Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-20
A PRETTY CHURCH CEREMONY
Nathaniel Greene PendIeton and Ada
laide Elizabeth johnson Welded
at High Noon.


verdure clad" and with its wealth of
flowers and unspeakable brightness, is
studded with matrimonial events in
which Watertown people have deep
interest. Prominent among these was
the marriage last Thursday, June IA,
1894, of Nathaniel Greene Pendleton
and Adelaide Elizabeth Johnson, the
ceremony taking place at high noon in
st. Paul's Episcopal church, with the
rector, the Rev. DR.. M. A. Johnson,
father of the bride, officiating. Long
before the services took place, the
church was completely filled by the
congregation and friends of the parish,
to whom general invitation had been
extended.
The arrangements for the celebra
ton Of this auspicious event were in
exact harmony with the simple yet
beautiful effect of the whole occasion.
The edifice was profusely decorated in
flowers of the wedding colors-white
and pink-roses and peonies predomi-
mating, with an informing ling of myrtle
and palms. The altar was perfect
bank of flowers and the dorsale cloth
seeming brocaded piece, while the
chancel, choir, pulpit, windows and
pillars were other points of vantage for
a bright floral display. The steps
of the choir and chancel, leading to the
altar, were covered with a white cloth
sprinkled with pink and white roses.
This whole work was very efficiently
done by the young ladies of the parish.
The brides maid of honor was Miss
Florence Tracy, of Burlington, Iowa,
while the groom's sole attendant was
the eldest brother Of the bride, Walter
De Forest Johnson, of Alexandria, Va.
Two other brothers, Reginald H., of
Chicago, and Arthur v, of this city,
served as ushers. On her way to the
altar the bride was Immediately pre-
ceded by two little flower girls-mem-
bers of the church-the Misses Mamie
SchWieger, in pink, and Grace Pooler,
in white-who strew pink and white
roses in her pathway.
At the appointed hour the bridal
party entered the church from the
front entrance to the spirited strains of
! the 'Lohengrin" wedding march, exc
cuted by the organist, Mrs. @. w. Green,
| and were met at the nave by the groom
! and his hast man bo frOpo h n
vestryroom. Here the bethrothal was
said and after the giving away of the
bride by her eldest brother, the couple
advanced to the altar, where the
solemnization of the marriage took
| place. The rector wore his scarlet doc
tors hood and ornamented white stole
over the white surplice. The short,
simple service of the Episcopal ritual
was impressively and beautifully rem
| dered, the organ meanwhile issuing
forth the soft cadences Of Call Me
Thine Own" AS the wedding party
filed out OF the church Mrs. Green
played Mendelssohn's familiar "Wed-
ding March," Directly following the
ceremony wedding collation. was
served at the rectory, only the bridal
party and the two families partak1ng.
Conroy, of Milwaukee, was the caterer.
The brides gown was an exquisite
one, of white satin and point
lace, with pearl passementerie trim
mlngs. She wore point lace veil and
carried a white prayer book. The
maid of honor, Miss Tracy, was be-
comingly attired in white organdie over
pink taffeta silk; Leghorn hat with
pink roses. Carried pink roses. The
brides mother, Mrs. Johnson, wore a
grey silk gown, with black lace and
white chiffon.
Perhaps never before has loveliel
bride, both in character and personal
appearance, graced Gods altar AL.
though residing among us but for g
brief time, she has endeared herself
by her lovable disposition and quiet
cultured manners, to all who have
gained an acquaintance. She is one
Of those rare examples of true worth
hidden by modest and unassumin&
mien. The groom, though almost un
known here, is young man will
bright prospects and with a renowned
ancestry. He is a son of the late
Elliot H. Pendleton, the we'll l-knowr
banker of Cincinnati, Ohio, and
nephew of the late George IT. Pen
dleton, ex-United States senator from
Ohio, and minister to Germany under
President Cleveland's S former admins.
tratlon. Mr.. Pendleton is at present
the secretary and treasurer of the Gas
company at Davenport, Ia, which
plant his relatives are largely inter.
ested in.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pendleton departed
on the afternoon train for an extended
tour in the East, and will be sat home
after August l +, at Davenport.
Among the attendants at the wed
ding were the groom's mother, Mrs
Elliot II. Pendieton, his sister, Mis-