The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-01-19
SILVER WEDDING.

citi1ehs OF our town, and others. re-
ceived through the mails the following
announcement: ''l874.- NJ and II
| M.-1899 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mi
cajah Brumby, ut home on Saturday
evening, January the fourteenth, from
eight to twelve o'clock, Marietta, Geor-
gia."
Though the nature of the cat Home''
was not revealed on the dainty n,issive,
the dates on either side OF the initials.
indicating the lapse OF twenty-five
years, suggested that this excellent
couple were about to celebrate their
silver wedding and on the appointed
date, those who were so fortunate as to
receive invitations to the function, and
they were many, as the spacious resi-
dence was thronged, assembled at the
abode OF this influential family.
The guests, as they arrived, we're re-
ceived by Miss Maria Brumby and Mr..
Thomas M. Brumby, Jr., both in full
evening dress, and were ushered into
apartments tastefully decorated with
palms and ferns. Standing side by
side. in the parlor, Mr.. and Mrs. Brum-
by, exquisitely dressed, were, to the
enchanting strains Of Wurm's orches-
ira Of Atlanta, the recipients OF the
congratulations of their friends upon
their happy arrival at the fourth sta
ton of connubial life, after safely pass
ing the other three.
Suspended upon the wall in one Of
the apartments was the marriage cer-
tificate of the worthy pair. which re-
cited that Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas M.
Brumby were united in the holy bonds
OF wedlock in Goodman county, Mis-
sissippi, on the fourteenth day Of Jam
uary, 1874; and on the other side Of the
document, were photographs Of each as
she and he appeared upon that impor-
tant occasion. 1t was n matter of
general remark. in comparing the
originals and their likenesses, that the
Old Father of the Scythe and Hour
Glass had touched but lightly with his
icy hand, the travellers upon the jour
ney of life.
Adjoining the room in which the re-
ception took place, was another in
which we're the presents received by
Mr.. and Mrs. Brumby. Four large
tables were heavily laden with articles
useful and ornamental, symbolizing the
event. They covered great variety
OF purposes, and it was noticeable that
there was not much repetition OF the
same thing. Many were exceedingly
massive, costly and elegant but large
or small, all indicated the good will OF
the donors
At intervals, the guests were invited
into the dining room where refresh-
ments Of the most tempting nature,
brought on in courses, were served 1t
was indeed feast fit for Epicurus
The refreshment room was presided
over by Mrs. s. 9. Simpson, assisted by
Mr.. r. B. Simpson and Mr.. Frank We'll
Ions. The elaborate and dainty re-
freshments were furnished by Mr.. w.
I. Mosher, Marietta's skilled baker and
confectioner, whose cuisine has become
famous.
As Miss Maria Louise Bates, when
Mr.. Brumby sought and gained her
heart and hand quarter of century
ago, Mrs. Brumby was a daughter OF
wealthy planter ofMississippi, state
which one always associates with the
higher type of Southern planters. Mr..
Bates is now dead but Mrs. Bates re-
sides with her daughter and son-in-
law in this place. Mr.. Thomas M.
Brumby needs no introduction to the
people of Marietta. His early boyhocd
was passed here and though he went
to Mississippi afterwards, he has for
number of years past been identified
with the social, business, and religious
life of the town. He is president of
the Brumby Chair Company, one of
Marietta's most important enterprises,
and has held \ number of offices Of
honor and trust. He is member OF
the city board of education and also
chairman OF the building committee of
the new Methodist church. An old
and well known family, the Brum-
bys are allied with some of the most
distinguished houses of the South, one
Of whom, the Brevards, furnished in
Ephrahim Brevard, signer Of the
Mecklenburgh declaration Of independ-
ence, a precursor Of that immortal
manifesto that added new and re-
splendent star to the galaxy of nations.
Maj. Brevard Brunlby was one of the
foremost educators Of this country snd
was president OF the Georgia Military
Institute, at Marietta, which WAS
known as the WEST Point of the
South Mr. G. Brumby, Mr.. T. M.
Rrumby's father, was well known and
highly respected citizen of our town,