The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-19
THE FIFTH .INNIYERsARY


 ofthe Wedding of MT. and Mrs, George
 Frenoh--Celobrated at Their Residence in Westvillo Last Evening-over Two Hundred Guests Valuable
 Presents-An Enjoyable Occasion.
 The residence of Burton Dckerman at the corner of Alden and Thompson streets in Westvllle was the scene last evening of a very pleasant gathering of
 the friends of Mir, and Mrs. George
 French, MT. Dickerman's son-in-law
 and daughter, the occasion being the celebration of the fifth anniversary of the wedding of MT, and Mrs, French The large lawn surrounding the resi- dence was brilliantly lighted with col
 pred lanterns and these with the nu-
 merous guests promenading the lawn
 and occupying the garden seats pre- sented gay scene.
 During the evening several solos were
 sung by Mr SeViere, who sings in the Grand avenue Congregational church, among the selections being "The Senti-
 nel and l, Gould l." and "The Monks Song" from Excelsior, Jr. Music was furnished by the Drawing Room Trio, composed of Miss Soltau, violin; Miss Williams, piano, and MT. Soltau, cor net. Several beautiful and valuable presents were received by MT. and Mrs, French, among them being fine parlor cabinet with Verne Martin decorations from all the guests and a set of straw berry forks from MT. and Mrs Mes senger. Dancing was indulged in and at 1O:30 the guests to the number of about POO repaired to a large tent on | the lawn, where refreshments were 1 served by Deibel, the caterer During the discussion of the refreshments some of MT. French's friends, the boys" for
 joke, presented him with an elab- crate music box with a mechanical monkey, as some of them said ito amuse the children" The presentation ! speech was made by Charles c. Smith, who reminded MT. French of the fact that the music box would enable him to gain a subsistence if necessity de-
 manded and would also be q fine heir
 loom to transmit to his grandchildren. The presentation was accompanied with
 roars of laughter and Mir French en- 1 joyed the joke as much as anyone.
 1 MT and Mrs. French were assisted l III IGCtlNllS lue SutolS III Nllt II OAb leiA
 Tor by Miss Hunt and MT. Nelson. Among those present were: MT and
 Mrs. c. A. Bradley, MT. A. c. Me ! Queen, F. L. Bishop, Mrs. A. Bishop,
 MT. and Mrs. Andrews of Cheshire, MT. and Mrs. Castle, MT. and Mrs. R. Lyon Henry, MT and Mrs. l.. G. Hemingway, Dr. and Mrs. Hemingway, l Dr. and Mrs Converse, MT. and Mrs. l Robert Grant, MT. and Mrs. George
 Treat, Henry Rowe, A. Dunham John
 flaming, Mrs. A. G. Hotchkiss, Henry
 Lamb, William Hosley, MT. and Mrs. G. 1 F. Bradley, MT. and Mrs. Charles c. 1 Smith, Russell Thompson, MT. and Mrs. 1 c. w. Pickett, MT. and Mrs. F. M, 1 Doolittle, J. H., Lindsley, Mrs. H. A. Lindsley, MT. and Mrs. P. c. Allen, MT.
 and Mrs. H. D. Stannard, c. w. Crane, 1 Miss Gertrude Preston, Miss Nellie l Bristol, Mrs. Williams, Miss Lillie
 Smith, Miss F. Woodmansee, Misses
 Lulu and Hattie Robinson, William 1 Nelson of Ansonia, Willard Parker, Misses Edith and Bertie Downs, James l Downs, MT. and Mrs. Henry Goodman,
 MT. and Mrs. G. M. Griswold, MT, and
 Mrs. F. F. Durant, Miss Eva Dicker
 man, Miss Lulu Day of Springfield, Miss
 Mary Munson, Fred Williams, MT. and
 Mrs. Friend F. Brooks, MT. and Mrs. J.
 s. Treat, Mir and Mrs. l. H. Shaw Mir.
 and Mrs. w. F, Harper MT. and Mrs.
 J. NJ. Champion, MT. and Mrs. Messin~
 ger, " G, Meyers, Mrs. Hinman, MT.
 and Mrs, Norton Cox, MT. and Mrs.
 James Lyons, Mir. and Mrs. Hazel, MT.
 and Mrs. Ferry, MT. and Mrs. Wood-
 ruff, MT. and Mrs. Minor, J. B. Me Queeney, MT, and Mrs. G. A. Maycock,
 Mir. and Mrs Dwight Baldwin, MT. and
 Mrs. G. w. Peck, MT and Mrs. H.
 Guernsey, MT. and Mrs. w, H. Allen.
 Miss Nellie Allen MT. and Mrs. D. A.
 Currie, MT. and Mrs. F. s. Osborn MT.
 and Mrs, r. H. Bison, MT. and Mrs. II. | w. Sanford, Miss Emily Smith, MT and
 Mrs. Noble Bishop, Miss M. Jean Smith. l After the other refreshments had been
 served the bridal cake made five years
 ago for the wedding of MT and Mrs.
 French, which has been kept since for l this occasion was cut and a piece was