The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

Thre was never another .neeting, That was the clubs obituary.
 Ante-Beilum Wedding.
 Just a month after this a cry im- portant wedding occurred but no party was given. No valedictory deliveree to the young couple. The wedding has never been written up It IS late to do 1t, now No enterprising paper would clamor for such delayed news. But this is an account of 1t as gotten a few evenings since lover the phone from the groom of Sl years and his bride of Fl years:
 On the evening of March IS. 1860, the marriage of Miss Saliie Maria Fay Tor and Mir. John W A. Sanford was solemnized at o'clock at the subur- ban home of her parents. Mir. and Mrs. William Henry Taylor. on The upper Wetumpka road Rev John Mitchell offlciating. The place of celebration was the large reception room, thirty feet in length. just across the hall from the drawing room. In this spacious apartment hung all the family paint ings. Those of the parents, the grand parents, and the great grand parents of the beautiful young bride. and 1t was. for this reason that this place was her choice for her welding. which was witnessed by all the relatives Of the young couple anu u SItldtl of close friends. The party entered led by the bride and groom. Her we'd ding dress was of white Illusion over silk, with double skirt looped at one side and the Grecian bodice fashioned of folds of silk and lace. Her veil was caught with a pearl ornament. Fol- Rowing the bride came their attendants: Misses Sallie Mayes. Mary Charles, Cornelia Bethea, Rebecca Halls, May Annie TaWlnr and EInFidp Lee; Messrs. Thomas M. Arlington, John J. Cook. Samuel G. Reid, George H. Shorter, Charles Joseph Bryan, pr. Ben. F. Blount. and Tom Taylor. The bridesmaids were attired in costumes of white muslin. The attendants formed semi-circle about the young couple and the bride was given away by her fath- CT. Following the marriage was a re- ception to which a large number of guests had been invited Supper was announced late in the evening and the two tables from which 1t was served groaned with their weight of viands and sweetmeats. The centre piece of the meat table was a pyramid or crystalized fruit and at one end stood a pyramid of candies, surmounted by bride, and pyramids of cake adorned the table from which sweetmeats were served. Mir. and Mrs. Sanford received their friends the day after tEeir we'd ding and her second-day gown was of lilac silk trimmed in fringed ruch- ings of darker silk with touch of pink ribbon and ruffles of illusion.
 A War Time Military Wedding.
 On December ', 1862. at st. Johns Church. the marriage of Miss Mary Gindrat Pickett and Captain Samuel 5. Harris was solemnized, Rev. John Mitchell oficiating. This was strictly a military wedding. All of the grooms men were officers in Colonel clanton's Regiment, then stationed in Montgom- cry. The bride was gowned in white satin, which had been gotten with great difficulty as the story of the war was being lived and later this would have been impossible She wore a veil and with 1t a wreath of orange blossoms and lilies of the valley. This wreath had been worn by her sister, Mrs. E. B Randolph. when she was married, and 1t afterward become quite noted in the history of war time weddings as it was worn by ten more brides of the four years of the war of the sos. It adorn- ed the graceful heads of thirteen Iri5es in all. No other could be procured during those troublesome times. All the groomsmen wore their military uni- forms and the bridesmaids were pic-N lures in dresses of white muslin. On either side of their wreaths made of blue ribbon was a rosette In which was fastened diamond ring.
 The attendants were: Miss Tookie Pickett with Captain A. J. Thornton, Miss Bettie Bell with Col. Lem Hatch. Miss Follie Holt with Colonel Joseph Hodgson, Miss Rebecca Halls with Cap tain Arthur Whiting. Miss Annie Goldthwaite with Colonel David Bla- key, Miss Sallie Bugbie with Captain William Bryant. The ceremony was followed by a reception at the home or the brides parents, Mir. and Mrs. Pickett, -en the corner of Moulton and Clayton streets. Three days after his marriage Captain Harris left for the war. At the close of hostilities he en- tered the Episcopal ministry. He be- gan in this city as assistant in St. Johns Church. Afterwards he served as rector of churches in New Orleans, and Chicago and while in the latter city was elected Bishop of Michigan. He attended a great council of clergy of the English Church in London and while preaching in Westminster was few hours on the 21st of August, 1SSS. His remains were brought home and laid to rest In Detroit.
 Wedding With no Men Attendants.
 A war time wedding of pathetic in- terest was that of Miss Tookie Pickett and MT Carter Randolph. which was an event of July 2, 1864. at St. Johns Church, Rev John Mitchell performing the ceremony. At this time there could not be found any men to attend the groom. They were all at the front in the midst of war and strife. fighting for their country and the welfare Of the beloved women al home No man save the minister and the groom took part in this wedding of GA The bride wore a. dress of white muslin elabor- ately trimmed in old family lace No new stuns could be gotten then. so the simple muslin and the rare costly fam fly lace must do service together, and with 1t the now veteran and famous war time wreath of orange blossoms and lilies of the valley was again pressed into use to adorn a brides head The bridesmaids who wore mus lin dresses entered in couples, were. Misses Sissy Randolph. Hattie Randolph Foliie Holt Mary Seibel Rebecca Halls