Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-08-26
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Love Among The freaks.

The marriage Of an armless man..
John Huber, to Miss Sadie Bernstein,
of No. 1,124 Oxford street, which took
place at the Arch Street museum on
Saturday, has caused much comment.
A manager of the museum said yester-a
day: 'Miss Bornestsine met Huber when
he was exhibiting here five months ago.
It was case of love at first sight. She
is rosy-cheeked girl of Fl, while he is
just blooming out in his 22d summer.
He is abundantly able to provide for
per week. As the young lady said to
one Of her friends the other day, If he
is armless he can make better living
for me than many men who have two
arms There are plenty of pretty
girls who become infatuated with our
freaks. We once had an armless Won
der here named Jesse Feary, who was
quite favorite with the girls. I have
known where young ladies would
mount the platform and take seat
alongside of him. Charles Trip, an
other a1mless wonder, enjoyed many
filtration while here, and know of
two girls who became deeply attached
to him. have an idea that he will mar
ry one of them yet.
~ legless freak once eloped with a
very pretty girl; The freak was WAL
ter Steward. He was born without
legs and very short arms. One day a
daughter of John O'Brien, the show
man, who makes his headquarters at
Frankfort, met Steward and their ac-
quaintance soon ripened into love, The
first thing the profession heard of was
that Steward and the young lady had
eloped and been made one. They are
now living together happily and their
union has been blessed with several
children, more ofwhom are deformed.
''There is Annie Leak Thompson, the
brightest of all armless people, who
has travelled over the entire world.
She had many suitors and when she
did marry she took the man she loved.
I venture to say there are but few
freaks, and they are of the most hid
eous kind, who do not have plenty of
admirers. The marriage at our mu-
scum of the living skeleton, Garrison, to
Bertha Glare, a young lady from West
Philadelphia, is still fresh in the minds
of Philadelphians, on account of the
legal complication that arose after the
marriage. That you know was case
of love at first ght. When the courts
and stepped in permitted the girls par
ents to take her away from her husband,
he went away to Virginia and died of
a broken heart.
''Freaks are constantly intermarry-
ing. Their strange position in life
leads them to love one another more
rapturously perhaps toan the rest of
mankind. Up in Frankford, Hannah
Batterby, the largest lady in the land,
is married to John Batterby, man of
the skeleton order. Dwarfs are not
loath to go through life together hand
in hand. Mrs. Gen. Tom Thumb and
Count Magri are now enjoying their
honeymoon. Price, the AlbinO, and
Nine. Petty, fat woman became at
tached to each other while exhibiting
here few months ago and have lately
married.
"Whcn the two-headed nightingale
was here, she, they, or it, just as you
choose to call them, received ten
proposals of marriage, and among the
suitors was well-known dramatic
manager. The girls were used to such
proposals and refused to consider them.
There is no accounting for tastes. 1t
was not long ago that the Mexican
wild boy got stuck on the human
billiard ball, lady without any hair
on her head, and a week later Taoh,
the African horned man, proposed to
and was accepted by Circassian girl. y
Philadelphia Record.