Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-09
Big Wedding of a Small Pair.
How Tom THUMBS WIDOW BECAME THE
COUNTESS MAORI
New York Times, 9TH. ,

New York Times, 9Th.
When it became known to the public thai
Mrs. Thumb was to be married again, an on.
siaught was at once begun upon Mr.. Barnum
and his partners, Messr-. Bailey and Hutch
| inson. for permission to see the ceremony,
| and for time their lives were miserable.
There were so many applications of this ma
ture that it was finally decided to have the
wedding take place quietly in church and ad-
NIT only invited guests and those only by
ticket Straightway there arose a demand
for these tickets, and spectators offered to
purchase an unlimited number of Barnum,
Bailey & Hutchinson at S. apiece to supply
the demand upon them, but none were to be-
Obtained for money \ list was made out of
a sufficient ranfber to comfortably fill the
church of the Holy Trinity, where the cere-
mony was to take place, and no others were
given tickets, though there were so many ap-
plications that Mr. Hutchinson was nervous
about opening his mail in the morning.
The ceremony took place at 3 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, and two hours before this
time a crowd had begun to gather before the
church At 2 o'clock the throng was so
dense in Forty secOnd-street and Madison
avenue that traffic was Obstructed and almost
absolutely shut off until Inspector Dilks APP
peared on the scene with 80 policemen and
arranged Il passage for street cars, omni-
buses, and other vehicles. The crowd was
almost entirely made up of women and girls.
BY = 80 o'clock all the seats in the body of
the church and the galleries were filled, and
long lines of guests began to form in the
aises and along the walls. The assemblage
was almost entirely made up of ladies. The
pulpit, altar, and chancel were covered with
flowers and ported plants. A semicircle of
ulrns oyta daI ahout Of ba al 6,
and was filled in with floral designs aud cut
flow ers, while a wedding bell of white roses
hung from the desk.
few minutes before 3 o'clock carriage
rolled up before the church door, and there
was tremendous cheering from the crowd as
the bridegroom descended the steps, accom-
panied by his fancees bridesmaid, Miss
Lucy Adams, who is no larger than Mrs.
Thumb, and looked very sweet and pretty in
her costume of white silk. Count Magri
wore a correct wedding costume, and the
little man fairly beamed with pleasure as he
strutted up the steps and walked down the
center aisle. He took a seat with Miss
Adams before the altar, and five minutes
later there were sounds of uproarious APP
pliuse in the street, and Mrs. Thumb
or Mrs. Stratton, entered upon the
arm of Major Newell husband OF
Mr'. Strattoh sister, tue late Minnie w AZ
rem Major Newell was only half head taller
than Mrs. StrattDn, and the guests in the
church were obliged to stand upon their seats
to see the little people go down the aisle,
The Rev. DIR. Wilbur f. Watkins. in his
robes of office, was waiting for them. and he
walked out before the altar to meet them
The Count slid down from his seat, and witt
Miss Adams he walked up before the minis
ter behind Mrs. Stratton and Major Newell.
| There was a solemn hush as the brdesmi id
and best man stood aside and DR. Watkins
| read the Episcopal marriage service, the
Count putting the tiny ring upon his bride:
finger with sftctiouate devotion. As soon al
the sentence of the clergyman made then
man and wife, Count Magri threw his arm
about her neck and kissed her. and there wa
laughter in the church when the tall clergy
man stopped over and kissed the little bride