Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-19
THE BRIDE OFA OOUNr.


 one Of PIstsburgs FaIrest Daughters
 Carried 50 IfalY-A Brilliant We'd
 ding of Special Interest to Many In
 New Haven.
 A brilliant wedding in which many in New
 Haven society circles will be interested oc-
 cured in Pittsburg, Penn., recently, an &C.,
 count of which is detailed below, taken from the Pittsburg Times of October Il. The happy bride is the sister of Mir. Charles W. Knox, who. while at Yale two or three years ago, was prominent in society here, ana who few weeks ago welded Miss Marie Henness. daughter of Prof. T. Fl. Henness of No. A Elm street. MT. Knox's bride is 8 sister of Miss Etta Henness, who, a few weeks previ- ous to her sisters marriage, was married at the United church, this city, to Dr. SeeIye of Amherst college, President Dwight of Yale and the groom's uncle, President Seelye of Amherst, officiating The Pittsburg journal | says:
 At the altar of Trinity church, amid au- | tumn tinted branches, cut from trees which often had protected her from sunshine and storm from her earlier infancy until she had budded into sweet womanhood, and rare | tropical plants that grew in the far distant \ land in which she is to dwell, surrounded by | her only relatives and scores of friends who have known her and loved her from child | hood, Virginia, the only daughter of Mrs. William Wilbur Knox, yesterday became the Countess di Moptercole.
 It was indeed 6 scene long to be remember ed. The handsome edtfce was filled to it's utmost capacity, and almost exclusively by ' the first families of Pittsburg. The warm place held in their affections by the fair ! bride, the position the family had held for generations, together with the interest natur- ally caused by the title of the groom, all ! tended to create the n1ost profound interest Pittsburg's fair daughters never appeared to better advantage than yesterday, and the
 number who were thinking of the not far dis tant day when they shall follow in the foot- steps of their companion, the countess, was anything but small one. At least dozen pairs of bright eyes watched keenly each movement of the fair bride. And well they might, for it is doubtful if sweeter or more lovely bride ever returned from that altar bound by the bonds of love.
 The wedding gown was pronounced by all ! the women to be the handsomest and most beautiful ever seen in Pittsburg, and in the most perfect taste. It was of heavy white ! ivory satin, made with long train. The front was laid in broad. fiat plaits, opening | to show 8 petticoat of exquisitely embroider- ed crepe The corsage WAS high in the neck and trimmed with mother of pearl passemen~ ! terie, elbow sleeves, and a broad bunch of | orange blossoms adorned one side of the skirt.
 Preceding the entrance of the wedding party came the handsome young wife of MT. Charles W. Knox, the brides brother, es- corted by MT. John M. Chaplin. It was her first introduction to Pittsburg, society, and, attired in an exquisite canary -colored even- ing gown, she aroused profound admiration. Shortly after 5 o'clock the wedding party proceeded up the aisle, the ushers preceding. arI Mr 1nnV M Wilkins, jr., and MT. James Werner Long, who preceded MT. Nathaniel Holmes and MT. Augustus P. Burgwin. The groom, Gui. scope Carusi, Count di Montercole, escorted Mrs William Wilbur Knox, the mother ot the bride, and preceded the bride, who leaned upon the arm of her brother, MT. Charles W. Knox. At the altar they were met by the Rev. Dr. Maxwell, who performed the beau tiful service of the Episcopal church. Immediately after the service the party was driven to the cathedral. There Father Gra- ham performed the Catholic ceremony in Italian.
 Owing to the recent death of the brides father, no reception was held. The countess bade farewell to her native city last night and will sail for Hsvre on the French steam ship Normandy on Saturday.
 The wedding presents were numerous and
 handsome; they will adorn her castle and re-
 mind her of the home and friends she has left in her native city.
 Of all the marriages which have occurred in this city, from the days when the land
 was inhabited by the Indian of history down to the present writing, there has not been one which has created the same interest, or around which the halo of romance has has snone so brightly. And it was but fitting that the fair bride, who was born and reared amid the vine-clad hills where her fore fathers had Abided for generations, should be carried away to the castle in the land
 which had been made famous by the poets from time immemorial. The spot at Forsce ci Sia, where the Montercole castle has with stood the ravsges of tempest and time, is on
 the sun kissed borders of the Adriatic Sea.
 Here :.They found Sir E.sderigo at his toll. !.
 And when be looked and these he saw
 The garden suddenly was glorihsd:
 And the strange % river winding through the plain
 No longer was the Arno to his eyes,
 But the Euphrates watering Paradise"
 The bride and her mother were travelling
 through Italy last May, when fate led them From the moment he first saw his fair divinity,
 Tho often he'd distress her,
 He vowed he would possess her,
 and, with tenacity of purpose which would
 augur well for the accomplishment of any de- sire, he began his wooing. No matter where she roamed, he was always near. Being born
 with fiery Italian temperament, he proved
 a persistent lover. For long he saw no hope,
 but finally
 The gentle lady turned her eyes away; Yet feeling in her heart a woman's pride. Then took her leave. and passed out of the gate With footsteps slow and soul disconsolats. Before leaving for her native home the 'tfair layde" was compelled to acknowledge kN,kN had ak 1aa had hay vif of his strongest arrows, and with slight en- fcouragemsnt the '1ove-loTn lover" followed his idol across the deep blue sea. Arriving last June, the summer was passed at gay Long Branch, and there his devotion was the subject of much comment. He carried the war into Virginia, and when she went to visit her brother on the latter's southern plantation he followed her there, and was finally rewarded by seeing
 The light of love in her bonny eye For glance of which he vowed he'd die. Tnere being no reason for delay, it was de- ] cided to have an early wedding. When the next Christmas day shall come in can truth fully be said
 But with seryitors to do his will,
 In the grand villa hasif.wsy scNy up the sI hill L,,a Monna Giovanna, his lovely bride, Never so beautiful so kind, so fair, Enthroned once more In the old rustic chair x And underneath the inscription, with a date All things come round 10 him who will but wait" Ever since the arrival of the bride in the city, few days since, she has been besieged | by girl and old school friends who were con- gratulating the then future countess upon her good fortune and wishing to hear from her own lips the story of her romance. And many warm admirers among the young men | called to express their regrets that they had been unable to offer her sufficient induce- ments to dwell in her native city. Much surprise was expressed at the youth of the groom, he being only in his twenty-sixth | year.
 Yale Seminary Notes. The rhetorical exercises took place in the
 chapel Wednesday afternoon. The question
 discussed was: Resolved, That the industrial
 interests of the country demand the passage
 of the Mills bill rather than the Senate bill. J l Tba %ba of3i vwara Mr Pan.