Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-06-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MONITOR
WASHINGTON, MAJ 3Ist.

Washington, May 3Ist.
AT the White House now there is a |
quiet hustle of preparation for the |
presidential nuptials, which will have
taken place ere this reaches you.
The preliminaries have been arrang-
ed for very simple, transformations
wedding, and Miss Cleveland, after
an absence of nearly two months, re-
turned on Saturday evening, TO SUI
perintend the details.
The ceremony will take place in
the blue parlor. and Rev. DR.. Sun
derland, of the First Presbyterian
Chulch, the presidents pastor, will !
officiate. Mr.. Ben Folsom, a cous
in of the bride. and the nearest male |
relative, will give the bride away.
There will be no best man. Of late
years, when weddings are solemnized
IN private houses and IN the evening,
it has been the custom here to have
neither hest man ushers nor brides
maids, and Miss Folsom will have no
attendant young lady friends.
The wedding will be much more
exclusive affair than was at first con-
templated on account of the recent
death of Miss Folson's grandfather.
The guests will include the members
of the cabinet, their wives and about
| half a dozen relatives of the presi-
dent and bride. A section of the
Marine Band. with stringed instru-
ments only, will be stationed in the
main corridor, and as the bridal pro-
cession passes down the stairs, they
will play Cleveland's wedding march,
composed for the occasion. The par
lors will be decorated with flowers,
but not lavishly. This is in accord
ance with Mr.. Cleveland's wishes.
He is anxious to avoid all unneces-
sary display and Formally.
Everybody is gossiping about the
coming event. All are interested in
an affair which has never before been
witnessed by this generation. The
marriage of president in the execu-
tive mansion, and the curiosity mani
tested, is merely the penalty which
those occupying high stations have to
pay. An exceptionally large number
of people visited the White House on
Saturday, the day after the official
announcement of the marriage, and
roamed through the lower rooms. A
number of senators and representa-
tives also called on the president and
congratulated him.
In social circles the wedding ex
cites considerable interest, but not as
much as if it were to be brillian
one in social sense. Already ;
series of entertainments have beer
planned in honor of the groom ant
: bride by his official family-the mem
= bers of the cabinet. Dinner partie
will be the favorite form of enter
tanment given, but it is not suppos
ed the president will depart from hi
custom of accepting hospitallties o
this kind only from the cabinet fami
lies.
= The presence of young and beau
: tiful bride in the executive mansio
puts in brighter, gayer phase tn
hospitalities offered by Mr.. Cleve
land, and breaks most acceptably it
=" five years rule bachelordom. A
- the Capitol it was the chief topic c
IL conversation on Saturday. Repre-
is sentative Spriggs of New York sale
'the president is to be congratulated
Miss Folsom is to he congratulated
the country is to be congratulate,
and we are all glad at the prospec
The presence of the presidents vii
at the White House will add anoth,
y charm to official life at Washington
Il heartily congratulate everybody
said MI. Bland of Missouri, Il
= champion of the standard silver dc
lar, but what l am looking forwal
;, to is the celebration of Mr.. Clev
>. lands silver wedding Speak
Carlisle remarked that lit was Il
regular order, and that the chair h,
= no objection.
The troths were plighted here
:, Washington last winter. but it
:. said that the president, having be-
:. Miss Folsom's guardian, feared TIL
:. she might have been influenced
relations that had existed betwe
- them. So he urged her to 60 abroa
saying that she might find throu,
such test that she did not love hil
and in that case the fact of the e
gagement should never be ma,
- known. The lady protested th
; there was no necessity to send b
abroad for a probationary perio
:, but the president insisted and S
went.
lo And now ,since everything is rea
90 and waiting for the event but the a
pointed hour, the country has only
~ wait patiently. Doubtless it will
~ safely over by 7.15 o'clock Wednt
"u day evening, with Miss Cleveland ,
ou recting from domestic, DR.. Sund'
'i' land from a ceremonial, and Mars
'n' al Wilson from an official standpoi
get
IN STATE NEWS ITEMS.
The Memorial exercises throught
III the state were largely attended.
iy' Bellows Falls people are talking Of
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