West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-10-06
ORANGE BLOSSOMS
A Brilliant Society weddin~ In
kingwood.

About tho most ella borate social event
ever consummated i'm Kingwood. was
the marriage yesterday OF James Rus.
sci Trotter. Charleston. and Miss PcrSis
Hagans HcermanS daughter of Mr.
and Mr.. Panels lleermaus. of this
place, and granddaughter of Hon.
James g MeGrew, cx.membcr of Con.
gross
The ceremony :ook place nj "The
Pines" the tea, titul home OF Mr.. Me.
Grew. Mt ~ o'clock ia the presence OF n
large number OF invited guests.
The officiating minister was the Rev.
Dr. Hutchinson, formerly President of
the Conferences Seminary at BuclShan.
non, and now President of Genssee
College. New York.
The hride looked very beautiful in
pure white. with IA wedding veil and
real ortnre blossoms and the ceremony
WAS la.Episccptlian. IA ring Icing
used and the couple knecling and re.
p~cating the marriage service.
The Maid OF Honor WINS Miss Jessie
Tro'ter. OF Bucshannau. sister uf the
groom and the bridesmaids were Miss
Bessie Martin. OF kinywmpd and Miss
Carter, OF Buckhannon and the best
nan or rather the Second best man,
was Prof Robert A. Armstrong, Vice.
President of the University at Morgan
town.
The bride was dressed in mousseliuo
de soie over white taHfeta silk and
carried a beautiful boquet of white
chrysanthemums.
The Maid OF Honor wore lavender
organdie over lavender silk
Miss Carter. one of the bridesmaids.
wore white organdie over pink silk
and Miss Martin, The other bridesmaid.
wore white silk and Mrs Hesrmans,
mother OF the bride, was dressed in
White and black brocade silk aud car
rice red roses All the costumes of the
ladies We're magnificent aud presented
n beautiful appearances The groom
locke very manly in the conventional
black.
A bridal altar had been erected and
the minister and groom and best man
awaited the coming of the pride there.
The bridesmaid came first, followed by
the bride and maid of honor. The
ceremony was very beautiful and i'm
pressive. Lohengrin's Wedding March
was artistically rendered by Miss Grace
Martin, while Mrs. Barlow, from
~Buckhanuou, sang the chorus.
After congratulations by the host OF
friends present, the guests were ushered
into the dining-room. where n magniR-
cent wedding dinner was served. The
Undesirable was beautifully decorated
in white and the decorations OF the
rooms were very handsome and artistic.
eowers and evergreens i'm abundance
There was a beautiful book called
Our Wedding Bells for all the guests
to register in.
The bride received many beautiful
and costly presents, among them "A
splendid new piano by tho brides
parents. and n magn; fcent Silver Ser
vice by the Governor and bis Cabinet
The newly welded couple laft on the
two o'clock train for Boston and other
Eastern cities on n bridal our and will
return by way of Cincinnati TO pnr-
chase furniture and household goods
and 90 TO housekeeping at Charleston.
Among the guests from abroad were
DR.. and Mrs. Hutchinson. from tennessee.
New York; Rev. Geo. II. McGrew and
vile. from Cleveland. Ohio; Mrs. John
Barton Payne, OF Chicago; ex-senator
=. F. Reed and wife. of Clarksburg;Maj.
w. c.. McGrew, wife and daughter and
son and Mrs 10 Lazene and Prot r. A.
Armstrong. from Morgautown; Mr. and
Mrs Barlow, Misses Trotter and Garter
and Prof. r. Trotter and wife. from
Buckhannon; Coy Geo w. Atkinson
and Mr.. and Mrs. f. M. Heermans. from
Charleston Col. John d. Rigg and
wife, from Terra Alta Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Wright. from Cadiz. Ohio. and
perhaps others whose names we have
failed TO get. In addition to these a
large number OF Kingwood people
were present.
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