The Globe-republican., 1890-06-04
HEART AND HAND.
The Ciampett.Ewsny Nuptials- n
BlOOmiNStOn.

The Ciampett-Ewsnx Nuptiais- NJ
Bloomington.
MIR. X. d. Clampett. of this city. who
is well known to all as the popular and
gentIemanly travelling salesman for the
Bovie-Heddens Grocery Co.. of Kansas
City. Mo-. returned few days ago from
Bloomington. Ills. where he went TO at :.
tend the wedding Of his brother. Rev.
Frederick William Clampett, of SPRING
field. The wedding was most brilliant
affair. and the many friends of MIR.
Clampett in this city will read with de-
light the following account from the
Illinois STATE Register:
Beautiful and aristocratic ST. Matthews
Episcopal church at Bloomington was a scene
of rare loneliness and brilliancy last night at
the wedding OF Rev. Frederick William Clam
petit, of this city, and Miss Cornelia Ewing
of Bloomington, for the handsome church
was blaze of light and filled with the beauty,
the wealth and the fashion of Central Illinois,
assembled there to see plighted until death
doth them part, couple whose marriage
unites all the more firmly the social bond be.
tween the fair capital of Illinois and its char
ming sister city of Bloomington. The lights
shOne down on rare and radiant faces of wo.
men, on noble and stately features of men,
shimmered and cleaned as it caught the lus-
tire of rich silks and satins and laces that
draped the forms of the fairest of the daugh-
tiers of Illinois. The air was filled with the
sweet perfume Of the flowers, with which the
beautiful temple was profusely decorated.
In the sanctuary stood the white haired
Bishop of Springfield, arrayed in the rich
episcopal robes of the church of which he is
n prelate. and in the cbahcel was the white
robed priest and the vested chOristers. At
the same altar, ut which he had so often in
his own church ministered to his people.
knelt the noble young priest. with his lovely
bride to receive the benediction of his bishop,
while soft strains of music flOated through
the church. Truly the scene WAS one for a
master painter; no painter of words can fit
tingly describe its beauty.
The groom is a young man, not yet thirty
years of age, IL graduate of Trinity college,
Dublin. and for four years previous to the
two. years of his rectOrship Of Christ church
in this city, the assistant priest ut the Church
he has done IL great amount of good i'm mis-
siOnary labOrs. Since he has come to SPRING
field the infant parish over which he has been
in charge has grown wonderfully. From
nucleus of thirty eight communicates i'm
two years it has increased to almost $50, and
its membership worship in pretty stone
church, the interior of which is uneXcelled
for beauty by any in the city. MIR. Clanpett
is u pulpit orator of rare eloquence, and an
earnest energetic worker. He is generous,
genial and cOmpanionable, and most worthy
OF the prize he has won in so fair bride as
COrnelia Ewing, who in addition to her beauty,
is also the possessor of those rare traits of
mind and disposition which makes a woman
most admired and loved. She is, in addition
to this, possessed of many accomplishments.
one of the chief of which is that of music,
having a rich and sweet soprano voice. She
is young lady of great popularity, and is
one of the leaders of society of Bloomington.
Her father, Hon. James $ Ewing, is Il prOmi
nent and wealthy gentleman, being one of
the foremost of BlOOmingtOn's citizens.
The bride was a vision of loneliness As she
proceeded up the aisle, leaning on the arm of
her father. She was attired in an exquisite
costume of white crepe de CHEN, with long
sweeping train. Over her face hung IA veil of
moussaline de sole. which fell in graceful
folds at the bottom of the train. Neither
flower or jewel wore she, but in her hand she
carried a prayer book of spOtless white.
Rev. and Mrs. Clampett left ut 9 o'clock in
the morning for Chicago, and from there will
proceed to New York, from which city they
sale on Saturday, on the Etruria, for Liver
pool, England Mr.. Clampett and bride will
visit the formers father ut Southport, Eng
land, and spend few months on the CONT
nent, sailing from Liverpool on August 30. on
their return to Springfield, where they will
reside in the rectory, the residence just east
of Christ church.