The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-10-06

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in . tufcen, 1t d btnqait, much to the
sur prise and amusement of the guests.
At the age Of twenty Eve, Borulawski,
then "thirty!ive inches ;bizb, settled
at Warsaw With his pratroness.' He
fell in love with French actress she
pretended to favor his suit, but made
merry at3his expense behiod his back
this was deeply woundingt to the
littleAman. AT thirty years. cid he
was thirty nine inches high, and then
he storpodt growing. At the aye of
forty he again fell into the tolls of love
this time With an amiable and beau.
ti4u 4 woman, who after some hesita.
tion, married him. This proceeding
8 offended the Countess Hnmieski,
shat she dismissed him from her suite.
He had to begin the world egain with
his wife and a baby :; and hard work
he fonnd it for the great (as they are
'called) did not look SO smilingly upon
him as before. He travelled about
'Eu1ope, first As - concert -giver; then
as 4 superior kind Of Snowman, ex.
bibitlug himself for money. 1t was
a'sore wound to big feelings but
the re was no help for it: + He fought
on bravely and honorabl7. He was in.
troduced totte. English royal family
'at about the time when the elder sons
OF George the Third we're growing
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'ha Borulavski was contemporary with
another Polish dwarf, far inferior to
him in all boldly aud mental zcharac-
teristics. This was Nicholas Feny,,
! whom assumed the name; or Bche
'Whenborn he was: only eight inches
Ion < and weighed twelve ounces; he
was carried onta plate to church to be
ehristened, q and his cradle was his
fathers wooden shoe. { AT eighteen
months he was able to walk aud at two
years old he had pair of shoes made
for him, an inch and half long. At
six years old when fifteen inches high
be was: introduced to Stauislaus,
king Of Poland, who gave him the
name Of :Bebe. The princess of Tai
mond was appointed to teach him ; but
be was as small in intellect as in STAT
ure, and could learn very little. More.
over, he was passionate. When Bor-
ulawski went to visit the king, the two
dwarfe gazed at each other, and the
king made remark as to the mental
superiority of Borulawski; this put
Bebe into such passion that be tried
to push the other into the firc-a pre-
ceeding;that brought aogging upon
iBebe.- He became premature]y old
and withercd and died at the age of TWEEN.
;ty-three; all accounts giving him a
height of thirty three inches at the
time Of his death: The king planned
I marriage between Bebe and Anne
'Therese -Souvrsy, a native of the
Vosges; but Bebe died before the
union was effected. There, were two
sisters, Anne and Therese Barbe, one
thirty-three inches high, and the other
: rforty.oue ; they lived to be old women,
and danced and sang national songs in
public. :, o.,
E Wybrand Lolkes, the Datch dwarf,
acquired in his day some renown. He
was one Of eight children Of poor
fisherman. He learned Matchmaking
at Amsterdam, ard then carried on the
trade at Rotterdam. Failing in bust
ness, he resolved to get living out Of
his smallness. He came to London in
the time Of old Ashley, and was engag-
ed at the Amphitheatre. His wife
(for he had wife and three children)
used to lead him on the stage, and had
to stoop, that her hand might touch HE.
He was clumsy and awkward. but agile
and strong. When sixty years Of age
be vas only .twenty-seven inches
high. There is portrait e1tant Of
him, with his well-lookiog, ,good.sized
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