St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-05-29
The White House Wedding.

The marriage of the Englishman, Mr..
SartoriS to Miss Nellie Grant daughter
of the President. took place at II
o'clock. Thursday forenoon. i'll the east
room of the executive mansion. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. DR..
Tiffany and according to the Methodist
Episcopal church. The room was dec
grated with plants. flowers and ever
greens. and an arched floral platform
was raised on the east side. upon which
the ceremony took place. and beneath
beautiful floral bell. There were
eight bridesmaids Misses Barnes. Fish.
Drexel, Dent, Porter. Frelinghuyscn.
Sherman and COnkling. g.-and but one
groomsman-Mr Fred Grant that be
ing the English custom. The bride
wore IL white satin dress elaborately
trimmed with point lace, and orange
blossoms adorned heT hair. The prcSi-
dent. Fred Grant and Miss Barnes were
the only relatives on the platform dur
ing the ceremony. \ large number of
invited guests were present. i'll all va
rietIeS of fashionable costume. The
guests were mostly from outside the
city. however. the number from Wash
ington being limited to 20, and did not
run down the grade of official life below
senators and members. of whom there
We're less than dozen invited. For
this severe snubbing. Washington soci-
ETY. is very much inclined To turn up its
nose and pOOh-pooh the whole affair.
aud the wedding can hardly he said to
have created the fashionable tiutter eX-
pected. The presents were elegant and
costly. several being from members of
the cabinet. while the president added
the more practical gift of SlO.OOO cash.
! riIr newly married couple left at ! -
p. NJ. Ton lew York i'll Il special train.
which WAS decorated with flowers. The
president and Mrs. Grant will follow.
to-day. to take leave of the new couple
on their embaIkation. Saturday noon.
for Europe. Mr.. SaItoris some days
since engaged passage on the Baltic.
where for handsome consideration the
captains cabin on deck was set aside
for the party, in addition to state room
No. |. the largest i'll the ship. This ST.
loon is twelve 10y seven and half feet.
situated exactly amidships 50 that the
motion of the vessel will be compara-
lively little felt. even i'll Il heavy sea.
1t WAS furnished for Il party of six Young
Engli>hmeu now touring in this country.
and. of course. has that number of
berths. Four of these will he taken
out. the other two converted into a
lounge and upholstered in red plush.
is will also the chairs. The carpet is Il
lighttintcd and heavy Brussels. the
wood york is white beaded with pink ::
lace curtains, bronze lamps. electric
call-bells. ETC., will he added the
toilet stand will be transformed into Il
table 10y black walnut top. and the
result will he IL reception-room, which
can. however. at any time he retrans
formed into Il bedroom 10y Il slight
turning over of the lounge. The cap
tain's cabin can also i'll fair weather be
altered into Il houdoir ii is half the
size of the state-room. richly furnished.
and has six large windows draped with
crimson damaSk and white lace curtains.
At the table the Young couple will he
seated one on either side of the captain,
and waited on 10y their own man and
maid. The captain of the Baltic is
Charles NJ. Kennedy. Il veteran sea-
farcr.
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