News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-02-28
Marriage of Alice Eooabooro

SHE WEIGHS $50 POUNDs-BUT HE LOVES
EVERY OUNCE OF HER FAT RRTDE
AND LEAN GROOM Welded AT ATTsTTN
81 sTONE'S-REY. VIM. w. DOWNS PER
FORMS THE CEREMONY AND GUYS THE
COUPLE.
boston Globe, Feb. 20. 1881
A 74O-pound wedding took place on
the stage at Austin 81 Stones Dime Mu-
scum Yesterday afternoon, when Miss
Alice E. HOgaboom OF Vermont took
Alfred S. Thompson of New York for
performed the ceremony. after having
pleasantly chaffed Alice on her fairness
and Albert on his leanness.
Alice is % years old, and when in good
condition, as at present. weighs $50
hounds. while Albert is % wears of AGE
and tips the scales at 80. 1t was bic
wedding from an avoirdupOis standpoint
the bridesmaid being fat Hannah Bat
tersby, who weighs $40 pounds, the big
gest woman in the world, and in the
background, Immediately behind the
bride and groom, were seated five
women, whose aggregate weight is over
5000 pounds.
This is a genuine love match, at least
on Albert's side, but scarcely a case of
love at first sight, because he couldn't
possibly have seen all there was of Alice
the first time he looked at her. Albert
is of a wealthy family in high standing
in New York and first met Alice in a
museum there, when she was exhibiting
her obesity for $50 a week. He had
money enough, so he left New York
when Alice did and followed her around
the country, counting her in season and
out of season, with admirable persist
ence. until she at last consented. His
family is said to be very much opposed
to the match and to have disoWned AL
bert. but he doesn't mind it.
Alice is a blonde, with handsome
though colossal features, strikingly
beautiful eyes, and well-shaped mouth
and chin. AS she stood on the stage
yesterday, the multitudinous folds of
her white satin dress hanging not I'M
gracefully around her brobdignagian
form. she lookeo mountain of
why Albert should have ''got stuck on
her." so to speak.
At O'Clock the curtain rose and the
large audience got sight of as interest
ing bridal party as was ever seen in
Boston. There was the groom look
ing pale and just little scared the
bride, sitting on two chairs, in her fat
and placid calmness; next to her, on
two more chairs, was big fat Hannah, |
who hid her ample face behind her am
pie fan and giggled whenever Parson
Downs said something very funny then |
there was Maurice Donnahue, who is
not at all fat, but very good-looking, and |
who acted as best man; while behind |
the group were five fat freaks.
Professor Hutchinson made few elo- |
quent remarks on the solemnity of the |
occasion, requested the audience to pre-
serve order, and introduced Rev. Mr., |
Downs as man who appreciated the |
value of marriage,
The clergyman said the happy couple |
had evidently been brought together by |
the divine law of cOntrarieS," which |
made OppOSites seek each other. He |
said he was pleased to officiate in the |
ceremony, but did not know what he
should have done if in his capacity as
Baptist clergyman he had been called |
upon to baptize Miss Hogaboom. He
advised her simply to ''sit down on her |
husband if he ever got hayward or
fractions, and told Albert not to attempt |
to dandle Alice on his knee. He said |
Alice was satisfied with very little, but |
Albert evidently wanted the earth, y
and he was just on the point OF getting |
it.
During these little pleasantries, which |
made Albert smile in Sickly, half |
hearted manner and rather amused |
Alice, the bride and groom would occa-
'iOnally glance at each other as if they
the humor of the situation. |
lust as Parson Downs was beginning
the ceremony some one in the audience
called out:
''Goodby, Thompson ~
Everybody laughed, including Albert.
The ceremony passed off smoothly and
he couple withdrew Immediately to the
;urio hall.
1t took Sc yards of white satin to
make the bridal dress, and the gauntlets
worn by the bride were legs of silk
stockings, She had on No. IA satin
slippers, and her silk stockings were the
biggest ever made in Boston, costing
'28. Her husband bought her wedding
PRESENTS costing $1,000, including a $4,000
'air of diamond earrings. II might as
veil invest my money in diamondS as in
my thing el5o,' he Saief.
The couple will hold receptions every
lay this week in their wedding costumes
1t the museum.
After the brides present engagements
With the various dime museums are
inished she and her husband will make
heir home in New York City.