Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-10-20
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From No. ga Triple Wedding.
To the Chronicle:
There seems to have been a secret
kind of magnetism peryading the
hearts of the unmarried portion of
this people of late. Cupid certain
ly has been, and is still, among us,
working wonders great, but pleas
ing, while the magic girdle of We
nus is being borrowed and circula-
ted among the fair sex, adding no
little to the ethereal charm.
| Wednesday, the 10th inst, will
be long remembered by the people
OF this community. AT o'clock,
p. M, of that day the following cou-
pies were united in the holy bonds
of wedlock: MIR. III. H. Cooper to
Miss Inez s. Lyle; Mr.. Robert 1.
Lyle to Miss Jane Nanny; Mr.. R.
w. Allen to Miss ClarInda Powell,
all of this district. 1t was our good
fortune to be in attendance upon
Messrs. Cooper and Lyle At about
4 O'Clock, in company with several
of his friends, Mr.. Cooper, one of
the grooms-elect, left his fathers
house, Mr.. l.. Cooper's, to be Ben
edict when he should return. We
Wended our way up Blooming
Grove Creek toward the residence
of Mr.. G. G. Lyle, where lived the
lovely Inez, so soon to be a bride.
AS we arrived opposite the home
of Mr.. Robert Lyle, who by the
way, was a WidoWer, halt was
made, and to the establishment of
several present, one of the party
pulled from his pocket and in SOL
emn tones read a marriage license
of Mr.. r. !. Lyle to Miss Jane Nan
ny. The document was passed over
to the quiet gentleman, who stood
bowling and smiling before his door.
Assuring him that we would return
soon, we wheeled our horses, and
made straight for "Uncle Coils"
A short, brisk ride, dismount, a
hasty brushing away of dust, and
then we were ushered into the
ladies' boudoir, where stood the
blushing. trembling bride elect, and
her two attendants, Miss Virginia
Reed and Miss Sophronia Lyle.
The bride was attired in a light
dove colored silk dress trimmed
with drab silk, white satin tie,
white gloves, and was crowned with
a beautiful wreath of snowy white
ness. Misses Reed and Lyle were
similarly attired, save their dresses
were black silk trimmed with black
satin. The gentlemen attendants
were JnO. b. Allen and Reed Car
ney. After the usual confusion on
such occasions, it was decided that
Mr.. Allen and Miss Reed should
precede the others, and thus, with
steady steps, though throbbing
hearts, we descended to the crowded
parlor, where Rev. r. w. Bellamy
in a short, but solemnly impressive
ceremony, pronounced III. H. Coop
er and I. S. Lyle forever man and
wife. The next hour was passed in
congratulating the happy couple by
their assembled friends, and in par
taking of "the marriage feast"
Then, en- maSse, we hied ourselves
away to Mr.. Robert Lyle's; but
this time the old gentleman was
not to be seen at his door. Nothing |
daunted, however, we dismounted
and marched boldly in. Some one
met Mr.. Bellamy and placed into
his hands a marriage license; the
company arranged themselves in
the front room, "While are of the
bridal SUITE" found our way into
an ante-room, discovered Mr.. Lyle
and his affiancee close in one corner,
babe them rise, pick up their cour-
age and follow us, which they did,
and in few minutes the minister
had made them whole, had made
them one, and they took their seats
rejoicing. Leaving them happy in
their union, we attended divine ser
vice at Blooming-Grove church,
where we met Mr.. r. w. Allen
and bride, who were united that
evening, at the residence of Mr.. J.
G. Thomson by Rev. j. G. Ken
dali. After services held by the
Baptist ministers, J. G. Kendall
and w. J. Adams, who for the past
week have been carrying on a very
series of meetings at
this place, we returned to Mr.. G. G..
Lyle's, where very soon some of {
the friends of Mr.. Cooper, with a
fiddler, bells, horns. and clapboards
made the air resound with their ,
musical congratulations. Refresh t
ments having been prepared, the
party was invited in, when they
ate, drank, danced single set with
the ladies present, and then depart
ed. The next day we accompanied j
Mr.. Cooper and his bride to his .
house, where the tables were
spread, and many of his friends,
young and old, were assembled. !
Mid eating and general merriment,
Cupid's bow was never unstrung.
And it is said, before the sinking of q
the sun that day, that a certain c
young lady present, in answer to
the momentOus question propound-
ed by her lover, replid "uluph
hsGaph." AS matrimony seems to
be kind of epidemic here at pres
emit, that is considered by as as an
answer. All parties
married are we'll known and well
loved here, ard have our sincere a
wishes for their future happiness. 3
May they all live long, love much Il
and die happy. w. A. s. p. s.
Bald Hornet, Oct. 10, 1888. a