Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-09-13
TWICE Welded
With Twenty-Five Years Interval-A
Notable Silver Wedding.

The reception rendered by MI. ana MIS-.
Joseph Harvey, of West Liberty, on last
Friday evening, was one OF the most pleas.
ant social events of the season. 1t was in
honor of the twenty.fifth anniversary of
their marriage, or silver wedding. At $50
P. NJ. the invited guests began TO assemble
and at o'clock the commodious mansion
was well filled with the elite of the com.
munity to celebrate the anniversary OF the
time when Mr.. Joseph Harvey, of West
Liberty, and Miss Hester A. Thompson, OF
ST. Clairsvil!e, were married on the first
day of September, 1857, by the venerable
Rev. Hugh Parks, of 81. Clairsyille.
Among the guests present we noticed Mr..
and c. S. Terrill, Mr. and Mrs VIM. North,
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Ridgley.
Mr.. and Mrs. McColloch, M, and Mrs. Bar
clay Cooper, of Wheeling island, W. Va;
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Curtis, Rev. and Mrs. T..
+. BOYD, Prof. d. T. Williams, Mr.. Joe At
kinson, Miss SaIlie Atkinson, Mr.. George
Mccoy, Misses Lizzie, Maggie and Ella Nc
Coy, Miss Lille Campbell charming
Young lady OF Morris, ILL.,, Misses Minnie
and Glenn Bane, Miss Laura Thompson, one
of Belmont county's best girls, sister OF the
bride; also Miss Lizzie Thompson, of Bel
mont county, niece of the bride; MeSsrs.
Dewitt and Clayton Bane, Mr.. Elijah Moore,
Miss Addie Moore, Mr.. Mart. Mont
gomery, Miss Cora Montgomery,
MIR. Will Boyd, Miss Ida Boyd, Miss Ellen
Ridgley, Mr.. r. =. Glass, Mr.. w. ID. North,
Mr.. Edward Atkinson, Miss Pet Terrell,
Miss Ella Trimble, Mr.. A. McColloch and
others.
At o'clock the bridal train was intro
duced by the playing of the wedding march
or Midsummer Nights Dream" Misses
Ida Boyd and Pet Terrell officiating, each
of whom being reputable teachers OF music,
the performance was indispensable. The
bride and groom, headed by Rev. 7. p.
BOYD and wife, marched to the center of
the room, where the guests were assembled.
The bride was attired in the same apparel
she wore 25 years ago, which consisted OF
striped silk; stripes alternate ashes OF roses
and peach blossom.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. T. T. Boyd, which is as follows: Mar
rage is an institution which is younger
than the first man, 1t is as old, however,
as the first woman, for Eve does not seem
to have waited five minutes until she
courted and secured husband. And all
of her descending daughters, to the present
day, have possessed, In a remarkable de.
gree, the same interesting propensity.
For twenty-five long years you both las the
Latins expressed it, J have been sub jug.
um," and have reached the point
in life when there are seen
'silver threads among the gold"
And now as you pass from the Silver wed
ding" TO the golden anniversary, it will be
your interests to cultivate all ever growing
affection until life's evening twilight shall
close foreeer your marriage day. On this
interesting twenty-fifth anniversary Of
your married life, know you can apprs-
ciate the sentiment of the Grecian bard,
and / shall quote his lines for your special
edifcation. He wrote and sung in beauti-
full symphonious strains, with his sweet
sounding lyre,-
''Thelolegein Atreidas.
Thelo de Kadmon adein,
Abarbatos de chordeis
Erota mounon echei."
Profiting by this beautiful sentiment you
will be enabled to say at last in the Ian
guage of Cicero:
30 praeclarem diem cum I'D illud diyinun1
animorum concilium coetumque predecessor"
If any person present can establish any
better legal claim TO either OF the parties
now before US, they will come forward with
the proof.
AS no one seems to want either OF you
more than you seem to want each other you
will please join your right hands. You
hereby proclaim that you have been mar
ried for twenty-five years, and that you are
still willing to go hand in hand until you
reach the period of your golden we'd
ding? To this the parties assented.
l pronounce you still husband and
wife, and you will now receive
the congratulations of your friends, and
the numerous silver offering, which they
present, in token of your good behavior for
tn enty.fve years" At the conclusion OF
the ceremony and after receiving the con-
gratulations OF their many friends the
bridal party together with the guests, par
took Of an elaborate supper which was
pronounced by connoisseurs to be as good
as they had partsken of for some time, il
ever.
The presents were unusually costly and
elegant, and nearly every guest was repre-
scented by a4glittering silver article.
Miss Laura o. Thompson presented the
brides cake, which in point of beauty and
quality, could not be surpassed. Miss
Thorn pson is certainly an adept 10 the
culinary art, and every one who saw and
partook Of the brides cake viii sgbstsnti.