Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-14
.Ts HAVEN.

ar SECOND DCHURCH. FAIR HA VEN. The wedding of MT. HOvey and Miss
 Lancraft Last Evenlng-A Brilliant
 seene-A Notable Social Event.
 The wedding which took place at the Sec ond Congregational charch, Fair Haven, last evening was notable social event. Miss Etta A., daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Henry s. Laneraft, and Edmund Otis Hovey, of Wa terbury, were the contracting parties, and the ceremony, which occurred at o'clock, was witnessed by hundreds of the relatives and friends of the young couple.
 The church was beautifully decorated for the occasion, and the artistic merit of the floral arrangements was most pleasing to the eye.
 Ionc before the hour appointed for the ceremony the church edifce was well filled, and as the exact time arrived the galleries and almost every seat in the lower part of the house were occupied.
 Prof. J. Henry Smith, formerly organiss of the Second church but now instructor at Webster, Mass, presided at the organ, and as the bridal party walked up the main aisle rendered the wedding march in excellent style. service of the English Church, with the ex- ception that the prayer at the conclusion was extempore Rev. Horace o. Hoyey, D. D., father of the groom and pastor of the Park Congregational Church in Bridgeport per- formed the ceremony, and was assisted by the Rev. MT. James, pastor of the second Church, who offered the introductory 1nvo- cation.
 The bride looked charming in white faille gown, plainly cut, with high corsage ana trimmed with pearl. She wore pearl orna- ments and a bridel veil. The ushers were: Messrs. D. A. Jones and 1 Charles A. Futile of this city, Lewis O.. Smith of Chicago, Howard Futile Of Nauga- tuck, Edward Chapman of Saybrook and Philo Stafford of New York.
 After the wedding ceremony Mr. and Mrs Hovey held reception at the beautiful house | of the brides parents ol Center street, Fail Haven Heights. The reception lasted iron | S:30 o'clock until H. and was attended bl nearly 400 of the friends of the young couple I who called to extend their congratulations. The spacious parlors where the reception was held had been handsomely decorated ! with flowers. Evergreen arches and wile
 ferns, which later formed pretty back ground for mammoth bouquets of white flow
 CTS, relieved the bright hued blossoms whicl
 filled the air with many sweet. perfumes. ! Among the floral decorations was nobl
 specimen of the night blooming cereus
 which opened three fragrant blossoms las ! evening.
 \ The bride sat in an alcove to one of tn parlors, which had been transformed into
 veritable bower of roses, ferns and smilax
 and received her friends.
 \ The catering was under the supervision o
 Pickett of this city, and huge tent wa \ erected on the lawn in which the refresh I ments were served.
 The wedding presents were costly ant numerous and represented the gifts of ove 200 friends of the happy couple. To enumer \ ate the presents would take @ column, bu
 they consisted of rare oil paintings and en \ cravings handsomely framed, hRndsom | articles of furniture, imported china ant
 glassware, silverware in profusion, bric-a
 brac and articles of virtu.
 One of the gifts was & wedding souvenir
 a sort of autograph album, beautifully illus
 trsted, in which the guests enrolled thei ! names.
 The young couple will go to housekeepin in Waterbury, and such remarkable tast
 was shown by the donors that the present \ will handsomely and almost completely fu1 ! nish their new home. Among the imposin \ array of presents there were but few dupi | cates.
 Among the guests present at the receptio
 were many prominent in social circles her
 and in other cities. A host of the groom
 college friends called to pay their respects ! and many of the schoolmates of the bride ( Holyoke were among the guests.
 Almost immediately after the receptio
 Mr. and Mrs. Hovey left for their home i
 Waterbury. Their wedding tour will h
 taken during the Christians holidays. The groom is we'll known in this city an
 in Fair Hsven, having graduated at the Hill
 house High school in 1880 and from Yale i
 1884. He also took two post gradual
 courses at Yale and then accepted 8 positio as instructor in a western college. Abou
 year ago MT. Hovey came East and was ir
 duced to become the assistant principal (
 the Waterbury High school and has mad \ the brass city his home ever since. The bride was a social favorite in Fai Haven and was quite prominent there. Sh , is graduate of the Hillhouse High scho' and Of the seminary at Holyoke. MT. and Mrs. Hovey take with them Waterbury the best wishes of host friend in Fair Haven and this city.