The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-08-10
Silver Weddln .,

OF the friends of MIR. and Mrs. George
Altering, of Trenton township, Joined
them in celebrating the 18th anniver-
sary of their wedding, Wednesday,
August 7sh, 1900.
Mass was celebrated in the church
at WiDdhorst az half past nine in the
morning by Father Borlinger, who
performed the beautiful ceremony of
blessing the happy union.
After the church service the family
and guests returned to the homestead
where dinner was served, after which
all gathered in the loft of the big barn
or perfect floor for dancing where
fifty couples were led in the grand
march by Mr.. anu Mrs. Altering.
The afternoon was pleasantly spent
by the young folks in dancing while
their elders sat around and talked of
the early days spent in wrestling with
nature in the effort to wreSt home
and competency from. the soil of
Kansas.
After supper the young people again
gathered ON the dancing floor and
tripped many ii measure TO the inspir-
ing strain of Profess Wires violin
until the early morning hours when
they njoyed refreshments before dis
persing TO their several homes.
The celebrate on of this event will go
down in the annals OF the German set
Lement as one of its n eatest festivals.
The esteem, in which this worthy cOu-
pie is held by friends was testified to
by the large number of beautiful and
valuable presents given them in honor
of their silver wedding anniversary.
The list is entirely too long to print;
it would take more than column in
the Graphic. Among those We noticed
were two handsome silver tea sets,
two and a half dozen silver knives and
forks, a silver castor, pickle castor,
and teaspoons, table spoons, berry
spoons, pie knife, napkin rings. Then
there was table linen, glassware,
china, a handsome mirror and many
other loving tokens.
Mrs. Altering showed herself fine
house mistress by the feast she spread
for her friends. Her tables were
best OF everything. With the ladies
in her family she baked 30 cakes. 90
pies, about 80 loaves of bread, to say
nothing of chickens, hams, roast veal,
pickles, fruit salads and coffee, on
which to feast her friends at her we'd
ding anniversary. About lUO we're
dined at noon and fully as many more
for supper.
George Altering and wife are of the
best type of the people who have made
Kansas what she is to-day, the peer of
any state in the union. Twenty-Five
years ago they lived in an eastern
state Mr. Altering was stove
mOulder and made a comfortable liv-
ing, but the excessive heat in which he
was compelled to work was too much
Tor him and after being overcome
by the heat for the third time his ply
stefan told him that he would have to
give up bis work or prepare himself
for the long journey from which there
is no return.
Not liking the prospect he decided
to come to Kansas where he had a
brother living. He gathered up his
possessions and came to this county,
weighing but d hundred and forty
pounds and in very poor health.
He landed here with 1920, $500 Of
this he put into the farm on which he
now resides, and with the help of mis-
good wife started in to make a home
in what at that time was known as the
Great American Desert.
AS we looked around his magnifi-
cent farm we could not but feel a pride
in the result and heartily congratulate
ed him on the changes he had worked,
as it represented the work OF himself,
his wife and children, and he is not
by any means an old man yet. His
farm would be d credit to any country
with its comfortable house. great barn
with bin room for five thousand BUSH
els of grain, stalls for a dozen horses
on one side and on the other room to
stone the machinery for several good
farms and a loft for fifty tons of hay,
sheds, hog yards, milk house built of
pure water flows by the product of the
dairy, chicken houses and all other
necessary out buildings.
He has 64O acres of as good land as
lays out of doors with 400 of it under
year between FIVE and six Thousand
thirty of oats and alfalfa, and millet
on the rest. Near the house is fine
young orchard and adjoining it is an
other $40 acres which he rents for his
cattle, of which he has 1O2 head be-
sides dozen horses and twenty head
of hogs.
We call this pretty good record
for a sick man, although one would
hardly think it now as we see him to-
day, the picture of health and weigh
ing 240 pounds.
In addition to accommodating a COM
petence Mr.. and Mrs. Altering have
raised large family consisting of
five children, three nieces. daughters
of Mr.. Ahiering's brother, and an
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