The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-05
SITY-Eit WEDDING.
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Mrs. and Mrs. Clayton Shepard's Home
 Scene of Great Festivity-Many Hand-
 some Gifts Presented-House a Perfect
 Bower of Flowers-Very Fashionable
 Affair.
 One of the handsomest of we'd ding anniversaries was celebrated last night at the pretty home of MT. and Mrs. Clayton c. Shepard of 7S Dicker- man street. in honor of their twenty fifth anniversary of their wedding. It was a very beautiful affair. The att tractive house was decorated in Christ mas greens and bright red and deli cate pink carnations, and the various kinds of choice cut flowers were ar ranged in jars and vases in the hall and throughout all the rooms. During the evening stringed quartet was stationed in the dining room behind a bank of palms and played the most de- lightful wedding music. Dividing the drawing and dining rooms was broad archWay which was festooned in laurel ropings. The oak balustrades of the hall were also entWined with like fes- toonings. An effective finish was the banking of the fire place and mantles with maiden-hair ferns and pink and red carnations In a recess formed by the front windows where an improvis- ed floral arch was arranged by banking many beautiful tall fern plants and palms to form a bower, MT. and Mrs Shepard stood receiving the numerous we'll wishes and congratulations of their host of friends, there being over 100 callers. MT. and Mrs. Shepard are estimable and lovely people and their many excellent traits of character have won them legion of friends. Before taking up their residence in New Ha- ven thirteen years ago, Adins, N. Y.. was their place of abode, and many re- grests with we'll wishes were received from their old and staunch friends of that place. s
 Mrs. Shepard, whose health at times IS not the best, was well last night and looked lovely in a gown of black satin with white embroidered vest and trirn- mings of jet. Her charming daughter. Miss Shepard, was picture of lovely young womanhood, arrayed .n white organdie over pink silk, with pink ac- cordeon plaited chiffon trimmings. with sash of pink-figured taffeta.
 llIshers at the wedding were MT. New ell S. SDerry, Yale, t9S S., and MT. Will | liam Kent Shepard '97 S., son of MT. and Mrs. Shepard. Miss Shepard and brother presented their parents with a carved oak bookcase filled with elegant ly bound volumes of works of the most eminent writers. As a surprise many acduaintances clubbed together and sent a beautiful piece of silver to add | to the gifts received -
 | During the ceremony an elaborate wedding feast was served by Caterer Stewart. t'
 I Present were Professor Merrill of Rochester university, New York, the officiating clergyman at the marriage of MT. and Mrs. Shepard; Rev. H. H. Kelsey, pastor of the Fourth church of Hartford, and cousin of Mrs. Shepard; MT. and Mrs. N. A. Fullerton and fam fly, Mrs. Julia Banks, MT. and Mrs. P. Ferry Mir and Mrs. I. Thomas, MT. i and Mrs. I. N Damn and family, MT. and Mrs. Walter B. Law, MT. and Mrs. c. l.. Baldwin, MT. and Mrs. c. A. Bald win Dr. Charles A. Futile, MT. and Mrs. F. D. Meigs, MT. and Mrs. l. Fay Tor, Mrs. P. B. Futile, MT. and Mrs. T. E. Norton, MT. and Mrs. L. c. Bates, MT. and Mrs. H. N. Bates, Mir. and Mrs. T. c. Pratt, Lawyer George R. Cooley, Rev. Dr. and Mrs c. P Mas den, Miss Tillitson, Miss Sherman, Miss Hopton, MT. Levi Gilbert, MT and Mrs. Edward Todd and family MT. William Valentine '97 S.. B. B. Brown '9s Divin- | ity. MT and Mrs. Frank !. Lindsley, MT, and Mrs. Sylvester Smith, Mrs. Harriet Tyrrill, MT. and Mrs William Kirchner and Miss Banks.