A SINGULAR WEDDING.

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1358, 6 February 1884, Page 2

A SINGULAR WEDDING.

The Courier des Etats-Unis publishes a very singular account of a 'wedding which -was solemnised la«t month in th« Bowery, New York. Tim bridegroom was a lad of 16, named I>avid Mo?«s, employed in a museum of curiosities, and the bride, a *• fat •woman," who was one of the chief attractions of the. show, the proprietors of which expected to increase thf popularity of their exhibition by tht marriage. David Moses refused for a long time to go through the'ceremo'iyj &nd his father, a butcher* in the eit.y, .applied ,{o the police to stop the ■ marriage The police however, declared ; t-iems! -\vcs powerless, t and the cere mo y was-' accordingly announced, thf pict- of admission to the hall in which ',it was to bo ht?ld beiiig'lo cents. The : p'.'owd w>»B so areat that many of the hit.-comrs could not find room, and to heaJt was most oppressive when the cv tain lose at 9 o'clock, disclosing to ■■ v t ew a raised dais, upon which tlio v >nde and biidegroorh, with their i friends, were seated" arouncf a taWe decorated with flowers. Th« bridr, , Miss Blanche Grey,: tjirousrh only 17 ; y ars oi age, weighed 5171 b (Sfcsfc 13H>,) ' and was as broad as she was tall, her j weight' increasing at the tatw- of 51b a : montK. here were shouts of delight j'and'l^v'sion when tho cui"tniitr rose, ant? !" Doctor' 1 . Arthur Cole, rfescriVied as !"tli« handsome man "of the show, j commenced a harangue to the effect i that "marriage ..w.as a,, solemn job.'' Ti.e clergyman who was to perform then on to .the -platform, b,ut Ihe was bo mi>ch the. worse for liquor that Ke could liot stand straight or read | the service.. After a brief delay he j was able., "by ihnans bf restoi»tiveß, to blunder through it, and the best man then made a speech, informing the audience that the piece of papor which he held in ontr hand was a cheque for 1' OOdol, presented by the proprietors of the museum to the ?iewly~married couple, and that a large copper chain/ which he brandished ii the otfrer, was a massive gold necklace, 2s : * long, presented, to the bride by her comrades. While this speech was made the clown was indulging in antics of various kinds, and the bridegroom was walking raond the bride and contemplating her gigantic proportion^ with evident amazement. Thevcfergy man atteitipted to make a little speech, but he was *<Az d with a fit' of hiccoughing, and was pulled Uaoft to his seat by the clown. A n-rimber of spectators then forced their way up to tie dais a' 'l began to embrace the brid , .a: id the rest of the company withdrew amid- much disorder and confusion. [From, recen* American papers wo learn that the " fat bride" is dead, antl that her grave has to be guarded in order to prevent her remains from being stolen 1 for dissecting, purposes.