The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-03-24
BARTOW MAN WRITES OF THE
GOLDEN WEDDING.
THE FIFTIE7H MILESTONE SET UP
william and His Wife Are Happy As They
Recall Kind and Loving 9reetihss
or Kindred and Friends.


are still marching to the end OF the
iourney. The fiftieth anniversary OF
our welded life brought no change
and did not for moment stop the
ticking of the marble clock upon the
mantle. The days and the weeks and
the months are still coming this way.
We did not cross the Rubicon nor the |
Jordan nor the Styx, but only set up |
,nother mile stone and marked 1t 5O |
Now we are on the last quarter stretch
nearing the goal, and if 1T was left to
us we would make it an even race
Birth and marriage and death are the
most notable events in this life, the
most pregnant with fate, and destiny,
of happiness or misery, and 1T becomes
ms TO pause occasionally and ponder
them. II we can do this with serenity
and gratitude it is well, fer there Is no
comfort in melancholy.
And so we were made happy on our
wedding day, and are happy yet aS
vc recall the kind, loving greetings OF
children and kindred and friends.
sboJs OF sadness came over us, of
course. as we thought OF the missing
N,yicu. hut he will come some Of
these summer days, and BRING MS
sunshine with him. He always brings
il and he always sends 1t III bis letters
There is no better sign of boy thAn
for hin. to write home often and rcGu-
lark. and CARL Ie"6 JlGtrcsN' prepaid.
pretty iron double seal FOR the vrva%
dab OF the lawn aud wrote: az male
this with my own hauds for your g"l-
den wedding. My wife and | wanted
to show our love for your son Carl,
who was good and kind to our dear
boy while he was sick in Mexico. Our
boy came home and died, but We have
not forgotten Carl; God bless him.
What comfort TO parent are The
letters from the children.
What comfort are good, kind letters
from friends known and unknown ant
we have had them by the hundred
during the past two weeks. and telc.
grams, too, from New York to TeNa'
and from the islands of our new TO
main. We were amazed-overwhetm
ed and wondered what we had don,
- ------i--., s:..c,.' ~ whisper when
will this thing stop-where will this
:,
but not vain and we are more rrat.
liied than proud, but the querry is
still with us. "What have We done and
is not this all a lream?"
And then there are the beautiful
gifts and souvenirs that kept on com
ing from friends near home aud
friends abroad. They crowded uur
tables and adorned the walls. These
golden presents gladdened our golden
years and fitted the golden wedding So
appropriately, and the flowers did,
too--heautiful flowers from Brooklyn
aud Atlanta and Rome aud Mobile and
Marietta and al laden with pretty son
timents and some with the ever living
lines from Mrs. Hemans:
Bring flowers, fresh flowers. for the t.ri,
Iney ""t5 Dorm to blush In her .hi,,inr
hair"
Yes, all IS for the bride. She ,e,s
me look at the beautiful things and
even to handle them, but they ore Mi
hers except the golden headed copo
ana the French clock that my dear old
college mate, Jim Warren. sent me
Ana she has given me one of the cold
FOUNTAIN pens and pair of the emf
buttons and the new tangled carvjno
iork that l thought was curling tones
Tor my scattered hair. 1T seems IN mo
that am little humber than T wos
before the wedding, for she claims ,u
the pretty things, from the mossiv.
gold iaile OF Mrs. Akin and the bean.
tltut golden chulices of The Cor stir.
m noh ana the lovely spoon service Of
ne Home and Farm and the cold ,
mounted umbrella from Kansas CITY
down to the golden bookmark and tbe
golden toothpicks There are scores
OF other beautiful things in glass and
gold, and they are all hers
| am no longer the cashier cf tb;s
OanN' Tor the bride has put away the
golden coin, though she SAYS she oulv
wants to keep 1t awhile and will then
give IL pack 70 me. I remember when
my 'ather got a pension OF 800 for
poor OLD man who owed him 900 on3
had owed it for years Father coputnl
out the gold aud gave it to him. thing.
ing that of course he would INV tLo
oent' nut he wrapped it up carefully
ana put 1T away down it in his pocknt
anh started for his horse, who was
h't'hed to the rack near by As he .
was about to get up father said f. hin,
VII. Jenkins. I thought Won told ma |
you would pay me when Won cot vonr !
eyes, did. Asa. "soiI ho I
""" III @wihe to do it tomorrow
: shore. Jest wanted to trke il nil "
nome and let the old woman look NJ i ;
ana feel of ii and count it, and We h
would sleep with it in the house one 8