The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1898-05-27
Town TOPICS.
Miss Stoughton-M Mr. Sawyer.
A PRETTY HOME WEDDING

PRETTY HOME WEDDING.
Nature joined with hosts of friends I,
making May IS, the brightest day of tn,
Spring to at least two of Thomaston'
; young people, Rev Frederick 81. Sawye,
and Miss Lizzie S. Stoughton. The day
was perfect. Spring ia all of it's beauty
had carpeted the fields with green, anc
adorned the trees with bios SONS. Tht
very air was laden with fragrance sweet
Tor the wedding day. So bright with
out, still more bright twas it within the
home of the ibride where the marriage
ceremony took place. The rooms open
TO the guests were tastefully decorated
with the flowers and vines Of spring, and
the home pervaded with an atmosphere
OF real substantial joy. The artificial
was delightfully."- absent. About 60 of
the relatives and most intimate friends
were gathered to witness the wedding
ceremony. Promptly at 1.3O the bridal
party moved toward the wedding arch IL
] the parlor.
The ushers, Messrs George Il. Slough
ton and Edward c. Stoughton, brothers
OF the bride, led the party to the music
OF wedding march from the piano at
which Miss Mabel Waldron presided.
The flower girls, Miss May Etheridge of
Ihomaston and Miss Addie Stoughton
of Hartford came next. They were
tastefullY attired in figured pink organ
dies, and each carried basket of pink
roses. Following them were the brides
maid and pest man, Miss Nellie Com
STOCK OF Ivoryton, Conn, and Rev L. NJ.
Lounsbury of Bridgeport, Conn. The
bridesmaid was. attired in pink organdie
and carried pink roses.
The eyes of all however, were fastened
on the bride and groom. Clad in pure
white with bouquet of large white
roses. with all the beauty of Christian
Womanhood, the bride was truly the
queen OF the day in the hearts of all,
but especially to the happy man who
had Wooed and won her for his wife.
Moving slowly to the beautiful arch of
apple blossoms, the bridal party
brought the bride and groom before the
during the ceremony. Rev Austin Haz.
en-, pastor of the Congregational church,
gave the sacred marriage VOWS to the
young people and Rev j. T. Langlois of
the Methodist Episcopal church pro-
nouced the divine blessing upon the
union thus formed. Tnen the newly
married couple took their place
beneath the wedding arch and received
the hearty congratulations of all present.
1t was scene of Joy and those present
will never forget the most delightful oc-
casion.
Adiourning then to the dining room
with its quiet but tasteful decorations a
delicious lunch was served, and the
wedding cake cut. Guests from Sharon,
Hartford, Bridgeport, Plymouth, Terry
vile, Middletown, and Waterbury joined
the guests from Thomaston in doing
homage to the newly married couple.
AT 10 amid showers of rice the bridal
party left for Terryville where Mr. and
Mrs Sawyer took the train for Sandy
Hook, Ct., their new home. They will
be at ZONE to their friends after June s.
Both bride and groom were born IN
Thomaston and have been identified
with Christian work in their respective
churches, and prominent in work among
the young people. Presents from the
Daughters of the American Revolution,
from the Congregational Christian En-
deavor Society, and the Home Depart
ment of the Congregational Sunday
school indicated the high esteem in
which bride and groom were held by
| organizations of their native town. The
perfect wealth of costly presents consist
ing of silver ware, table linen, lamps,
china, chairs and many other valuable
articles both useful and ornamental,
from individual friends-gifts Of genuin e
love-revealed to all, the host of friends
whose best wishes follow the young
minister and his wife to their new home.
I CThomaston Express.