Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-09
WEST NoRTHFIELD.
Golden Wedding Celebration OF Mr.
and Mrs. J. p. Aldrioh.


Mr. and Mrs. James =, Aldrich cele-
brated the flftieth anniversary OF
their wedding, at their home here Aug
81. living over again in spirit amid
golden sunshine, pleasant memories
and congenial friends, that happy day
i'm 1854. Eight children have blessed
the happy union and these with theif
| 20 descendants gathered TO take part
i'm the Joyous festivities. A bounteous
old fashioned New England dinner
was served, consisting of roast pig,
chicken, sandwiches, ice-cream and
cake. A pleasing feature of the din
ner table program was the reading
of a poem by Mrs Oscar Lee of Ver-
non, commemorative of the event.
The house was. daintily and appro~
| priately decorated with golden rod;
+ and in the evening japanese lanterns
shed their soft glow over the radiant
! and satisfied faces of all.
The testimonials received were
many and valuable consisting of sill
yerware table linen, Morris chair a
set of dining room furniture and va
rious sums in gold amounting to
about SIP.
Mr.. Aldrich, a son of joel and AL
media Hale Aldrich, was born in Gill,
In 1882. When but a STRIPPING of 20
he started west, residing in PEN
field and Battle Creek, Mich" return
ing east in the spring of 1857. In 1877,
Mr. Aldrich came to West Northneld,
where he has since actively carried
on business as contractor and build
er.
Mrs. Aldrich was Mary Jane Stew
ems. the daughter of Seymore ana
Lucy Todd Stevens.
The heartfelt congratulations or
their many guests-conservativ es-
timated at 500--were extended MI
and Mrs. Aldrich and the sincere hope
expressed that from the face OF the
future all shadow might be obliterated
and naught but beaming warmth OF
happiness remain.
The poem read.
For fifty years on the highway of life
You have borne the sorrows ana
shared the strife.
Together the blessings of life you've
Together have wept as your joys have
Together rejoiced as your hopes were
high,
And toiled together as years rolled by.
But the blessings of fifty years are
gone.
You never could number them one by
one
For laden with blessings the days
were sent
And silently, swiftly they came and
went.
And like angel messengers straight
from above
Brought you a foretaste of heaven
and love.
And the sorrows and troubles of fifty
years,
The threatening shadows, the signs
and tears,
The terrible heartaches along the way,
And faltering footsteps day by day
How memory beckons them up at our
call
And vet would the blessings outnum-
Der them all,
Tonight would we bid you remem-
Der the best;
The sheltered coverts that gave you
rest.
The beautiful gifts that the years
have given,
The priceless treasures laid up In
heaven,
The hopes that are anchored secure
and fast
Where the dear ones rest when lifes
toiling is past.
We bring you glad greeting and words
of cheer,
And hopes that would compass fuH
many year.
We bring you the tenderest wishes OF
love:
For the blessings of earth and man.
sion above.
Nav the days as they pass at the Mas
ter's behest
Bring you of blessings the sweetest
and best
oh, the wonderful changes the years
have brought,
The bits of knowledge our hearts nave
caught,
When some vision celestial illumined
our eyes
And thrilled our spirits with sweet
surprise
These times of uplifting we would not
forget
For their memory gives us a blessing
yet.
And in years to come as you think of
tonight,
May it be in your hearts as memory
bright,
May the greetings of friends and the
hopes they enfold
Be better than CLINT and glimmer OF
gold.
For love you know is the sweetest
thing
You could number or find in the pres
ents we bring.
And if greetings or presents be many
or few,
Nav love from the old friends and
love from the new
Be shining as sunshine and fragrant
as flower
To brighten and sweeten your loneli-
est hour.
And may you be blest with fun many
friend
To comfort and cheer till life's journey
shall end.
Now, we say as we come, we say as
The best of His gifts may God richly
bestow
Nav He guide you and bless you with
pleasures untold
And lead us all home to that city OF
gold.
Till then may we walk In HIS TOOL
steps of love,
Then praise Him forever In mansions
above.
George Strange is on the sick list.
Mrs. Phillips of Northampton is
visiting her sister, Mrs. William Balm.
grandson of bingham are visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Clifford Holton.
Fred Alderman is attending school
at Ashburnham.