A GORGEOUS CALIFORNIAN WEDDING.

Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 174, 9 December 1876, Page 4

A GORGEOUS CALIFORNIAN WEDDING.

The San Francisco News Letter contains the following :—~ u On Wednesday last our esteemed young townsman, Mr Washingtpii,So Ic, Jied . to, the, alter Miss Fanny - Heavisides? daughter* *• of otir': wealthy and well-known citizen, Stoarino Heavisides, Proprietor of the Refinery 'and ■ Tallow Bbilery. on the city front. The blushing bride,- supported on the anh of her father, looked most decollete in a white silk corsage, cut bias and with flounces to match. She is a specimen of . Pacific health, weighing 170 pounds, though only seventeen years of age, and she-wore a" beautiful wreath^of Californian quartz, with two silver tricks for ear-rings, and a bracelet of immense' Arizona diamonds. She had eight bridesmaids, dressed in lilies of the valley, and a coiffure of solid gold hair-pins. Mr Sole, who is in partnership with his father in the mammoth shoe, factory, wore no jewelry of any kind, except a,, watch-chain of golden boot-tops (presented to him by the workmen on this occasion), each link representing a custom-made shoe. The way in which he wore his kid gloves was most degage. At the conclusion of the, tying of the ,nuptial knot, which was twenty-two carats fine, and very heavy, the happy party adjourned to the house of the bride’s father, where four banquets were spread. Among the presents received by the happy pair were six silver-plated muffin-rings, an embroidered coalscuttle and a blue reversible flat-iron. A gold brickbat in brick-a-brac, and four dozen pairs of number nine shoes, testified the love of the bridegroom’s father for his new daughter, while twelve cans of lard (the product of the industry of the bride’s younger brother) adorned a marble centre-table in the parlour. One of the features of the banquet was a beautiful cold chicken, weighing ten pounds, grown on the ranch of the bride’s aunt. The tables not only groaned, but fairly perspired ..under the. weight of the tempting yiands, W atermeloris, beef, sturgeon, and huge boars’ heads formed part of the menu, and the collation was served in the most .superb style. The newly-married couple went by the 4.30 train to San Miguel to spend their honeymoon, and on their return will give a reception dansante'*~m ~i\\Q immense factory of Mr Sole, senior. One complete dinner service of verde antique, and a barouche made of California laurel, were accidentally omitted from the list of presents, “Reporters of the daily press are warned against imitating this style of notice, as it is copyright, and’ cannot be used by any other journal. ~ ’