The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-10-08
REED-LOcKwooD WEDDING
Regarded as the Local Society
Event of the Season
Brilliant Gathering In st. Johns
Last Elaborate Dsoora-
lions and RIoh Gowns.

MI. Sterling, KY, and Miss Florenc,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fredriu
f w. Lockwood, which took place las
evening, will be Regarded by man
people as the great local event of til
season. All of the leading member
of Stamford Society" witnessed tn
ceremony at 81. Johns Church an(
later attended the reception at tn
home of the brides parents on Straw
berry Hill. A gay throng began t
assemble at the church more thar
half an hour previous to the time Sc
for ceremony. The entire nave of tn,
church was reserved for invited guests
Shortly before the ceremony, the side
doors were opened, portion of the
waiting crowd was admitted TO the
transepts, which were quickly filed, as
was the gallery.
The chancel was decorated in a Law.
ish manner. The approaches and
sides were banked with palms, and the
choir-stalls were entirely hidden from
view by them. The brass altar-rail
was twined with smilax and white
r0se-buds. Ferns, relieved with white
pinks, formed the background for the
altar. A solid bank of green hid the
pulpit. This was dotted with white
pinks.
While the guests were arriving the
well-known Brooklyn organist, Harry
Rowe Shelley, played a number of Sc
lections. Among these were, vWag-
ner's "Waldweben," Rubinstein's
"Feramors," Wagner's "Rheingold,
an Andante by Gluck. and a sympho-
ny by Dvorak.
The bridal party was very prompt
in its arrival, and the opening chords
of Wagner's "Lohengrin" march SCUM
ded at exactly eight o'clock.
The procession was formed in the
vestibule. First came the ushers, who
were Henry G. Swords and Victor
Phillips of New York, Lawrence
Jenckes and Walter E. Houghton of
Stamford, ID A. Gay of Mt. Sterling,
KY, and John Buckley, nephew of
ex-Goy. Buckley of Hartford. They
were followed by the two little nieces
of the bride, Marguerite and Florence
Grumbrecht, ,attired in white and
bouquets of white rose-buds.
The bridesmaids, five in number, fol-
lowed. They were Miss Estelle Hoyt
and Miss Winnifred Hall of Stamford,
Miss Sarah Lockwood Middlebrook
IF Brooklyn, Miss Eleanor Pierrepont
Edwards of Newark, N. j., cousins of
the bride, and Miss Mabel Hord of
Kentucky. They were attired in
" bite satin covered with chiffon, and
carried white roses, with the exception
Of Miss Mabel Hord, who wore elbow
and carried roses to match.
The maid of houor was Miss Mabel
Jlaghorn of Philadelphia. She wore
fellow satin and carried yellow roses.
rhe bride, who wore white satin and
ulle veil, and carried a bouquet lilies
'f-the-valley, leaned upon the arm OF
Ter father. The party was met at the
steps by the groom and the
'est man, Il. Coleman Reid a brother
# the groom. The beirothal ceremo-
~ was performed by lev. William
,atlOck, ID. d.. rector al the church.
he marriage ceremony at the altar
vas performed by Rev. Eamuel Cooke,
}. d. The bride was given away by
er father. Upon the conclusion of
he ceremony, the triumphant strains
t Memberships Wedding March
called forth and the procession was
aformed, the bride and groom leading,
nd passed out of the church. The
uests Immediately repaired to the
ouse af the parents of the bride on
Hill, where a reception
as held and supper was served by
-aresi. There were upward of 800
vited guests present, many of whom
ere from New York and Kentucky.
GLOWING the reception dancing was
ljoyed by the young people upon the
'osd verandahs, which had been ELL
osed by frames OF glass, and many
Iri-colored lanterns lent a cheerful
ow to the scene.
The couple stood beneath bower of
cen and white roses placed in the
y IN the drawing room. On either
lie stood the bridesm aids. The
use was decorated with wreaths and 4
'ings OF green. Shortly after ten \
lock the pounla al aria1 unnu a fan