MARRIAGE: Walter L. ADAMS to Hessie R. LOUDEN, 1878, Blair County, PA

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The Wedding of the Season.

An appreciative guest sends us the following account of an interesting
event in the family of one of our prominent citizens:

A large wedding party gathered last evening at the hospitable
residence of our worth citizen, John Louden, Esq., at which time his
eldest daughter, Miss Hessie R. Louden, was married to Walter L.
Adams, of Spruce Creek.  The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev.
A. Bell, D.D., assisted by Rev. H. Baker.  The reverence gentlemen
appeared to be adepts at the business, and veterans in the service,
and, as was remarked by one present, who is himself not matrimonially
inclined,  "They made it pretty strong."  The ceremony was witnessed
by about thirty couples of as good looking and substantial ladies and
gentlemen as were ever seen together at one time.  To say that the
bride looked beautiful and behaved splendidly, and that the groom was
handsome and brave, would be giving but a faint idea of how they
appeared, and stood the trying ordeal.  The bride and groom were
attended by Mr. A. H. Vanvalsah, of Tyrone, and Miss Lucy Irwin, of
Hollidaysburg, both of whom also presented a fine appearance, and
performed their parts well.  After the marriage the bridal party and
guests, consisting of persons from Trenton, N.J., Huntingdon, Spruce
Creek, Birmingham, Sinking Valley, Tyrone, Rock Springs, Williamsburg,
Hollidaysburg and Altoona, sat down to a wedding supper, in t he
fullest sense of the term, consisting of all the delicacies of the
season - turkey, oysters, chicken salad, sandwiches, coffee, cake of
various kinds and magnified proportions, ice cream, fruits, etc.  All
appeared to have splendid appetites, judging from the quantity and
rapid disappearance of the viands, and still there was enough left to
satisfy as many more.  Among the guests were Miss Annie Mullen, of
Trenton, N.J., Miss Mame Mauk, of Phillipsburg, Miss Sallie Gardner,
Rock Springs, Miss Sadie Crawford, of Altoona, all having been the
bride's college class-mates.  The presents received were numerous,
valuable, handsome and useful, among which was a considerable sum of
greenbacks, which are not to be despised these panicky times.  The
bridal party left on the Philadelphia Express east, intending to visit
Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia and other places, all wishing them
a pleasant journey, not only on their wedding tour, but all through
life.  Many of the guests remained until a late hour, and judging from
certain indications, we would not be surprised if the matrimonial
fever proved contagious.

Evening Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, January 17, 1878