The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-10-29
she never once Needed. Ali she had
gone out on the long journey
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Thumb at Home,

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The Rev. w. II. Adams, of Massachu-
sets, has written letter describing a
visit to the home near Niddleboro', Mass.
OF the world -renown dwarfs, General and
Mrs. Tom Thumb, in which he saws:
The public are not admitted to their
sumptuous home. Only few favorite
friends, who it, proprieton are confident
will appreciate the privilege, are received.
It Is three-story wooden mansion, taste
fully painted, with plazzas and bay win
dOA . commanding an extensive view of
variegsted scenery, with the dome and
spires OF njddlebOro' in the distance, and
having the air of luxury. A Scotch maid
announced as, who subsequently told one
OF the ladies' that they could not help low
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Stratton, who were al
ways kind and seeking to make them
happy. The general gave US a hearty
welcome and ushered us into IN elegant
drawing-room, adorned with Italian and
Chinese paintings, and portrait Of his
father, who died some years since at
bridgeport, Conn.,, where the family still
reside. On the marble center table Law e
large family Bible alone. Chairs and
sofas we're all adapted to persons of
ordinary size, and nothing in this story
OF the mansion suggested it's owners
wee-ness, save in the library, replete with
bric-a brac and articles ST virtu from all
the world, souvenirs Of travel, where 4
child's rocking.chai of black walnut re-
ce'ves the little madam, while her guests
occupy ordinary seats during the halt
hour in which the general kindly exllibi-
TED article after article, from Masonic
apron a hundred years old to an elephant
carved from tusk, but whose tusks
alone OF the whole animal, were not
ivory but of brass. To a curiouslv carved
walking stick surmounted by long
bearded head with great glass ewes, they
have given the name of 'David" from q
1anclcd resemblance to the sweet psalmist
OF Israel. Mrs. Stratton, pointing to an
elegantly carved set of East india chess
men, remarked her fondness for the game.
and (archly and with the generals good.
humcred response) her husbands dislike
because, "modestly I say it, I Away
b at him.
We could we'll appreciate her assertion
"that the general and she had always got
along we'll together" He is forty years
old, and four years her senior. He now
weighs seventy-fve pounds, having
weighed fifty pounds at fifteen years Of
age. But: said he, II began life %
good big boy of six pounds" Going ur y
stairs We felt inclined to be so unman-
merry as to take two steps at time, for
tn, stairs of both flights seemed but four
or five inches in height but we were not
so exalted above measure as thus to indi-
cate our own pedal superiority. At the
head of the first flight, in the sewing
room stood the diminutive Wheeler and
Wilson sewing machine, a wedding pres
ent, fifteen years ago, from that firm, who,
at their own expense, caused this exouis-
1tely pcarl-lnlald plaything to precede the
little travellers in every land they visited
around the globe. 1t is plaything in
size alone, Mrs. Stratton making it do
good service to the present day. In the
front entry over the entrance was the
generals grand piano, about two feet
high, one of his pastors fingers striking
three OF the keys at once, and with diff
Guilty covering only one. 1t was made
in England, and cost $500, being inla,d
with pearl and richly gil6ed and enam-
eled. But the general was s:out of prac-
t'ce." indeed, ''had given up playing al
together"
Perhaps our greatest treat was the in
srectlon of their own apartment Here
we're the Penates. Admitted into the
Penetralia, we may be permitted to write
that everything is adapted to themselves
alone. Bureau, cabinet, dressing table,
sofa, chairs and bed were all diminullve;
the last eiaborately carved from ebony,
and richly eanopied in damask and lace,
gift from his father.