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

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AT half past seven o'clock last even.
ing the crowds of we'll dressed and
enthusiastic persons who had assembled
in the vicinity of the Academy doors
was really extraordinary. There swas
a crush of satins and vcl7ets, marvel
GUS combination Of perfumes and torrent
of ANAL talk. -
"What will she wear, I wonder p
asked one young lady who evidently
believed that marrying and giving in
marriage was tho chief business in life.
"Wha. kind of fellow is the bride
groom is he solid p remarked an ex-
cited dry goods clerk.
81 rupposo Mr.. Talmage willy give
them his blessing, aud send them ,ome
in truck at the expense o the chur :h -
suggested an individual whose irre,er.
ence was only sxcslled by the blooming
glare Of red scarf
Aud here let it be understood that an
advertisement had been inserted for
some days. in whioh j, ~as-.a.sseth..-
any respectable couple who wished to be
married free Of cost and in costume of a
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 we're ffty-two answers,
and 1t was necessary, notwithstanding
the desire for notoricty alwaysto be
foumd among n free and enliy htencd
American public, to select one couple
The happy twan Tho drew the lucky
nu",iGr were Jaa,cs Wilietts ahd 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 i'll reality were suggestive Of
every land under the sun for the fifty
years antecedent to the battle of New
Grleaas, were loaned by masked ball
cos.umcr, who was decidedly anxious to
have his name n the Herald, but who
must, for obvious reasons, remain for
ever in obscurity. For one hour, tho
happy couple were to be gilded Vith
the ofulgencc of borrowed plumcs, and
then they were to relapse into their nor
NAL and buoolic Connecticut apparel
The doors of the Academy, which ha.
a very handsome interior, swung open
and display ed the stage, decorated as it
would have been in Athens or Alexan,
dria, 800 years ago, for the games
that were TO follow. The crowds of
well-dresscd men and wome, and boys
aud girls swarmsd in and took their
seats. A burst Of music, wild and
triumphant, broke from the brazen
instruments in the orchestra, and dea
silence followed for mement, only to
be succeeded by the half whispered
gossip, 40 dear to all frminiuc hearts
Then solemnly up tho main aisle
shall il be called an aisle under the cir
cumstances proceeded Heterogeneous
procession Of about thirty persons clad
in the costume OLA hundred years gone
by. First came the bridegroom, raw
country lad of twenty years, in blue
velvet, coat trimmed with silver binding
white satin vest edged with gold aud
small gilt buttons, and white silk stock
inss and smalls. His hair was pou Tered
n la Louis Qninzc, aul he wore queue
and black velvet, with buck les. From,
his throat depended lace handkerchief
such as the elder \ dams most perfect
gentleman Of his time, might have worn
Then came the bride in gorgeous pearl
satin dress trimmed in all the fancifu
trickerics of the Palas 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 Noun
Blanc on a wintry day Her han d.
excascd IN borrowed white kids, aud sh,
wore tho whito hsh-heeled shoes OF th
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