Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26
WEST CORNWALL

Miss R. R. Wheeler of PRwllng. N. |. is spending her usual summer vacation at the home of 0. A. Miller. Dwight l.. Rogers spent Sunday with his family at Maple Shade farm.
 Mrs George Root of New Milford spent part of last week with friends in town.
 The village school closed on Friday last. The children giving very good program of exercises. The teacher, Miss Laura Patterson, in turn enter tained the children by drive and pic nic at Kent falls.
 There will be district meeting at the school house op Saturday evening for the purpose of electing district officers.
 O, A. Miller spent the past week at New Rochelle, N. Y. returning home on Monday, his mother returning with him.
 Miss Nellie Wilson is in town, stay ing over from the Ives-Cochrane we'd ding.
 Cora Cole is in Bridgeport for two weeks sojourn.
 0. D. Baldwin of Thomaston made 8 brief call on relatives in town last week.
 Mrs s. W. Coons and Miss O. A. Harrison represented the West Corn wall w. O. T. U. at the county conven- ton held at Morris on Thursday last.
 Water street has been given a coat of gravel. The only improvement or ad- dition in the way of road fixing in thirty five years.
 Dr. E. H. Ashley is taking Dr. Ives place during his absence.
 Joseph Yutzler was elected the presi- dent of the Y. P. s. 0. B. for the coming six months at the business meeting on Thursday evening last. William D. Bosler successfully passed the Connecticut Bar Examination held in New Haven on June 11th and 12th and was admitted to the practice of law on Friday of last week.
 Lawyer Samuel R. Scoville and fami- | ly of Philadelphia have arrived at ''The Ranche" for the summer.u The village boasts of having two doctors but Smith & Sons enterprising clerk has embarked into the profession of dentistry and has proved himself to be quite tooth extractor.
 This pastorage has had rather hard time endeavoring to secure shepherd to care for it's flock. "Many have been called but few have chosen"-to stay, at least the society has extended a call to two of the many candidates that have preached here, but they seemed to and decided not to come. So we are still without parson and parsonage as we'll.
 The school board voted to give the West Cornwall district the necessary amount 70 support two teachers as soon as we make the necessary addition to I the present school house or build a new school house.
 DEAN-sTARR A pretty home wedding was consum- mated at the home of Mrs Lewey Desn on Wednesday afternoon of last week when her daughter, Miss Edith o., became the wife of Frederick E. Starr of New Milford. The ceremony was conducted on the lawn beneath the wide spreading branches of horsechestnut tree.
 The bride was gowned in white bafiste made with tucking and valen- ciennes insertion and wore veil caught into place with roses.
 George S. Dean gave away the bride. The bridal boquet was of Marshal Neal roses.
 Miss Grace Terril of New Milford was bridesmaid and was gowned in blue, carrying a boquet of jacqueminot roses. Franklin Daley of New York acted as l groomsman. The ceremony was con- ducted by Rev MT. Johnson. of New Milford using the Episcopal service. 1 Tho ceremony ended, congratulations were in order, after which lunch was served on the lawn.
 fawn colored venetian cloth, tailor made. train for New York, Albany, Saratoga and Montreal, returning to their future home in New Milford. I A fine display of cut glass, silverware. furniture and about $50 in money were the remembrances of many friends.
 The out of town guests were: Franklin B. Daley and William Starr Bostwich of New York, MT and Mrs Durgy oi Sherman, Miss E Fl. Wanzer of Dan bury, Prof Charles Starr and wife oi Nashville, Tenn, MT and Mrs F. w Williams, MT and Mrs Clayton Perry Miss l.. B. Wanzer, Miss Emma John son and Mir and Mrs Frank Johnson oi New Milford.
 IvEs-CoCHRANE
 In the presence of large company o relatives and young friends, Dr. Johr Wagner Ives of this place and Mis- Agnes E. Cochrane, daughter of Mi and Mrs Robert N. Cochrane. were wed ded in the home which Dr. Ives ha' recently purchased of the bride'l parents-and which was newly furnish ed especially for the occasion-on Wed nesday afternoon at o'clock, June IS 1902. The room decorations were sim pie bat tastefully arranged and consist ed of roses, mountain laurel and ferns
 The approach of the bridal party was announced by the rendering of tho Mendelsshon wedding march by Mrl Edward s. Smith. The party were lec by James Houston CochrRne, brother O. the bride, and Harrison Hewitt Ives brother of the groom, followed by Leili Beatrice Gregory and Harry Gregory Cochrane, nephew and niece of the bride, carrying white roses. Then came the bride resting upon the arm of thu groom who was of course attired 1T conventional black. She presented { fine appearance dressed in handsome gown of white lansdowne trimmed witt ] chiffon tube trimming and tucking witt duchess rose point lace. She wore [ tulle veil caught up by pin made from shells from the Bermuda Islands (an6 which was a wedding gift) and carried carnationa The Darkv 0afherad nndeI bell of white roses and running pin, where the Rev. Edward O. Starr per formed the cerxmony according to thu simple and impressive Episcopal ser vice. "Gavin" was rendered through the entire ceremony by Miss Anni Amundson, q cousin of the bride.
 The wedding reception followed i'm mediately after the ceremony and al excellent collation was served.
 MT aod Mrs Ives left on the fiv, | oJo zoI R1 IL. l.