The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-07-06
Wedding Bells.

Ono of the most attractive and large
ly attended weddings that has ever oc-
CURED in Johnson City was that of the
Rev. John II. Horndon to Miss Sue
Wood on Thursday evening last, at the
First Presbyterian Church, Long be-
fore the ceremony began the many
friends of the happy couple began to
fill up the sacred edifce, until, at last,
twas full to overlooking, and the ushers
had to watch with jealous care the pews
marked of with ribbon and kept for
the families and relatives of the bride
and groom,
While waiting for the ceremony to
begin the animated and fashionably
dressed assembly admired, with many
expressions of approval, the beautiful
manner in which the church had been
decorated, under the efficient manage
ment and fine taste of Mesdames Nc
Gown and Harrison and Miss Ellie
Smith, with rhododendrons, ferns, roses
and MOSES. Especially was the fancy
pleased by the central design where
overhead hung two hearts, while from
each side silver arrow seemed to be
aimed at them, which at the proper
moment, would be discharged by the
god of love and would each pierce both
hearts, joining them together by tie
strong and unbreakable even in death.
There is rustic near the door, the
organ fills the church with the sweet
strains of the wedding march under the
artistic touch of Mrs. Earnest Young,
and the ushers, Walter Martin, Charlie
Cargilie, j. A. Summers and Will Cald-
well, stroll down the aisles and take
their places about the altar. Then fol-
low the attendants, L. p. Wood and
Miss Willie Ray, J. W. Crumley and
Miss Ada Lynn, S. E. Lynn and Miss
Ella Touzalin, Will Lynn and Miss
Mamie Lynn, Whitney Wood and Miss
Sue Reynolds, the best man and the
maid of honor, Frank Taylor and Miss
Ada Wood, forming a crescent in the
center of which the flower girl, little
Miss Fannie Brown, and the page,
Master Dave Taylor, who carried the
wedding ring, marked the position of
the bride and groom. All eyes are
turned upon the brilliant procession as
it enters the church and marches up to
the altar, where the bride, begowned in
white silk, with q magnificent bridal
veil, caught up by algrettes on the top
of the head, sweeping in graceful folds
to the bottom of her dress, stands
ready to place her young life on the
hands of the good man and Christian
gentleman standing at her side.
Verify, 1t takes but few minutes to
perform acts which determine the course
of mems lives for veal or for woe, and,
in this instance, a few words by the
Rev. DIR. Rogan, the uncle of the bride,
made man and a woman one for life
in joys or in sorrows; in triumphs OF
in failures. Then invoking upon their
heads the blessings of kind and watch
full Providence, he sent them forth into
the world, man and wife.
1t is needless to say of such popular
young people that their bridal pres
ents were many and valuable, and that
the time between the ceremony and the
hour at which the couple left on the
train, was spent in joyous intercourse
with friends and relatives, though sucE
was the case. But We beg you fol
enough space to add our heartfelt wish
that John r. Herndon and wife may
never be less happy then they were OF
Thursday evening last, and may theil
lives and loves prove as great q success
as was their wedding.