Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1894-09-27
A GOLDEN ROD NEEDING.
Marriage OF Mr.. Robert Arnald and
MISS Hattie NOrthern-i Memoir
able Event in Society Circles.

cles, to MIR. Robert Arnold, one @
Mexico's most sterling and popula
young gentlemen, Wednesday eve
ming Sept. 19 at the Baptist church
The church was decorated in mos
artistic style with golden rod ant
palms. In the center of the alta
stood small fir tree surrounded b.
flowers and small palms and border
ed on each side with curtains, ,behint
| which lights threw mellow radi
ance out into the ehancel.
1t was golden rod wedding ant
all the front part of the church wa!
trimmed with this popular flower
Many palms and ferns decorated th,
chancel also. The church was
crowded with invited guests. In tn.
front and center of the large audi,
torium, ribboned of, were the apart
ments of the families of the bride
and groom and their near relatives
On the left, within aprettily ribbon
ed circle, sat the members of the P.
l. E. club and their gentlemen
friends, of which the bride was g
member.
At exactly quarter to 8 o'clock
Miss Emma Morris began to play
the wedding march and Rev. A. A.
Wallace, of the Presbyterian church,
who performed the ceremony, step
ped to the front to receive the brides
maids and the happy couple.
First the ushers came down the
right hand aisle, two by two, and
took their positions alternately on
each side of the minister. Then fol-
lowed the bridesmaids gowned in
white silk and carrying shepherd
crooks of golden rod, finished with
green and yellow bows, halting at
the altar, face to face. Two little
pages wearing green satin trousers
and yellow satin coats and carrying
baskets of golden rod then followed
and scattered the flowers in front of
the altar. The maid of honor, dress.
ed in white silk with shoulder bou.
quets of golden rod, followed the
pages on the arm of the groom's best
man. The little flower girls followed
then with armfuls of golden rod,
passing through the double file Of
ushers and pages and scatter
ing flowers for the bride to stand on.
Rev. Wallace then went through
with the beautiful ceremony and
pronounced the young pair husband
and wife. Then he followed with an
impressive prayer. After the cere-
mony the maid of honor and the
best man led out the opposite aisle,
followed by the flower girls, who
took the baskets from the pages and
scattered the flowers. The brides.
maids raised their crooks and the
newly married couple passed through
and out into a happy world, follow
ed by the maids, ushers and pages.
1t was a beautiful ceremony.
The ushers were Messrs. George
Fred Morris, Ed. Morris,
Arnold Mckee. John Arnold, broth
er of the groom, was best man.
The bridesmaids were Misses
Maude Wallace, Julia Arnold, Mat
tie johnson and Ozie Nelson, of
Monroe City. Miss Mary Northern
maid OF honor.
The pages Were little Clarence
Winans and Lawrence Conway. The
flower girls were little Misses Sallie
Blythe and Annie Lupton.
Many elegant presents were re-
ceived by the bride and groom.
Immediately after the wedding
the imm ediate friends and relatives
of the family and the young ladies
of the P. l. E. club with their young
friends repaired to the
home of the BRIDES parents on
East Monroe street and enjoyed an
elegant reception given by the bride
in honor of her bridesmaids.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold received
the congratulations of their friends
in the reception room decorated in
the same artistic manner as the
church.
At 10 o'clock the guests were in
vited into the dining room where
several courses of elegant refresh
ments were served.
At late hour the guests depart
ed, wishing the newly married
couple a pleasant pathway in the
Journey of lie. Mr.. Arnold and
wife left that afternoon for st. Louis
where they will remain few days,
when they will go to Hot Springs,
Arkansas, where they will remain a
couple of months at this favorlte re-
sort. They will then return home,
to Mexico, where they will reside
and Mr.. Arnold will embark in
business.
AIix Lowers Nancy's Record.
At Galesburg, ILL.,, yesterday the
little mare Alix was sent against the