"Miss Lucia Zarate, his companion and intended wife, is over 15 years of age and weighs less than five pounds."

In a much earlier time before the phrase “little people” was the preferred term of usage, the tiniest among us were often exhibited at circuses, sideshows and dime museums. The May 18, 1879 Brooklyn Daily Eagle had a story about such a pair of Lilliputians. An excerpt:

“The ensuing week is the third and positively the last of the famous little people, known to the world as ‘Uffnor’s Marvelous Midgets.’ This week will close their tour of the United States, as they sail directly to Europe to remain some three or four years. These tiny morsels were first brought together about three years ago, and since the first day they were placed upon exhibition have drawn immense audiences in every city in which they were introduced. Many celebrated ‘little folks’ and ‘dwarfs’ have been from time to time brought before the public, but in searching history or biography there is no record of any couple so infinitesimally small as these two wonderful  beings so aptly called ‘Midgets.’ The largest of the pair, General Mite, is 14 years of age and weighs only nine pounds; Miss Lucia Zarate, his companion and intended wife, is over 15 years of age and weighs less than five pounds. To realize such a marvelous departure of nature from her ordinary productions requires quite a stretch of the imagination. Their combined age is nearly thirty years, while their united weight is only fourteen pounds. Such little creatures appeal to the sensibilities and sympathies of men, women and children alike, and awaken a peculiar interest akin to enthusiasm. These miraculous human wonders remain but six days longer, and will give afternoon and evening levees at Music Hall, at an admission fee of twenty-five cents.”