Wedding Bells!

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 83, 11 February 1888, Page 2

Wedding Bells!

A ffff - ',#"• — ■ The marriage of Mr E. Foden, of Wellington, to Miss Grace E. Bray, daughter of Mr C. Bray, C.E., of this town, was the all absorbing event on Thursday last. The high esteem in which the parents of the bride ara deservedly held by everyone in the settlement, the popularity uf the bride, whose services in the Church choir and as a singer at all charitable gatherings have been widely appreciated, added largely to the interest taken on the occasion of her marriage. From two o'clock in the afternoon large* numbers of persons, well dressed ahd well looking ladies and gentlemen, were seen wending their way up Manchester street in the direction of St. John's Church j where the ceremony took place ; and by three o'clock the buiidmg was completely filled with a congregation composed of representatives from every family in Feilding and the neighborhood. Punctually at three o'clock the bridegroom, Mr Foden, entered the church, accompanied by Mr Charles and Mr William Bray (brothers of the bride), Mr VV. Porthouse,: and Mr Audrey, as groomsmen. Shortly afterwards the bride entered the church, attended by her father, followed by her bridesmaids — her sisters, Miss Ada and Clara Bray, Miss Margaret Bartholomew, and Misa Wilhelmena Cook, of Wellington. The bride looked charming, dressed in embroidered muslin and white satin, with an embroidered veil and wreath of orange blossoms, as did the bridesmaids, who were dressed in white, with . heliotrope ri'obons. The marriage ceremony was most impressibly performed by the Rev. A. Hermon. The choir was in full strength, aud the choral service was very well rendered, Mrs Hermon officiating at the organ. After the ceremony was completed and the register signed. Mrs Hermon played the Wedding March as" the bride and bridegroom marched down the aisle of the church. At the door Mr F. R. Linton (a bro-ther-in-law of the bride) was waiting with a carriage and a pair of spanking greys, into which the happy couple were placed, and driven rapidly to the private house of Mr Bray, in Grey street. When leaving the church showers of rice and old shoes were " fired" after the departing vehicle. In order that there might be no mistake a pair of old boots were suspended in. the rear of the carriage. At bix o'clock in the evening the railway platform was crowded with wellwishers anxious to see the happy couple take their departure for New Plymouth, where they will spend the honeymoon. Rice and old shoes were again showered on the departing couple in marvellous abundance, while the same old pair of boots which had already done duty ou the carriage were appended to the brake van. We are quite certain we give utterance to the feelings and desires of every one who was then present, as well as those who were unavoidably absent, in wishing Mr and Mrs Foden every happineas tbis world can give, Mr Fo% den has been long known to many in Feilding as a most estimable young man, while Mrs Foden possesses every qualification necessary to make a good ; wife and companion through life. On the eve of her marriage ehe was presented by the Curate and members . ofthe choir with a handsome clock, L suitably inscribed, an account of which has already been published in our columns.