Connecticut western news., 1885-04-15
MERRY PIGMY sPOUsALs.
All tho World Gees to the Little Widow
 Thumbs Wedding.

Mrs. Gen. Tom Thumb and the Lilliputisn Count Primo Magri rode to the Church of the Holy Trinity ill 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 we're mingled with theatrical celebrities, politicians, show people and dime museum people, club men, dudes, and policemen. The women outuum- bered the men two to one.
 The strains of Mendelssohn's Wedding March foated from the gold-fres coed organ at 314 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 8 rustic of silk that sounded like the lap of waves on 8 sandy beach, and the bridal party slowly entered. They looked like procession of brill iantly dressed dolls. Ahead walked Major Newell, the groom's best man, with Miss Lucie Adams, the tiny bridesmaid, leaning on his arm. The Count Magri, with his bride on his arm, walked next. The bride was dressed as elegantly as she was on Feb 10 1863, when she walked amid a similar throng ill Grace Church to be married to Gen. Tom Thumb. Her TO- bust little form was enveloped in gown of lavender satin, brocaded in uncut velvet. It had a court train as long again as the bride. The front was decked with lace beaded with pearls. The neck was low and the sleeves were short Cinder- ella slippers of lavender satin adorned her feet, which loosely fit No. $ infant shoe. The slippers were buttoned over handsome lace stockings. A comb that blazed with diamonds held her jet black hair coiled at the back of her head. A diamond necklace with pendant gilt tered around her throat Diamond bracelets sparkled at her wrists, and lavender kid gloves that reached nearly to her shoulders covered her shapely white hands and arms. The gloves were of the size known as "four-and-a-half infants," and they were made on 8 special block. In her left hand she carried a 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 sible that she had passed her fortieth year.
 The Count Magn was in evening dress. A big solitaire diamond made the bosom of his glossy shirt luminous, and gold linked chain dangled at the waistcoat as he walked. The little Major was in evening dress, too, and the bridesmaid wore 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 comedy face. Her light wavy hair was cut short and curled at the neck, and a graceful bang waved above her sparkling blue eyes. Her smile was just about an inch long, and very winsome and
 Rector ". F. Watkins stood amid the mass of Easter flowers at the chancel in a flow ing white surpice, smilingly awaiting the party. Silver-haired William Higby of Bridge port, who is executor of Gen. Tom Thumbs estate under his will, took the brides hand in his own big white gloved palm and gave her away to the Count formally with a bow and 6 gracious smile. Miss Lucie Adams picked the tiny we'd ding ring from the pocket of her gown, aud the Count fitted it on the brides finger with a daintiness that made the big throng of on-look- ers laugh audibly with pleasure. Then the Count imprinted kiss on his brides red lips, and tall Rector Watkins stepping 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 receding procession as the party walked away, and the organ pealed apain