The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-08
wedding I'm High Life.

On the evening OF the 5th inst. Mr..
Charles p. Cecil to Mis- Lily G.. Whit
thorne, eldest daughter of Hon. w. G..
Whit hOrne, were married by
Rev. Geo. Beckett. For some weeks
past, our people have looked forward to
this marriage as the event of the season.
The wedding ceremony took place at
st. Peters Church at s O'Clock, p. NJ.
The church was strained to it's utmost
capacity by the elite of the town and
county. Appropriate decor atiOns were
arranged for the OCCASION: G.. w. in
monogram hung from the centre OF an
arc, that spanned the Chancel; kneeling
beneath which, the young couple res
ceived the BENSON of the man of God.
The following were the attendants:
Miss l.. ZollicOfTer and MIR. r. Ii. SAMSON,
Miss Sallie Campbell and MIR. A. 3. James,
Miss H. McGavock and Mr.. B. Whiuthorne,
Miss Lena Mayes and Mr.. J. Z. Brown,
Miss Ida Thomas and DIR. RObt. Pillow,
Miss Ellie Martin and Mr.. Ed Cooper,
Miss Mary Robinson and MIR. RObt. Mckay.
The attendants we're handsomely
dressed, and to say that the gentlemen
were elegant, and the ladies lovely as
dreams of innocence is putting it but
mildly. Tho ceremonies wero highly
interesting and imposing. The quiet
dignity of the gentlemen, the queenly
beauty and modest loneliness of the la
dies, the silent attention OF the vast aU~
dience watching every movement, added
TO the solemn words OF the preacher,
constituted s,eUe more impressive
and beautiful, than anything OF the
kind it has been our fortune to witness,
The bride was dressed in a creamy
white silk, draped with tulle and orange
blossoms, deliberately garnished with
point lace, and Ornamented with SUI
perb pearls. After the wedding cere-
mOny large numbers repaired to the
pAlatial and hOspitable home of Gen.
WhitthOrne, where rep4st and enter
tainment awaited them, such as he
alone knows how to give. The large
grove in front of the house was bril-
Iiantly illuminated, and every lantern
displayed in soitened cOlOrs the Stars
and Stripes. A flood of light played
from the porches, while the halls and
parlOrs were tnronged with wit, learn
ing and beauty, both from Maury and
adjoining counties. A larger crowd
was probably never seen at a wedding
in this county, and not one there, but
wi-hed that health and long life and
happiness might attend the fair young
bride, for Whit is generous, LIB raj,
whOle-sOul, glorious man, and our p9O~
pie feel an abiding interest in him and
his. The young bride is gentle, intelli-
gent, accomplished and beautiful: the
bridegroom is heightened, moral, ener~
Sellc anu gallant May ln0lT lives HOW
on in an even current Of bliss to the end.
Charlie! you have won a noble prize,
guard the treasure we'll
"Love is sunshine, hate is shadow;
Life is checkered shade and sunshine.
Rule by love, o. Hiawatha.
Day is restless, night is quiet;
Man imperiOuS, woman feeble:
Rule by patience, Laughing Water"
A number of distinguished persons
from abroad were present, among whom
po1na111har MrG E~ I q
Brown; Col. John c. Burch and daugh
ter; Mr.. Marsh johnson, lady and
daughter; Miss Rebecca Polk, of Eu-
rope. Miss Hattie McCaVOck, of Will
liamsUn; Mr.. Ed Cooper and Il. VIII
thOrne, of Shelbyville.