Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-21
First Wedding Ceremony
 Performed in the Italian
 Colony at New Gascony Last Night.
ERACIE'S RECEPTION
aroom Journeyed All the Way From His Native Land to Woo and Win sveethrt Of His Childhood Festivities.


 Festivities.
 A romance, which had it begin ping in the hills of sunny ita!v. Twas consummated last night when Miss Eiselea Ma5senali and Giao- Eomo Pichenettti was happily luar- fied in the presence Of :. large Gathering Of schoolmates at New Gaseony. The ceremony was the first ever performed ill the New Italian colony near that place. It Eas carried out ill the pretty little St. Peters Catholic church on the plantation of John M. Oracle, near New GascohN, and was followed by Festivities the like of Whi"h have beye1' been witnessed in Alkansas The Rsserend Father lrefney o< Little Rock, officiated
 The bride, the eldest daughter of Dominica Massenalli, is one of the nost bea;stitUl young women of the hany fa.l Italian maids who re- fently accompanied their parents nd othsf relatives to this country
 rom .,.4e2. native land. Sine is but
 s yeas old and while in her na-
 i've city she was one Of the most popular of the younger society folk.
 housh of a poor family.
 Piehsenetti is recent acquisition
 o the New Gascony Italian colony, He came here only few months
 go, travelling all alone from his hative land The many Italians who
 i've on the Oracle plantation came
 b this county in body. Pichenetti
 ind Miss Massenalli were sweet hearts in their childhood days. When her parents brought her to
 his country Pichenettit was of sad heart. He was unable financially to make the journey, but resolved ko follow her in few months. No more was heard of the young man by the parents of the bride of last night, otwithstanding the couple cOrrespOnded regularly. A few months ago, nnheralded, except having previously notified Miss Mas senalli, he arrived in this city and |the following daiv there was reioic- ling on the Oracle plantation. Pich- ,enetti brought glad tidngs to all Ehis comrades of former years, in elut Ming souvenirs and other gifts to blN) bst every one of the Italians who Were there. They were from their relatives in Italy and no few were Efrom sWeetheafts who were not so Fortunate as Pichenetti as to earn fenough 10 enable them to make the "trip to America and take up the loves or DySOno uayS.
 But there was not one person in that crowd of foreigners who gath cred around Pichenetti on the day of his arrival happier than the lit tie black-eyed maiden who was the first to greet him. After telling all the news that had transpired since the departure of his predecessors to "Amerika." Pichenetti wont to work, heart and soul. He picked cotton and plowed the ground every day, taking time each evening to sing songs of love to the idol oi hls heart
 Last nights ceremony closed tne pretty little romance. It being thf first in the new colony, the festivities were naturally of unusual beauty an( pomp. The Italians enjoyed them selvs as never before, not even at Ewedding in their native land. n' fceremony was performed with th' beautiful Catholic custom and the llt eAle church, which is one of the man! Buildings which have been erected D, the thrifty Italian laborers. was pfet tily decorated with flowers ana ehl E blems of the Italian country. Flags
 sentimental of Italian patriotism' Wer