Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-04-18
Marriage Of the Mldgets.
THE TWO SMALLEST PEOPLE IN THE
WORLD TO BE MADE MAN AND WIFE.

Gen, Mite and Lucia Zarate, who are
said to be the two smallest people IN the
world, and who are called the 'Mldgets,"
are to be married week from tomorrow.
| The general, as has been already said, is
| only Ia years of age, and his prospective
bride is perhaps Is. Neither ut them is
more than 2 feet in height. They have
been on exhibition at Masonic Hall for
some time and have attracted great deal
! of atten ton as strange beings whose ply
s!ciaal condition connot be explained.
Both the General ard his intended bride
have been examined by number OF prom
| inent physicians. but medical science las
| failed to give any reas; n for the singular
| freak OF nature The MidgetS have been
associate together for some time, and it
is said b, sht parents and attendants that
they are quite unhappy Wien separated.
Their desire to marry, though seemingly
preposterous, has been understood by those
| immediately concerned with them. Oh
i jections have been made by their parents
without effect, and these objections have
| finally bt I'll. overcome through the persist
snt solicitations of the little eople them
selves. The marriage will take place be-
| lOI0 UUC lluSGJS GtkfilU lOI OU
IN exhibition tour, which will be in about
| two weeks.
SenO it'll Zarate. small as she is. cannot
speak English, but she can understand
| everything said to her in that language.
| She was asked last evening if it was tt ue
| that she was about to marry the General.
She said it was, and the few inches Of fem
unity jumped up and down in glad antici-
patton of the happy event.
when will 1t occur?" it was asked.
son Sunday" she replied.
At this point the Lilliputian General
came up and he was questioned concern
| ing his matrimonial intentions.
81 am going to get married on Satur-
day. he said.
The Senorita became wild in an instant,
but MIR. Uffner. their manager, soothed
| them, and their respective fathers took
them away from the public gaze for a few
minutes, and probably spanked them as
they deserved. When the small senorita
was permitted to return she was asked
what in all probability her wedding cos
tune would be. She replied in fluent
Spanish that she would wear dress of
white satin, with pearl trimmings and dia-
mond ornaments. This costume is one of
the favorite ones of the little lady and she
proposes to celebrate the great event Of
life in it.
1t is. perhaps, needless to say that the
bridegroom will be attired in the conven-
tional costume of the ballroom. II takes
about yard of cloth to make dress suit
for the General. The bridesmaids and
grooms have not yet been selected.
1t seems that the marriage is one of con-
venience as we'll as supposed affection.
The dwarfs, belonging to different fami-
lies, are liable to be separated at any mo-
ment. It is thought best, therefore, to
bind them by ties that cannot be broken
by show managers or disagreeing parents.
Gen. Mite is twice the weight of his pros
pective bride.
The preparations for the wedding are
going steadily forward. The bride is to
wear a white satin dress studded with
seed pearls. Small as her form is, it is es-
timated that the bridal dress contains no
less than 1000 pearls. The bridegroom is
to wear his full dress suit, excepting that
his vest of black cloth will be replaced by
white vest.
Miss Zarate belongs to the Episcopal
Church, while Gen. Mites family are Ro-
man Catholics, and it was On the question
of religion that The families differed. This
difference was finally settled.