Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1896-06-12
A Wedding Anniversary.

A Wedding Anniversary.
There are many wedding anniversaries
to celebrate before one arrives at the
twenty-fifth. and when this period of
welded life rolls around 1t is time 20 cee-
tbrate Twenty-Five years ago this month,
the writer and his bride arrived in Yank
ton and started out on iifes journey amid
the frontier conditions Of early territorial
days. tits hardly necessary to state that
we have survived the billiards and grass
hoppers and other conditions Of frontier
life and are now firmly located in Canton
where our elder boy was born in 1876
We had made up our mind years ago to
celebrate June 6, 1896, as it marks an
important period in married life, and one
all should celebrate, because twenty-five
years of welded life marks the biggest
half Of ones earthly pilgrimage. We
invited many Dakotans and others who
early 7O's and before and since. to help us
celebrate. Some came and Others couldn't
but the absent were remembered. Some
sent regrets and others sent tokens of
friendship and love. Their tokens we
esteem, but we esteem their friendship q
thousand times more, and hope to be able
to reciprocate as time brings their twenty
fifth anniversary in lfe's journey. Sat
urday, June 6, was not very favorable
for any kind Of celebration. First it
rained. and then it poured and then it
rained again. but rain couldn't stop old
Dakotans from turning out to help a
neighbor feel Young again. Judge Shan
non was the first to arrive, and friends
kept coming until sixty-five had been
welcomed, and BEN Averlll came last
although Mrs. Averill had arrived long
before. 1t was an ideal company for
pleasure. Judge Clifford was apparently
as young and lively as Asa Forrest Jr.,
and Judge Shannon and Frank Goodv-
koontZ seemed to enjoy frolic with the
ladies as much rs Ed. Wendt, Q. B. Ken
nedy. Edgar Dean, Thos Thorson, D. s..
Waldo, John Chratt or Newt Menor. A.
L. Syverud was the representative Of w.
H. o. Strand, Math Hanson, Gilbert
Satrang and Bruce Oliver. and he proved
avery good delegate for those old timers,
although their absence was regretted and
their presence missed. Then the rain
kept r. w. Norton and Nefs Larson at
home. and everybody knows that Bro.
Norton, like Bro. ,Pelton is worth whole
band Of music on such occasions. Jacob
Hotter and q. A. Carlson got more than
half way, accompanied by their wives,
but the rain iaterposed. Senator Petit
grew wanted to be with us. as did George
Washington Kellogg Of Sioux City, Harry
WYNN, Col. Price. Capt. Humphrey, Col.
Jolley, Judge Aikens, Phil K. Faulk, w.
G.. Press OF Chicago, and others. who
sent regrets. Bro. Press of Chicago,
wrote that he and his family were aboul
to start for " trip through Europe or ht
disappointments were unavoidable. but
all could not come. but those who did
come didn't seem to miss anyone. Judge
Shannon thought that the gentleman
from Mitchell, MIR Goodykoon,z should
be awarded n vote Of thanks for his
charming and gallant attention to The
ladies. especially while refreshments
were being served. but Ed. Shufelt was
of the opinion that it WAS hard to decide
where the honor belonged when Judge
Shannon and Judge Kennedy were con.
sldered, and as 10 Judge Clifford, the
ladies took care Of him, Henry Conklin
thought that Elder Rlfenbark had a
strong claim it this connection. but the
Elder declined in favor of Dug Hymers,
who was considered the best story teller
il Canton. Herman WoerZ favored W.
]. Byrnes. and Asa Forrest Sr. moved
that the question be decided at Dug
Hymers' golden wedding next September.
Judge Shannon ia behalf of l54 Canton
friends and himself presented Mrs. Linn
with handsome secretary and book case
combined, a rocking chair, and silver
baking dish. The Judges remarks de-
scrbed events way back to 1878 and then
he pictured the times and trials that
made friendship sweet. His remarks
were full of that spirit which makes one
love friend, and no man in the state
loves q friend better than he. As he was
about to close his remarks he picked up
small dish containing quantity OF silver
and began to illustrate the beauties of
free coinage, but said he, drawing q
s.. 90 gold piece out of his pocked. II
place this yellow brother with the silver
to make the parity perfect, and the
company appreciated the point and the
Joke. Mr.. Linn thanked one and all in
behalf of himself and wife, and called on
Mr.. Goodykoontz to respond TO the
..parlty" of the metals which the people
of the nation just now desire so much.
He spoke Of the necessity of the parity at