New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-02
A GOLDEN WEDDING EXTRAORDINARY.

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beautiful ard striking sff.rs took place a. No. I2o
Lgirstton street. B,ookyr fry yeais ego lls;27tu
Of December. tb4 Rev Bsrnsbs. Kiog was o;ds'osi
ana installed pss,or Of the PreibyteriAa Chuca IN
Rockswsy y J . and II .ss than month sferT.id
viz. tie evening Of he 1871 q Jaeusry, 1872 he
so.eunzed the msr-isge q Mr. John Hirc1mir
sni Ms My M1rr- De Camp Tie groc,n.nsn On
TIE occasion wss q spruce youog gentemsn, Mr.. Wn
Jsclssu srd tie brida .msii lazy worthy 20 s'sld
with him. Mes Su..h Hilchma1.
AFTER the honey moon vss over Tie yorts pc sat
tee themselves down Into tlel; 9uA'r sphere
lsSi1s good 1,uFe q tie good and the bitter
things Of lie but always having taAt very good thiog
in family which ia named love. WI uis even Their
bitter experiences were quite oeTabe. lie process OF
time ten children aided to te.r circle, al o.
whom aye ,tiil living AID time moved slong t'eir
children married. TIE result Of t,ese marriages rs
tseEt: rerdctilireu. II is very uuususI cifcum-
s.srce that this ciIce las been npt from ths vi
tatons OF ce-th for more than thirty yesrs
We new cone down to tie period Of the Colleen
Wedding On the 9Th Of December last tue veter
able Rev. Bagnsbas Klrg prescb7d his fitch a'nl-
verssry iermon TO hi people in RocksTay Early n
January very beautiful csrd ssrt to tie especial
friend Of the family ii the 'oliou-ng words:
Mr. AND MRS JOHN BlhCHhAN.
At HoNE,
Us4r,.day EreriHg, Jan. % (,sT 70 u o'l,,k
Jan. lstA lSis BrookiyH
Tie extraoriir ary coz birstoa Of circumstances was
naic kuosn Al tfe hou:e tbst evening, that rot only
were the BRIDE and bridegroom present, but tnst the
briesma'd, groomsmsn, and tie cficiatifg csrgymsn
Of the sotOal wedding fifty years sgo, sere preseot
$50 on tie occasion Of tee Golden Wedding Beside
these there thee others present on the ate &C.
essen, Ebo saw the marriage ffry years before.
TIE usrrisge feas; a, the Golden Wedding Sss all
tbs, tbs most f.stiious could desire Tie Rev. DR..
Bstlune invoked tie blessing. abiding very besu'i-
fu " to the aged couple, and 10 tue way they hsd
been ed ard blessed 10 their faulty aoi friends.
stranger, looking il at the cheerful scene would
have supposed to be the nupts feast of some young
couple so yfully and happily did the hours flow or.
When THE Important part of the occasion had been
attended to with 81 becoming ProPriety the iarge
company yerued to the parors to engage IN another
sCeue stil. more interesting.
Here the exceilett pastor Of " the Observed OF ell
observers" the happy couple, toe organ of con-
urricston between them and their children aud chill
oreus children Turing to the brdeg room, he handed
hi IT spenod gold watch, with cham ana seals, and
read the following note:
ITO FATHER: toien II sfr ton My It long De his
con pc, on snd the FOX h hiougA maaS SeiF. II
b. ath hspples. surrounded ~ MA chleleL ateu AS
" Br0otigH JsLy Ign, io13
Tie insoripton on the watch itself is ss follows:
ToJ Rachman from his children, on ne "@ d'H'ffr
a'p Of h' weefing'
On the movement OF the Waicb iuscrihed
Manila, ured expressly fl the donors, by A LIS Fargo
Geneva
Mr. vau Dyke then presented to Ms Hiuchmau a
pure of gold snd READ the following cote, ildored
To moa,r 49,
ITO our mother. also present st-in that which
pure ii-ef aid pesba5r ia - narr IL NJ emblem %
or lac fo M,y her ears with s ne many-4 bnsht
re,cef dag m which We celebrate the H"'H
II on, yG,eHit- Ja4 uaIy IL, L 81
VIII tuls second purse O. gold dollars, with
ttis note uGOrsed:
Our lite ioyetok.rs fr ia, go'4sH tune Mag love
her Oushi, and learn % practice her virtues. .
H. sdduor 10 the-s golden presents, Was ls5niI'
Gently bound copy Of the Testament aud P'aIms' IN
which Has the following inscription:
"a t.keu % Nj AID Mrs J. T. hlctman January ~ l'''-
msy ,e and a. you love inheri, IL wedding carmen. of
dying world
I ue officiating clergyman rsad the notes which &C
comp.ri,d these presents and IN very happy strain
ADDED f. worGs to each, and then closed the scene
by very tender prayer for the aged couple, tnat
Their yeals nj, De prolonged, aud taat they msht
" at Ia meet al tlef children and cldfens children
" ia tie better land where there Is NO partlog.
AS the striking "e"Ies srsllan! uaIrpueu anu
finally closed appropriate snd beautiful name,
macy eyes were suifused in tesrs, and many lips
n.urec a heartfelt blessing the couple extra
ordinarily favored.
There were Two uagnfcently frosted cakes on the
able winch NUT rot be overlooked. Doe oi them
bad il large ttters tie Of the persons married,
their attendants, AID the clergyman VINO soemnzed
tie mGuisss. On the upper edge Was inscn bed,
" Jao -. 1863, and on the lower edge, Jao. -,
1859 Between these were the names Is follows,
viz:
J. r. HNcHNAS,