News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-08-13
AN AUGUST WEDDING.
The Rich-Perry NuptiaIs.


A very pretty August wedding was
solemnized in this village Wednesday,
August II, which united in wedlock
Harriet Somers Rich of MorrisvilIe
and William Henry Perry of Low
: vile, N. Y. The ceremony occurred
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Rich, the house being very prettily
and daintily festooned with maiden
hair ferns and sprays of asparagus,
while potted plants, bouquets of gql-
den-rod and cut flowers added to the
brilliance of the decorations.
Promptly at three O'Clock, the
bridal party entered the reception
room. 1t was preceded by Miss
Rena Thompson and Miss Mar
guerite Slocum, who were daintily
attired and acted as flower girls.
Miss Rich wore a dress of white
French muslin and carried large
bouquet of brides roses. She was at
tended by Miss Florence Bryant, as
maid of honor, who wore blue India
silk and carried yellow roses. In the
reception room the bride was met by
the groom, who was attended by his
best man, Clarence l.. Peaslee of Will
Transport, Pa, together with the two
officiating clergymen, Rev. L. P.
Armstrong of Oxford, Conn.,, and
DR.. |. P. Booth of this town. The
ceremony was performed by DR..
Booth, assisted by Rev. Armstrong,
both of whom stood in the deep bay
window in the north end of the room.
A short and very simple ritual was
used, and impressed the many guests
with it's solemnity and beauty.
The ceremony over, a host OF
friends pressed forward to congratu-
late the happy pair and wish them a
long and happy union. A wedding
supper was served, after which the
bride and gfoom left on the $50
train for the South.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry were the recip-
tents of a large number of beautiful
and costly presents, consisting of
silver, cut glass, pictures, etc. The
groOm's present to the bride was a
| double starred brooch with a dia-
mond center, set in India pearls.
Miss Rich presented the maid of hon
or with pair of gold link buttons
with Dresden face, and the flower girls
each with a gold forget-me,not pin.
The groom's present to the best man
was a pearl scarf pin.
Some of the guests from out of
town we're Rev. l.. P. Armstrong, Ok
ford, Conn; Clarence L. PeasIee, Will
Transport, Pa; Miss Eunice E. Perry,
Buskirks' Bridge, N. Y; Miss Susan
Rock, Troy, N. Y; Mrs. Leon Rich,
East Jaffrey, N. H.; DR.. and Mrs.
Thompson and Miss Rena Thomp-
son, Rutland, Vt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry will make their
future home in Lowville, N. Y.
Miss Rich, the bride, is a young
lady well known in Morrisville So
ciety, both for her winning manners
and her literary ability. She is a
graduate of Mount Holyoke, Mass,
and was teacher of sciences in Low
vile Academy during the years OF
1895. A host of good wishes fol-
low her to her new home, Pr
The groom, Prof. William Perry, is
a native of New York. He was edu-
Gated at the Troy Conference Acade-
my at Poultney, Vt, and at SYRIA
cuse University. He is member OF
the Delta Epsilon fraternity and was
prominent during his college life in
athletic and literary enterprises
Immediately after leaving college, be
accepted the chair of history and
mathematics in the Lowville Acade.
my at Lowville, N. Y, which posi-.
ton he held for two years. He then
attended the Albany Teachers Col.
lege and was graduated from that
institution with the degree of Pd. B.,
which his alma mater, Syracuse, sup.
plemented in June, '96, with the de-
gree of A. NJ. He has just been elected
principal of the Lowville Academy, a
very old and time-honored institu
ton, being founded in 1908, anC
having continuous existence since
that date. Mr.. Perry is thorough
educator and is destined to renowr
in that field.
The friends of both bride anC
groom join in wishing them long life
and continued happiness and pros
perity.