MARRIAGE OF GIANTS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1639, 20 March 1884, Page 2

MARRIAGE OF GIANTS.

Patrick William O'Brien, the Irish giant, ond Christiana D. Dunz, the German giantess, were married in the City of Pitsberg on November 20th, The ceremony was witnessed by a very large concourse of people, including the Mayor and Councillors of Pitsberg, the Mayor of Alleghany, John McCullough, Margaret Mather, the Aztees dwarfs, the Indians and snake charmer.' Outside the church the crowd gathered in such numbers as to obstruct, the traffic, in spite of the efforts of a large force of police. O'Brien wore a full dress suit. A medal presented to him oy the Land League ornamented his breast. The brido woro a wreath of orange blossoms and a veil that covered a superb dress of white satin. In.her hand she held a bouquet of enormous size, After the service the bridal party drove at once to the museum and held a public reception. The wedding cake is the largest ever made, measuring nine feet in circumfemce and three feet in thickness. A giant loaf of bread, five feet long will decorate the table.

This was the first marriage of giants in America, and tho second in the world, The combined height of the bridal pair is fifteen.feet three inches, and they tip the beam at 549 pounds. The wedding ring weighed seventeen pennyweights, and. war five inches in cifcumference.