Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-04
To whom It May Concern
NUMBER NINETEEN.
BY MRS JULIA c. Il DoRR.

I promised to tell you abcnt the two
weddings, my frien5 aud / wonder if
there will ever be a bet err time than now ?
So on this dark autumnal dsy, when the
dull rain falls sullenly and the sere leaves
drop to the earth in ed lying whirs, we
will go back in thought to the ioyona
summer time, when skies were blue, and
woods were green, and the breath of
myriad flowers filled the air "a with per.
fnme shed from unseen ceDNers,-back to
that never-tO. be-forQotten day when q
happy love-dr an was conaommattd, aud
two young hearts who h+9 chosen each
other out Of al the world were m d. one
There had been nu-y stir OF prepara-
ton about the house for many dsva p
little hum Of expectancy n the very at
mOsphere. No one vantur Z to speak of
anything disconnected with the approach
ing nuptials; 20 one dared to think or
dream of anything hot the wed ling The
brides modest trousseau was cnru plated.
Upstairs in the guest chamber lay sll the
pretty fsnoies-the shining silks, the soft
mHalina, the delicate laces that ware so
we'll suited to her youth and iovelinass
The snowy bridal robe was there, and
the long, floating veil that woman wears
only in the one supreme hour of her life.
Everything was ready. There were no
last stitches to be set, no confusion of
dressms kers and sewir g machines to dis
tract and annoy in that week of weeks,
when the chapters of the old life were to
be SCALED up, and the leaves of the new
were to be turned.
Yet, as have said, there was hum of
h.
voices sounded through the rooms the
tread of light feet echoed from hall and
staircase there were consultations and
discussions, plannings and improvised
COMMITTEE meetings" in every corner.
For every body was interested in this we'd
ding, every body "wanted to help" So
from morning till nightfall there was
coming and going, light laughter, half
fearful congratulations, prefers of willing
service and the murmur of grateful
thanks.
For all the work done was love-work
No hired 9rist came, bringing roses and
lilies that gold had bought, wherewitb
to a7orn the rooms. But unknown suan-
titles of good will and affection went into
the twininR of every garland. tbs FORM
ing of every quaint device. That was the
best of it.
You want to hear about the decorations?
One hardly knows WHERE to begin. In |
the first place, the grounds were spacious |
and pieturesque-and the stately forest
trees that formed the avenue ard sur |
rounded the house, were sufficiently beau
tiful of themselves. They needed no
adorninR. But host of colored lanterns,
blue and crimson, green. orange, violet, |
pale yellow and ruby red, perched among
their branches like bright winged birds,
or swung from airy heights. @ $500
Entering the house, the frat thing that
cauRht your eye was the staircase
wreathed from top to bottom with heavy
wrsaths of ground pine. from out which
clusters of pure white fl ,wers cleaned at
intervals. Lighter festabps hung from
the balustrade and dropped, heavy with
fragrance, from every accessible point. It
WAS down these stairs that the young
bride was to pass. as she left her maiden
chamber for the last time. Make the way
bright and sweet, 0 friends and do tbon,
D loving God, make the path she shall
hereafter tread, fair as the one adorned
or her that day 1ss