St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-10-22

was bridesmaid, There were about 35
guests present, near relatives or intimate
friends Of the bride and groom. The
parlor was very Hastily decorated. At
just 8.15 the bridal party passed into
the room to the sweet strains of the
wedding march, which was rendered by
Miss Alice Walter of Lyndonville. They
stood in the bay window beneath an
arch of cedar and snowdrops, and sur
rounded by ported begonias and hy-
drangeas. The knot WAS tied by Rev.
Chas. Gorse of Sheffield. The bride wore
a dress Of white lansdown trimmed with
chiffon and white satin ribbon, and car
ried a bouquet of white roses. The
bridesmaid was dressed in white dotted
muslin, trimmed with lace and ribbon,
and wore pink and white carnations.
After the ceremony collation. was
served, consisting of coffee, sandwiches,
cake, ice cream and fruit. At IL p. m.
the bride and groom left the house amid
a shower Of rice Tor Lyndonville, where
they took the train for Boston. The fol-
lowing is list of the presents that were
received, with the names of the givers,
| mubt VI WuOui WHY RuSStos OhS pOI
knives and forks, one half doZ. solid
silver teaspoons, dessert spoons and
tablespoons, Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Welch
China dinner set and toilet set, Mr.. and
Mrs. M d WEIGH; one dozen silver lrui,
knives, Alma and Charlie WEIGH; China
tea set, Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Giffin, Shelf
field; set OF silver nut picks, knives and
crack, cut glass perfumery bottle, William
Dexter, Sheffield; silver service, sugar
shell, butter knife and water set, from
friends in Wheelock and vicinity; solid
silver bonbon spoon, Mr.. and Mrs. S. d.
Atwood, st. Johnsbury; one. half dozen
cut glass celery dips, Mr.. and Mrs. E. P.
Blown, St. Johnsbury; Smyrna rug, Mr..
and Mrs. H. p. Simpson, Sheffield;
Venetian vase, Mrs. G. F. Leavitt, St.
Johnsbury; silver cake basket. Mrs M.
M. Taplin, Barton Landing solid silver
cheese scoop, Mrs. P. T. Hanscom, Sche-
nectady, N Y; one-half dozen solid silver
teaspoons, W. II. Wheeler, Springfield
paper knife, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Cotton,
Barton Landing; berry spoon, Mrs. U.
E. Foote, Newtonville. Mass; berry
spoon, Frederick ]. Dark and Carrie
]. Saffo; pair picture frames, Mrs E. M.
Phillips, Lyndon; China plate cup and
saucer, John Coffran, South Wheelock
book, James Dexter, Sheffield two books,
Mr.. and Mrs. o. D. Mathewson, Barre;
centerpiece, Mrs. E. l.. Clifford. Lyndon
Center; centerpiece, Mr.. and Mrs. U.
P. Myers, Derry, N. H.; tidy, Mrs. H. P.
King, Wheeock; silver fruit dish, George
Giffin and Jennie Kelsey, st. Johnsbury;
silver pickle fork, Mrs. Judith Park, Lyn-
don Center; China plate, Mrs. Albert
Walter, Lyndonvile; China plates. Alice
NJ. Walter, Lyndonville; silver toothpick
holder, Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Ball, st.
Johnsbury; solid silver berry spoon,
Steven M. Darling and Mr.. and Mrs. U.
P. Hunt, Moline, ILL.,, one .halfdozen solid
silver teaspoons, Mr.. and Mrs. G. A.
Darling and Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Darling,
Moline, ILL.,, solid silver spoon, Ploomie
Darling and May Darling, Moline Ill. {;
silver napkin ring, George Folsom, .Jer-
cho; gold sugar shell, Mrs. William Fol-
som, Jericho; silver pickle caster, Mr..
and Mrs. George Giffin, Sheffield; silver
knife and fork, spoon and napkin ring,
William Folsom, Jericho; wicker work
basket, Mrs. Dexter, Sheffield bed
spread, Mr.. and Mrs. Foster l. Brown,
Sheffield; toilet set and brush broom
! case, Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Chase, Shelf.
field.
The chicken pie supper at the Method.
list vestry last Friday night was a pleas
ant evening. The proceeds were SIC. so
Young peoples meetings at the F. B
church have been changed from Saturday
: to Tuesday evening.
Mrs. William Folsom and son OF Jeri
cho are visiting at A. ]. Gifin's.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. J.. Mcdowell have
gone to Boston on the excursion.
|, Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. ingalls, are going tc
Bedford, Mass, to work this winter.
Charles Sheldon, who was burned out
last week, has moved in with his father
e George Sheldon.
DR.. and Mrs. Leonard Fillmore of Ben
J nington arrived here Monday night. The
e doctor has bought out DR.. Jones, who
: will leave town. We are glad to wei
/ come DR.. Fillmore and wish him success
: A stray rifle ball came off the hills from
somewhere, passing through the new
school house window and burying itsel
: in the sheathing in the walls. Happily
the scholars were not there.
Aaron Gray and wife are in Augusta
, and Portland, Me, for short visit.
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