Morning journal and courier., 1880-07-07
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A Silver Wedding i'm Gu1lford.


 There is no more any sense in calling Guilford ''that poky old town" Old it is, to be sure, (born 1639), but poky no longer Within few years a tide of good cheer has risen and watered the land, and now you will need to look long to find merrier men than Guilford men. The reason is not far to seek Guilford women have come to the front, and not waiting to worry for their undoubted rights, the ballot and all that, they have be- stirred themselves in their rightful domain, the home. They have frizzed the fronts of their houses with vines and flowers and pot ted exotics, improving their looks and their own. They have tidied the public streets apd scrubbed the face of the town That done, they have set up sociables, tea iunket- ings and birthday parties, and naturally out of these has come that highest and holiest of gatherings the wedding party in all it's grades of gold, silver, tin, etc
 Our last festivity was the silver wedding of Mir. and Mrs Harvey w. Leete. This happy couple reside at the West Side at that point where the stranger, arriving from the Elm City, balks at the multiplicity of roads and despairs how he shall enter the town This is the old homestead of the late Morris Leete, one of our staunch, strong men of the last generation. This excellent couple have not believed in making nope of life and they have made friends by the legion Tke bride is niece of William Faulkner, Esq. well known as the editor of the New Haven Morning News some twenty years ago. The groom stands in say the eighth generation of descent from Governor William Leete Now if any stranger coming to Guilford wants to take advantage of an incognito the sooner to enter our good graces, he could hardly do better than to assume to be Leete, for this family are in the forepart of every good word and work
 There were gathered Friday evening, July 2d, in spite of rain and lightning, about sev- enty guests, variously accomplished persons representing the well-to-do people of Guil- ford Among those from abroad were MT. and Mrs F. William Faulkner of Norwich. and Mir. and Mrs. Henry Stone of New York city. From New Haven came Mir. and Mrs George O. Kimberly, the brothers Crutten- den, Charles and Samuel, and their wives, also Mir. 0. R. Coan and family. Of the townsfolk were MT. Henry R. Spencer, MT. E. Woodruff and family, MT. Edwin W. Leete and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson F. Leete Mir. and Mrs. Leverett 0. Stone, MT. and Mrs. Henry Hale Mir. and Mrs. Christopher Spencer, MT. and Mrs. George B. Spencer, Mir and Mrs. H. D. Chittenden Mr. and Mrs Samuel Griswold, MT. and Mrs George L. Griswold, MT. and Mrs. Richard 0. Wil- COX, MT. and Mrs. Frederick Munroe, Mir. and Mrs. Daniel R. Spencer, MT. Henry Fow- ler's daughters, Mrs. Parkhurst, Miss Robin son, Miss Brown, Miss Munson, Mir. H. E. Fowler and MT. John B. Hubbard.
 The brothers of the groom, MT. George c. and Mir. Joseph A. Leete, with their families, also the two sons of the bridal pair, Mr.-Hen- ry and MT. Robert Leete, assisted at the re- ception. In an ante-room table labored under weight of gifts, comprising services of silver, in all arts and styles. The Crazy Club" had wit enough to contribute a china