Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-12-03
Golden Wedding Memorial
REV. 7. B. AND MRS. T. ]. LYMAN,
Hiio, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands.
NOVEMBER 2D. 1881.

Ht|o, HaWatt, hawaiian Islands.
The I'd OF November. 1881, will long be
remembered in Hilo, ms the Golden We'd
ding day OF Rev. ID. B. and Mrs r. j.
Lyman. As Father and Mother Lyman
have resided in Hilo ever since their arri-
val from the United States in 1892, never
having revisited their native land, they
seem emphatically father and mother TO
the whole community, and are so vcneratcd
by all. Only two of their six surviving
children, with their families, were able to
be present on this interesting occasion
Three sons are settled i'll Chicago, H., and
the only surviving daughter resides at
Lihue, Kauai. Their circle OF grand
children numbers thirty one, two only de-
ccased. Twelve were present.
The day dawned clear and bright The
old homestead was tastofully and bcauti-
fully decorated with fcstoons of fragrant
male and fern wreaths, while handsome
palm fronds inside the parlors and on the
verandah, added to the general effect. A
bower was constructed at one end Of the
pnrlor, OF palm leaves, intcrtwined with
graceful vines, with the golden and white
chrysanthemum blooms Autumn leaves
added their rich hues to the decoration of
the bower tho latter II gift received from
lady III Oregon few days previous A
golden motto, with the initials and the
dates 1881 1851, framed in autumn leaves,
was suspended from the ceiling, by fes-
toons OF the same leaves, directly over the
bower
The first memorial event of the day was
Hawaiian dinner given by Hon. j. Ma
wahi, graduate of the Hilo boarding
school, now its acting principal, and his
school boys, to their loved "Makua," (par-
ents). The hour was IL noon, and the in
yitcd guests were limited in number The
Lyman family, the Trustees PRESIDENT in
Hlo) with their families, gradutes of the
institution with their wives, and Rev. T..
7. Baker, who had assisted rs teacher in
the school for some weeks after MIR. Ocson
left were the only invited guests long
table spread in Hawaiian style, with the
choicest dainties and substantials OF n
Hawaiian "tmou," occupied the centre of
one side of the school room, opposite
which, across one of the black boards, the
word ALOHA in flowers of richest yellow
gave to all hearty welcome. At small
round table midway of the school-room
were seated the venerable parents of the
school, with Rev Titus Coan and Indy
During the feast the school BOYS, quietly
seatcd mt their desks i'll the other end of
the room, enlivened the time with sweet
songs, sung with much expression to the
music Of three guitars, gently played in
concert. At the close of the dinner, n
most touching scene occurred. Mr.. Ma
wahi stepped forward near to the small
table, With much emotion, i'll n few
broken words he presented to Father
Lyman purse of about three hun
dred and fifty dollars, which had been
contributed by their old pupils from
Hawaii to Niihau," free will offering of
"aloha " for this day. Mr. Nawali had
been the active agent in securing this low
:. ing ~. This was II complete surprise,
nfiS 4 most unexpected tribute to both
Father aud Mother Lyman, and was re-
sponded to by him with emotion. After
the prcsentatlony the company of guests
adjourned while the school boys sat down
to their feast with much good will.
The reception and public exercises of
the day, had been appointed Mt the Home,
from 2 till 4 p. M, and the invitations
were given to both native and foreign
communities from both churches the pre-
vious Sabbath, A large number of friends
responded to the invitations. Counting
in the sixty -four boys of the Boarding
school, the number present OF Hawaiians
and Foreigners was not less than one hun
bred and fifty. just at 2 O'Clock some of
the children of the Union Day School on
their way home, came i'll, with their teach
ers, in orderly procession to present their
"aloha." Father and Mother Lyman
stepped out on the yerandah to SEQ the
children and warmly responded. A piece
of cake was handed to each child us they
stood in line, and they went OIL with great
satisfaction.
At half past two, the parlors being well
filed with friends, the exercises com
menccd with prayer in English, from Rov.
Il. Coan, followed by prayer i'll Hawaiian
from Rev. }. H. Pablo OF Onomca, grad
uate OF the school. Then Rev h. L. Baker
read an address in English, followed by II
sweet solo by Mrs. Kate W. Deacon, en-
titled Darby and Joan" A letter from
Rev. l.. Lyons, of Waimea, Hawaii, was
thon read, which might be styled "a poem
prose- during the reading of which, DIR
and Mrs. Wetmorc, and their daughter
Miss Lucy Wetmorc, represented by proxy
MIR. and Mrs. Lyons, and Miss Fideiia NJ
Lyons, in presenting golden tokens OF
love Rev. l.. Lyons was fellow passen,
ger with them to the Islands i'll 1881
Before taking his seat, DIR. Wetmorc read
short address expressing the feelings oi
himself aud Mrs Wetmore. After these
touching letters, the verse Blest bc the
tic that binds" was sung by the whole
company. Then, the venerable DIR, Titus
Coan rose and read an address to his loved
associate of So many years after which
Mr. Charles Kennedy, of the Waiakea
Plantation, sang tho time honored song
John Anderson my Joo john with tho
spirit of n true Scotchman Following
this, came the poem of the day, composed
for tho occasion by Mrs. DIR. 4, I. Hitter
edge read by MIR, Baker. This littl,
gem of song, WAS clearly ongrosscd on
heavy embossed paper, and enclosed IN tn,
form of small book, with illuminated
coyers and gilt edged leaves, all the worn
Ut home decorative art, and was then pre-
sontcd TO the venerable couple who sat IN
their bower of beauty, rs one OF tho many
choice gifts of tho day. Tho noNt item
ON the programme was Mr. Nawahi's
solo," which to the soft breathing music
of his guitar, made the well-known verses
"Be kind to thy father Be kind to thy
mother" seem more than ever appropriate
I'll tk> .t,n,n ,l,al uua a