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Weddings.A very fashionable wedding took place at State street church yesterday morning. The contracting parties were Mr. Henry St. John Smith, youngest son of the late St. John Smith, Esq., and Mias Elleu Archer Eveleth, stepdaughter of Woodbury S. Dana, Esq., ex-President of the Board of Trade. The bride entered the church on the arm of Mr. Dana, followed by her bridesmaids Miss Bessie Jackson, daughter of Geo. E. B. Jackson, President of the Maine Central Railway, aud.Miss^Susie Wood, daughter of Dr. William Wood, and the ushers, Messrs. Walter Dana, step-brother to the bride, the Messrs. Payson and Mr. Geo. E. Bird. The wedding party pasted down the right centre aisle to the chancel, where they were met by the groom and his best man Mr. Thorne of New York. The ceremony was por-lormed by the former pastor of the church, Rev. E. Y. Hiucks. - The bride looked very stately and, of course, lovely, in a rich white corded silk trimmed with poiut aplique, and wearing a oair of maguiticeut diamond solitaires, the gift of the groom’s mother, a')d a superb diamond pin, the gift of his brother, Mr. J. Hopkins Smith. A reception, confiuod to the relatives and intimate frieuds of the newly married couple, took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Dana, after the wedding, and the bride and groom left for the White Mountains and Montreal in the afternoon.
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Portland Daily Press
Portland, Maine, US
Fri, Sep 22, 1882
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