Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-14

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The writer promptly spread a copy of
that mornings Herald upon the parlor
carpet, and Tom, getting down on his
knees, spread the little coat out to its
fullest extent upon the fourth page OF
the newspaper.
"There, | thought So" said the little
general, in his peculiar treble: "There's
plenty of paper to spare all round the
coat, don't you see? Why, in the days
when | wore that coat it used to be the
fashion for men-I mean grown-up men
to wear large box coats, with deep
pockets and large lapels; and Mr.. Bar
mum used frequently for joke, to put
me in one of his coat pockets, and then,
while in conversation with some one, to
coolly take me out and hold me upon
his hand, ha! hap ..' '." 2f"f o
"When did you return from England,
general" uat..r. ..... coy. y. d..
at was in the early part of Al
February, think. [ had visited nearly
every city and town in France and
Belgium and all the principal places in
England and Scotland. besides going to
Belfast and Dublin, Ireland. | receiv-
ed presents from all the crowned heads
of Europe Subsequently / visited
Havana, Europe again; and travelled
pretty much all over this country"
cit was during this time that you and
Commodore Mutt were brought togeth-
er, was it not" .'oA
ayes, Mr.. Barnum got him at Man
chester, n. H., in the earl y part of '62,
and in August of that year he and [
were exhibited st the museum in New
York as The Two Dromios; and 'The
Two Smallest Living Men, The COM
modore looked in those days very much
as [ did when | was first exhibited, and
he and have been together until with
in three years, when circumstances
compelled separation
"1ou and the commodore were once
rivals in love affair, it is said. Is that
true general?" ..... ....
"Pooh! that's all nonsense. Winnie
My wife's name is Lavinia, you know,
and [ call her Vinnie-never looked
upon him other than as a boy, he was
SO much younger then herself. He was
no rival Of mine In her affections. My
wife's maiden name was Lavinla War
rem Bump, and she was born in this
town October 81, 1871. Like her sister
Huldah poor Minnie Warren, you
know-she weighed about six pounds at
her birth. There were six other chill
dren in the family, all being of ordinary
size. When she was at the age at
which [ was exhibited her weight was
between four and five pounds less than
mine.a At present she Is about forty
inches tall and weighs about fifty
pounds. Both she and Minnie were al
ways highly -complimented by ladies
who saw them in their perfection Of
form. They were not in any way de-
| formed, but were perfect miniatures of
| their Sisters of larger growth We were
married with a good deal of ceremony
ia Grace Church, New York, February
10, 1868, and after q brief wedding tour
began travelling, which has continued
almost constantly until last spring, both
in this country and Great Britain. In
June, 1869, we started via California for
While in California, on this trip, tor
nado passed oyer the spot where we sit
this moment and scattered my new
house, which was well advanced to-
wards completion, to the four winds. |
got a telegram from my father-ln-laW,
saying, Your house is blown down. /
wired back the immediate reply, PUTT
up again. and went forward on my
journey. We travelled $4,000 miles, of
which $1,000 were. by sea, and had we
not been detained on our return by
fog at Sandy Hook, our trip would have
lasted just exactly three years to a day,
from New York.
Our last trip which was in this country
and Canada. lasted a year and eight
months, our last performance being in,
Jersey City, n. ]. on May 10th of this
year; when we returned on account of
Minnie's health. That was poor Min
MES last appearance in public" h"@ii
Seeing that the general was saddened
by the mention of Minnie Warren, the
reporter, to divert the conversation, re-
Marked: "I have understood that
you were high in Freemasonry, gen
eral." -.
sob, yes; Ihave taken 80 outsof the
SO degrees, and always carry my re-
gala, sword, ETC., with. me when I
travel. "a l., am a member of st. Johns
Lodge No. 3, Jerusalem Royal Arch
Chapter, No. 43, and Hamilton Encamp-
ment, No. 5, Knights Templars, all Of
Bridgeport, Conn.," a1mco9 las egb..u
g Did you ever have any familylY,
2" Yes; little girl was born to US in
Brooklyn, N. Y.,nten or eleven years
ago Pm very poor at remembering
dates. 1t died when only 2 years and s
months old, at Norwich, England" s>oaH
81 have often wondered how you and
your wife managed about gloves and
the like. You have them made especi-
ally for you, I presume ?''' @1. ..'7 ,-- -
Yes: we are obliged to do 50 on our
gloves and underwear Why! no three
year-old child could wear my wife's
gloves. The articles I have mentioned
are imported expressly for u.s. Our
boots and shoes are made here on
special lasts, as also e,yof course, .our.
clothes, etc ~. ]
that Commodore Mutt had married
Minnie Warren did it nOt?" .'#' Eit