The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-01-09
Married Forty Years.

The children, relatives and friends OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Boice, of Rochester, cele.
brated the fortieth anniversary of their
wedding on Christmas. All the children
and grand children were present, and q
When the company had all arrived. Rev.
Geo. Knapp in behalf of the children
made brief appropriate speech, and pre-
sented to the yoked couple Of years va.
rious useful articles to the amount OF
We've Met Again" We then listened
to the following interesting paper by
Mrs. Boice of Huntington:
'Dear friends, we have met here to
celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the
wedding of this happy couple. Yes, for
ty years ago some of us witnessed the
nuptial ceremony that made the lives of
these two as one. Let US go back to that
olden time and take look at things rs
they were then, for verify it is we'll for
us that we pause and look back upon the
past. 1t is thus we learn more fully to
appreciate the present. Forty years ago
there stood on this spot a small log house,
with one room and an attic, which we
called home. Here our father lived with
his two sons, Zone son had previously
sought home in an adjoining town, and
three daughters. The father and one
daughter have long since left US for their
brighter home above, the others are
spared to enjoy their earthly homes as
they have for themselves chosen. This
happy couple have seen some of the sad
realities of life. One dear son was
snatched from their arms in infancy by
the fell destroyer, death. The other
children have left the parental roof for
horles of their OWL, except the youngest.
May it be their good fortune, that he re-
main with them to watch their final exit,
as they did their fathers. One little
grandson was brought back to them
from the Sunny South, to bask in the
sunshine of their love for a brief season,
but long enough to have the chords of
love twined tenderly around their hearts
when deaths cold hand was laid upon
him, but thanks to our Heavenly Father,
our friends are not without a solace in the
hour of trial. They have lived to find a
balm for all earthly ills and griefs. As
the venerable father, Rev. Sage solem.
nized their marriage, he prayed that they
might live to build a domestic altar
around their hearth-stone, and enjoy the
fruits of well-spent life, and now as we
look in upon them to-day, we feel that
that prayer is being answered"
In addition to the above paper Mrs.
Boice read a long poem of her own COM
position entitled: Last Evenings Remi-
niscences." But it is too long for inssr-
ton, and an attempt to give extracts
would be doing injustice to the author.
The next thing in order was song en-
titled: when l was One and Twenty"
Then we had chorus from the children,
+" When was Around The Hearth" fell
lowed by prayer by the Rev. George
Knapp.
Rev. Knapp also entertained the COM
pany by declaiming several pieces.
At this point / thought heard
thousand voices from the oysters en-
treating, "Deal mercifully with US" but
regardless of all their cries they were
eagerly devoured. Dyspeptic stomachs
also said when they saw such rich va
riety of cakes and other things on the
table, "Lead US not to indulge" But
things being so inviting it was too much
for human nature.
MIR. and Mrs Boice looked elegant yet
very modest. From distance
they both looked comparatively young,
but o closer observation revealed the
"wrinkled brow" and the "silver thread"
1t is sad to see those whom we love SO
well growing old.
Rev. Mr.. Williams, of Brighton, ar
rived before the party adjourned, thus
evincing his regard for the family in
coming so far on such a cold day. By
request he spoke u few impromptu words
10 Mr. and Mrs. Boice and the children.
Twas never in place where every
body seemed to enjoy himself better than
on This occasion. Mr. and Mrs. B., and
all that were there will long remember
the day. In closing wish that the de-
clining years of this couple may be their
best and sweetest; may they ever be
found on the side of truth as sberetofore,
and when life shall have ended they shall
not have lived in vain. ID. F. w.