, 1904-04-13

WIN Sttttl AIS LloIt StiltlS pLCS~th
BY lavish nature more caressed-
They gladly come to our w west,
Back to our simple mountain ways,
To plain and mountain mysteries
They learned this truth to our hill foil
To them not strange
The light TO Hindu people broke
BY dreaming brother
Who to the mountains gladly come
To hear the winds in pine trees hum
And earth that throbs like beating
drum,
By riders swift upon the range
Come to their mother.
Then greet the bride and groom again
AS ever young.
They have not lived and thrived in
For fifty years together
Fo rthey return to land of plain,
The land of sunshine without rain,
The house of heart, the home of brain,
OF tongue and pen
God grant them fairest weather.
Mir. Lehman proposed the health OF
uuaffed by the company standing.
Three cheers for the host and hostess
were also given with much enthu'
siasm.
MIR. ~Ivinson responded to the toast
with much feeling. paying the heart
lest of tributes TO his wife, whom, he
declared, was the one and only woman
in the world for him now as fifty long
years ago. There were calls for Mrs.
Ivinson, and she spoke briefly and
modestly. dwelling on her love for
Wyoming always and forever. and eX-
pressing the hope that it might ever
her home. Both Mr.. and Mrs.
Ivinson were cheered to the echo.
At the second table, Mr.. James Fen
wick oficiated as POSTMASTER. and
speeches were made by Messrs. 7. H.
Gibson. John Ernest. A. j. Holiday.
Corlett Downey. James Stirling and
J. Fisher. The Slosson poem was
read by Mrs. DeKay, and Mrs. Peck
lSNlNS" ttS SLsNS
by the young California poet.
At the Maennerchor hall, dancing
was resumed and Mr.. Ivinson lead the
f~rivolity Of the gay and festive COM
pany. Old time dances were demanded
and were executed with vim and Wig
or. Mr.. and Mrs. Ivinson consented
to lead the virginia Reel" and the
favorite hypnotized within its
all ages, as well as all pro-
LESSONS and occupations, not even ex-
the pulpit and the press.
Among those present last night were
Mrs. Stark, Mr.. Fillmore and Mr.. Day
ton, who attended the first party ever
given in Laramie by Mr.. and Mrs. "
iEson, which occurred in the fall Of
1869. Mrs. Stark, then Miss Lee. came
over from Cheyenne with her brother.
General f. NJ. Lee, at that time acting
of the territory, especially to
be present at the function, which was
complimentary to the officers then sta
toned at Fort Sanders.
Mr.. and Mrs Ivinson received m
GUS notes of ~felicitation, and many
congratulatory kilograms came to
hand yesterday. including messages
from Bishop Talbot and family and
from Mrs. Manasse and the Misses
Manesse and Durlacher. Some of the
Of regret were printed on gold
leaf, and the list vas a notable one.
including epistles from the Revs. John
and George Cornell, who also sent 'ap-
propriate gifts. Mrs. lvlnson was sur
prised at the number and value of the
remembrances received. and expresses
heartiest thanks for the love SO mani
She Is especially delighted
with a plate Of rare old Dresden China
in green and gold. because 1t came
from her own beloved England. This
treasure was the gift of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Gilman. Perhaps the most
unique present ever received on a SINH
lar occasion was the service presented
to Mr.. and Mrs. Ivinson by their grand
children, Lieutenant and Mrs. Fewell.
This Is fashioned from shells actually
used In the Spanish-American war, the
teapot being made of a 6-ounce shell,
the sugar bowl from II of 3 ounces
and the cream pitcher from h n
size. Among the elegant gifts pre-
by Laramie friends was a mag
nifcient punch set, the handiwork of
Mrs. Downey. The pieces are In
grapes, the tray being embellished
with a heavy border of gold, and the
twelve massive cups being also lined
with gold.
Edward Ivinson was born at st.
Croix. West Indies, September 20.
1880. From st. Croix he went to Eng
land. where he vas educated at Car
Isle university. coming to America In
1843, taking a position with the noted
firm in New York city, Lord & Taylor,
importers and dealers in dry goods,
While in that city he was an intimate
friend OF the family Of Mr.. and Mrs
Waddington, the latter the mother OF
Miss Jane Wood, now Mrs. Ivinson
Mrs. Waddington had married In Eng
land. where ner husband had died. she
afterwards marrying Mr.. Waddington
youngest son of Lord Waddington o.
Lancashire. Miss Wood was left II
England when her mother came Il
America, and while very young she
started for this country. intending t.
visit her mother.
When the ship on which she journey
ed reached New York harbor. 1t wa
boarded by young Ivinson, who ha'
been SEN down to the wharf on pur
pose to meet the girl. Neither knew