Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-01-10

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and praise,
galf doubtful If myseif or otherwise. o. a
| Like him who, in the oid Arsbsn Joke,
A beggar slept snd crowned Csliph Vok4
Thanks not the less. With not unglad snr
prise 'f hrr bs|' i' sfH CH
sce nv iife.work through your partial eyes
Assured. in giving to my nome tsugat s0agl
A b, CHER vslne than of right belongs- ..l.;
You co but read between the written lines
The finer grace of unfulhlled desisns ,.- n Z
i2th mo. 1871. ~ 'y,.,.. "a. v.
| The Presidents Silver Wedding
Hew II .eas. Celebrated sna was
l. Helped % Celebrate it. '''l' u
Washington Correspondence Cincinnsti Com
The party invited IN honor OF this
ami. ersary tonight are in sll essan-
| iial considerations rective,i en- JdntiTye
and major part Of the guests Eert
guests II the original wedding twenty
FIVE years ago. The members and Eel.
1 stives OF the fauiiiy present comprise
In additi0n to thu Prtsid mt and Mrs.
Hayes, their three sons and little
daughter, .Mn Webb, the. mother oi
Mrs. Hayes. Mrs. Ha, es' aunt, Mrs.
Lucy Cook, Tor whom she Hss pamed,
two bro.h+rs of Mrs. Hayes, DR.. J, T,
and DR.. J. ID. Wehb. a sister of Mrs,
Platt. of Columbus. Ohio, and hei
daughter, Miss Laura Platt, Mr.. and
Mrs. J W. Heron, and Or. and Mrs.
Davis, cousins Of the family ''
The only persons not resident In
Washiugton who b We been Invited
. g those who we're present at the mar.
rage of the President Those who are
invitei in this city are the quOndam
a.sOci' tes Dt President Hayes In Ken.
yon CoiIese. ..'..~"
Meinbrrs of the Cincinnati Literary
Club, and members IF the Cincinnati
B rom 1850 io 1860.
Jud Warden, who tried Mr.. Hsyas'
fl - case. -ni 7'-'
Ju'- =. Thurmsn, Judge Of the Supe-
riur Court which tried the frat cases Ol
tn, Presidents law experience.
Members Of the Twenty third Oi,iO
Regime mt, Ohio army friends, aud IA
miiiar family friends from that State.
Gov. DennisOn, Whose wedding
President Hayes attended thirty years
ago.
The Vice President and the mem
hers of the Cabinet, Chief Justice and
Mrs. Waite, Justice and Mrs. s wayne,
both formerly members of the Ohio
bar.
Mrs. Admiral DIhlgren, at whose
first marriage with MIR. Goddard, of
Ohio, the President vas guest. r.
A most hnpOrad guest ;s the venera
~. IN M - ~ e HI.
Ohio, who married Pre- ] a and Mrs.
II Yes in 1852, and Mrs. Wilbur, onct
psincipal of the seminary At which
Mr.. Hayes grsduattd.
All thrse guests src personal and
tried friends Of the d i,,guishFd cou-
FL wn0se welded LIVES have known
such remarkable advancement, ana
al hough this reassembIas,. Of the wit
ntsses Of the first marriage, OF Deeem.
bs,r 31It, 1852, at No l4l Sixth street /.
Gincinna. /. is Hithnuf ostentatinn, tie
twenty fifth anniversary has an inter.
est for the whole country. 81 |''' %
the man who earned appr0b itiOn by
hi. war record, who has BEN twice
G vernon nf his own State, and who
holds 80 much of public destiny and
public cor q lence In his conduct OF the
p ;sideUtial Office, will receive the
gratul4tien$ ~ all his greet cunstituen
cy, hnd all friends, Psrtisah and non
partisan, on the long Continuance OF
domestic felicity celebrated TO- day and
the possession Of wife whose good
n So AMI grace are recognized by all.
The E 1T Rom and the Green Blue,
and Red Parlors and the chief hall.
and Corridors, as we'll as the private
apartments Of Mrs. Hayes, are, with
admirable taste, decorated with pots Of
magnificent ferns, euphOrbias and the
red pO,nSettia, and frstOons Of spilax
and runniDg ferns drspe the chaudel.
irrs and mantels, brilliant collections
of the rarpst blossoms Of the hOt-house
fill the vases and cover the stands; the
grand pieces OF silver II the r. d
Room and the great ELLINGTON Shield,
snd the silver boat Of Hiawsth4 is ls-
don with h0wers-japOnicas and finer
10 Rers.
Mrs. Hayes has not, as several daily
ipe;s have announced, procured new
aud rich dress for this occasion. Her
attire is, as usual, elegant, becoming
and perfect In taste. A dress Of
heavy white silk, made in elaborate
but not snowy style, and simply gar
nered with silk :nd lace. Her original
wedding dress, of rich white brOeade.
made with the full skirt and flowing
sleeves Of twenty five years ago. its
low neck covered by fichu Of putferi
tnlle aud white lace; her white slip
pers, nigh shell comb, silk hose, fine
handkerchief, etc, all the old para
pnernalia of bride of that time, lie
on couch in Mr.. Hayes own room.
and il anticipated that she might be
induced to appear once more la them
b-fore the illnesses of their first Ne
sumption. The presents received ar
not exhibited, ss the President and hiS
wife announced their hisinciinatinn TO
r C. I've gifts, tu, 1t /. known that the
surviving mplnbers of the Twenty
third Ohio Regiment have pr sented
Mrs. Hayes q suggestive memorial
gift in silver in the form of 4 log cd bin.
miniature reprOdu. tion OF the cabin
which Was the headquarters of the re-
giment tn which Mr.. Hayes belonged,
and which Mr.. Hays visited on the
bank of the KanaWhs river during
the war-the only lady who pa+5rd
the winter with them. 1t Va inscribed:
To the Mother Of the Regiment"
The evening was spent In social con
v'rsstion, every body Offering congrat
u,atiops to both Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes,
ri those who remained until past
IN dnight wished the happy couple d
hsp y New Year, being reminded by
the bsnruiug OF cannon on White lot,
ner the Mansion House, end the ring
lag OF chuc 0'lls, that Wa hav,
ass.d from ,hp yesr 1877 into the new
year 1878. The same signal served ~
a reminder that it vas lime for the a.:
s-uiblage To di1perse, and though
many seemed 10th to leave their h0ets,
tie quests soon afterwards N tde their
adieus and departed for their s~veral
homes tn reflect upon the pleasures ui
he evening, or ascended 20 the nlor
above to retire to the Temporary
CO ,ches whicn had been provided for
Ihem.
fhe formal marriage was performed
las, night. about thirty persons oeinr
present. The minister wore the same