The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-09-06
WEDDING BELLS.

| water last night BY Rev. Julia S. Wads-
! worth, are going into the wild country to
| spend their honeymoon, oulldlng ruGe 10Y
cabin which is to be their future nome.
{ they left this morning for Blanchard, Me-,
| a little settlement up near the Canadian
| line, in the heart of the hunting and trap
! ping country, and will then drive into the
woods to spot where the virgin soil has
| never been turned by the hand OF man.
The wedding of Edward L. Sanford and
Miss Estella N. Deering took place at
| brides mother. Mrs. Nj. Fl. Deering of West
Bridgewater. Mrs. Deering and her family
formerly lived on Appleton street, this city,
and last spring bought the farm in West
| Bridgewater. While residents of this city
| they were constant attendants at the Cen
trail Methodist Episcopal church, Of which
| Mr.. Wadsworth is pastor. Miss Deerlng,
! the bride, took a great interest in the church
} work and was highly esteemed by those
| who met her. Only the immediate family
were presently at the wedding, these incla sl,
make their home with Mrs. Deering, and
Mr.. Clair Deering and Mr.. Frank Deering,
brothers of the bride. Mr.. Sanford is
guide in the Maine woods and came here to
be married. His acquaintance with the
family has extended back many years, how
| ever. Mrs. behring's home was beautifully
decorated with sweet peas, asters and
| foliage. The ceremony was performed IN
the parlor, the young couple being unattend-
| ded, and the Methodist Episcopal service
was used. The bride wore a simple gown
of white. 1t was followed by an informal
reception, after which refreshments were
| served in the dining room, where the dec
orations were also extremely attractive: The
bride says" 81 will be happy" MIR. Frank
! Deering accompanied MI. ana mrs. SANFORD
to Maine this morning. He has been IN
poor health for some time and sojonrn in
| Maine this summer appeared to benefit him
greatly. All three will drive about three
miles from Blanchard, Me-, where Mr.. San
ford has already picked out the site OF Their
new home, and they will camp there. A
tent will be used for the present and work
will begin at once upon the log cabin they
are to build II am sure l will like the
place and like the free, happy life OF the big
woods. | have never i'll my life been
afraid of the woods or to travel about in
that country and am sure l will not be
| lonesome, for there is always enough to
| keep one busy and plenty to think about. l
cannot imagine Il healthier and happier
| honeymoon or more unusual one than the
Mrs. burlington will join them when the
camp is completed and will remain until
| late in the fall or winter. 1t is possible that
| MIR. and Mrs Sanford will also return to
West Bridgewater when the hunting season
is ended and there is Ito further call tor MT.
,-bIockton, Mass, Enterprise, Aug. 22d.
LANBAcH-MCKAY. The marriage of
Prot Roscoe Z. Lanbach of lndlanola,
Iowa, to Miss Mary A. Mckay OF Camden,
Me-, took place in Boston at high noon Aug.
25th. The officiating clergyman was the
Rev George Meryyn Bailey of Planvllle,
Mass, assisted by the Rev. f, II. Knight,
Phi. d., president of New Orleans Univers-
ity, with the work of which institution both
the groom and bride have been connected
for three years past. The groom is a native
of the State of Iowa, and graduate OF
Simpson College, 1ndianola, Iowa, with the
degree of b. S. Three years ago he was
elected professor of Natural Science in New
t Orleans University, and he has been re-
2 elected to the same chair Tor the fourth
: year The bride is the only daughtr of
: Mr. and Mrs. j. A. Mckay, and one of
Camden's most talented and cultured young
. ladies' She graduated from the East Maine
l Conference Seminary in 1892 and from Wes-
S leyan University, Middletown, Conn, with
J the degree +. A. in 1896. She has also taken
t postgraduate work in the last named lnStl-
$ tuition. AS preceptresS of the East Maine
: Conference Seminary cher alma mater) in
1898 to 1901, she filled the position most &C
ceptably, and she has been very successful
in her three years service III the south.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lanbach will spend the re-
mander of the vacation in New England
and then return to New Orleans to continue
their educational work.
, GRANT NJ URRAY. A pleasant wedding
took place August 2Sth at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Orrin J. Murray of Unity, former
ly of Watervlle, when Miss Myrtle Muir
ray and Percy I. Grant were united in the
bonds of matrimony. The bride was at
, tired in white muslin trimmed with lace
and insertion and carried a bouquet of
white hyderangeas. The BRIDES name be-
ing Myrtle, she wore white sweet peas and
myrtle in her hair. The bridesmaid was
Miss Effie Murray, sister of the bride. She
was also dressed in white muslin over
orange with orange blossoms in her hair
Just as the noon hour came the bridal party
marched into the room where the ceremony
, was to be performed. A novelty of the oc-
cason was the wedding march played on
of the bride. The room where the marri-
age took place was prettily arranged for
the occasion, large arch having been
! been made for the bridal couple to stand
under. The prevailing colors were yellow
: and white intertwined with green. Elder
c. W. Ross of Unity performed the cere-
mony. After congratulations a lunch was
served. MIR. and Mrs. Grant were the re-
cipientS of numerous wedding gifts and
have the best wishes of all their relatives
and friends.
HARLow-BERRY. Miss Josephine NJ.
Berry, daughter of Rev. Wilbur F. Berry,
president of Kent's Hill Seminary, and
John A. Harlow, chemist in Great Works
pulp mill at Old Town, were married Aug
Goth at noon at the home of the bride.
Farnsworth Marshall, the newly elected
principal of the Kent's Hill High school,
was best man, and Miss Lillian E. Berry
acted as maid of honor. President Berry
performed the ceremony and the bride was
given away by her uncle, Nicholas Berry.
The usherS were Miss Emma Berry, Nicho-
reen White oficiated as flower girl and
Wilbur F. Berry as page. The wedding
march was played by Miss Fannie c. Ber-
ry. The bride is a graduate of Colby and
the groom of Bowdoin. Mr. and Mrs. Har