The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-04
SALEM.

Mr.. and Mrs. Abe. Crowley were the
| guests Of. Mr.. J. K. Smith and wife or
Thursday afternoon.
| Mrs. Dawson, of Kenosha, left fol
home on Tuesday.
Mr.. ID. G.. Stewart, who has been tC
York State to see his mother, who was
dangerously i'll, returned home on Tues
day. He visited friends in Rochester
and Linden.
Miss Cornweii, who has been sojourn.
ing in Fond du Lac and other places for
some weeks, returned home On Saturday.
Cora Wicks, daughter Of Albert
WickS, was for while this week
threatened with blindness from the
measles.
Mr.. Nodiah Brown has becn a great
sufferer with ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the past week. His neighbors, who
highly esteem him, and deeply sympa-
thiZe with him in this, the time of Attic
ton, turned out ON Friday and hauled
him twenty-four loads of wood.
Miss Mary Gull accompanied by eight.
cen of her pupils, rushed in unawares
upon Mr.C. civilians school on Thurs
day morning. They likewise visited
Mr.. G. K. Cults school in the afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. S. Thorp have issued
over forty invitations to their golden
wedding party Tuesday afternoon and
evening, Feb. 1,declining presents from
any one except their relatives.
Mr.. Fred Gull, with his pupils and
friends of Paris, numbering twenty
three, all packed in one sleigh, four-in-
hand, visited his parents family, W. V.
Gull, on Friday evening. They were
cordially entertained, and at ten o'clock
pRrtook Of a nice repast. c. e. Will
liams, Frank Hartnell and Miss Claire |
Burgess were the only ones from Salem |
and Brighton present.
Mr.. G. Orvis and wife celebrated their |
silver wedding on Monday evening in |
a magnificent, unexpected, and felicit- |
Gus manner For some time past their |
children and other immediate relatives |
had been eontriving to get up sur |
prise to commemorate the event, and in |
orderto do 50 were obliged at times to |
practice divers harmless receptions up |
on them. For instance, the last and
greatest one was in employing Mr.. and |
Mrs. n. Crowley at the Station to en- |
tice Mr.. 0ryis and wife to come and |
spend Monday with them, that the
house might be set in order for the in |
vited guests in the evening. They ac- |
cordin0ly entertained "the innocents
abroad all day, and at night took them
home, choosing a eircuitous road with
the prstense. to call on friends. When
they came in sight Of home they saw
the house all illuminated, and there ap-
peared TO be an unusual noise and stir,
the meaning Of which they knew not,
no more than the. Philistines did the
noise of the great shout in the camp of
the Hebrews. On entering, festive
and beWildering scene burst upon their
view.. Oyer seventy guests were as
sembled and making merry, and nota-
bly, among the number was Squire
Wibher, Of Wilmot, who just quarter
Of a century ago, made the twain one.
By the appearance, too, of the Wand
laden tables it was evident that re-
cberehe repast had been sllrreptitiously
prepared in anticipation of their com
ing. But by-and-by it began to be whisp-
cred round that good grandma Orvis,
as everybody calls her, and the central
figure of the evening, had taken an ac
tive part in preparing the meal and
helped furnish the oysters. Indeed, it
seemed there was no end to the curious
proceedings. Even some Of the appoint
ments were changed. az touched by
some fairy's wand. Perhaps the most
conspicuous Of any was beautiful
new ingram carpet covering the floor,
a present from their daughter Adelaide,
and made and put down by Mrs. A. 5.
Barber, Mn G. Curtis, and Mrs. futile.
AS Mr.. Orvis and wife bOheld all these
strange things in the light Of revela-
ton they ceased to marvel, and feel
| ing Of mingled pleasure and gratitude
moved their hearts, and to give
still greater significance to the occasion
they bethought themselves to don their
wedding garments. Mrs. Orvis wore
silk Of that delicate tint known as the
ashes-of-roses,a and it was cut and made
| in style that in these days was both
odd and picturesque in the extreme.
Mr.. Orvis was dressed in black broad
cloth from neck to foot. But whether
his shapeIy foot was encased in sandal.
slipper, or boot, / regret to say escaped
my observation. Dancing and other
amusements and all things else con-
spired to make the event memorably
happy one. During the twenty-five
| intervening years Mr.. and Mrs. Orvis
have not only prospered temporarily,
but Providence smiled upon them, and
blessed their homo with seven as fine
olive branches as you often see--6ve
boys and two girls. Friends, they have
also many, manifest in the numerous
and elegant presents which they re-
ceiyed,
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