The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-06-03
THE SLACK .WARDNER WEDDING.

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THE SLACK -WARDNER WEDDING,
Under date Of May 3Oth, THE BUIL.E-
TINS Chicago correspondent gives the fol-
lowing interesting account of the wedding
of Mr.. Fred NJ. Slack and Miss Alice
Wardner, at Chicago;
Sunday evening, May 9Sth, at 6 p. M,
found large and well pleased-looking
audience assembled In the Baptist Taberna
Gle on Wabash avenue, near Harrison street.
to witness the marriage ceremony between
Fred NJ. Slack and Miss Alice Wardner
| making of the twain one flesh, etc. OF
course all the young people in Cairo will
ask, in one voice, GLOW was she dresscd?"
Well young ladies and gentlemen, she was
dressed, and that il about all this veracious
| chronicler can tell you, except that she
wore a lovely hat or bonnet or something,
on her head that was all cream colored satin
| and ostrich tips, and that made her look just
too sweet for anything land lovely bouquet
| of sure enough tea roses at her throat "a la
| dy at my elbow Is prompting me and says
| "a bunch Of flowers on her cOrsage and an
other at her belt') and another bud or rose
and leaves at her waist. And gloves
("kid, my prompter says to match the
head gear; and the incest sort Of fitting
boots and dress and things that look like
little lady's, and that's all remember
about her dress But know all about how
the bridegroom was rugged out, from his
| button hole bouquet to his boot heels, but
won't tell, because nobody ever wants to
| know how he was dressed. could give
you pretty good description of the taste
| fully decorated interior of the Tabernacle,
| but there's steady little hand ON my shout
| der and warning voice in my ear forbid
ding too long letter. One thing | must
| tell you, and that is that all we fel-- oh!
mean all us boy Pshaw! Imeant to say
| that all the gentlemen present did heartily
envy the happy bridegroom when he kissed
his pretty little wife twice right before EN-
all, and no other fellow there dared to kiss
her even once. Only but don't box on
| the ears make one see starsD The venera.
Bile minister the Rev. lie Roy Church
talked like daddy to thcm-(to the newly
married couple and made us all feel a lit
tie queer, and little older than we had
ever felt before, by pronouncing Fred the
head Of the family. Now, we had never
thought about Fred as anybody but one Of
us boys, and to hear him denominated the
head of the family, and prayed for, 900, in
that capacity, quite nearly overcame U.S.
and did steady us up bit, ! can tell YOU
And right well he carried his newly bestow-
cd dignity and honors. If he had lowered
up to SIX feet two, and been thirty years old
he could not have carried himself with
more dignity. AS for the little bride she
was the vericst little uecn--nothing could
exceed the sweetness, ease, atlabiity and
grace of her department, in this, the most
trying epoch of a young girls life. The
bridemaid, Miss Cora Wardncr, and the
"bcst man." Mr., w. G. Hest were equally
at case, and though very youthful IN ap
pearance filled the position assigned them
with all the dignity imaginable. The on.
| ly ono of the wedding party that seemed at
all embarrassed was Mr.. Dick Slack, who
certainly was the worst scared
looking young man ever saw in wedding
party Indeed, it was the first and only
time Dick was ever known to be embar.
rassed at all. He's not that kind of hair
oh, | mean, he is not easily embarrassed,
you know
After the minister had pronounced the
benediction, the happy couple adjourned
into a large alcovo that had been prettily
| fitted up Tor that purpose, where they re.
ceived the warm aud hearty congratula.
tons of the host of friends present; after
which the entire party returned to their
carriages and were driven to -------- q for.