The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-01-07
"B.-M."-"M.-B."
Hon. Benton McMillin Seals His Mar
rage Conquest.


{ ty event in the history OF PULASKI
was the marriage last Tuesday a
high noon of Hon BENTON MCMIL
LIN, sitting congressional represen
tative from the 4th district of Ten
nessee, to Miss MARIE Brown, ED
est daughter of Gen'l and Mrs. JNo
@. BROWN. No invitations were is.
sued because the family are il
mourning, and only a few neares
friends of the General and the fam
lily were present. Capt. Jno. w
Childress and lady and Mrs. Aven
aud daughter of Murfreesboro, Mr.
Jno. H McMillin and lady of Cell
na and Miss Willette McMillin oil
Sparta were the only guests from q
distance. The marriage was cele-
brated with the beautiful rituals
tic ceremonies of the Episcopal SER
vice, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop G. t.
Quintard, who had, upon a same
day of the week and a same hour in
the day, when war ragged, between
battles, performed the ceremony for
the father and mother of the beau
tlful woman now plighting her
troth. Promptly upon the hour,
the guests being assembled in the
brilliantly lighted parlor, the blinds
being drawn, the bridal chorus from
Lohengrin was beautifully sung by
chorus of the brides associates,
followed by the mellow strains of a
grand wedding march, and the bril-
dial party issued from the library
throsgh an irridescent Japanese
pOrtiere across the hall and under
flower wishbone suspended over
the parlor door, the Bishop preced-
ing, followed by little Misses Bette
Brown Avent and Mary Childress,
each aged twelve, scattering flow
ers; then the groom accompanied
by The Mrs. Brown; then Miss Biz
die; then the General with his
daughter, the bride, upon his arm.
Immediately before the front win
dow was suspended huge marriage
bell made of hyacinths and Mar
achal Neil roses; the Bishop faced
this, with the flower fairies at each
side; upon his left was Col. McMlI-
lin and Mrs. Brown; upon his right
the General and Miss Marie, Miss
Birdie upon the Generals right.
The ceremony was extraordinarily
impressive and beautiful, ending
with bride and groom kneeling up
on satin ottOman's monogrammed
I'M" and "B." which signifies either
"McMillin and Brown" or "Marie
and Benton" the Bishop in solemn
invocation blessed them, and they
arose to receive the warmest con
gratulations.
The groom wore Prince Albert
suit and presented dis6ngue ap-
pearance. The bride was atLired in
an elegant imported dress of heavy
white gros-grain silk, entraine,
pompadour waist, trimmed elabo-
rately with seed pearls, filed in with
crepe lisse, holding in her hand a
lovely boquet of large nephitus ro-
ses. The illusion veil was caught
to its place with pearl ornaments.
The ornaments worn by the bride
were the same worn by her mother
on her wedding day.
Immediately the guests Were in
vited to an elegant break fast in the
dining hall, prepared and served by
a Nashville caterer and deliberately |
complete in every course and de-
tail.
The decorations were very gor-
geous and expensive. The first flO-
raj design the guests beheld was a
mammoth horse shoe suspended |
from the ceiling. The stairway was
entwined with holly. Over the par
lor door was beautiful rose wish
bone, With q real wishbone suspend
ed from it, and all around the
apartment we're scattered costly ro=
ses and flower combinations in pro-
fusion. A clover leaf upon the pia-
no was especially beautiful-one
leaf of violets, another Of hyacinths
and the other Of roses.
The presents were to be seen in
the library, though many of them |
were sent to Washington, and they
were many and very costly. Col.
E. w. Cole presented the bride a
diamond and pearl ring. The Cen
erals present is carriage and span.
The groom's present is a diamond |
bracelet of unique design. The
groom's present to the flower maid
ems was gold bracelets with Mar
guerite wedding bells and date in
scribed; the bride presented white
kid-covered hymnal prayer-hooks.
The groom's more substantial pres
ent is an elegant home ready to re-
ceive its mistress when they shall
take up their residence in Sparta
after the session of congress ex-
pires.
Mr.. and Mrs. McMillIn left in a
special car attached to the $3.50
train in the afternoon, The engine
thai drew the precious load gave
deafening vent to its exultatio ms
screaming for mile. A touching
episode attended at the last. The
bride with her distinguished hus-
band, fresh from her nuptials and
with the joyous blush painted by
love in the moment of the plighted
promise still lingering upon her
cheeks, gathered the freshest and
prettiest of her own wedding flow
ers and driving by the cemetery
laid them gently and lovingly upon
the new grave of her sister whose
death was the recent occasion of
sorrow, watering them with a bril-
dial tear.
The honorable gentleman who
thus despOIls Pulaski society Is well
worthy the prize he has drawn in
lottery of love. He is not coming
mamie has comel A great career
is before him. The beautiful wo-
man who is to help him on his way
to greatness and happiness is &C
complished in an eminent degree,
not alone in the social graces and
brilliant polish of society, but in
mental accomplishments and acqui-
sitions as well-all surmounted on
Al. hal