St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-06
FIFTY YEARS Welded.
Pleasant Anniversary Service of
ME-, and Mrs, j. w. Fisher


Mr. and Mrs. j.. w. Fisher.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Fisher, two of st.
PauPs earliest residents, yesterday cele-
prated the fftieth anniversary of their
marriage at their residence 322 Van
Slyke court. Owing to the severe i'll
ness OF married daughter living with
MR.. and Mrs. Fisher, the observance of
the happy occasion was confined to
SIMPLY receiving the congratulations of
their numerous friends who called dur
Ing the day. TWenty-seven years ago
iNlr. and Mrs. Fisher, each of whom are
now seventy years of age, came to ST.
Paul and took up their abode in their
newly finished residence at the above
number, where they have since contin-
uously resided. Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher
were both born at Rutland, Vt. in 1929
ana were married when twenty years Of
age. Immediately after their marriage
the young couple removed to Lawrence.
Ill, where, for thirteen years, Mr.. Fish
or was engaged in the grocery business.
IN 1864 Mir. Fisher and his youngest son.
tnen fourteen years of age, undertook
an overland trip Of 1,500 miles to Color
aoo, Which they successfully accomp-
LSdieo. On his return from Colorado, in
1909 Mr. Fisher and his family removed
TO St Paul, where they have since re-
sloed. watching the city develop from
q mere hamlet into the railroad and
commercial center of the Northwest
For number of years Mr.. Fisher was
engaged in the fur buying business for
"a. q j: 6oskoWetz large Eastern fur
exporting firm. Each summer trims
were made through the Northwest TO
Manitoba in the interest of his business
In 1871 Mr.. Fisher was elected to the
common council of st. Paul, and unon
the expiration of his term. unanimously
reelected. Mr.. Fisher also served five
years as assistant building INSPECTOR
1nder Gates A. Johnson. Mr.. and Mrs.
F1sher are the parents of five children.
three of whom are living. The eldest
=. D. Fisher, forty-four years of age is
married and living at Breckenridge
where, for twenty-five years he has been
agent for the Great Northern railroad
The next son, E. w. Fisher, thirtv-nine
years is also married and engaged in
the railroad business at Breckenridea
The only surviving daughter is Mrs
Cnarles Remmey, aged thirty years
VINO is living at the family residence
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher
are also the proud grandparents of nine
srandchlldren. Mrs. Fisher. whose
maiden name was Susan M. Shippv
traces her ancestry back to the first set
tiers OF Rhode Island, her great-ereat-
grandfather, Asa Shippy, having been
among the first residents of Providence.
ana having held papers, which. were
they In existence today, would place his
pescendants IN possession of the greater
Portion OF the present site of that city.
s'The Melancholy Days Have Come
The saddest of the year." not when autumn
mas arrived as Poet Bryant intimates. hut
When fellow gets, bilious. The ''sere and
yellow leaf is in his complexion if not in
the Foliage at that inauspicious time. Hos
letters Stomach Bitters will soon discniine
ms IenelIlous liver, and regulate his bowels,
besides toning his stomach and healthfuI.
ly stimulating his kidneys. Malaria. rheu
by the Bitters. - Gu