A well known website that has genealogy information for Tioga Co.
recently published a number of wedding articles from the Wellsboro
Advertizer --- for which it is to be commended.
Unfortunately there was an error (which I am assured will soon be
corrected) and the beginning of the wedding article was coupled with the
end of another, unrelated article.
The actual article in the Wellsboro Agitator of Sept 6, 1887, p3 was:
" --- A correspondent of the Elkland Journal says that a goodly number
of friends and relatives assembled at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. D.
C. Kemp, in East Farmington, on Wednesday, August 31, 1887, to witness
the marriage of their daughter, Satie A., to Mr. Edgar C. Johnson, of
West Farmington. At 12:30 the young couple entered the parlor and took
their place beneath a floral arch, when Rev. R. G. Williams, of Nelson,
assisted by Rev. F. A. Peterson, of Tioga, performed the marriage
ceremony in a very happy and impressive manner. After an earnest prayer
by Rev. F. A. Peterson, of Tioga, Rev. Mr. Williams introduced to the
company Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, and they received the heartfelt
congratulations of all present. After partaking with their friends of a
bountiful wedding feast, the bride and groom started upon a short
wedding tour, followed by a medley of old slippers, rice, and good
wishes. Numerous presents bespoke the substantial regard of loving
friends, and a noticeable fact was that the gifts chosen were not only
beautiful and valuable but useful as well. May their future be as bright
and fortune as smiling as were the skies on their wedding day."