The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-12-04
COLUMBIA LETTER.

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COLUMBIA LETTER.
Columbia, December 3.-Thc ways Of
Cupid are strange and past finding out.
Human ken and all the mind readers
and the palmists and fortune tollers are
sometimes baf1lcd and cannot tell what
the little god OF love is going to do or
has in store for US. And yet when we
follow his lead we generally como out
all right. The people love n romance
and oil romanccs have something to do
with love and love has something to do
with them. The romanccs which we
read in novels generally wind up with
avoiding party and when the weaver Of
the tale marrics his heroine to the hero
all Is well and the book is beautiful. In
fact believe it is true that all the world
loves q lover and why should it not?
am not going to write q romance,
for am not gifted in that direction,
and yet there Is tingc Of the romantic
connected with tho story am about to
tell.
During the past summer q bright and
charming and beautiful young women
from the blue grass region of kentucky
decided that sho would like to SEQ some
thing OF Tennessee, Georgia, South Car
dina, North Carolina and Virginia and
in company with a lady friend OF the
family who was travelling through these
States, Miss Mary Irvine Davis of
Paris, KY, tho county scat of Bourbon
county, camo to South Carolina and to
Columbia, S. c., n stanger in II strange
land, little dreaming that sho would
so soon make iC.hcr home. And yet she
made friends wherever she went. Here
in Columbia she met Col. Jno. ID. Frost,
Assistant Adjutant General, and it was
not long until he found himself worry
much interested In tho blue grass region
Of Kentucky. The young lady returns
homo and Col. Frost makes q visit and
soon invitations are received announc-
ing a wedding. We cannot tell what
little things may change tho whole
course OF our lives.
Thanksgiving day one year ago
neither one Of those young people had
the remotest idea Of the existence Of
the other. This Thanksgiving day they
are speeding away on the train as bride
and groom from her happy Kentucky
home to cast her lot with us In new
homo down iu the Palmetto State. May
their lives be long and happy, Is the
wish Of many friends in tho two States
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On Monday morning last Col Jno
d. Frost left Columbia accompanied by
his brother, Mr.. T.. II. Frost, Mr.. y. B.
McMaster, Mr.. John Bell and e. II.
Aull for Paris, Ky, where on Wedncs-
day evening at s o'clock he was to wed
Miss Mary Irvine Davis, the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Davis. The trip
was long one and unoventful. Tho
weather here was little brisk and
bracing but had been warm. En- route
to Asheville the party saw that the
mountains were covered with snow and
were reminded that it was winter.
There had been snow storm on Sun
day night and snow was on the ground
all the way to Paris. They arrived In
Paris at 6 o'clock Tuesday morning,
having been on the road "a hours.
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Paris is an old town. In fact about
as old or older than the State. 1t Is
the county seat of Bourbon County
which is noted the " orld over, not onIy y
for its blue grass and fine horses and
pretty women, but for its fine old Bour.
bon whiskcy, and yet the wedding party
never saw man under the influence
OF the latter the two days it's members
were in the city. The young men from
the Palmetto State, think, were very
deeply impressed with the beauty Of
the women and concur In the cOnclu.
sion.
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On Tuesday evening an elegant course
dinner was served to the party and
few relatives and friends at the palatial
residence of Hon.. Jno. II. Hinton, ap
uncle of the bride, and it vas very much
enjoyed. Mr.. Hinton is member of
the Kentucky Legislature, and Is also
large furniture dealer. In fact all the
people met by members Of the wedding
party were clever aud kind and atten-
tive, and the visit was made very pleas
ant. t..
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Mr., r., O. Thomson, who is O. son.f n