Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-03

covered with bushes and dlmpleS. She
behaved remarkably well, too; any
quantity of compliments were paid
her. | heard one of her bridesmaids
express to Mr.. Webster her surprise at
Lizzie conserving to give up her belle
ship, with oil the delights of Washing
ton society and the advantages of her
position, and retire to quiet Virginia
home. 'sAh," said he:
Love rules the court. the camp. the grove,
And love is Heaven and Heaven is love-"
Mrs. Tyler, who died the followin g
September after long suffering with
paralysis, was down stairs on this
occasion for the first time since she had
been in Washington. 1t is said ''she
gained bv comparison with all the fine
ladies round her in her faultless yet
unOstentatious dress, her face shaded
by the soft, fine lace of her cap, recciv-
ing in her sweet, gentle, self-pOssessed
manner all the important people who
were led up and presented, to her. She
any other lady in the room, and be-
lieve such was the general impression. "
1t is said to have been trial to her
children in June, 1874, twenty months
after her death, to see her place as
sumed by the young lady who figures
now as the relict of President Tyler.
President and Mrs. Tyler's wedding
reception was at the White House,
though not their marriage.
The seventh nuptial ceremony there
was that of Nellie Grant and Mr.. Sar-
toris May 81, 1874. Like the mar
riages of the two previous daughters of
Presidents, it took place in the east
parlor. 1t was a snowy wedding, with
four bridesmaids, chosen from prom
inent families here. Colonel Crook,
the disburSing officer of the Executive
Mansion, who has been there since he
entered as a messenger in Abraham
Lincoln's day, has shown me the pen
used in signing the marriage contract
by the two witnesses-on the part of
this country Rev. DR.. Tiffany, Mrs.
Grants pastor, who had performed
the ceremony, and Sir Edward Thorn
ton. the British Minister, on the part
of Great Britain.
In the second year of the Hayes Adj
@tlOIis III tAlC piuC PAL VI siC
mansion, which was decorated for the
occasion with 4 beam of flowers, sup
porting a floral marriage bell, the
Presidents niece, Miss Emily Plat,
was married to General Russell Has
tings, making the eighth and last mar
riage solemnized there. General Has
tings had been member of the Presi-
dents regiment the 23d Ohio Infantry,
and was Il tall, slender, soldierly-lOOk
ing man, who walked slightly lame
from wound received in battle, and
bore the appearance of delicate health
Miss Plat had added much to the pOpu-
larity of the Hayes family in the White
House by her tact and amiability, and
every one who knew her was sorry to
have her 90 away. With her husband
she resides at Bermuda for his health.
One silver wedding, that Of Presi-
dent and Mrs. Hayes, must be added to
the bona tide weddings above named.
1t was celebrated privately by them on
its exact date, December 80. 1877, in
the blue parlor, but as that day fell on
Sunday, it was recelebrated the follow
ing evening in the east parlor before Il
large invited company. This was one
of the most tasteful private parties |
have ever seen at the White House.
but it does not rank properly among
the weddings, so that should President
Cleveland receive the blushing honors
of bridegroom there he will be the
ninth man, but the first President, in
the goodly list.
By somewhat singular coincidence
find that the only Buffalo lady who
has hitherto presided there, Mrs. Fill
more. spent at least one year of her life
at Aurora, the village where Wells Col
lege, Miss FolsOm's alma mater. is To-
Gated. Mrs. Fillmore taught school at
Aurora the first summer and autumn
of her married life. She was strong
and admirable woman and was year
and ten months the senior of her huS-
band, who, when she first knew him,
was a clothier's apprentice, teaching
school in the dull months of his masters
business. A long engagementfollowed,
during which he was struggling to ac-
quire his profession, the law, and when
she was twenty-eight and he twenty
six the marriage took place. She was
always an inspiration and an ideal 20
him. Probably no President, not even
Andrew johnson or Rutherford B.
Hayes, owed his advancement in life
more signally to his wife. When she
died he said: ''For twenty-seven years,
my entire married life, | have ALWAYS
been greeted with happy smile" He
also said that he had carefully pre-
served every line she ever wrote him,
and that he could never DESTROY even
the little notes she sent him on bust
ness to his office. Yet, though mourn
ing her so sincerely. MIR. Fillmore sub
sequently remarked, this time
wealthy widow, who survived him,
dying but a few years since.
The wife of his youth and the sharer
of his White House life died at Will
ards Hotel, March so, 1858, the same
month they had vacated the White
House for their successors, the Plerces.
Of the two other Presidents wives who
have died in Washington. Mrs. Letitia