The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-10-31
MANY WFDDINGS,

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 | The Marriage of Tn mas A. Bassett ofThis | City and Miss Natalie Wilson of Fridge l port Last Evenng-Other Weddings. Bridgeport Oct. 30.-The marriage of
 Miss, Natalie, the bright and charming daughter of MT. W. Henry Wilson, to
 Thomas Andrew Bassett, sergeant of
 the New Haven Grays, took place at
 the home of the brides parents at 419
 Fairfield avenue at 6:3O this evening.
 As the interested parties are popular
 members of Bridgeport and New Haven
 society, the wedding was a swell affair.
 and an event of social importance. l The ceremony took place before a tenn porary altar in the drawing room, and
 the officiating clergyman was Rev. Her
 bert D. Cone of Christ Episcopal church,
 of whose church the bride is a member.
 The room was in green and white cry
 santhemums. It was intended that in | the decorations the flowers used should | be Marguerites, the flower of St. Mar | garet's, of which the bride and brides
 maid are graduates, But it was impos- sible to secure them and the project was 1 given up. Before the ceremony and as | the marriage party marched from the | library to the altar in the parlor ter | ome Mays Banjo club rendered a we'd ding march, During the reading of the Episcopal services the club played De | Koven's "Oh, Promise Me-" in subdued | tones. barely heard above the voice of l the clergyman.
 ! The brides gown was of white nous | elline de soie, with pearl trimmings, the
 skirt very wide and full, and the body | combined with chiffon The veil was | fastened with a diamond crescent, the wedding gift of the groom. Miss Char l lotte Burr of Black Rock, a classmate | of the bride, attended as maid of honor
 and bridesmaid. Her gown was also 1 mousellne de soie, but over pink silk. | The best man was David Gregg of Wa 1 terbury. The ushers, all of New Ha- ven, were Clarence Hooker, Minott Os-
 born and Theodore Coe. and Lieutenant l Clarence Damn.
 1 The bride who has seen just nineteen summers, is a very popular member of l Bridgeport society and will be greatly | missed hereafter as she is to live in New | Haven, at 23S Lawrence street where | the groom has built and handsomely | furnished a lovely home for his bride. l Miss Wilson was educated at the Col l den Hill seminary and later graduated 1 from St. Margaret's seminary in Water- l bury. She was the maid of honor a l year ago at the wedding of her sister.
 Mrs. Carl Macomber, nee Miss Alice | Wilson.
 l Thomas Andrew Bassett, the groom. is a highly esteemed young man. and ] is junior member of the successful and widely known firm of John H. Phillips
 x Son of New Haven. He first met l Miss Wilson at an evening reception in ! this city last fall. It was a case of love
 at first sight.
 { A wedding supper followed the ser 1 vice. The dining room was in pink and
 green, the flowers being maidenhair. l carnations and roses. The reception
 was from till g.
 1 The bride is a granddaughter of Ja- i cob Keller and a niece of Mrs. William
 E. Burnham. She received many ele- | gant wedding presents.
 The wedding gifts are Of silverware 1 choice cut glass. clocks lamps, rare ] china, fine pictures and books, and fill an entire room in the house, with many more to come. The chest of silverware | and pearl-handled cutlery from the pa rents of the groom, an elegant big hall clock from John H. Phillips and a big berry dish from the New Haven Grays were noticeable in the lot. A number of New Haven Grays ac- companied the New Haven party Af- ter the reception MT and Mrs Bassett took the 9:30 train for New York Af- ter an extensive tour in the south the couple will take up their permanent res idence at their new home in New Ha- ven.
 Among the New Haven guests were: Miss Justine Ingersoll, Miss Rebecca Orten, MT. and Mrs. Samuel A. York. jr, MT. and Mrs. F. c. Earle and Miss Leila Earle. Miss Bertha Bradley, Miss Dorothea Siebert, MT. and Mrs. s. A. Bassett Miss Bassett Edward Bassett, Other out-Of-town guests were: Miss Harriet Russell of New Britain, MT and Mrs. Robert K. Brown, Mir. and Mrs. Edward O. Goss Miss Mary R.
 Hillard, Rev Francis T. Russell and MT
 and Mrs James Burnett of Waterbury,
 the Misses Edna and Jessie Thomas of
 Thomaston, Miss Bessie Nissan of New
 town. Miss Catherine Wainwright, Dr.
 and Mrs. Mortimer A Lewis of New
 York, MT. and Mrs. Frank C. Hotchliss,
 MT and Mrs. William A Adams Mrs.
 A B Durham, from Ansonia; Miss Lila
 Alexander of Omaha, Nab., Rev. and
 Mrs. George A. Barhydt of Westport,
 Miss Bessie Leavenworth of Walling-
 ford. Hon. and Mrs. Edward Day of
 Seymour. The above, with large mum
 Der of local people, attended the recep- tion.