Milford chronicle., 1885-04-17
MERRY PIGIrY srousALs.
All the World Goes TO the Little Widow
Thumbs Wedding.

All the World Goes TO the Little Widow
Thumbs Wedding.
Mrs. Gen. Tom Thumb and the Lilliputian
Count Primo Magri rode to the Church of the
Holy Trinity in New York on Monday to be
married. The church was packed full. The
assembly was notable. Men and women who
are famous figures in society were mingled
with theatrical celebrities, politicians, show
people and dime museum people, club men,
dudes, and policemen The women outnum-
bered the men two TO one.
The strains of Mendess0hn's Wedding
March hoated from the gold-frescoed organ at
81 O'Clock, forty policemen, who stretched in
COMPACT file along either side Of the central
aisle, drew themselves up statuesquely, the
| 5000 spectators all stood up together with a
rustic Of silk that sounded like the lap of waves
on a sandy beach, and the bridal party slowly
entered They looked like procession of brill
lautly dressed dolls. Ahead walked Major
lS~'-~o'l the grOOm's best man, with Miss Lucie
Georgetown on tne bridesmaid, leaning on his
eceved answers from nine fruit gsJs bride on his
ows:
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ellow and curled. Trees attacked iroTce Tn
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est7th th9ilNer vi nursery. The ground had
upon lela"6efofe; the trees were planted and
in that crop since. As remedy, had
rled barn-yard manure and iss1itf; lhai Uihder-
what yeEppeis OF lavender satin adorned her feet
,pa,nich loosely fit No. 6 infant shoe. The
slippers we're buttoned over handsome lace
stockings. A comb that blazed with diamonds
heldher jet black hair cOiled at the back Of her
| head diamond necklace with pendant gilt
tered around her throat Diamond bracelets
/ sparkled at her wrists, and lavender kid gloves
/ thatreached nearly to her shoulders covered her
shapely white hands and arms. The gloves
were Of the size known as "four-and-a-haf
/ infants" and they were made on a special
block. In her left hand she carried bouquet
| Of pink La France rosCB that was much big
/ ger than her head. Nobody who looked at
/ her smiling face would have thought it pos
sibe that She had passed her fortieth year.
/ The Count Aiagri was in evening dress.
/ big solitaire diamond made the bosom Of his
! glossy shirt luminous, and a gold linked chain
dangled at the waistcOat as he walked. The
/ little Major was in evening dress, too, and the
/ bridesmaid wore a gown Of white satin, cut
walking length, and with low neck and short
| sleeves. Long white gloves almost hid her
/ white arms, and blush mantled her cOmely
face. Her light wavy hair was cut short and
curied at the neck and graceful bang waved
above her sparkling blue eyes. Her smile was
just about an inch long, and very winsome and
continuous.
Rector W. +. Watkins stood amid the mass
/ Of Easter flowers at the chancel in a hOW-
/ ing white surplce, smilingly awaiting the
/ party. Silver @naired William Highly of Bridge
/ port, who is executor of Gen. Tom Thumbs
state under his will, took the brides
hand in his own big white gloved
palm and gave her away to tho
Count formally with bow and a gracious
smile. Miss Luce Adams picked the tiny we'd
ding ring from the pocket Of her gown, and
the Count fitted it on the brides finger with a
dain,iness that made the big throngof on-look-
ers laugh audibly with pleasure. Then the Count
imprinted a kiss on his brides red lips and
tall Rector Watkins, stopping away over until
it seemed to those in back pews that he
touched the ground, kissed the little woman,
too. Everybody laughed pleasantly again as
he did it. Then everybody in the church
beamed smiles upon the reeeding procession as
the party walked away, and the organ pealed
again.