The Press., 1886-09-30
Issued yThursdayEVening
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 The social feature of the past week and, perhaps the society event of the past year, was the marriage Wednesday even ing of Dr. Theodore R. Parker to Miss Lottie L., daughter of Hon. Edwin A Buck, at the residence of the brides par ents A large number of friends of the contracting parties were present, including many from out, of town, among whom were MT. and Mrs. Parker, parents of the groom, from Montville; Mir. and Mrs. James M. Hillhouse of Westchester; MT. and Mrs. Chapelle, the Misses Robertson, Mr.. and Mrs. Cutting, all of Montville {; MT. and Mrs. Parker of Bozrah the Misses Fuller of Columbia; Mir. and Mrs. George E. Andrews of Tarrytown, N. Yy Mir. and Mrs. O. R. Harrington of Norwich MT. Walter IL. Preston of Providence MT. Baker and MT. and Mrs. George E. Buck of Stafford Springs; Miss Lizzie Lincoln of Westford; Miss Mary A. Loomis of Ashford Mrs. N. ID. Keables of Norwich :. the Misses Sanger of Canterbury Miss May E. French of Bridgeport the Misses Merrow of Merrow; MT. Wilbur l.. Gross of Gurleyville; Miss Matte E. Carpenter of Ashford; MT. George E. Wilcox of Gov entry. The bride was dressed in white satin and wore diamond ornaments pres ents of the groom. She carried hand some bouquet Miss Buck never looked handsomer and her appearance evoked many complimentary remarks. The we'd ding party marched to the strains of music to the parlor, preceded by the ush- ers-Messrs. George F. Taylor and John l.. Walden. The parlors were beautifully arranged with clematis, ferns and other flowers, Mir. and Mrs. c. R. Harrington, three recent bridal couples and intimate friends of the contracting parties, descend ed from an upper room and took their places in the bay window of the sitting room, facing the guests, and the attendant couples took places at either side, the h. dles by the bride and the gentlemen by the groom. The marriage was performed by by Rev. s R. Free of the Congregational church, after which congratulations were in order. Refreshments were then served, and the bridal presents inspected. Shortly after o'clock, the newly married couple left the house, amid shower of rice and old slippers, to take the 9:26 Washington express for a short wedding tour. The following IS a list of the presents A gold watch each to the bride and groom, two checks, amounting to $50; diamond ear rings and pin to the bride, Rogers group ''Neighboring Pews," two French clocks. two after dinner sets, three pictures, three Turkish rugs, a. white satin fan, set of ta- ble linen, blankets, bed quilts, brass hall lamp, hanging lamp, three parlor lamps, case of fruit knives, pair of brass candle sticks, placque clock, toilet bottles, china chocolate pot, two pair of vases, one hand painted vase, hammered brass placque, a hand painted placque, glass ware, a silver card receiver, an embroidered cushion, a glass-silver standard berry dish, photo graph case, silver and glass fruit dishes, two silver sugar spoons, silver berry spoon, silver butter dish, silver tea set half dozen silver tea spoons, two silver table spoons, silver pickle dish, four silver desert spoons, embroidered party bag, reading glass, fruit platter, three handkerchief, silver and glass cologne bottle, silver standard vase, half dozen fruit plates, half dozen silver spoons in case, album holder and a umbrella holder.
 Hon. Salem H. Wales of New York writes to friends that he hopes to vis- it Wales the first part of next month with his wife to renew the associations of his youth and see again the homes and graves of his ancestors.
 Conn. Farmer Of the coming fai1s in this section oi the state none is likely to be Q greater success or better worth attending than that of the Stafford Agricultural Soci- ety, which is to be held Oct. 13 and IA. We know of no association which has been