The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-02-14
Dover.

The residence of Mr.. Robt. Dinwiddie
was aGlow with warmth and cheer to well
come those invited last Wcdnesdayevening
to witness the marriage of his daughter,
Elizabeth, to Mr.. Jesse L.. Groves, son. of
David Groves, ST., of Dover township. The
guests being assembled at the appointed
hour. Mrs. Jas. Winn from her place mt the
piano, played as prelude some pleasing
selection, gliding INTO the rhythmic
cadence of II wedding march as the bridal
party entered the parlor. Miss Lizzie
Groves, as maid of honor, with Isaac Neal,
Jr., OF Hlgginsvillc, AS best man, came
first, separating At the entrance, Miss
Groves moving TO the left and Mr.. Neal to
the right, each half-turning to receive the
bride and groom, who entered and stood
Immediately within the door. Heavy folds
OF dusky velvet portieres forming an
agreeable background for the group com
plcted when DIR. Gordon stool facing the
party. The ceremony was measured, regal
and poetic, impressing all anew with the
aolemnity of marriage-vows. When tho
bride, with a voice of quiet dignity, and
the groom with sincere, manly tone said
81 do, "old folks, like the writer, who have
known chem both from childhood, silently
responded, God bless you"
Owing to a sudden and extreme throat
trouble from which Mr.. Groves was suffer
ing, he was unable 10 respond in person To
h congratulations of his friends, and
absented himself from the guest parlor for
q short time, Mrs. Groves accompanying
lin.
The bride was attired in cream china
silk, trimmed with cream ribbons and
waves of delicately wrought old lace.
Fashioned youthfully, well suited to por-
tray the beauty of her fair young woman
hood. In her hand she carried 1t matchless
cluster of bride roses. Her graceful man
ner, her gentle courtesy, her Jewels, cream
china silk combined with ribbons and
cream net plentlfully bcsprinkeled with
seed pearls, were the materials of which
Miss Groves gown was constructed, and
arrvnged in Il style OF artistic simplicity
n costume which heightened her fair,
fresh, girlish beauty. The groom and
best-man were faultless in conventional
black.
The Wedding feast was one indeed. The
hostess, Mrs. Dinwiddie, has long been a
celebrity in artistic cuisine and her sue
cess on this occasion is witness that not
a detail of the epicurean world has she left
unconqucrcd.
The table was draped in purest white.
From q bowl in the center of which rose Il
cluster OF calla-lilies, each fair waxen
corrola poised atop it's slender green stem
like n regal p%ennant Haunting its beauty
and waving n welcome to its white sisters
the rose-buds and carnations ranged
around and bordering the mirror beneath.
retectlng their beauty again and again.
~PDH b"S ~" SbSCS Vi the CRYSTAL
surface sprays OF smilaX coiled upWard %
the chandler uniting there with broad
bands OF white ribbon which extended
outward and were caught by large bows at
the four corners of the table. At one ex-
treme between the two bands was placed
the brides cake. a snowy mound resting in
q salVer wreathed in h%alf-blown bride
roses. AT the opposite extreme of the
table rose Il cone of rich fruits, Odorous
with the breath of the tropics, while the
spaces between We're filled, in attractive
oisarray, with fragrant exotics and dainty
CONNECTIONS, among which, nothing was
prettler than a broad platter heaped high
with ege kisses, into the formation oi
winch enters he new fancy of candieC
violet petals. The menu consisted of fur.
key, cold ham, oysters, chicken and egg
salads, beaten biscuit, celery and fresh
oysters, vanilla cream and lemon ice. with
cakes of varying beauty, each more elab,
crate, more attractive and more deliciou,
than h other It'll one was lost in :
labyrinth of endless variety, land will
difficulty came back to the realities o
saited almonds and coffee and the memory
that beyond this warmth and cheer, win.
ter and the dark of the moon" AWAITED
the homewGrd speeding guests. Upor
many OF the cards attached to the nuner.
Gus gifts were tersc lines of pIeasar,
humor, or epigrams and lines of pleas.
antry which intimate friendship permitted
The wedding gifts were many in number
and elegant in style, indicating the noDu.
iarity OF the dOnee. F