Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-03-12
THEY CELEBRATE IT.
Silver Wedding of Mr.. and
Mrs. WelIs.-An Occasion
of Great Enjoyment.
SociabiIity, Music, Flowers,
Dancing and Refresh
ntS.-InCidentS.
Large Number of Guests
Present.-A Brief Glance
Backward.

The silver anniversary of the wedding
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. z. Wells which was
celebrated by them and their friends
Saturday evening, will long be remem-
bered in this city. 1t was one of the
most pleasant events that has occurred
here. 1t gathered together the numer'
Gus friends of the host and hostess and it
also served in a way to forcibly recall
the flight of time to the few older resi-
dents of the city who have been identified
with jamestown since its beginning and
who have been the personal and social
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Wells-them-
selves among the earliest of our residents
here.
MI. Wells came to jamestown in
August 1878, his family following year
later. He built the first dwelling house
on the south side of the city, the elegant
home where they now reside. AT that
time there was not building between
the corner of the block on which is stu
ated the James River National bank and
the residence IN which he resides. He
has seen the town grow from its infancy
and has taken most active part IN It's
development and, together with his
estimable and loveable wife, has been
connected with every movement or en-
terprise, both commercial and social, that
has transpired during the life of this
young metropolis.
The celebration of their twenty-tifth
. mile stone has been looked forward to
by both for some years as an event in
which more than usual interest is CEN
tered and more than usual pleasure
anticipated. The results, therefore, of
all these bright anticipations were more
than realized Saturday night last in the
conviviality and genial comradship and
the hearty merry making indulged in by
their friends
CHESTS to the number OF over $50 as
sembled TO do honor to the occasion.
Their own residence being considered un-
suitable for the entertainment OF so many
guests and to give all the more freedom
and privileges the second floor OF the
onera house block was secured. There
the host and hostess met their many
friends as in their own residence. The
rooms were beautifully decorated with
evergreens, palms, potted plants and cut
flowers. The reception room at the
right entrance was elegantly arranged
and fitted up with divans. Here Mr.
and Mrs. Wells received their guests
and accepted the hearty congratulations
that were spontaneously given.
The guests passed from the reception
room into the main rooms and there for
two hours engaged in the most pleasant
social recreations.
During the evening the Conservatory
orchestra from Fargo rendered num-
Der of classical and popular airs, several
sepecial selections, and added much to
the enjoyment of all The orchestra was
hidden behind decorations OF t1oWers
evergreens, palms, and as the sound OF
sweet music tioated out into the rooms
the memories of early days and the
pleasures of the present occasion were
delightfully."- enhanced.
One portion of the large room was
devoted to refreshments, which were OF q
most elegant character. A pink cord
stretched across the room marked off the
space where refreshment tables were
placed, Guests came and went at leisure
and greatly enjoyed this informal man
ner nf serving the delicacles provided
ri we're the flower decorations Of the
large table over which Mesdames l.. r
Casey, S. l.. Glaspell, j. r. Winslow, c.
:. Wilson, Il. A. Shattuck and P
Blewett, presided. In the dancing
rooms there we're two immense punch
bowls whose destinies were presided
over by Mesdames Orlady, Wilder and
Tavler and the Misses Archibald, Wins
low and Conklin.
AS the hours of the evening wore
awav the orchestra commenced a dance
program, and for several hours the
guests enjoyed the pleasures OF the
merry cotillon and the round dance.
The costumes of the ladies we're IN
many instances made especially for the
occasion. and added much to the bril-
liancy of the scene.
In the reception room Mr.. Wells, who
has recently returned from Mexico, hao
gathered a number OF curios from thai
foreign country which we're interesting
rs mementoee. and many availed them
selves of ths opportunity to learn some
thing OF Mexican manners and customs.