The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-06-16
TWENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE MARRIAGE OF
Rev. DR. D. L. Buttolph and Mrs. Laura
Z. Bu;tolph.
ISSl-June 10Th 1855.

1SSl-June 10Th 1855.
An entertainment Of unusual interest and
pleasure occurred in our city on Friday
evening of last week Our towns folk Rev.
| D. L. Buttolph, H. D., and Mrs. Laura +.
! Buttolph having been married twenty five
ears viz on June the 10th, 1876, the Ia.
| dies of his congregation gave him and his
| estimable lady public reception, at the
Presbyterian parsonage. The groom and
bride were enticed from their home early in
| the day, and willing hearts through active
hands soon transformed their home into a
bower of green and flowers. while the table
groaned with good things. A large merry
and happy throng filled the rooms during
the evening and under cover of the recep-
ton, Mr. Buttolph was surprised by leave
o! absence and purse to detray his ex'
penses on trip to recuperate his health.
No one present will be likely to forget the
heart felt utterances of cur universally be-
loved friend as he slowly but earnestly &C
knowledged the kind acts of his friends
nor lu6 lOllOWlhS ISSiis
for the occasion by the Hon. L. f. Block
ley. which WAS touchingly read by Col Jas.
D. Waddell
BY HON. L. E. BLECKLEY.
The silver bells are ringing Full five and
twenty years,
With all their light and shadow, their
laughter and their tears
Have vanished, slowly vanished, and still
the Groom and Bride,
United erst in marriage, appear here side
by side
In silence, holy silence, each other they
espOuse,
Renew their pledge, Ieplight their faith,
repeat their marriage vows:
Those vows preserved by each, by both,
through all these years unbroken,
As pure and true and sacred now, as when
they first were spoken.
No priestly rite is needed, no publishing OF
bans,
No license from the Commonwealth, nor
laying on of hands;
Gods blessing on the marriage is all the
seal they need
With that their silver wedding may open
and proceed.
The scene before was double: in earth and
Heaven both,
Were witnesses attending, to hear the nup-
tial oath;
But now the scene is single this wedding
is SO high
That its solemn celebration is only in the
sky.
Gods favor there attend it And may He
have in store
Another five and twenty Full five and
twenty more
Bright years of welded rapture, for this
couple, growing old,
And grant them. in their season, a wedding
day of Gold.
DR.. AND Mrs BUTToLPH would take
this occasion to express to the members OF
the Presbyterian Church, congregation, and
their many friends in Marietta, their warm
est thanks for the entertainment given at
their residence on the 10th inst, the occa
sion being the twenty fifth anniversary of
their marriage also for an indefinite leave
for recreation with a generous contribution
Of money to defray expenses also FOR gifts
presented and kind wishes expressed by
many friends during the evening Among
the many pleasant incidents occurring and
making the occasion ever memorable, not
the least was the admirable poem commem-
orative of the event, contributed by the
Hon. L. L. Bleckley of Atlanta, which ex
hibits not more the power Of his genius
than the warmth of his heart.