St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-26

roses. In the reception room, on the
right of the entrance door. one of the
principal attractions was IL monstrous
twO-"ecked basket of flowers at least Il
yard i'll diameter. On the mantel and
stand, on the chandelier. everywhere.
flowers met the eye. Even the CRATE
was a solid bed of eXotics. 1t would be
inn ossible by details to convey an idea
OF me marvellous quantities of eXpen-
size flowers which met the eye every
where
THE GUESTS.
Among the guests were Commissioner
H'mry Smith, Sheriff Brennan, Comp
tT"iter Connolly, Superintendent Kelso,
Commissioner John T. Agnew. Con-
gr,,sman S. S. Cox, City Chamberlain
Pe'er B. Sweeny, Commissioner b. F.
M..1ierre, Judges DAILY, Bosworth, Bar
narl. Hogan, Senator Michael Norton.
Coo Schirmer, Colonel Roberts, DIR.
Ca i chan, Thomas J. Crcamer, james
ii. irgcrsoll, Chauncey Depew, Andrew
j. G.irvcy, Charles Hall, secretary of
the nl"Tiua.. "I'J,. and many others.
Ali these functionaries were accOmpa-
DiCd by their wives or daughters in
magnificent apparel.
THE PRESENTS
were Il chief centre of attraction to the
guests. They filled an entire room
when crowded close. There were forty
silver sets. any one of which would
have attracted IA crowd if placed III Il
jewellers window. and one single one
contained two hundred and forty separ-
ate pieces. Mr.. James Fisk. Jr., sent II
frosted silver contrivancc representing
an iceberg, evidently intended to hold
ice cream or some equally frigid sub
stance. The association was heauu-
fully sustained by the presence of arctic
bears rrpoSing on the iciclc handles of
the bowl and climbing up the spoons.
Singularly enough. Mr.. Fisk displayed
the same taste aS Superintendent kelso.
and their offerings were exact duph-
Gates. Among the names on the silver
were Shandley. Norton. Williams. Car
nOchan, Maginnis and many others.
There were forty pieces of Jcwclry. al
which fifteen were diamond sets. \
single one of the latter is known to
have cost S45.OOO. II contained dia-
mouds as hy a> tilhcltS. \ cross of
eleven diamonds. pea size, bore the
name of Mr.. and Mrs. II. W. Genet. ~
donors. \ pin of sixty diamonds. rep
reScntiug il sickle and SheaNeS of wheat.
WAS the gift of J. II. lngcl>nll. Peter
B. Sweeney card appeared on diamond
bracelets of fabulous magniticencc. Cor
ncliuS Corsom gave a ring with tiny
watch ~ the seal. BrOnze>. thread lace.
cashmere Shawls, rare pictures, every
tI,i,,, ,I,, ,.,n1l a., .nn..i,-.H ,t ,,bi D.
Is rich and costly filled the room with
splcud"r.
THE rEpT<~EAT
of the bride. which WAS designed and
cut bN Mr. Eu>tacc Roberts. WAS sill
pclh. the materials being of the finest
quality and obtained from Il leading
Rtuadvay dry goods house. They ar,.
of the most costly description. and the
Labor in preparing them has consumed
nearly two months. The dresses are
models of elegance aud the most refined
J--;,. ana II carte 6{ttHcho was given the
maker with the simple injunction that
the outfit should hc "thc richest even
produced and tit t"r Il princess" The
wedding dress W.r> composed of white
gro> grain with q train three and a-halt
'''I''' az 'I'S'H' ''''l ""N 'i''l'iiI'' NI'ii
real point Lace. costing near ''"W. Il"
front "i tn" >kllt was cut with dcrr
>''aII"p. and the "NcrSklrt consisted "i
lace "'ilihirhtrh WIN o'ahE" n"N'f>.
h' pilCc "i tnr hla'triai au" l!""i re-
quIrd in making aud trimming this
drr~- was SlOuO. making with the lace
Il total cost of $5UUO. The other dresses
forming the ti"uSs'iu are f"ulttch III
num"rr. ana al" All 'bEau' ana "'-
>l%ncd IN me nl"Nl ar'l>ll' MANNER
tn>t. thrI" i u "Iarh Waiklng sun III
heavy rirh gr"S gram. III Whlrh thlltN-
five Yards "t silk were used. 1t Is tilm-
med with tN" pieces "i AutulllN Eulpnr"
Ird TWO pieces "t men hraNN IhhN
Tine" hundred an" rl@hty-iW" bows
ar" used IN the trimmings. ne front
l. cut win http >luc PIalllhG 'he Nh"I'
width "i the skirt front. ana me tram
iS white. mingled artl>tlralIN With black.
/ his dress cost S'W'. Next Is a blown
walking suit OF tmrty-tM" Yards "i
brown NIlk. he 'front.' "i the under
skirt consists ot three regular reverse
plaltN mtcrp"latcd with lS"" deep flat
falls. On each sid" t lIe box plants are
narrow at the top and wide at the bot
tom: The back part is very deep
tiounccd. SraIl"pcd and trimmed with
narrow piping. l""pcd IN each corner
with ScallopS. he front Is perfectly
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