The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1866-03-22
THE OT'TUMWA COURIER,
Local and Miscellaneous
A sURpRrsE.-we had the pleasure of

A SUBMISSIVE had the pleasure Of
being witness of one of those pleasant
surprises last night; the memory ofwhich
always lives green in the minds of the re-
cipients, Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes, of this city,
having lived together in The bonds of we'd
lock for twenty five years, (happily too,
as any one who looked at their cheerful
features, with which the hand of old father
Time has dealt sparingly. would instantly
surmise.l All this having come to pass
the worthy couple concluded that they
would receive their numerous friends on
the evening OF the twenty-ffth anniver-
| sary of their wedding, and show them
| that they were prepared 10 take another
twenty-five years voyage down lifes tur-
bulent stream. Confident that the trip
just made and hallowed bv the recollec-
tions Of the many happy hours, the social
family re--tinions and the love of dear
friends which accompanied them at the
| time. The writer hereof only reiterates
the Oft ex xpressed wishes Of their numerous
friends i'll hoping that they may bespared
to make this their second trip, and as their
! years multiply SO may their huppiness in
crease. In accordance with their wishes
quite large number Of the friends of the
bride aud groom assembled last night tn
offer their congratulations and.good wish
es. 4 crowd in which both youth and
old age were well represented. At about
10 o'clock some OF those who were in the
secret, took fOrcible possession of Mr.. and
! Mrs. H., marched them into another room
in which most of the audience had as
sem hlcI-up before a table covered with a
| cloth and as they stood confronting the ta-
| BILE, confused and vaguel = wondering what
would come next, Mr.. J. B. Flagr, whose
eyes had been twinkling with suppressed
merriment all evening, stepped forward
accompanied by Mr.. j. ID. Ladd. who
acted as bottle holder. and delivered the
| following neat speech.
Mr.. and Mrs. HaveS:-A number ofvour
| friends have assembled at Vnur home this
evening to celebrate with vou vour twen-
tv-ftth anniversary, your Silver We'd
! ding.
! They have brought with them some to-
kens of their esteem, something that will
always be to You II pleasant reminder I
! this i0vnuS occasion YOU will accept the
/ gifts with the best wishes ofthe rivers.
May your precious lives be spared.
and when twenty-five years have passed
! Your friends meet 10 feast with Won when
the presents tbev shall bring will be gold
Ell in place of tin or silver.
| May Heavens rirnest blessings rest up
on You and your children through life.
After which the cover wts removed and
o anl behold! beautiful set of silver
ware was disclosed TO the nstonished pair
fwho were unable to speak from their
Enhancement. IRE they hai Time to recover
| Mr. I.add announced that he had word
to say. or rather Il few 70 read, upon which
| he produced dncumeni of which the fol-
! lowing is a true copy. and proceeded to
! make them acquainted with it's contents
! which read as follows:
! WHEREAS, Samuel w. HAYES AMI Sarah
! p. Hayes. his wife, of the city ofOttunwa,
| County of Wapello, and State of Iowa.
| have. as we verify believe, lived for he last
| twenty-five wears, as good husbands and
wives should, i'm state of c,nnubial bliss,
| more or less. therefore
! Resotred, lSt.' That we will celebrate
| thtif .~il'N " IpbiNH-
! %, That as a slight token of our respect
| and esteem we present them with the ac-
companying silver ware. '.. 90" .T..'t
81, That we sincerely desire that when
twenty five wears more shall have passed
fthoy may still be living happily together.
TO celebrate their GOLDEN WEDDING, and
that upon that occa ion they may be sur
rounded by rs many and as true and long
tried friends rs now. .a.'-.
4th. That for the purpose above men
4, toned, we. the undersigned, have here
1 unto contributed the amounts set opposite
our names respectively, this sixteenth day
lof March, A. ~, one thousand eight hum
dred and siN.y-siN. .ta
[Here follows the list of names and sums.
Then followed Congratulations, and Il
struggle ensncd for the first Kiss of the
bride, All enterprising Young man who
must have been watching his chance for
Isome time Securing the first one. One
followed another until the bride was glad
ITO escape. We noticed ri this time com
motion among the ladies, ana before lie
knew it, AN enterprising young lady who
must have been doing exactly as the
young man mentioned above did, saluted
the bridegroom with a hearty smack
{ which Example was tbllowed with com
lmendable prolnptness by the rest of the
ladies'. We Didn't know but what they
would so the rounds and prepared our
self to 'buit, but they didn't come. Ev-
Ierybody was as happy as happy could be.
Some there were who had tears in their
feyes, but they wcrc not crying, you'd bet
tcr not have. told them that. Couldn't
yon see that they were laughing? ofcourse
they were! Mr.. Hayes after recovering
4 from his surprise thanked his friends for
their handsome present. Then came sup
per, and shortly after the guests departed
all in a happy frame of mind, caused by
z the pleasant scenes they had just witness
i cd. The Silver Ware il valued at $500
and consists of the following articles each
! OF which contains the following inscrip-
. ton Hays Silver Wedding;" l Silver
/. Castor; lSppon Holder; Ice Pitcher
| Cake Basket IL Tea spoons; Cream
| Spoon Goblet; Revolving Butter Dish 2
| Butter Knives;2 Napkin Rings; l Pen
Holder, and "A Mustard spoon. All the
above articles are of good silver, from Car
penter's of Burlington.gd tan" ~-.
| st.-.- sr rscfaH.ss
! For the Courier. ESD Ea.s-s -H@t as-i
. Dame Nature, in want Of something mean,
| Resolved her skill TO try iii that direc-
! ~ ton, sai-i' 'a..a b@. E@.T.
So, when complete. she called it Ill. Clay