The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-01-28

exquisitely illuminated. instead OF
being nclosed in paper envelopes they
we're sent to their favored recipients
each in dainty box OF sandalwood.
These boxes, LOCO In number, were
manufactured to order expressly for this
wedding at Canton. Each one OF them
was furnished with lock and key OF
solid gold, was exquisltely carved with
Cupids, hearts, and other designs ap-
propriate to the occasion, and cost ssl5U.
Nv own invitation lies beside me as l
write. and I catch the delicate scent OF
the sandal.
The residence of the Great Diamond
King, at which the wedding took place,
is situated little over half mile from
Dipmentia, which is, you know, the
chief town of the diamond district. |
may attempt to describe its magnificence
in another letter; let it suffice to say
now that the house is the complete real
ization of the ideal castles of the regula-
tioh Englishnovels, and that the grounds
connected with it are the last expression
of nature at her lovehest, reinforced by
art at it's consummate. This evening
the place
SEEMED PARADISE.
Wax candles by the thousands, each one
caught and held in place by bronze
figure, flooded the rooms within, and
the miles of grounds without, with
soft yet brilliant light. Here and there,
on the green slopes, or in the rustic
bowers, or at the edge of some romantic
ravine, large music boxes, embedded
and completely hiden from view in moss.
played a soft and dreamy accompani-
ment to the vioce of the fountains. One
hundred music boxes were employed IN
this service, and the tunes that were
pr1cked on their cylinders were COM
posed especially for the nupti1 night
by no less celebrated musician than
Liszt. He received a draft of S25, 900
for his witching work, and who shall
say that he did not earn it? Certainly
no one who has listened to the music,
which was little short of heavenly. The
music-boxes will be distributed On the
morning among the bridesmaids and
other guests of this evening, as unique
remembrances of the wedding. Each
one of them was imported from Paris, is
encased in mosaic, and deliberately fin
ished in gold, silver, and q variety of
precious stones Two hundred boxes
cost as many thousand dollars. The
drawing-room in which the Kentuckian
and his ''dark Brazilian bride" were
made one flesh had one feature in its
adorment which elected the most fer
vent expression of delight and amaze
ment from all who were present. [ al
Jude to the decorations of the four walls.
They were one mass of full-blown white
camelias from floor to ceiling, and a
good sized diamond was inserted in the
center of each to cunningly counterfeit
the dew drop. The effect was simply
ravishing ''Words and phrases" as
Mr.. Webster said of eloquence, ''may
be marshalIed in every way, but cannot
express it. It's every suggestion was
sweetness and light, and purity. It is
estimated that the adornment of this
one room called for an expenditure of
not less than
TEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
No diamond was given the role of the
dew drop that was not white, and per-
feet cas- the bosom of a STAR
The entire distance from the CabraI
to the nearest railroad station,
something less than a quarter of a mile,
was literally way of fowers-not under
foot, but in graceful arches overhead.
Thus, long, snow-white bower, fash
Toned entirely of roses, was the con-
Meeting link between the drawing room
and drawing room car. The demand
1AStSlC Ou 1OIst lOI lIlG ultttSI1tlIS lOI Wills
covered way was unprece-
denied. The flower bill for the we'd
ding-exclusive of the item of hand
bouquets to $500 But
the strangest thing in regard to this
bower have yet to tell. It's floor for
the entire length was covered with cam
els hair shawls, to my own mind a piece
OF preposterous, aye, wicked extrava-
gance. But the father of the bride de-
clared that, SO long as it was his only
daughter and only child whose marriage
he was celebrating, he would send her
out of her home to the steam carriage
that was to carry her away from him,
over pavement not likely to be inlita-
ted in the future history of marriages in
South America. The shawls for this
extraordinary purpose were purchased