIyer, then as 'uperor kind Of a show
man exhibiting himself for money. II was a sore
wound TO It's feelings bu, there WAS no help for
il. tie fought on bn,ey and honorably. lie
Wls introduced TO the English royal family ot
about the time when the elder cons Of George the
Ihuo we're growing up to manhood.
BotuAwsN was contemporary with another
Polish dwarf ilr inferior 10 him 10 al. bodily aud
menlal charac,er,stcs. Ihis was Nichols Feny,
who assumed the name OF Bsbe. When born he
was only eigh, inches .ou,, aud weighed twelve
ounces he was cirritd on plate /, church To
be ehrstened, and his first cradle was hs father =
wooden shoe. At eighteen mo4.as he was able
to wax, and Of two years old he had a pair Of
shoes made for him, an iuch and half long. At
six years old, when fifteen inches high, he wss in
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him the name Of Bebe. The princess of Ialmond
was appointed TO teach him but be was as small
10 intellect as 10 stature, and could learn very
little. Moreover, he vas passionate. WHen
BoruAwsk went TO visit .he KING, the tWo dwars
gazod al each 9th r, and TIE aing made remark
as to the mct,al superiority d Boruavski this
put Bebs into such passion ttat be tried 10 push
The other into he FIRE proceeding ,hSt Ut ugtt
a l6ggmg upon Bebe, lie became IremAlurtly
Old anu WIlhtred, and J.ed "a. The age # twenty
three all accounts giving hin a hight of th,N'
three inches az The time o, hls death, lle King
planned marriage between Bebs aud Anne
rherese Souv' y, a native OF the Nosges; bat
Bebe died before The union wss effected. there
were two sisters, Anne ard TheTesc Barbe, one
thrty-lhue inches high, and lae Other forty N-one
they lived to be old women, aud dauctd AMI sang
national songs in public
Wybrand Lolkts, the Dutch dwarf, acquired in
his day some rerown. lie was enc Of eight chill
Grsu ct poor fisherman. lie leaned witch
making at Amsterdam, ., d then cdr,ltd ON the
,radeat Rotterdam. Failing in business, he re-
solved to get living cut OF his smautss. lie
came g. London IN the time OF old Ashley, and
was engaged at the amphlhealer lis wife Cor
be had a wife aud three chldrea) used 10 l,al
him on toe stage, and had to stoop, that her haud
might touch hls. lie was clumsy aol awkward,
but agile and strong When sixty years OF age,
he was only tsel,y-,even inches hgn. lnere i,
portrait ex,ani o. hlm, with his well.ookms,
good-sized wife beside him. m.-dHhf Year Round
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Little Carls Christmas Eve.
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