Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-02-14
WEDDING BELLS.


ID. Bufuey, acknowledgements VI
this county, with Miss Clara, daugh-
ter Of the Hon. d. n. Kennedy.
The Presbyterian Church, whose
interior Is a beautiful picture at any
time, was rendered doubly splen-
did by a gorgeous array of ever
greens and flowers on Tuesday
night; winter was ignored, and the
floral treasures lavished upon the
decorations for this happy occasion
would have been the subject of adj
miration in the height of summer.
The ceremony was appointed for
eight Pm. About twenty minutes
before that time, Prof. Caldwell
commenced with music on the or
gan. AS he wandered from theme
to theme, we distinguished subjects
from Schumann's Traumerei, Flot-
owls Martha and from Schubert's
Serenade-just the succession of
thoughts which might be supposed
to occupy the musing spirit of a
bride-thonghts sweet, solemn and
tender, fitting half uncOnsciously
through the Imagination of a fair
soul enjoying for the last time its
girlish freedom, Sin maiden medi-
tatioD fancy-free."
After a hull in the magic music,
the bridal procession appeared at
the center door of the church in the
following order:
Mr.. Chas. H. Bailey and Miss
Ellen Kennedy, Capt, Ed. Howard
and Miss Sallie Estis, Mr.. A. Y.
Goodpasture and Miss Julia Stafford,
Mr.. E. G. Campbell and Miss Olive
Veech, Mr.. A. III. Munford and
Miss Lizzie Veech, Mr.. James I.
Kennedy and Miss Susie Dortch,
the Bridegroom and the Bride.
8 BY this time an immense con
course had filled the church, every
seat in the building being crowded
to its utmost capacity and many
spectators standing in the aisles,
all eager to catch a view of that
splendid array of fine young men
and lovely maidens.
The ceremony was performed
with much soIemnity by Rev. j.
w. LuptOn, not only the bride and
bridegroom but the wedding party
and indeed the whole congregation
sympathizing with the touching
rites which made "of them twain
one flesh"
The organ now struck up the
soul-inspiring strains of Mendels-
sohn's Wedding March, while the
crowd dispersed and the ceremony
was over.
But an hour afterwards large
number of the friends of the family
began gathering by invitation at
the residence of the BRIDES father,
the Hon. d. n. Kennedy, to render
their congratulations to the bride
and bridegroom. Here indeed was
a brilliant spectacle. Mr.. Kennedy's
residence was filled with
an assemblage of all that is good,
noble and lovely in the city; the
of her beauty with her
jeaglesse dore in delighted attend
ance; nor were those of maturer
age absent our most highly
citizens, with the digni-
fed matrons who make their homes
happy, all blended in one festive
throng, bent upon giving the now
united couplea cheerful send-of at
the commencement of their welded
life.
Next to the array offemale beauty
in every form was the wonderful
variety of toilets; every form was
fitted with exactly the style of cos
tune best adapted to harmonic
with, its peculiar beauties. We
doubt if there were any Worth
dresses there. Happily our girls
have their costumes made according
to their own taste and under their
own directions. When this is the
case the raiment is, as it were, an
from the person. of the
wearer and expressive of her-char-
acter;- the woman and the dress are
one. Alas, lady reader, we cannot
give you the details of these fairy
trappings, being uninstructed in the
language in which those details are
perhaps we may induce
one of your own sex to undertake
the description. Let usspeak, then,
of the charms of conversation, the
wit, the pleasantly, the sentiment
which flashed and glittered like
mental pyrotechnics.
OF the innumerable delicacies
which covered the supper-tables,
dyspeptic editor had to
partake sparingly, and can only
speak in part. We can only say
that what we did taste tempted us
sorely to a gastronomic indescretfon
which would have eXacted retribu-
ton on the morrow.
All these delightful attractions
were rendered doubly attractive by
the kindly and genial reception
accorded by Mr.. and Mrs Kennedy
to one and all, who found their
happiness in promoting that of their
guests. Hra
Well, we might go on forever, but
here we close with our heartfelt
congratulations to the happy couple:
Robert, you have married one of
the very sweetest girls in ClaFks-
vile. and you deserve your luck.
-a We'll Earned Promotion.
Through the Intervention of Sem
ator Bailey, well-earned tribute
has been paid to DIR. John w. Ross,
well known and highly esteemed
in this county. DIR. Ross has been