Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-05-11
From Greenbrier independents, May 5th.
Wedding Bells.
''She is mine own

And as rich in having such a Jewel
As twenty seas, If all their sands were pearl,
The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold"
As announced in our last issue the ceremony
of the wedding of Hon. John w. Arbuckle
and Miss Mary Withers, eldest daughter q
Prof. c. E. Young, attracted many visitors
from distance to our town. Five o'clock in
the afternoon, Thursday, April Both, large
concourse of relatives and friends gathered in
the Presbyterian Church at this place to wit
chancel of the church was decked with ferns
and lilies, and the altar beautified by a superb
collection of rare orchids and exotics that had
been carefully nursed through the winter, to
breathe their fragrance on the love scene soon
to be enacted. A handsomely entwined love-
knot of pink hyacinths indicated the spot
where the expectant groom and happy bride
would stand to mutually plight their troth,
give their VOWS and be made one, inseparable
and unchanging forever.
At five o'clock promptly the organ pealed
forth the wedding chorus from Lohengrin,
and the choristers enuncated the glad refrain
in inimitable melody and musical cadence,
heralding the approach of the wedding party.
simultaneously the doors were thrown open
'Withrow, the ushers admitting in either aisle
gentleman, and alternating lady, until the
bridal party had all entered as follows Mr..
R. P. Rittenhouse and Miss Annie Austin
Mr.. M. B. Arbuckle, of Kentucky, and Miss
Mamie PEBBLES, of Millersburg, KY. Hon. A.
| s. Johnston, of Monroe, and Miss Kate Han
nan, of Ohio; Prof. H. w. Barclay, of Lex
ington, anG Miss Emma Davis, of Clarksburg;
Mr.. Thos Atkinson, of Staunton, and Miss
| Grace L. Clark, of Pocahontas; Mr.. Joel Mop
Harris and Miss Margaret Atkinson, of Vir.
| ginia; Mr.. E. L.. Bell and Miss Lizzie King, of
Washington; Hon. w. G. Worley, of Preston
and Miss Mary j. Funkhouser, of Staunton
Captain c. w. Bidgood, of Richmond, and
Miss Minnie NJ. Young; Miss Bessie Young
Maid of Honor, escorting the bride-elect down
the left aisle, and Mr.. James C. Mcpherson, a.
best man, conducting the groom down the
right aisle, meeting under the love-knot ar
ranged for the occasion. Rev. R. L. Telforc
officiated; the Maid of Honor presenting the
ring to the groom on silver salver. Taste
| fully arranged in a semi-circle, with the bride
and groom in the arch, the bride gowned il
gray, the groom in the conventional Prince
Albert, with the maids attired in tan and gray
and the groomsmen CARRIED in travelling suits
each maid with bouquet of ferns the Mait
of Honor bearing large bouquet of roses
American Beauties the bride carrying
magnificent bunch of lilies of the valley, pre-
sented brilliant tableaux, fitting testimoni-
al and graceful scene in honor of the high
contracting parties, the love so valiantly wor
and blissfully wed.
| After the ceremony, the bride and groom
maids and groomsmen, with the ushers ant
their wives, marched out while the organ agair
resounded with the eloquent march of Men
| delssohn.
! The bridal party were handsomely enter
tanned at Prof. Young's. The bride and groom
left at seven o'clock for Old Point, Virgini,
Beach, Richmond, Baltimore, Washington
and out on the sea of matrimonial bliss.
A pleasing tribute to the bride was exhibit
ed by the young ladies of the Institute attest
ing their appreciation of her worth in maxim!
the old Academy bell ring forth its joyou
echoes in honor of the event. The present
were numerous, costly and appropriate.
Miss Mary NJ. Baltic presided at the organ
and Misses Emma l.. McWhorter and Haiti
G. Hunter with Mr.. John s. Withrow render
ed effective the muSic