The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-11-08
GOLDEN WEDDING.


celebration of the Golden Wedding OF
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Snyder at the
pleasant home of Mr.. and Mrs. W. b.
Mines. 1t is unusual for a couple to
be permitted to complete half cen
tury of welded life, and on this occas-
ion the friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Snyder
wed with each other in making it a
day long to be remembered both by
the old people themselves and by all
who were so fortunate as to be
present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Snyder received their
friends, about seventy.hve in number,
seated IN state in the spacious Mines
parlor, which had been further beauti-
fed by palms, ferns, evergreens and
chrysanthemums, with here and there
touch of yellow to do homer 10 the
occasion.
After the last guest had arrived at
half.past five, the old people arose and
were surrounded by their children and
grand children, Mr.. and Mrs. w. B.
Mines, with their children, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. S. Mines, Mary, Daniel and
George, and Mr.. and Mrs. c. C..
Snyder, with their children, Marguer-
ite, Edwin and Carl. Miss Marguerite
Snyder then stepped forward and re-
cited a very sweetly, touching and ap-
propriate poem, after which, Rev. J.
&. S. Manifold pastor of the Lutheran
church made equally appropriate re-
marks He spoke in touching man
ner Of the life they had spent together,
with its sorrows and joys, and rejoiced
with them that their matrimonial bark
had weathered so happily the long
voyage, while SO many are wrecked at
the very outset. He closed with a
brief prayer, expressing thanks for the
year gone by, and petitioning that
many happy years be spared them.
After this informal ceremony was
completed tables were placed about
the room and the guests seated and
served with beautiful and daintely pre-.
pared refreshments. After this the
young people of the party possessed
themselves of tin pans, buckets and
sundry other musical instruments, and
went out to serenade the bride and
groom. Much vigorous hammering
and stamping failed to bring them out,
they finally gave up in despair, and
went in to listen to the strains of
"Auld Lang Syne,"
After this the evening was delight
fully spent in social intercourse. AT
ten o'clock the last guest had reuct-
antly departed, all joining in the wish
that if Mr.. and Mrs. Snyder might not
have another Golden Wedding they
might at least celebrate their diamond
anniversary. Mrs. w. S. Mines and
Miss Marguerite added much to the
pleasure of the evening by their
music.
In conversation Mrs. Snyder told
US that her wedding day had been
just such another golden Autum day.
There being no railroads about here
then, Mr.. and Mrs. Snyder and the
wedding party took their tour in
carriages, Jersey Shore being their
destination. Certain it is that Mrs.
Snyder, as bride, fifty years before,
could not have looked sweeter or
prettier than when she mingled with
her guests on this occasion, while
many remarks were made concerning
Mr.. Snyder's youthful appearance.
Those who assembled to do honor
to the occasion were the following (:
Mrs. S. A. Petrikin, Mrs. Malvina
Barton, Mrs. T. c. Harter, sisters of
Mr.. Snyder, Mrs. M. E. Ent, Mr.. and
Mrs. Nevin Funk, Mrs. M. A. John,
Miss Helen John, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Bittenbender and children Isabel
and Frank, Mr.. and Mrs. Hervey
Hidlay, Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Creveling,
Mrs. Snyder's brother and daughters
Hattie and Bessie, Mr.. J. H. Crevel-
ing another brother and daughter
Lulu, Mr.. and Mrs. Benson Creveling
also Mis-. Snyder's brother, and
daughters Lettie and Dellliah,
Bloomsbury; Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c.
Creveling, Mrs. w. E. Dietterich,
Rev. Manifold, Mr.. and Mrs. J. N.
Mines and children Sue, Ray and
Paul, Miss M. A. Barton, Mrs. M. M.
Worman, Mrs. E. f. Mackey, Mrs.
George Tronsue, Miss Martha Robin
son, Miss Jennie Griffith, Mrs. Chas.
Hess, Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Eyerly
and daughter Dora, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Straub, Mr.. and Mrs. w. B.
Mines and children Miss Mary,
Daniel and George, Mr.. ahd Mrs.
VIM. Hidlay and daughter Agnes,
Espy; Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha Hagen
buch, the latter Mrs. Snyder's sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hervey Vanderslice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Greasy and