The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-06-05
MILLER--sHEPARD.
A Wedding that Interests Brattleboro
People.
fErono thu Nov, YorE Uor1d of T,,osJa1,

| "A wedding that Interests BrattlebOrC
People.
| From the New York World of tuesday,
| The most brilliant assemblage that ever
did honor to Plainfield pride gathered in
the First Presbyterian church last evening,
when Miss Elinor Malta Shepard was
married to John DOult Miller. The bride Is
the daughter of August d. Shepard, vice.
president of the American Bank Note COM
pany. and niece of Col. Elliott F. Shepard,
W. ID. HOwells, the novelist, and Larkin G.
Meade. the sculptor, land SO granddaughter
of the late Larkin G. Meade of Brattleboro.)
The bridegroom Is son of William Miller,
wealthy merchant of Lancaster and Hyde
Park. London. The building In which the
ceremony took place was the church erected
to the memory of Sarah M. Latimer. The
church was deliberately decorated with
flowers, the. pulpit and platform being
fairly imbedded in palms, roses and smiax.
As the strains of the Wedding March from
"Lohengrin" pealed forth the bride on the
arm of her father was led down the left aisle
OF the church. Immediately proceeding her
was little maid of honor, Wilhem;na Pat.
ton, and page. Fred NJ Shepard At the same
time. from two doors on each side of the
pulpit platform, three bridesmaids and three
nshers appeared. Finally, from the
left: the bridegroom and his best man, Capt.
M. K. r. Anadin, of the Royal Fusiliers, APP
peared at the right.
The bridegroom met the bride In front of
the pulpit and led her In front of the two
ministers who were to marry them.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev.
w. Il. Richards, pastor of the Crescent
Avenue Presbyterian church, assisted bv a
former pastor, Rev. John C. Bliss, now of
New York. A soft melody was played on
the organ during the ceremony.
The six bridesmaids, all dressed In pink
organdie trimmed with Vaenciennes lace.
were Miss Mildred Howells, daughter OF the
novelist; Miss Edith Ayers, Miss Catherine
Meade, Miss Elizabeth Stuart, Miss Maud
Ayers and Miss Sadie Hayes.
The bride was dressed In handsome gown |
of white silk trimmed with an old Venetian |
lace. She wore on her arm an exquisite dia'
mond bracelet, the gift Of the bridegroom, !
and about her throat a necklace Of pearls and |
diamonds. the gift of Col. Elliott F. Shepard. |
she carried an Immense bouquet of LaBride
roses.
Among the guests which special train
took from New York, we're: Col. and Mrs. |
Elliot F. Shepard and family, Mr. and Mrs.
W. d. Howes, John W. Howells and Mrs. |
Chas. F. Meade.
The presents were numerous and costly.
most noteworthy being Col. Shepard's gift OF
a necklace and solid silver and gold tea ser.
vice from the BRIDES parents. Edmund Clar.
ence Stedman, the poet, sent richlv.bOund
set of his own works and Novelist Howells |
gave lot of old and rare china. After the
ceremony q reception was held at the Gables,
Mr., Shepards summer home. where the bride
md bridegroom received the congratulations
II their friends under beautiful canopy of
loses. A late train brought them to this city
whence they start for Montreal, where the
irst six months Of their married life will be
pent.