, 1904-03-02

SduQuet 'hat "aoe IdDlcS 1FOan.
4 more surprised couple than Mr..
and Mrs. }. W. Johnson would have
been hard to find last night. They
suffered W surprises in m day. each
a little more surprising than the other.
ami both very pleasing in their mys-
terry. In the first place. yesterday be-
ing the twenty-fitth anniversary Of
marriage, Mrs. johnson had pre-
pared an elegant dinner, TO which she
invited in all about sixteen p sons,
relatives of the family ami close per-
sOnal friends. She did not invite her
sister. Mrs. Minnie Larson, and her
husband, Charles Larson. of Denver,
who were in the city. They might
been invited, had Mrs. Johnson
known they were within 100 miles of
Laramie. but she declares that only d
mind reader could have told that they
were probably hiding in Bailey Corn
wells cellar on purpose to surprise her.
Later in the evening, when an urgent
message zane to Mr.. and Mrs. John
son that they were wanted-and badly
wanted-at a very special meeting at
the North Star hall, all they could
think of was that the hall had been
blown up, or run away with. or some
thing of that sort, and away they went,
and h~ot-foot, to that hall.
they found a host of friends, and
were informed that there was going to
be a celebration in honor of a couple
of honored guests and that they were
Surprise No. 2: Mrs. Johnson
had prided herself all week that her
wedding anniversary was known to no
but the Johnson family. and that
the celebration would be a johnson at.
fair. pure and simple. She was told
that others knew it-several hundred
in fact-and that she must sur.
render without firing a gun, or she
be taught a lesson in compelling
people to be good that would win bat
surrendered and Mr.. johnson surren-
dered, and the little Johnsons surren-
dered. and the war did not occur, mirth
and jolllty taking its place.
Guests to the number of nearly 200
were at the hall, and with them came
Niethe's orchestra and a dance pro-
gram of severa numbers and a supper
with all the good things Imaginable.
These were supplemented with some
and costly gifts and a word
Of congratulation and love and best
from everybody in the room.
Mr.. johnson declared that he never
before had had such a brilliant wed.
ding, and Mrs, johnson declared that
It was Just too lovely for anybody but
he most fortunate little woman in the
world, and there were expressions like
.hese all over the hall.
John w. johnson n Annie Hansen
we're married at Medicine Bow, March
|, 1879, at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Christ Isberg, and Mrs. Isberg made
a regular old-fashioned, old coun-
ny wedding cake. BY a singular and
happy coincidence Mr.. and Mrs. Isberg
we're present a quarter of a century
alter, n Mrs. Isberg presented the
FLUSHING couple with another wedding
cake, larger and finer IAN the other,
and trimmed with twenty-five beautiful
little red and white roses and a Dig red
rose in the center. Mrs. johnson cut
he second wedding cake last night
and distributed pieces to all her
Some ate the bits and others
took them home to perform the mean
and entertainments supposed to
cling about bits of wedding cake. Par
ticularly was this true of the guests
who had not even been married at all,
let alone twenty-five years.
The Johnsons lived on a ranch in
Carbon county and at the town of
Carbon for several years., coming to
Laramie in May, 1888, wnere they have
since resided. They have had seven
children, three of whom, Melvin, Ell
wood and Evelyn, are living, four little
girls dying at Carbon and being buried
in the Carbon cemetery. Their life in
Laramie has been an open book. They
are foremost in good works, happy,
honorable citizens, respect
on every side and honored wherever
honor was due. Mr.. johnson has been
in helping the upbuilding of
the city and ia now chairman of the
board Of county commissioners. an of.
ficer in the building association, direc.
tor Of the Albany County bank and a
large property owner and t~axpayer,
Mrs. Johnson is quite prominent in