Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-08-12

| "Nevor MIND, COmmOuOFe, Mill
ME Warren is better match for
you; she is charming little crea-
ture, and two years younger than
YOU, while Lavinia is several years
lyour senior"
81 thank you, sir" replied the
Commodore, pompously, Il would
not marry the best woman living;
l don't believe in women, any way"
! 1 then suggested that he should
stand with little Minnie, as groom
and bridesmaid, at the approaching
wedding:
mo, sir" replied the Commo-
dore, emphatically, II won't do
| v'
That idea was therefore aban-
doned. A few weeks subsequently,
when time had reconciled the Com
modore, he told me that Tom
Thumb had asked him to stand as
groom with Minnie, at the wedding,
and he was going to do so.
"When I asked you, a few weeks
ago, you refused" I said.
at was not your business to ask
me-" replied the Commodore. pomp-
ously. ssWhen the proper person
invited me accepted"
OF course the approaching we'd
ding was announced. 1t created an
immence excitement, Lavinia's lev
ees at the Museum were crowded to
sufliocation, and her Photographic
pictures were in great demand. For
several weeks she sold more than
three hundred dollars worth of her
cartes de uisite each day; and the
daily receipts at the Museum were
frequently over three thousand dol
lars. 1 engaged the General to
exhibit, and to assist her in the sale
of pictures, to which his own pho
tograph, of course, was added. l
could afford to give them a fine
wedding, and l did so.
The little couple made a personal
application to Bishop Potter to per
form the nuptial ceremony, and OBJ
tanned his consent; but the matter
became public, and outside pressure
from some OF the most squeamish of
his clergy was brought to bear up
on the bishop, and he rescinded his
On yagemcnt.
This fact of itself, as well as the
opposition that caused it, only
added to the notoriety OF the ap-
preaching wedding, and increased
the crowds at the Museum The
financial result to me was piece of
good fortune, which l was, of
course, quite willing to accept :;
though in this instance the "adver
tisement," SO far as the fact of the
betrothal of the parties with its
preliminaries were concerned, was
not of my seeking, as the recital
now given shows. But seeing the
turn it was taking in crowding the
Museum, and pouring money into
the treasury, l did not hesitate to
seek continued advantage from the
notoriety of the prospective mar
riage. Accordingly, l offered the
General and Lavinia fifteen thou
sand dollars if they would postpone
the wedding for month, and con-
tinue their exhibitions at the NIu-
Scum.
mot for fifty thousand dollars,
said the General, excitedly.
"Good for you, CHARLIE said
Lavinia. "only you ought to have
said not for hundred thousand,
for would notn'
| They both laughed heartily al
what they considered my discom-
fiture; and such, looked at from 8
business point of view, it certainly
; was. The wedding day approached
and the public excitement grew
For several days, might say weeks
} the approaching marriage of Ton
Thumb was the New York "sensa
ton" For proof of this l did no
, need what, however, was ample, the
, newspaper paragraphs. A surel
index was in the crowds that passed
into the Museum, and the dollars
, that found their way into the ticke
office
1t was suggested to me that .
small fortune in itself could b,
/ easily made out of the excitement
| "Let the ceremony take place in tn
Academy of Music, charge a biz
: price for admission, and the citizeu
7 will come in crowds" l have NJ
manner of doubt that in this wa,
twenty five thousand dollars coult
Z easily have been obtained. But
had no such thought. l had pr I'M
| ised to give the couple gentee
, and graceful wedding, and l KEEP
my word-P. T. Barnuna, IN Pack
, OrI'e 1fODfHI1y for 1ao7fet