Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-01
Social Events,

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prettlest and most unique weddings which
has occurred iii Staunton society, took
place at the residence of DR.. T, w. Shelton.
The contracting parties were Dr. John
Howard Young Of Petersburg, Va, and
Miss Annie c. Shelton of this place. The
groom is a young physician of this State
and at present is located at Burkeyile, Va.
The bride isa young lady of unusual attrac-
ton and intelligence. The hall of the house
was appropriately draped, and on enter
ing one was met with mellow light which
pervaded it and the front parlor. The par
lors were separated by portieres, which
were drawn by Messrs. M. NJ Robertson
and w. d. Hoge promptly at 8 A. NJ, and
brilliant tablealx greeted the select few
who were in attendance. The room was
artistically decorated with ivy and potted
plants and Illuminated bypink tapers which
cast brilliant light upon the scene. In
the centre Of the room on white Angora
rug stood the bride and groom, the former
attired in travelling suit of brown and
bearing i'll her hands {; lovely bunch of
Nephetos roses. To the right of the groom
stood the maid Of honor, Miss Ella Shelton,
dressed i'll a fawn colored walking suit and
carrying exquisite La France roses. The
ring was presented in q basket of roses by
Master Marc Bradley who, accompanied
by little Lula Snead, stood facing the bridal
couple. The marriage ceremony was i'm
pressively performed by Dr.. J. M. Frost Of
Richmond, assisted by Dr.. Jas. Nelson, the
popular pastor of the Staunton Baptist
church. After receiving many congratula-
lions the happy couple repaired to the G.
& 0. depot where a number of friends
gathered to bid them farewell. They left
on the f. f. V. train for the East. The
presents were both handsome and numerous
On Friday night last, Mr.. Peyton
Brown and Cadets Fultz, Gibson and
Richie, of the ''T. S. o. club, gave a
very pretty german. Among the couples
on the floor were Miss Colhoun and w. II.
Tams; Miss Ellie Foster and G. r. French;
Miss Evelyn Kinney and r. S. Andrews;
Miss Sadie Van Lear and Frank Sublett;
Miss Matte Wayt and j. w. McChesney;
Miss Lucille Kilby and Cadet Binford; Miss
Laura Taylor and II. I'll. Wayt; Miss Min
ME Mccoy and Cadet Ritchie, Miss Il ettie
Baker and Dunbar Murray; Miss Isabel
Mckee and Clarke Worthington; Miss
Ellen Guigon and DR.. +. L. Henkel; Miss
Bette Fauntleroy and Peyton Brown; Miss
Sadie Weller and Jno M. Hoge; Miss Mo
ran of Charlottesville and j. Martin Perry;
Miss Rosa Witt and w. Walker; Miss
Belle Shinn and Kenneth Mccoy; Miss
Anne Cochran and Cadet Jester; Miss Izler
of st. Louis and M. NJ, Fletcher, and Miss
Lakeland of st. Louis and E. S. Sublett.
The chaperons were Mrs. Winter of
Waco, Texas, Mrs. Dabb of Eft. Smith,
Ark, Mrs. 1t. Dabney and Mrs. w. w.
Gibbs
Supper was served at II: 80. The general
verdict of the participants i'll the german
was that everybody had been given a de-
lightful evening.
OF the means of giving interest to q
social gathering, we know Of none SO re-
maIkable as the mind reading exhibitions
with which MI. VIM. Baker entertains
some of his society friends, At recent
exhibition of his skill in that direction,
while he was absent from the room
fourteen different sentences were written
on as many pieces OF paper, the paper being
carefully folded many times. lie returned
to the room and placing each paper to his
temple read its contents with hardly any
hesitation. Ii there WAS any trick about it
his audience was totally unable to discover
it.