Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-10-11
LOVES OF NATURES FREAKS.
Some Odd COnnubial Ventures by Abnor-
mai Humanity.
Buffalo Times.

mai Humanity.
Buffalo Times.
'Yes, sir; the freaks have hearts Just
like the rest of us, and lose them, too" +"
said Prof. Ryder, the custodian of Bun
nelPs cash box, as he added 1927 to the
profit column in the museum lelg-
er and closed the books for the dav.
"You remember Maj. Llttlefnger,
don't you? Well, he's living with his
second wife now and the first Mrs. Little
finger, dwarf like her husband. IS fast
asleep under the daisies.
"While the Zulus who were here a
few weeks ago were in New York, at
Broadway Museum, pretty French girl
came to see them one day. 1t was not
iced that she fingered about the barbar-
ians for long time, apparently unmind-
full of the other curiosities. She came
again and again, and one day Mr. Bun
nell was amazed when Charlie, the lare-
er of the t"o Zulus, stopped him and
said they were engaged to be married
And the match came off despite our eff
fUrts to prevent il, but IL proved unhap-
py and a separation soon followed.
Beauty No. 56, at our New York con-
test of beauty, married the living skele-
ton. The wedding took place at the mu-
scum, and was talked all over the coun-
try. They afterward took a triumphal
bridal tour through the whole museum
chain, and were received by vast crowds
everywhere. As far as know they are
still living together.
"Miss Louise Cotton of Brooklyn fell
in love with Che Nah the Chinese dwarf
while he was on exhibition in the City
of Churches, and her affections were
warmly reciprocated. She followed him
to Chicago, and while there they went
to a priest to have the marriage ceremony
performed, but as she was Catholic and
her abbreviated lover pagan the priest
very properly refused to perform the
ceremony.
"A daughter of John O'Brien. the cir
Gus man, married Walter Stuart, the
armless and legless freak. They have
two children, both perfectly formed, and
find much happiness in their connubial
relations.
Jessie Walden, the giantess, who died
in this city short time ago, married
man Of ordinary size and each thought
the world of each other.
"Walter Payne, the armleSs wonder,
married New York lady in good stand
ing. She accompanies him on his tours,
and they frequently drive out together
in the morning.
Sol. Goshen, the big giant. gave his
heart and hand and half his fortune to
a woman below the average stature.
"Mlle. Christine, the two-hcadel nj ,ht-
ingale, has had four or five good offers. |
She is a colored woman. but has pre-
ference for white men. She sayc she |
will marry some day, when she receives |
an offer she believes to be inspired by a |
deeper feeling than the love for lucre |
wonder if the court will call it a case of
Baron Littlsinger, the Italian midget
to the fascination of woman
nearly six feet high. He has three chill
dren each larger than himself. His wife
spanks the babies. His broth.r, Count
Rosebud, tried to make a match between
the Baron and one of the Adams sisters,
but it was no go. He had his heart set
on a large woman, and would have no
other.
"Col. Bates and Fat O'Brien, the giants,
both married giantesses. Neither couple
have any children, so the prospects for !
race of giants are very slim.
"a well known long, haired lady was
mashed on Capt. Constantine, the tat
tooed Greek, and wrote him several let
ters. but her affections were not return
ed.
AS for our tattooed ladies, snake
charmers, Circassian woman, bearded
women. etc, they are all the Will hav-
ing their romances, and sooner or later
nearly all Of them succumb to matrimon-
ial temptation, and exchange the plat
form for the hearth.
aOne of the most ilexplicable love af-
fairs that ever learned of in all my mu-
scum experiences, however happened
right here during the past winter. You
remember Zip, the 'what-is-it? Not ex-
actly the kind of man to captlya.e |
wonIan's fancy, in my estimation. Well
do YOU believe it, a little l6-year-oid
schoolgirl became so fascinated with
about him that she visited the
museum dozen times day in success,
ion. She would sit on the platform and
talk with him while the stage show was
going on, and acted so peculiarly that