Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-02-18
Wedding Anniversary in waItsfeId.

Wedding Anniversary in Waltsheld.
Wednesday evening, February II, 1850
WAS the twenty-fflh anniversary of the
marriage Of Orcas C. Wilder and Miss
Mary Holden. and about two hundred and
forty of their friends and neighbors met TO
assist in celebrating the event.
Their friends of Waitsfeld and vicinity
presented 4 silver tea set; his comrades OF
AIMS orth Post. G.. A. R.. a silver cake
basket: their children a silver castor.
Other friends presented napkin rings,
vases. spoons and various other articles,
while Aunt Charlotte Smith, hat and
bonnet maker when Captain Wilder and
wife were children, now past ninety-one
years of age-presented the groom and
bride with a miniature straw hat and bon
net, nicely trimmed and enclosed in \ glass
show case made and presented by Mary
Rambling.
About 9 o'clock l. D. Savage called the
house to order, and John Murphy set the
company in roars of laughter by singing
the Irish Wedding
D. 5. Stoddard was called upon and read
the following letter from Col. John S.
Campbell, and also = poem:
WAITsFIELD. Feb. II, 1880.
To Captain 0. c. Wider and yite and
family Of children and graEdehjld We
were much pleased to receive an invitation
to your twenty-tifth anniversary, but
must say that failing health renders it
impossible for US to attend.
Perhaps it will not be gu: Of place in
me to refer to some Of the antecedents OF
your ancestors, of which think You may
well feel proud. In my young days well
remember the grandfather of Captain O..
C. Wilder. who WAS known as Deacon
Wilder. 4 very respectable old gentleman
who used to attend meeting at Waitsfield
Common. under the teachings Of the Rev.
Aruuah Chandler. He was one of the
early settlers of Waitsfsld, and of the old
Puritan stock from Massachusetts, with
which the north part Of Waitsield was
settled. lie lived respected and died la
meuted.
OF the next generation were Captain
Levi Wilder and his brothers, Euos, Dan
lei aud Francis They knew we'll what it
was to undergo the privatious of settling
new country. Their advantages were
small compared with what the children OF
the present time enjoy.
| Permit me here TO recall 40 incident in
the history Of our town and county Us well
as Of the Wilder family. The memorable
battle of Plattsburg occurred on Sunday.
September IL. 1911. The booming Of the
cannon could be plainly heard on Waits
| field Common; the meeting WAS broken
up, aud all who could leave went to the
rescue Of their country, Captain Levi
| Wilder with the rest. They returned dur
| ing the week, and the next Sunday, the
18th, Captain Levi Wilder, with portion
Of his company rode upon the common
with horses trimmed and men in full uni
form, with bear skin caps and pine spri9
in each cap; also the infantry, who mad
likewise returned, appeared, and together
with the cavalry marched into the meet
ing house, and Mr.. Chandler preached tc
them, and there were but few dry eyes on
that occasion.
Captain Levi Wilder lived respected BY
his neighhors, received bis share of promo
ton ia town, and died on the Wilder home
stead At good old age.
Again [ repeat, you may feel proud o
your ancestry.
now come to the third generation
which IS Captain Q c. Wilder and wife
whose ancestry in the Holden family are
equally to De res pected and esteemed.