The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-09-30
70 YEARS OF
welded BLISS.
Nj. and Mrs. Van SAINT, 81 and
go, Modern Darby and Joan
WERE MARRIED IN new JERSEY
Were Blessed With Eight Children One
Son Is Now The Goysrasr Of the
State Of Minnesota.
WERE MARRIED IN new JERSEY

st. Paul, MINI, Sept. So.-seventy years
OF welded bliss is the unique record OF
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Van SAINT, the parents
Of Governor Van SAINT, Of Minnesota
The anniversary celebration OF this mod
ern Darby and Joan at their home IN lie
Claire. Ia, tomorrow will assemble
family gathering rarely equalied.
children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren will come from all parts
of the country TO do them honor.
When these two Joined hands In New
Jersey all those years ago the brlde was
sweet and twenty" the bridegroom just
twenty-five.
Born in the same state, their love affair
dated from boy and girlhood. From the
time the blue-eyed beauty gave her sny
consent to her youthful wooer their jour
ney through life has been beautiful
ideal OF unwavering affection.
six years after their marriage Mr. and
Mrs. Van SAINT turned their backs on
Jersey and took up their residence on a
farm near Rock Island, III.
There through the ioAg winters. the
young husband taught school and added
10 the nest-esg in the bank But agri-
cultural life did not prove 10 his taste.
After a few peaceful summers he drifted
with the boat yard in Rock Island was
in the nature of rapid promotion.
Meantime the modest home, now re-
moved 10 town, had been frightened by
children's voices, and the wife found the
climax OF her JOY in mothers care
and love From foreman in the boat yard
Mr. Van SAINT was steadily pushed upward
till he became a member OF the rrm The
nestegg I'm the bank had now become a
a. A.. H. Af " "a
steadily set in.
When eight little ones were gathered
about the hearthstone and the boy and
girl wife had reached the crowning glory
OF middle life J. w Van SAINT was sole
owner of the bca tbuildng plant and had
already begun 10 reach out toward larger
enterprises.
Six OF the children. two girls and four
boys grew 10 maturity. OF these enc
son. Z. A. Van SAINT, recently died at
Peoria, Ill, at the age OF sixty. Mrs.
T. c. Harris. one of the daughters. lives
with her parents at lie Claire. Anothe.
IL Mrs. T. p. Van SAINT, OF Hampton. Ia.
The old couple evinced the most active
interest In s. r. Van SAINTS fight for the
Minnesota Gubernational chair and iis
success was source OF keenest pride ~
the Inauguration in ST. Paul. Mr. Van
SAINT was picturesque and dignified fg-
ure at the side of his distinguished son,
and the mothers message of congratula-
tion was the first that reached her boy.
The second son. A. {. Van SAINT, is a
prosperous resident OF Omaha Neb.
Mr.. Van SAINT is still prominent in the
business world. Building and repairlng
OF steamers barges and other river craft
are his daily concern. but he has extern
sive interests In a number OF boats. and
with his son is represented in the Van
SAINT & Meeson Transportation company.
The bride is now ninety. the BRIDE
groom ninety-two Both are healthy and
happy wearing their years like a ciadem.
secure in the stronghold of their childrcn's $
hearth. serene in the consciousness that
their days are days of usefulness until
the end