The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-11-22
The 'NeWtOWn Bee.
CALCULATIONS:
LlTCHFlELD COUNTY.
LIME ROCK.
4O25
600

A BEAUTIFUL AUTUMN WEDDING.
Trinity church was filled to it's ut
most capacity on Thursday afternoon,
November II, with large and repre-
sentative congregation, who had gath
cred to witness the marriage of Miss
Lucy Caroline Richardson to Robert
Winch HARDWOOD of Natick, Mass.
Promptly on the stroke of 1870 the
wedding procession moved up the aisle
headed by the ushers: A. H. Terrill of
Natick, Mass, Robert P. Gritfing of
Riverhead, Long Island. N. Y, Frank
H. Sincerbeaux of Moravia, N. Y,
and Milo b. Richardson, j., of Lime
Rock, a brother of the bride. The
bride wore a gown of white satin made
in princess style, trimmed with point
and duchesse lace, with veil of tulle
caught up with lace butterfly. She
carried large bouquet of lilies of the
valley and was escorted by her father,
Hon Milo B. Richardson. The maid
of-honor, Miss Anna Dudley Hart of
New York, was attired in a gown of
pink mOusellaine de sole over taffeta
trimmed with lace and wore large
picture hat of pink with white
plumeS. She carried bouquet of pink
roses. The bride was met at the foot
of the chancel steps by Mr. Harwood,
who was accompanied by his best man,
Arthur T. LOvett of Boston. To the
CI1h6nn6 nntaC Of tho at which
William B. Perry, Jr., of Lakeville
presided, 1.-The services proceeded. At
the close OF the betrothal the wedding
party advanced to the chancel rail,
where the bride was given away by
her father and the marriage proper
sOlemnized by Rev r.. H. Gesner, rec
tor of Trinity church. The decora-
tions of the church were in perfect
taste and simplicity; palms adorned
the chancel rail, while on the altar
and in the font, and radiant on the
background of laurel and smilax, fair
white chrysanthemums lent their
brightness to the harmonious coloring
of the tinted walls. By a well ap-
pointed plan the guests were all speed
lily conveyed to the beautiful home of
the bride, "Edgewood. The house
itself was most daintily and appropri-
ately decorated with southern smilax
and laurel. Each room had different
scheme of color decoration. The par.
| lOr, in which under a bower beneath a
true-lovers' knot of everlastings, stood
the bride and groom, was decorated in
white and green. The library oppos
tie was ornamented with green anC
| American beauty roses; the dining
room was in pink and green, and the
smoking room in laurel decked with
yellow chrysanthemums. From fa7
and wide came relatives and friend!
with loving greetings to congratulate
the fair young bride, whom they haC
loved from childhood, and her hus
band upon their newly consecratet
gladnesS, and to wish them 10,
throughout all the fast-fying years
In one of the rooms lavish ant
beautiful display of gifts of cut glass
silver, china and rare and dainty brio
a-brac was to be seen; the tokens o
love from hosts of friends. Delmonic'
served the collation. while from a bal
cOny above stairs SanSone's orchestr
discoursed sweet music that sent it
liquid melody through all the spaciou
house. Toward dark amid a chorus O
joyous farewells, "God speed you,
showers of rice and kisses, the gail.
beribboned carriage with it's prancinI
horses sped off to MillertOn, where tn
happy couple took the train for New
York and southern resorts.