The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-05-03

At half past seven o'clock last even.
ing the crowds Of we'll dressed aud
enthusiastic persons who had assembled
in the vicinity of the Academy doors
was really extraordinary. There was
crush of satins and velvets, a marvel.
GUS combination Of perfumes and torrent
of small talk. &
"What will she wear. / wonder p
asked one young lady who evidently
believed that marrying and giving iu
marriage was the chief business in life.
"Wha. kind of fellow is the bride
groom is he solid r. remarked an ex-
cited dry goods clerk.
81 suppose Mr.. Talmage will give
them his blessing, aud send them. home
in truck at she expense o the church :"
suggested an individual whose irrever
ence was only e1celled by the blooming
glare OF red scarf
Aud here let it be understood that an
advertisement had been inserted for
some DAYS. in whiah il was sta.5s,~that
any respectable couple who wished to be
married. free Of cost and in costume of
hundred years ago, on the stage of the
Brooklyn Academy Of Music, would be
provided with the necessary costumes
and outfit temporarily, by the managers
Of the Tabernacle, free. To this adver-
tiscnent there were 6ity-two answers
and it was necessary, notwithstanding
the desire for notoricty alwnysto be
!"umd among free and enlightened
American public. to select one couple.
The hsppy twaiu Who drew the lucky
nu",lSr were Jaa,cs Willetts aid Minnie
Wil!ctts, Of Stamford, Conn, who held
until last night the relation Of cousins.
Costumes supposed to represent the Now
England of one hundred years ago but
which ill reality vera suggestive Of
every land under the sun Tor the fifty
years antecedent to the battle of New
0rlcans, were loaned by masked ball
costumcr, who was decidedly anxious to
have his name n the Herald, but who
must, for obvious reasons remain for
ever in obscurty For one hour, tho
happy couple were to be gided With
the ofulgcncc Of borrowed plumcs, and
then they were TO relapss into their nor
mai and bucole Connecticut apparel
The doors of the Academy, which has
very handsome interior, swung open
and displaye ed the stage, decorated as it
would have been in Athens or Alexan
dria, $40 years ago, for the games
that were to follow. The crowds of
well-dres,rd men and wumsi aud BOYS
aud girls swarmed in and took their
seats. A burst Of music, wild and
triumphant, broke from the brazen
instruments in the orchestra and doa /
silence followed for moment, only to
be succeeded by the half whispered
gossip, 40 dear to all feminine hearts
Then sojemny up tho main aisle -
shail it be called an aisle under the cir
cnmstances proceeded Heterogeneous
procession OF about thirty persons clad
in the costume ofa hundred years gone
by. First came the bridegroom, raw
country lad Of twenty years, in a blue
velvet, coat trimmed with silver binding
| white satin vest edged with gold ali
small gilt buttons, and white silk stock
in.s and smalls. His hair was p,u lcrcd
a la Louis Qninzc, aul he wore queue
and black velvet, with buckles. From
his throat depended lace handkerchief
such rs the elder Adams most perfect
gentleman Of his tine, might have worn
Then came the bride in gorgeous pearl
satin dress trimmed in all the iancful
trickerics of the Palais Royale and loop
ed up with ornaments. A poilt lace veil
coversd her lovely shoulders, aud her
dark brown hair vas powdered to the
consistency of the summit Of Mount
Blame on Il wiurry day Her han D.
encasoA IN borrowed white kids, aud Rhl
wore the whjto hi.h.he"iod shoes al ga,