The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-11-05
AUTUMN AT WOODMONT.
LINGERING SUMMER DAYS AND
APPLE AND PEAR BLOSSOMS.

Pretty Wedding We terday Afternoon
In the ChapeI-A Beautiful Scene
Mabel Gillespie aud f. a. smith-Cot-
tagers still at the shore-PersonaIs.
Yesterday was one of the brightest
and loveliest days of the autumn at
Woodmont. A yellow haze covered the
landscape, and the warm, mellow rays
of sunshine with the brilliant cOloring
of foliage and late flowers of the sea-
son, with the pure November air COM
bined, made it a day worth living. Ma
ture has been generous this fall in her
gift of fine weather, and as result the
fruit trees seem to have forgotten that
they have yielded one crop and in many
places they are loaded with blossoms
and also fruit. John w. Merwin has
had plum, pear and apple trees in full
blossom. Charles Bryan had pear
tree and an apple tree yesterday cover
ed with blossoms, and there was also a.
tree down by the postoffice which was
pretty sight. .. .-.s- ~. r..
The day was ideal yesterday for a
wedding and very pretty one was
celebrated at 4 o'clock in the afternoon
at the Woodmont chapel. The con-
tracing parties were Mabel Diamond,
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. John ]. Gil
lespie, and Frederick Arthur Smith.
The chapel was very prettily decorated
with palms, laurel, ferns, chrysanthe-
NUNS, daisies, pear blossoms and rop-
ings of evergreens. The bride and her
attendants entered the main door of the
chapel to the strains of the wedding
march played on the organ by Mrs.
Samuel Boardman. First came the Of
ficiating clergyman, Rev. Mr.. Hunt,
followed by the four ushers, Roy Gil
lespie, Mark Gillespie, William Sturgis
and one other Then came the maid OF
honor, Miss Nellie Sturgis who was at
tired in trailing gown of pink silk
null, with hat of the same material,
and carried bouquet of pink carra-
tions. After her came the bride on the
arm of her father. She was a sweet
and dainty bride and wore charming
gown of white point d'esprit over white
silk, cut en- train, the bodice a mass of
ruffIes with white satin ribbon decora-
ton. With this she wore white tulle
veil which reached to the hem of her
gown, and she carried bride roses. The
bride was met at the altar by the bride
groom and his best man, Leo Gillespie,
brother of the bride. The ceremony
was the beautiful ring service of the
Episcopal church.
The church was filled with guests,
and the decorating of the chapel was
done by the ladies of the Aid society OF
the chapel, and they presented her with
a very handsome lamp. A reception
was held at the brides residence for
the immediate relatives Of the family,
after which the happy couple went for
wedding tour of ten days to Wash
ington. ID. G. They were the recipients
of large number of costly and beauti-
full presents of every description.
Some of those present from this city
were George Dayton and Miss Dayton,
Mrs Frederick Dayton and Mrs. Frank
Dayton, Mrs. Adella Collett and Mrs.
George H. Collett, Mr.. and Mrs. Mark
Gillespie Rev and Mrs. Hunt and Miss
Mabel Hunt, Frederick Belden, Mrs.
Austin Sturgis and Miss Grace Sturgis,
Mrs. George Atwill, Mrs. Charles H.
Merwin, of Bishop street Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Gillespie, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Allen; from Bridgeport were Mr.. and
Mrs Charles Ayres, Miss Aleine and
Miss Fannie Ayres and Russell Ayres;
from Milford were Mrs. Emma Morris,
Mrs. William L. Merwin, Mrs. E. 7.
Clark and Dr. and Mrs. Heady; from
Hartford were Mr. and Mrs. Olin H.
Clark; from Stratford was Mrs. A. G.
Platt, and there were also guests from
New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Tinkey and
family, who have spent the summer and
fall at Woodmont, returned to the city
on Tuesday and will reside on Howe
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Woodruff have
been at the shore since May. Mrs.
woodruff will spend the winter with her
sister in Boston.
II Rev. Mr.. Hunt and family, formerly
OF Portchester, who have been in the
Firman cottage through the fall, will
remove to the city this week and will
reside on Pearl street. 49,
Newton Wheeler and family, who
have been in a cottage near Oyster riv-
er since spring, are having their house
in the city repaired and will remove
there shortly.
Edward G. Merwin has rented his
residence on Columbus avenue, in this
city, to Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge, who
have been occupying Mr.. Merwin's cot
tage near the Hotel Pembroke through
September and October. They spent
the summer months in the Hotel PEN
broke Mr. Coolidge is connected with
the Wire mill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward G. Merwin are
in their cottage for short time, but
will spend the coming winter in the
south
Robert Benham, the retired shoe
dealer, and his daughter, Mrs. Green
wood, have removed from his cottage
into John Halls plastered cottage. Mrs.
Greenwood is seriously i'll and not able
to be moved to the city.
The Misses 1ngham, of Pennsylvania,
who have been boarding since spring
with Mrs. Carl Schlect at the Merwin
FONT house, returned to her home yes
terday.
The Woodmont fire department held
a beanbake in the engine house on
Monday night, which was well at
tended. FIJI,
Mrs Lucy Smith and family, who
have resided at the residence of N. E.
Smith, will remove next week to the
residence of her father, Mortimer
Treat.
Granville Goodsel1 has gone back to