The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-04-19
Wedding Anniversary

The twentieth anniversary OF the mar
rage of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred j. Tibbetts
of Harmony was observed on Saturday
evening, April 7, at their residence.
when about hundred people, young
and old, came in to enjoy the festivities
of the occasion and proffer their presents
as a slight token of their good will and
respects to the genial couple. Refresh.
ments were served consisting OF pop
corn, candy, ice cream and cake.
The presents were numerous consist
ing of the following, with names of
donors: Water set, r. Il. Reed and
wife; glass set, A. 2. Bailey and wife
and Clarence Bailey; pitcher, A. ID.
Gray and wife; glass berry dish and
linen tray towels, 5. II. Whitehouse and
wife; framed picture of the late Frances
Willard, J. V. Herrck and wife; fruit
dish, Alphonso Davis and wife; bowls,
mug and toothpick holder, Mrs. Fred
Bangs; decorated sugar bowl, Mrs. W.
w. Jacobs; glass dish, l.ottie Jacobs
table bowls and & lass plates, Chas. Good.
win and wife of ST. Adams; decorated
tea plates, j. S. Libby and wife; cake
plate, j. S. Libby, Jr. fancy bowls, lnez
Libby glass cake plate and bowl, Lister
Chadbourne and wife; bowl, Gerald
Chadbourne; fancy pitcher, c. +. Spauld-
ing and wife; fancy plate, Berle Spauld-
ing; vase and fancy plate, L. j. Heald
aud wife; glass plate, Clarence Head ;
fancy plates, r. II. Marble and wife;
iuen tray towels, DR.. Wm. Mclaughlin |
and wife; cup and saucer, Chester
Rhoades; lace veil, Mrs. l.. Fl. Staples
fancy table bowls, Eugene and Charles
Staples; mustache cup and saucer,
Charlie Mclaughlin; decorated pitcher,
H. M. Marble and wife; fancy pitcher,
c. E. Cooley and wife fancy vase, Mrs.
f. o. Turner; teapot and decorated
china tile, Clair Turner and Justin
Cooley knife and fork tray, Ora Willis |
and wife; photograph frame, Mertie
Willis; photograph frame, Iona Willis;
glass water set, M. d. Brown; lamp and
vase, Mrs. M. d. Brown; vegetable dish,
Lee Collins and wife; decorated table
bowl, Bernice Bartlett; glass vinegar
pitcher, Harry Bartlett; fancy plate, M.
j. Merrill; glass plate, Emma Merrill;
pitcher, w. :. Merrill and wife; berry
dish, Mrs. H. L. Clement; glass berry !
dish, E. A. Pattee; salt and pepper cas-
tor and vase, L. s. Reed and wife; paint
brush, Leonard Whtehouse; lamp Mrs. |
Leonard Whitehouse; gold sugar she'll,
Miss Addie Ward of Thorndike; vase,
Mrs. S. A. Haynes; vase, Amos Head;
book, A. j. Stuart; crocheted table mats,
Alice E. Cole; fancy plates, Harvey
Eastman and wife; pin tray, Willis
Bryant; pin tray, Robert Pratt; vinegar
pitcher, Leila TIbbetts; hand mirror,
Iona Iibbetts; towel, Florence Perkins.
The literary program consisted OF
recitation by Clarence Bailey and an
encore with a character sketch OF Mrs.
O'Hoologan; a song by Lottie Jacobs;
recitation by Mrs. Lucy Staples; singing
by Miss Oracle Davis; recitation by Miss
Matte Leighton; poem by Amos Head;
song, the Willis sisters; reading by Mrs.
). F. Marble poem by Mrs. l.. FL. Glenn
ent, and appropriate remarks by DIR.
VIM. Mclaughlin, who joined the happy |
couple In the marriage tie just twenty
was Nellie Libby.
The following Is the poem composed
for the occasion by Amos Head, our
Harmony bard.
Come sit you down beside me, wife,
AS you were wont to do
When the daily tolls were DER,
And the eventng task WAS through:
Drop every care which life can bring
And listen dearest. while we sing.
For we're about to celebrate
The ope ming OF loves mag kate,
Through which we passed on life's bright way,
Just twenty years ago, to day.
So Father Time, please rest you now,
For age hangs heavy on your brow,
And gives us leave, you res less elf,
To gather in LIES needful pelf
Or fold your wings. just for tonight,
And rest you here till morning light.
Hang up your scythe, lay down your glass;
And stay the moments ere they pass,
That we In harmless mirth and Joy
The present evening may employ.
Yet not for selfish mammon's greed.
But for our home In time Of need,
And this would seem to be the time,
Ere we have passed ou, manhoods prime.
Yet should our Fathers love Withhold
The boon crave we are old,
Well meekly bow to his behest,
In humble trust that He knows best.
For He, whose hand the raven feeds,
will safely care for all our needs,
As we, In faith, draw near His side,
And claim His promise to provide.
A score OF yearsl how soon they've fed,
Since that glad day when we were wed
Aud pledged our love while here below
A pledge we've kept since long ago.
For life has seemed blissful dream,
While floating down Its mystic stream,
And love has kept our pathway bright,
Since twenty years ago. tonight.
And now whate'er may be in store
or Joy, or grief ere life Is DER,
Well safely trust His tender care,
That "He will all our troubles bear
Though ere we reach the other shore.
He only knows what lies before;
Who's thus far kept us on our way,
Since twenty years ago, today.
But should first cross DER the tide,
And Won In sorrow should abide,
No Joys there are in Paradise
Can keep me from your side.
Best for the Bowels
No matter what ails you, headache to can
Ger, you will never get we'll until your bowels
are put right. CASCARETS help nature, cure