The Osceola times., 1880-04-10
MARRIAGE OF MIDGEIS.
Wedding Of Two LiIiputians OF an A-sre-
gate Length Of Five Feet and Hall.
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the Whitcomb House yesterday noon
which, Of its nature, We think l. unparal-
leled IN the history Of Rochester. IL was
no less than the marriage Of two mem
bers of the Liliputian Opera Company,
which has Just concluded successful
engagement Of three nights at the Grand
Opera House.
The fairy lady who deserted the ranks
Of spinsterhood to assume the cares and
responsibilities of a wife, was RebeccI
Ann Myers, the second soprano Of the
company. and who il by actual measure
ment Just 81 inches in height. she Is
decided blonde, has sparkling blue eyes,
a perfect and symmetrical figure, and Is,
upon the whole, as liliputions 90, a
decided beauty. She is remarkably bril-
liant, has good education, Is brilliant
conversationalist, and since her engage
ment with the opera company has made
rapid progress in music. She was born
near Plymouth, Marshall county, Ind.
and will be q years old the 81 Of April
The bridegroom, Reuben Allen Steere,
was born in the village of Glocester, Il.
l., October l9, SO years ago. lie is 35
inches in height, and OF slim build. He
is the only one OF the liliputians who has
any beard, quite killing" mustache
and goatee adorning his manly face.
About two years ago Colonel Stcere
made the acquaintance Of lady who
was also acquainted with Miss Myers
She told the Colonel Of the little lady,
who was then in the West, and the little
man appeared TO admire the description
From what ne told our reporter, We
should judge that this lady or mutual
friend. acted TO considerable extent the
part of a matchmaker, tor a short time
after found the Colonel corresponding
with the Western liliputian beauty. The
correspondence was carried on regularly
month after month, and last summer
when Manager Thomas was organizing
his troupe Tor the present season, the
name Of Miss Myers was suggested for an
engaeement-we do not say who by
and after some negotiations she was
engaged, and met her sweetheart for the
first thine. They appearedto grow strongly
attached to each other and their m r
riage was looked forward to as one Of the
pro liabilities, although IL was supposed
the wedding would not come off until
the end of the season. But love knows
no law" and but little reason, and it was
decided one day last week that the event
should take place in Rochester on sun
dav. Ii was the desire of the COlOue.
that the ceremony should be performed
upon the Opera House stage, in the pres
cnce of an audience, but this was found
to be impractiCablc, and so It was finally
/ settled to come of IN the Whitcoml
House parlors at l. IN. yesterday.
The affair was kept very quiet, and but
/ few of our citizens were aware OF the
event which was TO occur.
AT few minutes past the midday
/ hour, the Rev. Asa sake, ID. d., of the
First Universalist church, arrived at the
/ hotel, and all those who had been invited
| to witness the ceremony gathered in thC
parlor and adjoining hall. Professor
| Jackson, Of the opera troupe, was seated
at the piano. and immediately struck up
"Ihe Wedding March, and the bridal
party entered the parlor. The bride
| came first upon The arm of the groom,
and then Miss Jennie Quigley anu
Admiral Dot, and Miss sadie BeltOn and
General TOtman-ali of whom oiticiateu
as bridesmaids and groomsmen. They
proceeded TO the northeast corner OF the
the parlor, where they all stood upon q
common parlor-rug, when DR.. Sake en-
/ tered. The Dialo cedses playing, there
was dead silence, and the reverend gen
/ t,eman commenced the ceremony, which
was very impressive, and OF course, IN
terestine lhe Oh contracting parties
were perfectly composed, and, Lut for =
mischievous smile on General loman's
face and the tear-drops on the cheeks ol
-. . las II. a :
turb the composure of the service, Jen-
ME Quigley had fully made up her mind
to have the first kiss from the newly made
man and wife, and DR.. sake had no
sooner uttered the last word of the cere-
mony than she turned like flash OF
lightning and had her companions IN
her arms. Introductions and congratu-
ations then follawed and continued for
some time, when dinner was announced
and the party adjourned to the dining
hall
II is almost an lmpossibllity to describe
the toilets Of the bride and maids, SO
ingenious were they in construction and
style. The dresses of the bride and Miss
Quigley were almost similar, and con-
sisted of pale blue grOs grain SILK ana
plea'ed pale pink satin, with the tulle
lace trimmings, and ornaments Of dia-
monds, the FORMER having unaer her
tiny veil prolusion OF orange blossoms.
Both dresses were cut princesse. Mrs.
Belton's dress consisted Of plum colored
silk and black velvet, with ornaments OF
diamonds. The groom wore cutaway
walking coat, and his best men were IN
full evening dress.
The husband and wife will continue
with the opera company until the end OF
I the season. when they go to Coney is'and
I for the summer, probably rejoinin. the
troupe again next season.