Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-17
Crystal Wedding.

prise, an account of which would better
be written and published by other hands
! but us the kind friends who made the
demonstration, are entitled to full rec
ord, and as the recipients trust they are
sufficiently chastened by the fact that
they have neither merit or prominence
deserving such attention, they hope to
give due credit and appreciation, and at
the same time avoid intolerable egotism.
On Monday evening of this week, the
editor of this paper, answered a sum-
mons at the door of his dwelling, where
he was met by Capt. Walter Taylor and
Mrs. Taylor, and as near as our bewil-
dered reportorial recollection serves, the
Captain made the following speech:
Good evening, Mr.. Swain When
you returned from your wedding tour
fifteen years ago, you stopped at my
house Till settled in your own home. We
have come this evening to return the
call"
Instantly the Cornet Band struck up
in front, and glance revealed process
sion reaching from the house to the street
and from the street northward from
whence they had come. In other words
crowd of people had assembled at our
house on the fifteenth anniversary of our
marriage. At this moment the "sitooa-
tion" was first understood, and the friends
poured into our dwelling two hundred
strong, covering long table with re-
freshments, and another with the valu-
able presents they had brought with
them
The surprise was absolute and COM
plete, and We Editor and Mrs. Editor
made immediate and unconditional sur
render Their home was at once filled
to overlooking with radiant faces, and all
IN the exhuberance of youth. 1t was
emphatically union assemblage, includ-
ing friends from all the localities, parties,
trades and professions, old and young in
town, representatives from Westminster
and other towns, and not emitting even
the Queens dominions on the northern
border.
The gathering was called to order for
a brief period by Capt. Taylor, and af-
ter prayer by Rev. Mr. Hamlin, the
recipients, obedient to orders, renewed
their pledge Of fifteen years ago, amid
spicy and humorous remarks of Mr.. Ham
lin, w. S. Myers, Capt. Taylor, Drs.
Whitman and Nichols, o. b. Arms, Dr.
Q. f. Woods, S. E. Baird and we know
not how many other, to which the editor
made such response as his Strengthened
circumstances permitted.
After this the guests served themselves
with refreshments, and soon the excel
lent music Of the QuadriIle Band re.
sounded, an improyised concert of terp.
sichore followed, and an hour was spent
in lively social intercourse, including the
us eoBlica Of friend Dewey, which was
the source of much merriment. The
narrow escapes of many from commune
eating the intended visit to US. was also
source of much amusement, in which
were related many instances which oc-
Cured during few previous days, where
the editor had played very comic part
quite unconscious to himself. II appears
also that the rendezvous had been first
at the residence of Mr.. Wyman Flint, at
seven o'clock, sharp from which place
they proceeded in body TO their desti.
nation.
The couple thus visited not being
! blessed with the number of infantry
voucbsa led sometimes to other people,
| it was very natural that there should
have been appropriate" allusion to this
fact, for which they must have credit
In very tiny pair of shoes was the fol-
lowing couplet:
Z" It is the wish of those who give
This Dair q shoes nice.