On Thursday (yesterday) the nuptials of Mr. George Stewart Mason (junior partner in the firm of Simpson and Mason, solicitors), and Miss Edith Randall, youngest daughter of Mr. E. B. Randall, J.P., Lymington House, Higham Ferrers, were celebrated in the Parish Church at that place.

The public history of the town of Rushden is but of recent date, and with it is inseparably linked the name of Mr. Mason, whose responsible posts as clerk both to the Local Board and Uushden and Higham Ferrers Gas Company are filled with equal credit to himself and to the foresight of the gentlemen who placed him in those positions.

To these responsibilities, however, he has added another, having lately accepted the position of clerk to the Higham Ferrers School Board. The bride is well known at Higham Ferrers, being closely connected with the Church of Higham cause there, a member of the church choir, and a teacher in the Sunday Schools. It was no surprise, therefore, that during the wedding service, which was a choral one, the church was completely full. The wedding was announced for 1.30, and precisely at that time the wedding party entered, consisting, besides the bride and bridegroom, of the father of the bride; Mr. T. Phipps, of Northampton, who acted as best man; and the bridesmaids, Miss Kate Mason (sister of the bridegroom), Miss Annie Randall (sister of the bride), Miss P. Higgins (niece), and Miss May Thompson (cousin of the bride). As they proceeded up the aisle, the congregation joined with the choir in singing the hymn "The voice that breathed o'er Eden" and during the ceremony, which was conducted by the Rev. J. Dun, Rural Dean, and the Rev. C. J. Gordon, of Rushden, the choir rendered the 128th Psalm, and the hymn commencing "Lead us, Heavenly Father, lead us." The bride was given away by her father, Mr. E. B. Randall. [a list of some attendees follows]

Immediately on the conclusion of the service, the ringers rang a merry peal in honour of the event. Outside the church quite a large number of people had assembled to give a hearty welcome to the happy pair on their appearance from the doors of the sacred edifice. Showers of rice were thrown at the newly-married pair and it was evident that the good wishes of the crowd were with them.

The bride was dressed in a white dress of white Bengalene silk, trimmed with Northamptonshire lace, orange blossom, and a white chip hat trimmed with white feather tips to match. She carried a magnificent bouquet, composed almost entirely of orange blossom and maidenhair fern, with three chains hanging pendant from it, composed of the same flowers. Her travelling dress was brown serge, with hat to match. The bridesmaids wore dresses of white serge material, trimmed with ivory lace and green silk, with tuscan hats trimmed with foliage. They carried beautiful bouquets of Marechal Neil roses and maidenhair fern, and wore rings, which, with the bouquets, were the presents of the bridegroom. During the afternoon the newly-married pair left Higham en route for North Wales, where the honeymoon is to be spent.

A list of the presents follows but not transcribed