The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-12-21
A Double Wedding,

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A notable event OF the week was the double
wedding and marriage feast at the home of John
F. Gibson, in the town Of Rutland, in this county,
on Wednesday evening last,
Mr.. Gibson's family is one Of the oldest in that
region, and universally popular besides being
connected by marriage, or the ties of consangui'
nifty with all the leading families of that town,
They are sthe old fashioned, hospitahlc, neigh
bory sort-suCh As composed the early settlers,
who "knew by heart and practiccd the genuine
rule Of Glove thy neighbor As thy self" Mr..
Gibson has two lovely daughters, who followed
this rule to the letter, and each fell in love with
IL most worthy Young gentleman, who very prop.
crly rcciprocatcd the tender emotion, and dou.
bic wedding was the result
At about Z o'clock on the evening named the
invited guests had arrived and filled the parlors
with eager, eXpcctant people, who watched the
door Of the ladies' dressing room whence soon TO
emerge were the lovely brides and their hu,-
bands in the future At the proper time the
bridal party came forth, whcrcupon, in breath
less silence of the auditors, Rev A. II. LANG, Of
Joliet, Univcrsalist, joined the hand of Miss Ida
Z. Gibson with that of Mr.. Noah II. Dannayan,
and that of Miss Eta NJ. Gibson with that OF Mr..
John Grove, and after the proper responses by
the brides and grooms, pronounced them bone Of
one bone, and flesh Of one flesh. The ceremony
was solemniy conducted and yet quickly, and
was followed by an appropriate prayer by the
clergyman. Then came the congratulations, and
perfect tornado of kisses. We undertook to
count the number but wcakcned-even in short
hand, after l,2S6iG had been reached. Wcnoted
that there was an astonishing variety Of them
from the square, bomb-shell like explosion down
to the 'arf and ARIA sort of timid attempt and
guess at. the remainder Of. the, jobkind. When
We let up on the count, kisses came thick and
fast like the patierng of summers shower on
abarn
The supper supeibly gotten up, an effort
in the culinary way that is hard to beat. Besides
oysters, turkey and other meats, cooked to Il
nicely, was the best of coffee and wedding cake,
. rich, elegant and delicious, and too numerous To
mention. Exactly eighty ladies and gentlemen,
to say nothing OF dozen little people, partook
Of this splendid marriage supper; and the re.
narkable part of it that with the exception
of three or four persons, everyone present was
relative of either the brides or grooms!
As for as it is needless to say that were
proud of our relations but don't dare to ask il
the sentiment il mutual.
Music was furnished by Prof. Ball and Peck
hanoi Pontiac-and the artists, Beach ana I.eiX,
and two sets kept time TO the best Of music till
2A.M.
We, an old toothcss bald headed reprobatc,
with no eye for colors, are not expected to de
scribe the toilets of the ladies. They We're elc-
giant and fitted the light forms Of the pretty
brides AS neatly as gloves We can't for the life
of us describe the color Of these dresses. They
were either lemon, or mauve, or maroon, oc-
taroon-or,-well not black, anyway.
The parlor in which the ceremonies took place
was tastefully decorated with evcrgreens, and IL
wedding bell of cvcrgrcens and flowers gave
or dit to the skill and taste of Mrs. F. +. Mac.
kinlay.
Speaking of cake, we ate and ate AND ate. We
got home ut $50 A. NJ and had vague and wild
dreams We once imagined oursclf as 4 pom
toon bridge over which the Amccr of Afghanis-
tan was transporting Il thousand elephants at
once, each carrying Krupp cannon; and at an
other eXcruciating moment thought ourself n
potato garden, with Thousand rhinocerosscs
digging out "tateers" from our bread basket
with their horns. b.