Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-03-26
WEDDING.
Col. Geo. w. TeIrord nnd Lndy
A Happy reunion ofthe Fam.
lily.

OF q wedding on the 26th ult. There
were present about one hundred persons,
consisting Of ministers relatives and friends.
Tho subjects Of this celebration, Col. G..
w. Telford, and Lady, are among our
best citizens, revered for their christian
walk and example, and ~unbounded chart
ty. They have been members of Salem
Presbyterian Church, for more than fifty
years,and the Colonel a ruling Elder nearly
all that time, and ever faithfully discharg-
ing bis duties as such, his Lady, exhibit.
ing that pureness of christian character,
that becomes the wife Of an Elder. They
have been useful members of society -,
at homo and in public they have ever ex-
ercised a gentleness peculiarly character
i,tia as parents, love and duty have held
the ruling scepterS, when trouble re-
peatedly came to them even in its gloom
lest form it wal borne with a decided
degree Of christian patience. After L.
W. Keen, artist Of your city, had taken
several Photographic, Of the company, all
assembled in the spacious parlor of the
mansion, Col. Telford and wife presenting
themselves the Colonel addressed the au-
dience about as follows:
Esteemed relatives and friends AMI
mated by a sense of profound gratitude
for the honor you do us by your presence
on the 6ftieth anniversary of our marriage,
we extend to each and all a cordial welcome
This Gay fifty years ago, we stood at the
altar. (The venerable Rev. Stephen
Bowel, D. D. being the officiating minis,
ter; we are happy to see hat great and
good man represented here to day by a
granddaughter in the person of Mrs. Ez.
s. MatheS,) and then and there took upon
ourselves the marriage VOWS. How per-
fectly those vows have been kept, or the
reciprocal duties of husband and wife have
been performed, is not my purpose to
speak. l regard it, however, due to the
wife of my youth and partner of my life
to bear this public testimony to her aftc.
ton and fidelity, as a wife and a mother,
not intermittingly, but constant, not
spasmodic but uniform on the 6ftieth an,
niversary, in accordance with a long estab.
lished custom, We make our appearance,
before o number of esteemed Ministers
and friends; but oh, how changed, lat
marriage my wife sixteen and l of twen>
ty years. The sunny days Of youth have
passed into the night fall of age and the
shadows ,r. frightening and frightening
IS we near the close Of life; We appear
before you to-day, not to remarry but to
express our gratitude to God for the
past. And to look forward with hope to
the future; How pleasant it is to stand
here on this plateau and look back along
the vista of time, on the joys and sorrows
Of former, days; We thank God to-day
for a home to shelter and kind friends
with sympathizing hearts together around
our fire side to smooth our way as we ap.
proach the twilight of the evening of life,
causing the bright sunny days we have
passed to grow brighter and more beautl,
full
Happy, thrice happy indeed are those
whose intercourse with the world has moi
changed their holier feelings; or broken
those musical chords of the heart, whose
vibrations are so melodious, so tender and
so touching in the evening of life again
please accept our thanks for the honor
you have done us; by being with US on
this occasion; u golden wedding;
When the Colonel had ended his well
come address and taken his seat by the
side of his wife of fifty years, the Rev. j,
d. Tadlock ofBristol read the Goth Psalm
after which the version of the same Psalm
was sung by the company, accompanied
by the sweet sympathies of a beautiful
Parlor Organ, at which the youngest
daughter, Miss. K. Joe Telford, presided
Prayer, was then offered by the Rev. W.
3. Rankin. After which, Professor E. G.
Mcclure, q son-in-law in behalf Of the
children (of whom there were present,
seven children, sixteen grand. children
and two great>grand children,) presented
some very beautiful and valuable gifts of
gold and of books, using something like
the following language;
Father and Mother: This day com.
pletes the fftieth year of your welded
life. That life has been one marked by
mutual love and affection as husband
and wife and kindness as father and moths
er. Your children have ever recognized
their wants aud wishes as anticipated
and provided for by you, your admoni.