The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-14
ALL BROUGHT APPETITEs.
Tall Gastronomic Feats Performed at
a Wedding in West Virginia.
From the Richie Reveille

From the Bitchie Reveille.
The most stylish social event of the
season transpired at the residence of
Joseph Lambert, well-to-do and highly
respected citizen of Harrisville on the
evening of March ] 1898,
Our friend Lambert on this occasion
was cruelty robbed and bereft of
his beautiful daughter, Miss Cora,
who is the last child he had, to
fall into the arms of an ambitious and
shrewd sOn-in-laW. Campbell D. Martin,
son Of F. II. Martin of Pennsboro, and
now prosperous clerk at West Union
was present and had a hand in the affair
Rev. L. w Roberts, the handsome MethO-
dist Episcopal pastor, was close by and
lent his aid in Campbells behalf in rob
bling LambertOf his only remaining child
The ARRAY commenced in the parlOr in
the midst of an interesting assemblage of
guests. 1t ended in the dining room At
o'clock p. m. the preacher walked into
the middle of the flOor and laid off his coat
and said he could lick the whole crew.
He was promptly met by the happy
groom, who wore his Sunday go-to-meet-
ing clothes and a blooming bOutonniere in
the lapel of his coat. The young man
looked as a neat as new pin
The groom said he was ready to fight
To commence the fight of life was evi-
IDENTIFY his meaning Miss Cora, the
youngest daughter of the host, stepped
out with Campbell. She took her
station between the preacher and
the stately groom and gently
remarked that, if there was any fighting
to be done she intended to have a hand in
the racket. a glance at her appearance
revealed an object of superb loneliness
There She stQQa III her beauty, idol of her
parents the -Suhlight of their home,
charming, eXquisitely fair and becomingly
attired in a wedding raiment. No pref
tier picture can be conceived than having
had glimpse Of that beautiful young
lady as she wore her auburn tresses in the
rich mellow lighJ Of the chandelier as she
promised to take her faithful lover for
better or for worse" Campbell blushed
and remarked that he felt better i'm
mcdiatelY. r-
The guests repaired TO the dining room,
where royal feast- had been prepared in
honor of the great event LAMBERT wo-
men folks are rather distinguished for
being good cooks and they always took
pride Ia getting excellent meals. but on
this OCCASION it is useless to. attempt TO
describe the numerous varieties of
meats, pastries, pies, cakes, tarts and
fruits that made the table Groan under
its burden. IhomaS Hess ate nothing
but hOrseradish while he talked theology
to the officiating minister. Sheriff Tarle-
ton ate four chickens, three quarts
OF oysters, two turkeys, and
one dozen custard pies, and
he was not very hungry, either.
Gen. Harris, who always got in the front
rank during every engagement in the
war, stooIup before the turkey and held
his position manfuLy until he had com
pletely vanquishod his enemy. Greed
Collins, Jr., was SO bashful that he did
not eat much, but his partner filed his
which he ate at home Editor Morris,
who is unaccustomed to high living.
slipped around in the afternoon and
bribed the cooks and got his supper in ad-
vance. In fact, he ate so heartily that
he was incapacitated from attending the
wedding. Does any one know whether he
has yet recovered from his founder on
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