Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-09-04
THE GOLDEN MILESTONE.
200 Guests Joined with MIR. and Mrs.
Ammi N. Wyatt in Celebrating Their
5Oth Anniversary.

5Oth Anniversary
Mr.. and Mrs Nmmi y. Wyatt arrived
Tuesday al the golden milestone which
marked half a century in their welded
life and celebrated the occasion by enter
tanning their friends at the home of their
daughter. Mrs. c. J.. Spear. at l6 WASH
ington street. Expressions of couEratu-
lation. good will and esteem marked the
event which WAS one of pleasure to every
one of the 300 or more guests of the host
and hostess. Chinese lanterns Illuminated
the grounds. and inside the house the
rooms were handsomely decorated with
goldou-rod. golden glow, ferns and as
paragUs. \ noticeable bouquet consisted
of 50 stems of four-leaf clover, the gitt
of one of the guests. The guests began
to arrive at o'clock and kept coming un-
til nearly IN.
Two little girls. Ruth Wilder and Ruth
Sargent. directed them where to lay their
wraps. after which they were introduced
to Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt by the ushers,
Marshall -. GrOut and Willis ID. ellison.
Mr.. and Mrs George Fisher, who observed
their golden wedding anniversary few
weeks go assisted Mr.. and Mrs. Wyatt
in receiving.
Member. of Leitsinger's orchestra fur
nished excellent music throughout the
evening Refreshments of ice cream ana
cake were served by Misses Hattie Young,
Eva sanders. Zctta Weld and Mai Spear,
y. H..
was I'm charge of Mrs George Wilder ana
as the guests left they were presented an
envelope containing card bearing the
inscription Mr.. ana Mrs. Ammi y.
Wyatt" and ON another line " lS55-Sep-
temhor 1-l9"" These were given out by
Miss Florence Reyes. Mr.. and Mrs.
Wyatt Wer. presented substantial sum
of gold by the ueighbors. relatives and or
gnnization~ to which they belong. also
several handsome articles of gold and sill
verware. Among the guests were Mrs.
WAITS sister. Mrs Jane Webster of Ann
Arbor, Mich Mr.. an,l Mrs. Ammi Wyatt
of llartland. Mrs. Joseph {. lice ol
Northdeld and Mr.. ana Mrs. W. w. Saw
YER ana three sons of Eeene. y. II.
Ammi Nicholas Wyatt was born in Ran
dolph Aus. -. 1871 and was son of Will
liam and isabella Mcintosh, who went
from Amherst Mass, to Randolph,
cleared off place in which to build and
were among the early settlers of the
town He was the youngest of eight chill
dren and is the only survivor. He was
but eight months old when his father died
Mr.. Wyatt went when he was 10 years old
to Braintree. where he remained until he
became of age. The next two and halt
years be spent in farm work in Dover, Ill
Returning to Randolph he bought the oi,
home place and made a home for his
mother He went to war but again took
up farming for "a year, when he sold the
place. lie came to Brattleboro in ISL an'
has been here ever since. He was en-
ploycd about six years by the EsteY or
gan company ana about the same Length
of time by Smith X Hunt. but for a mum
Der of years he mas had no active en-
Payment.
lie is member Of Sedgwck post. G. y
r.. and held tine office of commander one
year. He enlisted in company +, 1otl
Vermont Regiment. in December 1863
ana was mustered into the government
service at Camp Governor Holhrook il
Brattleboro. During the next year an'
half he saw AN unusual amount o
fighting. being in the following battles
Wilderness. Spottsylvania, North Anna
Gaines Mills cold Harbor, Bermuda Hun
dred. Petersburg, Monocacy. CharlestOwn
Smithheld, Winchester, Flint HILL Fish
er's Hill. Cedar Creek, siege of Peters
burg. and Sailors Run. At Monocacy h
and seven others barely escaped beini
captured by eight rebel cavalrymen b,
quietly submersing themselves in a SINAI
stream so that only their faces were eN
posed
Mrs WYatts maiden name was Hele1
NJ. HadleY. She was the eldest of scveI
children of Hon. David w. and Louis
Brown Hadley of Mortified. this state
who became early settlers of the tow
after leaving Ware, \. H. She was Dor
July ., 1897, in Mortified, where she live
until the time of her marriage, whc
took place in that town. Among he
recollections are the stories her mothe
used to tell about wolves bowling aroun
the home at night the town at that tim
being sparselY settled and covered wit
woods. Mr.. and Mrs. Wyatt have tw
children, Mrs. Ida Spear and Arthur /
Wyatt the we'll known Photographic
both of Brattleboro. Mrs. Wyatt is
member of the Unversalst church, tn
Golden Cross and the Womans Relic
corps She has been chaplain of the las
named organization. For the past
years Mr. ana Mrs. Wyatt have live
with Mr.. and Mrs. Spear.