Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-05-13
CHEsTERFIELD. N. II.
Golden Wedding Celebration Of MIR nm,
Mrs. j. &. Hubbard

Mrs. J. &. Hubbard.
On May 10 occurred the iiftieth wedding
anniversary Of Mr. and Mrs j. c.. Hub
bard, which was appropriately celebrated
at their home in Chesterfield, y. II Rela-
tives and friends from five of the New Eng
land states were present to offer their CON
gratulatious and wish them yet many years
of health and comfort
The worthy couple were the recipients
Of many valuable and useful gifts which
were greatly appreciated not only for
their intrinsic value but also as tokens of
esteem. Among these gifts were mag
niiicent brocaded velvet couch from John
Berrie and sons of Middletown. Comma
lovely willow rocker from Mrs. Fred Stone
Of Amherst and Mrs REQ Howe of Feed
ing Hills, Mass: handsome upholstered
oak rocker from Mrs II c. Harvey and
Mrs W. H. Butler: a $40 gold piece from
/. VI. Butler of Providence, K l.: silver
meat fork, Mrs NJ c. Rugges, Worcester.
Mass; set of solid silver teaspoons from
their daughter, Ida F., Of Springfield,
Mass; pair Of tablespoons and a bedspread
from their daughter, Mrs. Tisdale, of Bow.
y. H. handsome hemstitched damask tow
els, Mr.. and Mrs. G. 7. Gibson Brattleboro:
tray cloth finely wrought in gold from little
Helen Stone Of Amherst, Mass. a purse of
money from friends, and other gifts too
numerous to mention
After bountifuf supper was served con
sisting Of hot rolls, cold meats, salads and
l-it,J. % J.. L..
wedding with ice cream, the company re-
paired to the parlors where pleasing pre-
sentation speech was made by c. p. Gibson.
which was responded to 10y Rev Mark lis
dale III behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard
These were followed by remarks by J.
Berrie, County Commissioner Butler and
others all highly complimentary to the es-
TEEN in " hich this couple Is held Letters
from DR.. Winthrop Z. Stone, vice presi-
dent of Purdue college, Lafayette. Ind,
Harlan i. Stone. class Of 'gs Columbia Law
school New j FORK city, and others added to
the interest Of the occasion A pleasing
feature was d recitation bv Ida Florence
and Everett Hubbard Tisdale, little grand
children. aged respectively six and two
years. The formal exercises we're closed
by the singing of the doxoloyy, and after
short time spent socially the company dis
persed having enjoyed the occasion to the
utmost
1Lr Hubbard. the groom. was born and
brought ny in Chesterfield, and has been a
lifelong resident here, with the exception
OF a few years spent in Milford Mass Mrs.
Hubbard maiden name was Cordeha
Ames. She was born in Croydon, y. H.
Their marriage took place in Milford,
Mass, where they at first lived, moving
thence TO Chesterfield. and here they have
ever since been residents, enjoying the re-
spect and good will Of the whole community.
a Tragedy OF Two Children in AlIston,
Mass.
The famous story, told in verse. of
Ginevra, bride of Francesca of Modena.
who, on her wedding night, locked herself
unwlttingly in an oaken chest and was
seen no more forever by her husband or
father. was wildly recalled in terrible
tragedy which was disclosed in Allston.
(Brighton) Mass, Wednesday afternoon.
4 "a A4AC4N eA4aAA lOtA4 hd1S DtIlIduu I. Ia
Wis. five years old, and Ariel Frye, four.
have been missing. Wednesday the chill
dren were found locked in a narrow cup
board or -four closet in a pantry of va
cant house. The little boy was alive, but
the little girl had died of suffocation. The
children in playing had crept into the cup
board and the spring lock had kept them
for jus, 100 hours.
The children We're last seen Saturday af-
ternoon by a policeman as they were going
through the street hand in hand. The
parents Of the little boy are intimate
friends of Mrs. H. K. Whitaker, the wife
Of Principal Whitaker of the High school.
Was Clerk for Dewey.
"Dr. J. W, Kesler, of Honesdale form
erly of Wilkes-Barre, while on the United
States Steamship Mississippi, was clerk
for Commodore Dewey, the hero of the
day OF the Philippine Islands, and who, in
1852, was the chief executive-officer of that
late civil war vessel until she went down
before Port Hudson on the memorable
night of March Il. 1865" says the Homes
dale Independent.
The doctor just previous to his departure
for Ostend, to which place he was sent by
President Harrison as consul, called upon
Admiral Dewey in New York and received
a most cordial welcome.-Wilkes- Barre
(Pa.) Times
Dr. kesler married, for his first wife,
Miss Emma Willis, daughter of John NJ.
Willis, of Canal street, Brattleboro. His
daughter, Blanche, now resident of Seat
tie, Wash, visited here this spring.