The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-22
A Very Plesent surprise.


editor of the Cape Girardeau DEMO
Graf DAILY and Weekly extended
to myself and better half an invitation
to call at his beautiful rural residence
at "a. III. sharp. on the morrow.
Sunday morning. July 18th. 1899.
Surprising it to be one of his manv
pranks the old lady and | with some
mis- .ivings, concluded to take him at
his word and hold him fast. SO at
the. hour set We drove around and to
our surprise found large company
of -c,tl, men enscOnsed in rockers and
swings. under the dense shade of
the >heltering Trees in the front yard.
and the parlOr> filled with Il number
of handsomely dressed ladies' To
ap; ease our curiosity. we hunted up
Mis-, Hattie Adams, the handsome
daus hter of our host, and made
inquiry as to- the cause. Have you
not heard that sister Nellie is to be
married this morning. That was
enough. We saw the point and started
on IA voyage of discovery.
The company was. undoubtedly. Il
select one. amongst whom we founu:
IL. ). Joseph. cashier of the First
National Bank: l.. J. Albert. cashier
Of the Sturdivant Bank and his lady:
J. l.. Miller and lady, Judge Ross
and daughter. +. F. Blomeyer and
lady. DR.. y. ID. Blomeyer and lady.
Capt Bierwirth. our Obliging post
master. Capt. McCrea. mayor of
Sharpsburg: Mr.. Engelmann. our cour-
teOus clerk of the Common Pleas Court:
Capt. John Lyons, of the st. Charles
Hotel: Capt. SchrOdes and lady. j. n.
MatteSon. our enterprising manufac-
turrr: Mr.. Chenue. that prince of
Jewellers: {. +. Lewis, HOuckS : agent:
Charles Roehi who furnishes Gold
| Brick soap to our housekeeper:
| Misses Alice and Tresa Carroll. Mrs.
IOakS. Mrs. AstholZ and others whose
names are unknown.
! At length we were all summoned to
the parlOrs where we found'lsev. l.. Is.
Ruessell. that promising young min
lister of the Methodist Church. sur
rounded by a brilliant h,vy of hand
some young ladies. .\ttCr we had
found standin" room and order was
esla bli she'd. the groom. Albert O.
Phelan. late of Co. ID. 18th Mo. Vol
who saw service i'm Cuba. entered VIII
the handsome. blushiny bride. Mis-!
Nellie Adams. third daughter Of oui
host. leanin" on his arm. with "rOoms
arranged themselves in front of tn,
midister. Then, in Il slow. solemn
impressive manner the twain wer,
made one: and the clergyman. earnes
and prayerful asked God : best bless
ings to attend them through life
Then followed congratulations. kisSe.
and we'll wishes.
The groom is a splendid specimen o
our gallant. patriotic Americans. who
try. even on imperial soil. He is 4
chip of his "allant old father who left
i limb on !.ie battle field. There is
no better o. bravcr stock in this State
of heroes tim the Phelans.
| Nellie. dear little Nelly. what can
We say of her: She. too. comes of a
gallant old stock of patriots. Hel
grandfather, Old Field-Marshal Case
bolt. had no superior in his day. and
she has two uncleS who gave their
lives to their country in the days that
tried mems souls. Nellie's mother is
the queen of housekeepers. who has
trained her daughters to he helpful,
economical. and 'above all, to en-
deavOr to make their homes the most
| pleasant place on earth. As to her
father. we all know Ben: We love him
and curse him by turns. He has the
grip of a bulldog and goes on his
pNH luStTulIdDic tOuTSt. tdGtItSS Oh
what we think or say: so that if Nellie
follows in the footsteps of her father
she will have the tenacity to build up
and hold for her husband a happy
home. no matter how many others 90
to the bone yard.
The want of space fOrbids discrip-
ton of the table. 1t was loaded down
with sweets and fruits and flowers and
in the center the large. artistically
decorated brides cake. presented to
Miss Nellie by the officers of the
steamer Grey Eagle. 1t was a beauty
and worthy of the donors and recip-
lent.
The iced wines were cooling and at
the same time exhilerating. and flowed
with freedom seldom excelled.
We examined the presents, which
were of the best.
Solid silver cream ladle, Miss Alice
Carroll.
Dozen wine. J. L. Miller.
Toilet set. Mrs. DR.. Blomeyer.