According to the Bt. Kilda Advertiser, o£ a recent date, Tom Thumb has met with an Australian rival. The new pigmy is thus referred to:—"lie visited St. Kilda on Saturday, and created quite a sensation. He is 14 years of age and only 2 feet 10 inches in height. He appears to be in good j health, is intelligent and well educated, j lie is shroter than the General. We un-! derstand that the Tom Thumb management wish to absorb the mannikin into i their troupe, but the young Australian { does not care to leave the land of his birth or adoption, whichever it may he." '
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Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 29, 1 June 1870, Page 2
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106Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 29, 1 June 1870, Page 2
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