The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-06
LOVE AMONG THE FREAKS.
How They Are Courted and Loved and the
Marriages that Follow.

How They Are Courted and Loved and the
Marriages that Follow.
Philadelphia Record.
The marriage of the armless man. John Huber
to Miss Sadie Bernstein No ll24 Oxford street,
which took place at the Arch street Museum on
Saturday, has caused much comment A mana
ger of the museum said YESTERDAY. Miss Born
stein met Huber when he was exhibiting here
four months ago. 1t was case of love at first
sight She Is rosy-cheeked Girl of twenty-one,
while he is just blooming out into his twenty
second summer. He is abundantly able to pro-
vide for her, for he commands salary of seven
ty-five dollars per week. As the young lady SAID
to one OF her friends the other day. If he
living for me than many men would who have
two arms There are plenty of pretty
girls who become infatuated with our freaks
We once had an armless wonder here named
Jesse Feary, who was quite favorite with the
girls. have known where young ladies would
mount the platform and take seat alongside of
him. Charles Trip, another armless wonder
enjoyed many Irritation while here, and
know OF two girls who became deeply attached
to him. / have an idea that Ae will marry one
of them yet.
IA legless freak once eloped with a very pretty
girl The freak was Walter Stewart He was
born without legs and very short arms. One
day a daughter of John O'Brien, the Snowman,
who makes his headquarters at frankfort, met
Stewart, and their acquaintance soon ripened
into love. The first thing the professor heard
of was that Stewart and the young lady had
eioped and been made one. They are now liy
ing together happily, and their union has been
blessed with several children, none of whom 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
venture to say there are but few freaks, and
they are OF the NEST hideous kind, who do rot
have plenty of admirers. The marriage at our
museum of the living skeleton, Garrison. to
Bertha Clear. young lady from West Phila-
delphia, is still fresh in the minds of Phiadel-
phlans. on account of the legal complications
that arose after the marriage. That you know
was case of love at first sight When the
ents to take her away from her husband. he
went away to Virginia and died of broken
heart.
Freaks are constantly intermarrying Their
strange position in life leads them to love one
another, more rapturously, perhaps, than the
rest OF mankind Up in Frankfort. Hannah
Battersby, the largest large lady in the land is
welded to John Battersby, man of the skee-
ton order. Dwarfs are not loath to 60 through
life together hand in hand Mrs. General Tom
Thumb and Count Magri are now enjoying their
honeymoon Price, the Albino, and Madam
Petty fat woman, became attached to each
other while exhibiting here few months ago.
and have lately married
when the two-headed nightingale was here,
she, they. or 1t, just you choose to call them,
received ten proposals of marriage, and among
the suitOrs was well known dramatic manager
The girls We're used to such proposals, and re-
fused 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