Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-11-23
HAPPY OLD COUPLE.
sixTY-EiGHT YEARS WITHOUT
HARSH WORDS.
A Glimpse at the Worlds History Con-
temporary with tho Events That Have
Marked Their simple Lives - stu
Agile and Hearty.
lPhIladelphla Letter.)

tIulIdutipiiu i-cNANAJ
The Oldest married couple In the
United States celebrated their we'd
ding anniversary few days since In
Wilmington, Del. For slxty-eight
years Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Dayett have
lived together as man and wife. hav-
Ing married in 1881. Mr.. Dayett Is
80 years old and his wife is SO.
This statement scarcely conveys an
idea OF what n remarkable period OF
time their life has covered. Their
union was almos: coincident with the
birth OF our country and they have
seen Il grow from n small and scat
tered collection OF struggling colonies
into one of the most powerful and
wealthy nations in the history OF the
worlds history. When they were mar
ried King George III. was still KING OF
England. Queen Victoria was a girl
10 years old. who had not even been
considered in connection with royal
honors and President Mckinley had
not yet even been born. Andrew Jack
son was president and the halls OF con-
sress were resoundIns with the ihun-
der OF the forensic greatness OF that
noted group OF ante-bellum statesmen.
Webster. Clay and Calhoun. Abraham
LiaeoIn was an obscure and unknown
country lawyer and the Republican
party vas not 10 be born for twenty
i've years.
Both were living when Napoleon and
Wellington fought that most Titanic
of all modern observation-disclosures
they have seen our soyernmcn; bring
four wars ~ 4 successful conclusion
1879. Mexlesn. rebellion. and Spanish.
They have lived under every presi'
dcat cIeep, the firat three. and Mr.
Daye;t has voted for every one S!aee
Jackson.
whca they were ehiidrcn there Sss
no, a railroad engine in the United
States. electricity was anknown. the
frs, s;eamboa; vas oaiy six years old.
and the country Ees, OF the MlsslhsIp.
pl vas an unraplorcd wilderness,
Beethoven. RoGsini and sehuber;
were lisia. and composing. and Scott.
Byron and Shelly were in the hclsh,
o. thsIr fame. Edmund KsSa VAS the
worlds creates; actor and MalibEaa
vas the Queen o. Song" They have
seen naval warfare ErFolui!oaIssd.
have witnessed tho birth OF all the
kTra, inycaiions. have seen steam and
electricity sgppiAat man. horse and
wlnd power and have lived through
our territorial growth from ;hir;cca
Atlantic coast states 10 a country on
whose possessions tho SUI never sets.
Mr.. Dayc,;. although more than 90
years old. IL alert and active. tFeaucnt-
~ taking s;Foiis and rvIaciaE active
latsFcs; in tho Affairs Of the day. Al
though lasS year he vas Obliged TO &c.
sort 10 his spcc;Arics 10 read the pria;
OF the daily papers. he believes he has
been endowed with second vision. for
he ia able to pcEase the newspapers
now xi,hou; the aid Of eyeglasses.
And 30 Ia Mrs. Daycit still agile and
able to busy herself with household az.
fairs. Just to pass aEay tho time" az
one Of her children apily expressed IL.
only the other morning did she take
her accustomed broom and sweep the
sidcHaik fronting the Tuil residence.
Mrs. Daycit makes practice of taking
this exercise daily AMI she always as
sists about the house.
They were married September -.
is5i. at the residence Of Mrs. Dayetts
brother. Nathan HcndFiekson. Ecar
Newark. The Rev. Thomas warbuF-
ton. local preacher OF Cecil county.
Md. ofElciaici at the ceremony. the
only living person who attended the
service that made the couple man and
wife being the Rev. William II. Hen
Erickson. nov Of Booths Corner. He
vas at the anniversary celebration.
Mr. and Mrs. Dsyett had four children.
all OF whom are now living and were
present. They are william Thomas
Daye;t. OF near Glasgow; Nathan Hen