The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-04-23


Ring out, We bells Ring out
Ye Joyful wedding bells
Ring far and near;
Ring soft and clear;
Fill all the air with your merry swells.
Dear friends and neighboTs, and all,
We give you kindly greeting;
Hoping some of you yet may fall
The mantel of this pleasant meeting.
Fifty years, with their varied round
OF care, and grief. and sadness,
Must have equal comfort found
In Joy, and peace, and gladness.
Fifty short years, with flying feet,
In swift succession meet,
Each. wearing It's April tears and sunshine;
Its soft June skies and roses sweet
Its autumn'S golden prime,
And brisk winters merry chime.
Till the golden circle is complete.
And we are gathered here to-day
With cheerful word and grateful heart,
Tho neither eye nor lip can say
The half we'd like them TO impaTt
OF fond memorys pictures and friendships
For we'll we know while speech is counted
silver
The hearts full silence is golden.
While bright the sunset splendor CLOVIS
Adown the past golden sheen il throws,
And on lifes winding path we plainly trace
Each sunny nook: each rugged space.
Letus hope this same winding way
Nav lead them TO the Diamond wedding day:
Then, looking backward TO this present day OF
Joy,
May the love, grown strong in hearts tonight
That fifty years ago were plight,
Through future years ind no alloy
And when TO them, in His wise love,
Our Father sends his angel fair
With summons TO that dear home above,
Iogefhcy may they climb the golden stair
And. kneeling at the SavioTs feet,
Fluid sure acceptance sweet
With the ripened sheaves they bear.
Ring soft, We wedding bells and slow;
q, gently ring
For, We swing
Sweetest memories come and go!'
AT its conclusion Judge Mills made
some very appropriate remarks, and
called attention To the many changes
and remarkable inventions this worthy
couple had together witnessed, making
a happy hit by referring to the exceed
ingly pleasant duty that awaited him,
since he had been selected to "cane"
the burly groom. This he at once pro-
ceeded TO do by handing over hand
some gold-headed cane, appropriately
engraved. AS Capt. Ed. seemed great
ly to enjoy this sort of chastisement, he
next turned his attention to the good
wife who has SO faithfully attended to
the buttons during all these years, pre-
senting her with gold thimble. Mrs.
Smith was also the happy recipient of a
dainty bar-pin set with moonstones, a
pin and rings representing the wild
rose with enamelled petals of gold and
diamonds for pistils, and an elegant
pair of sugar tongs.
Beautiful as are these gifts IN them
selves, they are more PRECIOUS still as
symbols of affection and friendship un-
alleged bysthe drOss of time,-tokens OF
a love as bright and fadeless as are these
golden keep-sakes, representation OF
the radiance that falls athwart us when
life's sun is slowly sinking adown a
cloudless western sky.
Numerous congratulatory kilograms
and letters were received from absent
friends, and the following is the list OF
those who participated in this memor,
able anniversary:
Mr.. and Mrs A. ]. Mills, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
Martin, Mr.. and Mrs. b. f. Heckert. Mr. and Mrs
{. X. Avery, Mr. and Mrs ]. NJ. Longwell, Mr.. and
Mrs John +. Clapp, Mr. and Mrs, John Smolk
Mr.. and Mrs ]. w. Free Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Mar
tin. Mr. and Mrs. s. Hawkins Mr. and Mrs G.. w
Rooms, Mr.. and Mrs +. b. Dunning Mr. and Mrs
]. S. Tuckey, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Hunt, Mr. and
Mrs w w. Fowler Mr.. and Mrs J. Cummings, A
V. Pantind, w Il. Hawkins, Henry w. Harvey
Mrs. +. r. Palmer, Mrs A. X. Durkee Mrs. J.
Andrews, Mrs L. Kimble, Mrs. S. Avery, Mrs. o.
Parker