The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-06-07
COMMODORE MUTT DEAD.


Well Known Dwarf.
Nev York Sun, May sssh.
Commedoss Mutt died at ten min
utes past 5 o'clock yesterday morning
in the Anthony house. Broadway
.bovs Twelfth street. He had beer
ailing for several months past, bu,
had supposed his TROUBLE to cone frou
Rheumatism. About three month,
ago hs organised Tie Tally Ho com
pany. to play light operettas, and
started on . Trip through the interior
Ut the state. After playing about
four weeks be disbanded the company
aud returned To the city. He became
worse. aud for the last eight week,
Was confined to his bed. Last Mon
day Prot. LOOMS WAS c,lled in, and
he pronounced him to be in the last
stages VI Bright's disease. He was 81
years Of age On April lst last. tie
Was burn near Manchester, w., "
which city his remains will he taken
tomorrow. His full name Vas Geor u
Washington Morrison Mutt.
Prof hutchins. the lightning cal.
cula,or. said yesterday: He was an
old friend vi mine. and the smaries,
little fellow in the business. lie
could sing and dance we'll and was
q gOOd character actor. He was the
star performer of liliputisn opera.
remember we'll when Barnum first
brought him out. The commodOre's
father WIS . big six-fOot farmer, weigh
ing go pounds, AMI his mother WAS a
woman ii average size. Bsrnum
heard Of him in 1860 and engaged
him for his musuem. The Cumm0
dore was then about thirty inches tall
and Vas known rs Barnum's $50,
Mutt. He was y smart little fellow
and when the living skeleton or the
tat woman tried To twit him about the
way Tom Thumb cut him out he shu,
them up mighty quick. You see
J.svinia and Minnie Warren were in
the museum ut the same time. Thu
Commodore took . great fancy Il
Lavvy. Tom Thumb liked her too
but he was rather back ward, while the
Commodore used to talk up. Blu,
Tom Thumb was smart, and 20 he
cues to Barnum, and, says he, Old
,~an, Ia like tn marry Lavvy War
rem, and il you'll help me To get heI
Ill he married in public. That
caught Barnum. and Tom Thumb and
Lavvy Warren had big webbing in
Grace church. The Commodore wa.
mad as hops. but he wasn't going t.
turn his hack en- good engagement,
and sO he went abroad with Ton
Thumb and the Wsrrens. and made
the tour Of the weird with them. He
STAYED with them when they got bach
fur many years, but after a while hs
hogan travelling with side shows. and
then got in the liliputian opera bust
ness. and afterwards into saloon keep
ing.
Col. Goshen. the giant, was affected
by the news. "He has killed me
MANY time." he said. "You know
l used to be the giant and he Jack,
the giant killer. Sometimes We would
change the parts. and he would play
the giant and would kill him. Most
giants and dwarts are alike in one
thing. The dwarfs don't seem to have
room for furniture, and the giants are
like six and seven story houses
nothing much in the top. But the
Commodore vas quick and sharp.
Poor little fellow. he did himself harm
BY being . sort Of sporting man. /
will never forget the trick he Playesi
me cut in Terre Haute some four
years ago. We were travelling to
eether in an opera company, and a
big house had been sold. The Commo-
dore started Oh little racket, and the
manager got scared. 'Co!onel, says
he to me. I'm afraid the Commodore
won't come IN time for the perform
ance tonight Il will zee to that,
says /. anG l just picked him up and
carried him up stairs, and locked him
in room. When l went up after
him in the evening. there he Was, a.
drunk rs lord. and ] had the key of
the room in my pocket all the time.
When he saw me he put on comic
look and began to sing:
"rm Timothy Tottie,
I'm fond Of my bottle.
"Thalis song he used to sing, and
l couldn't help but laugh for the life
Of me. You see he had slipped some
money under the door tn the call-boy,
and got him to bring him up some
liquor and q clay pipe. The boy put
the pipestem through the key hole.
and the Commodore stood ON his toes
and got all the whisky he wanted
having the door opened.
Finally he quit the business. and
started concert saloon in Salem,
Oregon, but got into trouble With the
He tried it again in San
Francisco and sgain in Deadwcod City.
But he was too little man To keep
things orderly, and at each place there
was 50 much trouble that the police
broke him up. He had . similar
,aloon up town on Sixth a.enue for .
while, but had no better success. Last
summer he Was deputy superintend-
snt at the Rockaway pier. rugged out
10 q commodore's suit. The Commo-
lore was fond Of bluff occasionally.
Says he to me once: Colonel, ]
'lugged . fellow tie other day and
Knocked him into the water We'll.
,ow high wss he, Commodore ? says
|. well. about six feet said he.
md he three feet seven inches high y
The Commodore has commanded -
much ~ $50 . week salary, and made
! good deal Of money, but his unsuc.