The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-13
CLARK-JACOBS.

The weather demon suspended his hu-
mid prosecutions of humanity and suf-
fered the sun to shine out cheerily on the
wedding day of Miss Lucy H. Jacobs
and Col. Osman d. Clark. Grateful ap-
probation, it is hardly necessary to say,
shone also from the countenarces of the
persons most Immediately interested, and
on every tongue was fervent thanksgiving.
During the hours of the morning, at the
Riverside "the busy note of PREPARATION
was humming, and the busy fingers of
many dutiful friends were placing in
position the profuse floral decorations.
1t was to be "a sweet pea wedding"
and-eked out by golden glow-sweet
peas in all beautiful colors in combin-
alton with ferns and asparagus vine,
were banked on mantels, shone from
ceilings, walls, stairways, and chan
dellers, and beneath a huge bunch,
amid massing of flowers and green
cry, the couple was welded.
The ceremony was performed by Rev
DIR. Norman Seaver Of Rutland, former
pastor of Bethany church The assisting
bodies were UShers, Arthur G.. Eaton,
Frank w. Kendall, Carl c Bancroft,
George K. Putnam, Joseph G. Brown;
lady ushers, Mrs. Kate Dewey Squire,
Miss Nellie F. Fifeld, Mrs F. w.
Ferrin; at the punch bowl, Mrs. J. S.
Viles, Miss Florence Ferrin; in the din
ing room, serving, Mrs. F. w. Kendall,
Mrs. G.. Brown; attendants, Mrs. Mar
garet R. Pitkin, Miss Alice E. Folsom,
Miss Sarah Dwyer, Miss Kate Kemp
ton, Miss Mary E. Waldron; at the
door, little misses Ruth Brown, Doris
Sabin, Marion Wiley.
Music was furnished by Wilder's
orchestra-Mr. Geo. H Wilder, piano,
Whittier, violin.
The Wedding March, Lohengrin,
at three o'clock, announced the bridal
procession, led by DR.. Seaver, sue
ceeded by the groom attended by Mr..
Eaton; Mr.. Kendall and Mr.. Putnam
preceded the bride accompanied by
her friend, Mrs. G. j. Gleason, and
followed by Mr.. Bancroft. Around
the ceremony the orchestra wove the
flowing notes from the andante in BIB
op. 1856, Jschawoski, and on its con-
clusion played the Wedding March
by Mendelssohn. The bride and groom
received the cordial congratulations of
the wedding company.
The bride wore a gown of white
pompadour satin, with sprays of pink
roses, and carried shower bouquet of
white sweet peas.
At the wedding ceremony were pres
ent only the relatives and friends of
the bride and groom, constituting a
goodly company. At half past three
o. clock Mrs. Gleason, to whom the
bride for many years had been COM
panion-and daughter in the strength
of the attachment-gave a reception
continuing till five, to which nu-
merous company had been invited
| During these hours, indeed, "all went
merry as marriage bell. " Mrs.
Wallis hospitable dwelling was thrown
wide open and the kind hostess spared
| no labor to make the event one of hap
piest memories
played "Love and Roses" (the first
time)-a composition by Mr., Wilder;
| Floradora selections, King Do do Sc
lection and request numbers.
There was great array of valuable
presents. The officers of the National
Life Insurance Company, of which
Colonel Clark is secretary, gave a
solid silver tea service; the employees
of the company case of silver; the
company's agents in Vermont, a cut
glass claret set; among the agents
in other States, W. H. Murphy & Son
of Minneapolis gave 4 beautiful can
delabra Frank Reed of philadelphia,
a solid silver salad bcw Frank Mo~ey
of Troy, n. Y, French clock; @
NJ. smiuh of Butte, Montana, Pen
Sketches, " by Q. NJ Russell the
"Cow Boy Artist; T. @. Thompson,
Tennessee, individual salts, silver j.
T, Phelps 81 Co, Boston, silver tea
pot NJ. II. MullenneauX, Albany,
N. Y. cut glass celery bowl \ long
list of other articles, useful and beau
tiful-silver, pottery, pictures, etc,
etc. were among the contributions of
mid yidual friends and relatives, at
home and elsewhere.
Col. and Mrs. Clark departed on
the evening express