The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-11-16

United DAughterc
Of The Confederacy.

periences Of a very unpleasant time.
was q member of Louisiana battery
from Pointe Conpee Parish, part OF our
Southland on which never set my FOOT
was slightly hurt in the siege Of Vicks-
burg and the surgeons decided to cure.
ny hurt by resetting and then amputat-
ing my right arm. 1t was certainly cured
Finding myself hors de combat ana
long way from home accepted the po-
sition Of teacher in private family, that
Of Mrs Harriet B. Freeman OF Macon
Ca, and entered on another warfare. but
Of a bloodless character. The family had
removed from the city to comfortable
plantation house, nine miles out. on the
banks Of a pretty creek that luxuriated
In the poetic name Of Tobesandkee, an
Indian word with q forgotten romance
connected with II. When the time for
summer vacation came I spent month
in the summer Of "a with my company
and participated a while In the excite
ment of the Atlanta campaign till IT
ended at Jonesboro unpleasantiy. On
my return I learned Of tire coming we'd
ding, which 1t was proposed to celebrate
with appropriate state chat is. appropri-
ate to the times) The bride was Mrs.
Freeman. comedy widow. still young
enough to fall in love. Of good weight.
happy disposition. The happy man was
Major Fulton. tall. grandly formed
man. with a handsome refined face and
magnificent black beard. He was from
Newfoundland, British subject and
man Of high breeding well educated and
with department that much becomes
court. He was the architect of an i'm
mense laboratory which the Confederate
government was building near Macon.
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were humorously meagre; but the good
viii, taste and adaptability Of the ladies
were inexhaustible. gifted cook, de-
scended from a proud line Of successful
cooks Of the old school. rose to the oc-
casion. and the wedding feast never was
surpassed for abundance of palatables
evolved out Of unlikely materials. For
example the snowy bride-cake had on its
basis finely sifted corn-meal and there
fore the consumption Of 1t did not entail
indigestion. The grove and garden fur
nished a decoration made charming by
deft fingers and a poetic skill. The
dress of the bride. as also each of the
ladies. had been made by its wearer. The
material was the best the country could
produce. being an excellent quality of
domestic manufactured by the Macon
mills, trimmed with skirt braid dyed
pale lavender, and set off with precious
bit of old lace. Nevertheless the tout
ensemble was as charming as 1t was
unique. The groom looked taller than he
was In a suit of spotlessy white osna-
burgs. Among the few guests were Sen
ator Clement c. Clay and his gifted wife,
well known in the society circles Of
Washington and the State and who was
ever a first figure In any function in
which she participated Miss Mary Day,
afterward the wife and widow of our
South's truest poet, Sidney Lanier; Mr..
and Mrs. Lester Clay. Senator L. O.. c.
Lamar and others whose names 1 cannot
recall. OF all the weddings I ever attend
ed. this has left an impression that has
shown no system of effacement, so per-
feet were all the elements that entered
into It: the character Of the personali-
ties. the evident love of the principals,
and the LONELINESS OF the surroundings
contrasting with the elevated tone and
culture of the occasion, the evident en-
joyment Of all engaged. the high hopes
we had for the welded pair. A few short
years after, / heard that the man l so
much admired yielded to the destroyer,
consumption.
Others, toe. of the company have gone,
but the memory of that hour continues
to be one 1 love to recall.
The James Cantey Chapter, U. D. C.,
Of Scale. Ala, held its last monthly meet
ing at the Henry Hotel on November Z.
The president being away from home,
Mrs. j. l.. Pollard, Vice President pre-
sided. Badges of red ribbon have recent
ly been adopted by the Chapter, with the
name and number of Chapter and place
printed in white letters. Those for the
officers and delegates were further orna-
mented with our national emblem the
star and cotton boil, in gold and white.
This made a handsome badge and the lay
members unanimously demanded theirs
be painted so too, so orders to this effect
were given out at this meeting. The
making of a quilt for room in Soldiers
Home was discussed and album pattern
decided on. Chapter voted for the Ma
tional U. D. C. Convention to be held
once every two years. The Secretary was
instructed to inform Mrs. Dowdell of
this decision as this Chapter failed to
secure a delegate to the National Con-
vention. The contribution of \some arti-
Gle to the bazaar to be held at Richmond
for benefit of Jefferson Davis monument
was promised.
Program Committee was not present to
report on account of sickness. Excellent
papers by Mrs. Nuckolis and Mrs. Pol
lard were listened to with interest, the
one on Life of General T. j. Jackson,
the other on The Battle of Chickamauga.
The time of meeting was changed from
9 o'clock. a. m. to p. m. and the Chap
ter, adjourned to meet in Mrs. ]. E.
Henry's studio in December.
Mrs. John E. Henry.