Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-02-07
ANOtable Silver Wedding.

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A Notable Silver Wedding.
| 4 RICHMOND VT BOY, NOW A NEW YORK MIL
LIoNAIRE, AND HIS WIFE CELEBRATE AN
EVENT OF QUARTER Of cEsTURY AGO.
The New York papers chronicle the silver
wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ Bates. which
took place on the evening OF the 9th inst.
at.their elegant residence. 254 Madison
avenue. Mr.. Bates was born in Richmond,
in this county. and when a young man was
q clerk with Mr.. Hurlburt, a dry goods
merchant of this city. Twenty-Five years
ago he married Miss Martha Arnold Tucker.
OF Bristol, Addison county. Soon after he
went to New York, and alter engaging as
clerk for year became a junior partner in
the firm of Vincent Clark i Co. This firm
was continued under different names until
it was merged into Pardee, Bates < Co., e,
silk importers, and then into Bates, Reade
L Cooley, its present designation, 453 and
| 454 Broadway. lie is now a millionaire,
and is highly regarded as one of the sub
| stantial and upright merchants of the
metropolis,a an active supporter of the church
with which he is connected, and courteou
and generous gentleman. lie has a brother,
Mr.. Amos e. Bates. who lives in Rutland.
and ne and his estimable wife have many
Vermont friends who rejoice in his success
and join their congratulations with those
| OF his New York neighbors and friends.
They have three children-William, 10 years
of age, now at Columbia College Mary.
l6; and George, l3.
From the reports in the New York jour
mails VIC take the following particulars of
their silver wedding:
Between seven and eight hundred invita-
tions were issued. and by ten o'clock the
house was throngod with friends assembled
to present their congratulations. Four
young gentlemen, Messrs. Irving B. Fisher.
VIM. Ives Washburn. K. King Schultz. and
W. q. Bates. acted as ushers, presenting
all guests to the happy couple. They wore
neat badges, consisting of rosette of blue
ribbon, with a silver monogram in the
centre, composed of the initials of the bride
| and groom, souvenirs from Mrs. Bates.
The house was elaborately decorated with
| flowers. In some of the d0Orways were
suspended pretty hanging baskets, in one
large monogram IN flowers, on a shield.
a horseshoe IN another. and directly over
tho place where the guests were received. in
| front of the large mirror in the middle par
| lOr, was suspended beautiful silver bell,
| entGined with iestoOus OF smilax, producing
a novel and artistic effect. The mautles
were heavily banked with flowers; beaut
| ful designs in flowers rested on the centre
| tables, and the staircase was twined with
| wreaths of smllax, roses, and lilies. The
| awning over the sidewalk was brilliantly il
Illuminated, and extra gas brackets were put
| up in many parts of the house. In the din
ing room bouatiul supper was spread by
l Ii II. l. ~
designs appropriate fer silver wedding.
Mrs. Bates wore an elegant jaune sersin
silk and yd.ur grena, elaborately trimmed
with duche>so lace; a diamond necklace. and
two elegant diamond stars in the hair. She
held a lovely sltchel of flowers Miss Bates
was in pale pink six, trimmed with white
lace.
TEE PRESENTS.
A large number of costly and beautiful pres
cnts, mostly i'll silver. were received, filling an
upper front room. Noticeable among these was
a solid silver tea set, lined with gold, in re-
pOusse, weighing some two hundred ounces,
and costing l.25O, accompanied by a letter ar
ti>tcally printed on white satin, in blue, and
edged with heavy silver bullion fringe. The
letter was a> follows:
"ls54-ls79. L. NJ. Bates, Esq. Desr SIR
We, the undersigned, your employees, desire TO
express our sincere appreciation of the uniform
kindness and good will YOU have shown US.
Permit IL. therefore, to take the opportunity
which this twenty-tiith anniversary of your
wedding day offers us, TO presentto yourself
and wife the accompanying service, with our
best wishes Tor your happiness and prosperity.
That your lives may be spared 10 celebrate
happy Golden Wedding is the sincere wish Of
our friends
TIL. was signed by Messrs. $. {. Hubbard.
John c. Bates. +. W. TIansin-, Wm Meyer, K.
g Ormsby. and fifty other gentlemen.
In addition to the above, Il beautiful souvenir
and letter was sent by the employees of the
entry and packing department, handsome
solid silver fruit dish from Mr.. and Mrs. V.
Mumford Moore, an olive dish, with fork, from
Mr.. Frank Vincent, an ice cream set from
Com. and Mrs. &. II. Garrison, very elegant
card receiver from Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel
Fisher berry service from Mr.. and Mrs.
j. H. Reed, salts and spoon from Mr.. and Mrs.
\. Richard, Il ilOrentinc pendent from Miss Vim
cent, silver pitcher from Mr.. and Mrs. A. ID:
Moore, Il sugar dish with tOngs from Mr.. Friend
l.. Fits, aJelly spoon from Mrs. George ii.
Taylor, a dessert set from Mr.. I. f. Roberts,
very neat piece Of silver from Mr.. and Mrs.
t'eo y. Curtis, Il card case from Mr.. and Mrs.
lioagland, two panels from Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
W. billiard, vase from DIR. and Mrs. Henry ID.
Nirholl, knife and berry spoon from Alr. and
Mrs. John X. Downey, book of water color
paintings. representing Vermont wild flowers,
from Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. l.. Skdmore, a cake
knife from Mr.. and Mrs. Ballou. Il set OF tea
spoons from Mr.. and Mrs. Potts, dozen indi-
vidual salts OF Il new design from Mr.. and Mrs.
II. A. Blanchard, . silver vase from Wm. y.
Blakeman>, VI. D., fish knife and fork from
Mi and Mrs. X. 4. Fisher. set of fruit knives
and forks from Miss Mamie Bates, 4 silver
horse shoe from f. II. \. Jr., silver mounted
diary from Walton Burgess, Il large, llte-slLed
rrayon portrait from Mrs. Bates TO her hrs-
band. painted screen with silver mOuntingS
from Mr.. and Mrs. W. ). Wallace, silver ladle
from Dr. seeger and fiancee, berry spoon
from Mr.. and Mrs. j. Ii. Sahler, and II large
number of beautiful baskets of flowers from
friends; an elegant sci of salts from Mrs. Il. ii.
Van Aukin, u quaint and artistic silver and
gold sugar tongs from Mrs. Clark Bell. and
hosts of other presents, including beautiful
landscape by j. +. trOpsey, from Mr. Cooley;
u large wedding cake. the irOsting cncru>tcd
with silver coins, and magnificent chest Of
silver, from Mr.. Bates 10 his wife, besides other
presents i'll large numbers.
TIE GUESTS.
Among the distinguished guests present
were Judge and Mrs. samuel Jones, MIR. Frank
Vincent AMI daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Sanger, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin |. Cooley, Mr..
and Mrs. CyrI, Clark. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles b.
Wood, Mrs. Il. II. Van Auken and B. II. Van
Aukcn, .lr.; the Mrs. Iarsous. Mr.. and Mrs
VIM. b. shattuck, Miss Shattuck, Mr.. Amos +.
Emo, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Van Nalkenburg,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Graham Dunn, Mrs. VIII
liam a. Budd. Mrs. Bradford, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hoagland. MIR. and Mrs. \. B. Darling. Mr.
and Mrs. j. Motley, Mrs James Barrow (aunt
Funniel, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry knickerbocker,
Commodore and Mrs. {. II. Garrison, Mr.. and
Mrs. Nathaniel Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. II.
Clark, Mr.. and Mrs. A. ;. Hatch, Mrs. George
II. Taylor, Mr.. and Mrs. \. +. \. Palmer,
Mr. r. T.. Roberts, Mr,. Clarence Mortimer,
Miss IIoppock, Mr.. +. Richardson. DIR. and
Mrs. Henry ID. NlchOll, Mr. and Mrs. John
MeGimcss, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. j. Alexander
StOcker, Mr.. and Mrs. +. Buttoriield, Mr.. and
Mrs. Y. Mumford Moore, Mr.. and Mrs. A. :.
Barnes, Mr.. and Mrs. A. '. Stout, Mrs. Ed
ward Willets. Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Bell, Dr.
Fuller Walker, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo n. Curtis,
Mf. and Mrs. Tolcott, Mr.. and Mrs. Faulkner,
Mrs Wallace, Mrs. David Wetuo and Miss
wctmore. MIR. u. Duncan Vail, Rev. DR.. Tay
lor Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Connolly, Mrs.
Theodore shillaber, DIR. Weld, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles 5. Watrous, MI. aud Mrs. c. Il. Hackley,
DIR. +. Secger, biiss Louis jacques. Capt u. H.
Witthnus Miss Maria Louise Clark, Miss Bell, Mrs.
Yale. MIR. James NJ. Ball, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Carroll Leeds, Mr. Fitts Mr.. and Mrs. l.. X. Chit
tsndeu, Miss Marion Ward OF Milton VT, Mrs.
Geor.c W. McLnns, Mr.. and Mrs. Witherbee. OF the
Windsor Miss Florence Blssell. Anthony Leary,
Gus Hopkin-. General kiddoo, Mr.. Jordan.
The toilettes OF the ladies were exceeding
ly rich and beautiful.
During the evening Rev. DR.. Taylor, of
the Broadway Tabernacle, read an orig insl
poem, written by Mrs. James Barrow
("Aunt Fanny and beautifully cngrOssed
On white satin. Dancing began about mid
night. the festivities terminating at much
later hour.