The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-30
MIR. AND MRS. BILL ARP.
THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING

THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING.
lhe Great IumOriSt Tells About
Loving Greetings and tho beautiful
Presents.
The celebration OF our golden wedding
Is over and my good wife and ar
still marching to the end Of tic jUun.
ncy. The lifticth anniversary Of ou,
welded Lie brought no change and did
not for Il moment stop the ticking Of
the marble clock nuou the mantle.
The days and the wccks.und The mouths
arc stiil coming this way. We did not
cross the RuOicOn nor tho Jordan nor
the StyX, but only set uD,un0Lh"r mile
stone and marked it. ii,tJ. Now we
are on the last quarter stretch nearing
thc goal, and Ii 1t Was left 10 ua we
would max? AN even race. Birth and
marriage and death are the most nOtl-
bic events in this life, the most pr, -
nant with fate and destiny, Of nappi.
ness Or misery, and it becomes US 10
pause occasionally and ponder them.
Ii we can 40 this with serenity aud
gratitude IT Is we'll, for there is no com
fort in mniancGoiy.
And so we were made haVuy on our
wedding day, aud are hunly ut a. We
recall the kind loving greetings Of
children and kindred and t,irnu,. y
shade OF saduGso cain. Over Il. ni CuUr. (
az we thought Of the missing on e. tn,
youngest boy afar oil IN Mexico, bat Re
Will come some OF these sumtnHr days.
AMI brings his sunshine with BIN. II
always brings il ana be ...Naya ; .nus il
in his letters. rhcrc Is 10 better ,.yU
OF boy than for him TO wri:; homo
often and regularly, &nu Carl does tnut.
MIR. Craig, ;;of Macon, suDs Us ny cX-
press prepaid a pretty iron dOub!4 sea,
Tor the VerHndah o. Tie iHW.i t.uu
wrote, W made this with my uwi
hands Tor your golden wedding, NJ
wife and | war'ed TO show our luvL iO!
your son Carl 2h0 wns good ard kiuu
to our dear hoy whilG ne WAS sick j.
Mexico. Our boy came homn and ,.ed.
but VIC, haze not .fOngott"n Curi, Cos
b. .ess him." Wna.;.u,Gon.fort % q ua cot
are the Letters from tAo cNild"cn
WHAT comfort are, good, KIDD letter.
from friends known and unknown uuu
we have had them by tNe hundlc co
during the past two weeks, aud tile.
grams, too, from New York to Texas
and from the islends oi our new
domain. We were auAH d over.
whclmcd anG wondered what We h;.u
done to provoke such interest in cur
home affairs. And then the press .ha:
showercd its benGdictions SO iAvishll
that | WAS constrained TO whisper
when will this thing stOp--whCrc will
this bird light. We are prond Of all
this, but not vain and VIC arc more
gratltled than proud, but the qucry l.
still with us, What have we uunc anC
Is not this all a dream ?'
And then there are the beautiful
gifts and souvenirs that kept on comm"
from friends near home and friend,
abroad. Hhey crowded our tables; anu
adorned the walls. These golden pres
cnts gladdCncd our golden Years and
fitted the golden wedding SO appru.
priatcly, and The flowers did, lu.-
beautiful llowcrs fron BroOkly!l ana
Atlanta and Rome ANA Mobile and
Marirtta and all lad-n with pretty
sentiments and sonc with the ever liv
! ling lines from Mrs. llcmnns:
bring iiewcrs, fresh flowers. for the bride
| to wear;
They were born to blushin her shining
| hair
Yes, all is for the bride. She let.
me look al The beautiful things ant
oven to handle them, but They arc II
hers except the golden hca ted eau,
and the French clock that my dear ole
college mate, Jim Warren, sent me
And she has Tivcn me one uf the golt
fountain pens and a pair Of tn" cui
buttons and the new tangled cnrvinl
fork that | thought was curling tong
for my scattered hair. IT seems tn nj
that am little humber thHo | WA
before the wedding, for she claims q!
the pretty things, from the massive
gold ladlc Of Mr.. Akin and the bcAuti
full golden chaliccs Of Tho Constitution
and the lovely spoon service Of Tn,
| Homo and Farm an the gold amounted
umbrella from Kansas City, dOwr =
the golden bookmdrk and the 20 dc!
toothpicks. There arc scores Of Gtho
beautiful things in . lass ana gold. al,
they are all hers. | am no longer t.,
cashier OF this bank, for the bride ha
put away the golden coin, though ant
says she, only wants to keep it "a whll,
and will then give it back 70 me.
remember when my father got IL Dcn
sion OF 800 fora poor. Old man wn,
owed him 500 and hnd owed it fO
years. Father counted out The g0l(
and gave it to him, thinking that 0
course he wolld pay the doot, but H.
wrapped 1t mp carefully and pat i
away down in his pocket and s&artut
for his horse, who was hItCncU to tN
rack near by. AS he VA about TO go
up father said to him, " MIR. jenkins,
thought You told me you would pa
me when you got your pension :" I've.
did, Asa" said he, land I'm EWin
to do it tomorrow shore. | just;wantc
to take it all home and let the old wl
man look at it and feel Of it and cUur
it, and we would sleep with :. in tn
house one night, Aaa-just one nigh
Asa" Ard sure enough he did brln
it back next day and paid the, debt an
put the rest in my fathers safe.
, | know thai my BRIDE will DO tina
TOO. Fifty years ago she promised III
t everything she had or was going
:. have and SO will walt. She has alwaN