The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-08-25
lCoMMUNIcATED.l
BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY

On Saturday, the Goth OF August, a large num-
her Of the relatives and neighbors OF Mrs. Jacob
Z. Essig gathered aL their family residence, near
the Warstler church, In Plain township, 10 oele
brate her hity-eighth birthday anniversary. Mm.
Essig was kept in entire ignorance OF the affair
until she saw the host Of friends at the door, like
an army with banners, filling every avAilabla
space With baskets, hOWerB, household goods,
wearing apparel and other articles Of beauty and
usefulness such as would make one wish that
birthdays came at shorter intervals.
Your humble servant had the pleasure Of being
present On our arrival we were usheEed into
the dining room, where we engaged In a familiar
conversation, while ME- Eisig was preparing
apples for pie. When she was done with this, sha
went into the out kitchen to give orders for din
ner and a special slice OF ham for her visitor
About this time the delegation arrived, and was
at the door when panic ensued In which she
forgot all about her Piles aud ham and made
nasty retreat to the nearest hiding place to ar .
range her toilet for the occasion. This being done
she was ushered into the reception room, where
hne rockingham was placed In position for
her occupancy, This was followed with numeF
Gus tokens OF friendship In the way OF choice
prese It's from the friends, who kept on piling
them In her lap until she was unable to hold
them all, After these ceremonies were ended.
the ladies proceeded to investigate the numerous
baskets, iand soon one Of the incest and best din
ners was on the table we ever Eaw. The sight be-.
wildered us, 80 we contented ourelf by partaking
OF few Of the most choice dishes such as chicken
turkey, ham and dozsn other kinds Of meat
that old Adam said was good for man to eat.
Then Of cakes there was no end. II we are not
mistaken, they had all that are mentioned In the
cook books, and a few more, to say nothing Of the
other delicacies. All we have to say is, that
whenever you fnd Plain township lady coming
In second best In getting up good dinner, you
have made a rare discovery.
Dinner being over, the company was free to
enjoy themselves as they chose. The younger
portion whiled away their time with music and
eroquet, while some Of the older persons tried
their skill In pitching horseshoes Our jOviaI
friend John POntius made up a match with Jjhn
Stoner, B. F, Beard and SOL Essig and the ability
displayed as fine pitchers was entirely satlsfac.
tory to the crowd, who wisely stood at safe
distance from the stake, A few games satisfied all
that they were master hands at pitching Still
there was room for improvement.
We will here introduce brief sketch OF Mrs.
Essig's family relations, She was born In Penn.
sylVania, was the fifth daughter Of the late John
and Elizabeth Lind, and Is now 5S years Of age.
She came with her parents to Ohio al an early
age and lived In Plain township since; was mar.
ried to Jacob E, Essig in the spring OF 1876 She
is the youngest Of the three sisters living namely,
Mrs. Daniel Warstler and Mra VIM. A. spanglero
OF her brothers, only two Of the four remain
David and John. At this gathering all ages were
Here could be seen Young America
and the aged fathers and mothers, Thus ended
q very agreeable entertainment