The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-12-12
Silver Wedding at orwell.

Wedding days are the most delight
ful occasions we ccie hrate, and yet
how simple the prOgra 1lme. The hero
and heroine Of the dag are royal per-
sonages in the eyes of friends and adj
mirCrs. A bouquet of beautiful flow.
crs, made and kept for this office alone,
is BROUGHT from its hiding place and
placed on the table near the hpnOred
ones. The most conspicuous chairs are
dew ted to them, aud are made the
center of attraction. Relatives, friends,
neighbors and well-wishers begin to
assemble at the nome of the happy
couple at an early hour in the evening.
Then follow the usual greetings, music
or poem and refreshments, and at II
or II all retire to their respective
homes, wishing each one had silver
wedding every year.
Perhaps i'll no other way has Ger.
many done us so great a service as in
teaching us how to enjoy the wedding,
births and holidays Of every descrip-
tiOns, and to her we owe the wonderful
transformation that has taken place in
our country in this respect. We have
made great advance since the days of
eur Puritan ancestors, and still we
have much TO learn in the art of enjoy
ment. The present custom of we'd
ding anniversaries is better than no
observance of the wedding day, but
when we can celebrate them in more
simple ways, excluding everything
that is not a part of them, then will be
wrought a great and beautiful change
in our homes. TO all classes will be
given the power of bringing JOY to the
home in honor of the day that has
brought to neighbour, friend or rela-
tive twenty-five years of married life.
One of the pleasantest wedding gath
erings we have attended for some time
was the silver wedding of Deacon V.
| V. Blackmer and wife, which occurred
ut their h me in Orwell on Saturday
evening of last week At O'Clock
about 100 persons were gathered TO eX-
| press their regards for them and sincere
triendlinesS and good wishes in termiu-
ating the twenty-five years Of their
welded liin They were congratulate
ed with the warmeSt admiration for
! having succeeded in closing the quarter
of a cen ury of the most intimate COM
pauiOmship known to earth aud borne
! the adversely aud burden aud care of
those earthly years in the strength and
support which such cOmpanionship can
only give. When every new interest
demanded increased activity on their
part, their hearts turned instinctivelv
towards each other for advice and guild
ance, and SO kindly and wisely have
their c0unsels been given that fair
measure of success has crowned their
Efforts, and more than all else have
/
| Remcmb ring ali this that they have
been to each other (and more), they
may look forward toward another
twenty-five years with assurance and
c0ntideuce and increased happiness.
! lhey had many presents. among which
were silver pitcher, beautiful lamp
and All exquisite morocco case contain
ing oyster forks. After the distribution
Ot refreshments and an evening of COM
plete sOci enjoyment, the company
separated, ali feeling that the silver
wedding had met with most satlslac
tory and complete success. One OF the
gre test attractions of the evening was
- poem composed for the occasion by
Mrs. Rodney Hall, which is here APP
pended.
Illrk hear yc the wedding bells
Sllycry Chlmcy
They have runs in all ages,
In every cline;
But uouc sounded Swcetcr,
Nor softer the tone
Than thusC for the wedding
In this pleasant home.
Those bells were of silver,
striking soft ON our ears
They are mellow with pca"ng
These twenty-five years;
They tell OF the joys
And the sorrows Of life,
of the love that cnClrCics
NllToy and his wife,
In the days Of our youth,
WITH the future untrci,
The wedding bells loudly
Ring out far and wlde
We are proud of the love
Which the future ensures,
But there's no love 50 precious
As that which endures.
Through the trials of life
Sprnging UP day by day
Dlms the bright chain of marriage
As years wear away;
Yet the link forged by love
Tho well tempered by tear,
viii be bright, those worn now
For twenty -hNe years
There's ii saying I've heard.
I'll not VOucn for its truth;
But IN tins case II seems likely
In southe-
A husband aul wife may still fight
And make money
But Their b cs Qfthcy have them
VIII never make honey.
f So we know by the labors
OF friend BiaCkmcr's bees,
OF peGrc there Is plenty,
/ BY the honey Oae sees;
, And lesson we learn
Amid all the worlds strife,
That SWtctHuSS viii follow
A iceH 0ittcred iJe.
Ring out, YET more loudly
We silyery BELLS
And while On the dear air
Your tone gently swells,
Touch softly the heats
OF this husband amt wife,
ANA speak OF the hdppy days
, Coming IN life.
TIL aftr in the distance,
, sounding sOu ~ a dream,
The music OF marriage bells
GOllcu-i mean,
Tho the eye has grown dim,
And the hdlr Wulte as snow
! Yet the ncart, with the love of its youth,
Is aglow.
May your lives he unclouded
Far ON Ia the end,
For the angel OF death
10 us all God viii send,
Tho NUu hear not the upll,