The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-12-01
GOiden Wedding.
DEDICATED TO DEA. BENJAMIN CASEY AND
WIFE, on TIE Occasion OF THE CELE.
BRATIoN OF THE FIErrETn ANNIVERSARY
OLE rnE1n WEnnINn NY A ERIFNn

BRATIoN OF THE FIErrETn ANNIVERSARY
OF THEIR WEDDING, by FRIEND
Time flies. Though its nigh. is noise.
less as the fitting shadow, or the passing
cloud, though it gives us no warning OF
its approach, on its presence or tells US
whence it comes, or whittier it goes, yet
it is irresistible in its course. Its fight
can only be stayed by Him who spoke IL,
and all its attendant train Of material OK.
istencies, into being. No human wisdom
or foresight can evadc the effects Of its
flight; no earthly power can retard the
flow Of this all pcrvading stream no NOR.
tai may hope to stem its tide. Borne on
by its irresistible force, the child of to.
day soon becomes the youth; youth is
changed to early manhood and woman.
hood this state is soon converted by this
wonderful achemst, into maturity and
again, its impress burrows :ho brow, sill.
vers the locks, and bows like tho withcred
seed, the manifest forms.
The child OF to day, in his glceful
mirth, beholds no end of time and heeds
not is passage. The youth, would fain
hasten the flight of the golden hours, that
he may sooner enter upon the joys Of ear
ly manhood. Manhood, fired by laud.
able thirst it may be, for material gains
for worldly renown,io present happiness,
scarcely observes its fight, and it is only
when failing sight, defective hearing, slug.
gish circulation, and unsteady nerves, have
each in turn warned him that time with
him is nearly past that he observes its
aeetiug nature that he learns its value,
and would stay its flight.
To the aged, all seems changed. Child
isb visions have passed with childish
years The boundess future which the
youthful imagination saw spread out be
fore it, tinted with bright hues Of beauty,
has been found by stern experiences, 20
be but span in breadth. Foud memo.
ry traces its events as the work of year.
Doubtless, that mutual aged friend Dea
George A. Flower, of St, Lawrence, Co
New York, Of ours, who though physical.
y in his distant home, is doubtless men.
tally with us tonight, as is his valuable
token of remembrance is thus musina
over your own lives history Well dual.
flied by ago and intimacy OF acquaintance
and relationship. to muse intelligeNtly hi.
memory doubtless pictures two pratt ling
children in the early spring cf life, en-.
gagged in childish sports. A little later
two youthful forms, buoyant with life
with love, with hope, each fond OF the
company of the other, yet scarce knowing
why, happy themselves, and observing
only happiness around them. lie recall.
the time, with all the vividness of scene
Of yesterday, when in the early summer
Of life, these two were joined in the ho }
bonds Of matrimony he recalls the min
ute events OF the occasion, and lives ovel
again, and again enjoys its social pleas
ures.
Then too in lfu's sumner, comes tn,
Tin wedding or the like social gathering.
of that period, with all their jolly re
membranes, and it also brings with thu
happy pair on such occasions those fonC
pledges Of affection, which are, and are t
be, the light, the Joy Of the well ordered
household.
La early fall, the Silver wedding will
its sobered harvest like surroundings, it
increased parental blessings, and its real
izations, in part at least. of those reason
able hopes they SO fondly cherished in tb'
early summer of life.
Then memory fingers as it recall, ,h
less distant scenes Of later days Tn
fond greetings of the long tried friends o
mature years the observed realization o
parental hopes; the possession by til,
faithful twain of pleasant home in whicl
to spend their declining years, surround
ed with all those blessings and com fort
which tend to make life happy. An'
above ALL it fingers as he recalls the his
tory of the well spent lives of the bird
and groom, as he weighs their character
and notes the unsulled reputation of each
the fair prospect Of serene and happ,
old age in store for them.
He may not recall Tin or Silver wed
ding in connection with your history, 70
they may not have occurred, but b
doubtless recalls those periods which sue
gatherings very pleasantly make as the
pass. To him, do not these fifty years O
your married life, yes these scventy.thre
Of your natural lives even, seem short au
fleeting?
But who in memory shall trace TIL
year Of life ,nhU't a. it eeonne ~ him who's
memory can spare it, to the occasion {
your Diamond wedding if you should b
; spared yet twenty Eve years longer. VIII
? of your early friends shall be spared
: trace in memory your lives history then
How few are with us, who can thus rcca
the history of bride and groom Of
Diamond wedding. whose matrlmoui;
7 lives date from the aye Of twenty, even
: And how very far less in number ar
those who furnish occasions for sue
gatherings? Almost endless as life seem
( to the young, it Is far too short to max
damon weddings any other than strang
occurrences, But may you both live I
: furnish and enjoy such an occasion. An
may some of the friends who knew you
, early life, be spared to trace in mcmor
. the history Of your well spent lives.
Fifty years of married life? How II
, young heart thrills at the thought of sue
a boundless duration of life even 81
to you, who have lived it, can you 50
that it seems long? II YOU are spare
: for one year to come, will not the even
of your early married life be still as vi
idly impressed upon your memory as
9 this, its fiftieth anniversary? ThiH is,
o believe, the usual testimony Of those
like experience. If so, how short mu
, life seem to you when dwelling upon tho
= happy occurrences Of your youth ? b
: oh ! the spell must be broken when V
!, recall your many experiences during II
. time which has interviewed. The joysil
= sorrows, the hopes, the fears, the success
J. es, the failures, Of these fifty years, win