Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-12-06
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Our New York Letter

bilt's Daughter-An ExtraOrtli-
nv Elopement "A Centennial
Bombshen = Those Cheeky
Thieves.
| To the Editor of the Ojse1ver
New YORK, November %, 1877.
We have had two notable
weddings here this week, one
of which came off with immense
ecldt and under the most joy
Gus auspices, while the other
was surrounded with some ex-
| tremely painful circumstances.
! On Wednesday night, Miss
Adele Vanderbilt, third dangh-
ter of the richest man in Ameri-
ca, was married amid the blaze
of gas-light, the perfume of
flowers, the boom of the organ
and the congratulations of dis
tinguished friends, to a young
and wealthy gentleman OF Bos-
ton. The ceremony was per-
formed at one of the fashiona-
bic uptown churches, which, de-
spite the precautionary measures
which had been taken, was
crowded to suffocation with a
curious tbrong, while outside
urged multitude which could
only be numbered by thousands.
The display Of jewels and rich
attire both here and at the sub
sequent reception were what
might have been expected from
the wealth and position of the
parties. Mr.. Vanderbilt's bri-
dal present to his daughter con-
sisted, in part at least, Of half
a million dollars and an elegant
house on the avenue. The
trousseau was said to be one of
the richest ever brought into
this country. The bridal dress
was on exhibition for some time
previous TO the wedding and
was the admiration and the en-
Wy of the whole feminine COM
munity.
The other and less fortunate
m arriage to which / have re-
fcrred is not even generally
known to have occurred, and
this in spite of the fact that the
young lady involved is the
daughter of one of the oldest,
richest and best known dry
goods merchants Of this coun-
try. Sheis headstrong pretty and
seventeen; and having become
the victim of all unaccountable
lnfatuation for a floor walker in
her fathers establishment was
induced TO consent 10 clandes-
tine union of which the indie-
nant parents only learned as the
i'll assorted pair were about
starting fol- Europe. The bride
groom in this case is reprcsen-
ted as an unin.elligent aud un-
prepossessing man forty years
the senior Of his aristocratic
bride, and the intelligence Of
this depIor-meSaUiance was a
terrible blow 10 the family Of
the latter. Such is the influence
of her father that no mention
of the affair has crept into the
papers and the facts in the case
are only now beginning to leak
out. Whatever may be the
rage of the young girls rela-
tions the venerable and perfidi-
Gus foor-walker seems to be in
for a good thing, his bride be-
ing the fortunate possessor of a
million dollars i'll her own right;
and whether she cleaves to him
or leaves him, he will doubtless
get good portion of this sum.
1t has very likely been a mat
ter Of much wonder among
your own readers as among
New Workers, that up to this
time, over a year since the close
of the Centennial, the official
reports of the judges of awards
have not as yet been published
and that meanwhile competing
exhibitors have gone on with
their advertising in which each
claims to have received the
highest honors. So far has this
gone among the piano manufac-
turers that the judges Of
"Group Twenty-Five" have
been forced in sell-defenoe TO
make a definite statement of the
facts in this case. Such a writ
ten statement unanimously 4
signed, has been given and pub
lished in which it is unqualified
ly set forth that the Sleinway
instruments were. decided to be
the best in the exhibition, and
furthermore that the verdict
persistently advertised by an
other New York maker has
been materially changed since I