MARRIAGE: Charles STEHLE to Essie WALTERS, 1880, Blair County, PA

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Marriage Vows.

  Miss Essie Walters, who lives in the vicinity of the Three Culverts, 
west of this city, and Mr. Charles Stehle, a blacksmith in this city, 
were yesterday afternoon united in marriage at the residence of the 
bride's father.  Rev. M. Spangler, of the United Brethren Church, 
pronounced the ceremony.  The happy couple started on their wedding 
tour on fast line west last evening.  Long life to them.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday, June 25, 1880

WEDDING BELLS
A Merry Company, a Good Time and a Number of Friends.

  Quite a brilliant and merry company assembled at the beautiful 
mountain home of G. W. Walter, Sr., last evening, on the very 
interesting occasion of the marriage of their beautiful and 
accomplished daughter, Miss Essie A., to Mr. Charles Stehley, one of 
Altoona's most estimable young men.  At 5:30 P.M., in the presence of 
about forty invited guests, the nuptial ceremonies were performed by 
the Rev. M. Spangler, of this city.  The young pair, radiant with the 
blush of hope's best promise, received the congratulations of friends 
and loved ones, after which the aesthetic sense was regaled with 
music's sweetest touch, most charmingly rendered by an accomplished 
quartette, Professor Ward presiding at the organ.  But amid the general 
joy of merrymaking the company was reminded that gastronomic 
propensities were oft developed by the ascent to those cool mountain 
retreats, and that the dining room would now furnish them with the 
substantial ministries of comfort to the inner man.  To this gentle 
reminder the company meekly bowed acknowledgment, and filed around a 
table which bore no negative tribute to the renowned hospitality of our 
host and hostess.  Everything was there that the most extravagant 
gourmand could demand, or the most fastidious tooth desire.  In another 
room was another table groaning under its weight of presents to the 
bride, among which were: From the groom, a $20 gold coin; J. W. Walter, 
an elegant family Bible; Miss Junie Warfel, silver card receiver; Mr. 
and Mrs. S. Carson, fine table linen and pair of towels; Mrs. Annie 
Blackburn, toilet set; Mr. and Mrs. T. Waite, China tea set and table 
linen; Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Young, counterpane and pair of linen towels; 
Wm. Hildebrand, silver tea pot; M. Walter, carving knife and fork and 
glass pitcher; Mrs. R. Smiley, web of bleached muslin; Maggie Shade, 
fruit dish; Mrs. M. Spangler, one pair linen towels; Mr. and Mrs. M. 
Burkheimer, damask table cloth; Mrs. A. A. Whitbread, one-half dozen 
towels and two table cloths; Miss Lillie Beamer, fruit dish; Mrs. John 
E. Irwin, one set of silver spoons; Mrs. George Burket, one half dozen 
dessert plates, pickle stand and fruit dish; Dr. and Mrs. D. M. Graham, 
silver dinner castor; Miss Kate Shum, silver pickle castor; Miss Clara 
Walter, wax cross; Miss June Walter, silver pickle castor; Mrs. Jac. 
Wagner, cake stand and tidy; Miss Hattie Barr, pair of vases; Sue 
Walter, silver butter dish; John Evans, pair of fruit dishes; Mollie 
Stehley, fruit dishes; Mrs. P. M. Smith, one-half dozen goblets, 
pitcher and one-half dozen napkins; Henry Kreider, one-half dozen 
goblets and a cake stand; Kate Waite, celery stand; Mrs. E. Walter, 
damask table cloth; John Burket, pair of fruit stands; George Walter, 
lamp.
  Supper concluded and the company found shelter on the piazza and 
under the friendly boughs of neighboring apple trees from the gentle 
shower which seemed as heaven's baptism of blessing on the fresh orange 
blossoms of the nuptial hour, while under the beautiful rainbow which 
spanned the heavens the young pair took carriages for fast line, which 
soon hurried them onward toward the broad plains of the West.  May the 
bright rainbow of promise which threw its resplendent colors around the 
path of this young bride as she stepped from the parental roof be the 
auspicious presage of the light and beauty which lies beyond every 
cloud of her future life, and to him on whom she leans may it be but a 
fitting emblem of the beauty and resplendent glory of woman's abiding 
love.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Saturday, June 26, 1880