The Arizona sentinel., 1894-06-09

This may certify that did on the 18th day of May, A. D., 1894, join in the holy bonds of matrimony, Isham Reavis and Annie N. Darlington, according to the forms of law and in pursuance of a license issued by the probate judge of Richardson county, Nebraska Territory, for that pur- pose, at the house of David Darlington in Falls City, ill the county and territory aforementioned, on which said occasion the following named persons were witnes- ses, to-wit: F. H. Tisdale, ST., Anderson Miller and Edwin $. Towle.
 Witness my hand this 9th day of June, A. D., 1894. JNo. w. TAYLOR,
 Minister of the Gospel
 The above cerem ony was pleas antly recalled at the beautiful re- sidence of Judge Reavis last Sat urday evening, when 150 invited guests met at the residence of ". E. Darlington, where they arranged to capture by surprise the judge and his estimable lady. At a signal the doors were opened and the crowd filed into the judges house through two different door ways greeting Mr. and Mrs. Reavis, who seemed as much surprised as if Coxey's army had arrived With the assistance of the children and relatives the guests were taken care ot and the judge and his wife yielded gracefully to the invasion as they took in the real object of the meeting.
 After the couple fully recovered from their surprise they were in vited to an adjoining room where they were presented with a valua- ble linen set and sidGboard in the following speech by Rev. Dr. Gal lagher:
 Dear friends, we have met in your home tonight bringing greeting and cOngratulat- ing you that for thirty years yours lives have mingled together in the sacred re- lationship of husband and wife. On this anniversary occasion how many memories come thronging in upon your hearts, wei come guests at this happy time.
 You remember when there grew up in your hearts an affection for each other; you remember hen you stood before the Man of God and gave yourself eacE to each; you remember what new thrills of blessed experience you have realized, as one after another of your children have come to gladden. your home, and brought the feeling of fatherhood and motherhood into your lives with all that this relation ship means.
 Thirty years you have been married! Thirty years!" ''Can it be so long as that?" you say. Yes, thirty years have come and gone since this home was estab lished. Time has dealt kindly with you both; but how many things there are to convince you that your marriage day was many years in the past. Your prairie home IS now in the midst of a city. The sparsely l settled territory has become a thriving commonwealth. The twig planted before your door has become a mighty tree, and vour children children are here to bless l you in this glad hour.
 We do not come bringing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh, but we do come bringing some slight offerings which we request you to accept as an expression ot our love and esteem. We wish you many, ! many happy years in the future. May there ever be enshrined in this home that magic influence that transmutes all into | bliss.
 s'The sparkling cream of all life's happiness,
 The silken down of happiness complete,
 Discerner of the rpest grapes of joy,
 She gatnereth and seecteth with her hand
 All ri3est relishes, all fairest sights;
 All rarest odors, all divinest sounds,
 All thoughts all feelings dearest to the soul
 And brings the holy mixture home, and hlls
 The heart with all superlatives of bliss,'
 We would not forget Him who IS the | author of every good thing. so with 1t all and above all else we invoke the ben edic' ton:
 ''The Lord bless thee and keep thee;
 The Lord make his face to shine upon thee and
 be gracious to thee; The Lord lift his countenance upon thee and give
 thee peace,"
 To this beautiful speech thejudge responded in the most feeling man ner: "FrienGs, the most eloquent response can give on this occasion is that of silence. 1 thank you all"
 On the sideboard stood lighted wax candle that Mrs. Reavis' mother, Mrs. David Darlington, got at the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1887, Mrs. Darlington being one of the waiting maids on that occasion.
 After congratulations and gen. eral jolly time an elegant lunch was served, to which all responded feelingly, and at a late hour the happy surpriscrs took their