The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-18
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, DECEMBER Is. 1898

wish to know who the snake chaTmer and
the monkey man are. Mile Uno started
life humbly as Barnums $1,000 prize
beauty nor has the whole 10000 worth Of
beauty disappeared even yet. She was mar
RED to a man connected with the snow,
whose name was Goshen. but ne was not
Col Goshen, the giant. Of mighty mem
ory Mr.. Goshen died some time ago
and left the beauty, as Nr. Huber express
es 1t, in the market 10 he married again.
she had become a sna Ike charmer, and in
the exercise Of her profession she drifted
TO Huoer's Museum. There Mr. Swift was
employed TO take care OF the monkeys
one OF the Orang-outangs opportunely feil
SICK Mile. Cno found time, in the inter
yais OF her snake charming, to help Mr..
SWIFT nurse him. The monkey died, but
the name Of love had sprung up between
the Keeper and the volunteer nurse, and
they put the monkey out on the fire escape
10 Keep cool and went and got married,
greatly 70 the disgust of Mr. Huber, who
would Ike to have known of the affair
IN time 20 make a show of it, The best he
could do was to make a show afterward,
and that he did last night. by giving
supper which has already been referred
TO.
It was quiet affair-not at all what the
term freak supper" would seem TO Imply
MI Huber explained that there We're few
freaks in this country at present. They
were all in England, with Barnum's show.
They were in great vogue there, while
mere they were out of fashion just now
lie had tried to get a fat woman, but
mere was positively none to be had The
three-legged boy was with him last week,
but he kicked about his salary and went
to Buffalo. There was a Circassian orin-
cess, with hair that stood out straight
but she got the big head" and went
away. too. Then there was the pig-boy
but they were afraid he would eat too
much, and he was not invited.
Still there We're a few excellent people
at the table. There was an "expansionist,'
a person more in fashion just now than
evrr before. He swells up. to the admir-
alton of all true Americans Then there
were two cannon ball manipulators, also
objects of much admiration just now.
These able-bodied persons required a sub
stantial bill of fare but 1t had to be varied
as well as be substantial for there We're
the Fire King and the Fire Queen and
when the Fire King said: Please pass
me tar bucket and a box Of matches
some of the strangers present thought
that the caterer would be nonplussed. But
he had been forewarned, and in a moment
the two were apparently eating a torch
light procession and were contented.
oh 1 saw that he was provided for"
said Mr.. Huber. but what is that glass
eater looking for Can 1 pass you any
thing sr?'
If you win just reach me those hashed
lamp chimneys au grain, please-thank
YOU said the glass-eater
Then there was a sword-swallower, who
supped upon war relics and there were the
divers, who could not even smoke cigar
cites comfortab bly,, unless they immersed
them in tumblers of water
The bride and the bridegroom sat at the
head of one table and Mr.. Huber al the
head of the other. The bride was dressed
in blue tights and an opera cloak and
the bridegroom was dressed like any bride
groom. On his arm sat Lottie, the sur
viving orang-outang. and she and the
bride eyed each other jealousy. But Lot
tie comforted herself with slices of turkey
and ham, and the bride with philosophy.
BY and by 1.-THE Professor was asked
to get up and propose the health of the
happy couple. He did not wait TO be ask
ed twice. Everybody else got up and was
ready to drink. But the professor told
them to sit down. He was going to make
a speech, and he would tell them when to
begin drinking. Then he made his speech,
and everybody was glad that it was taken
sitting.
The professor knows all there is to know
about freaks. He recalled happy scenes Of
other days. He told of the marriage of the
Siamese Twins to two sisters and of the
festivities of that occasion. He told how
the half-man, who had no legs, mad maj
ried the four-legged woman, so that it
averaged all right. He related the ro-
nance, ending in the marriage of Jojo
the dog-faced boy, who had hair all over
him, and the human billiard bail, who had
not a hair on her head, another beautiful
case of compensation.
He said that this was as happy an &C.
casion as any Of them, though there were
no especially noticeable compensations in
it, and then he said it was time to drink.
Everybody drank except Lottie. The
bridegroom offered her wine-claret and
champagne-just taken in from the fire
| escape, where it had been placed in the
fresh night air, to save ice, but even that
mixture, worthy of a freak supper, would
not tempt her splintered heart, and she
turned away with a look of weariness with
the world.
The reporter had to come away to catch
the Southern mails, but the freaks said
goodnight gaily, and Mr.. Huber ordered
another case brought In out of the night
air.
Nervous Employer; don't pay you for