The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-27
A SILVER WEDDING.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. n. Brown Celebrate the
Twenty.fifth Anniversary Of Their
Married Life.

0o ASAA oOSlCA
events of the season was the celebra
tion by MI. and Mrs. j. H. Brown O
the twenty-ffth anniversary of theil
welded life which took place at theil
palatial residence on Main street or
the evening OF January 20, 1906. The
handsome home was ablaze with
lights and every thing ~betokened that
loves young dream had been fully
realized and that perfect hope and
confidence had anchored in the lives
Of the happy pair who were that We
ming to celebrate the fortuitiouS day
in which they had plighted their
faith one to the other, and bound
themselves to share the sorrows as
well as the joys that might fall to
their lot.
The following reception committee,
Mesdames X. Mattingly and Robert
Horton and Misses Jennie Young,
Mary Hall and Berta Brown babe the
guests welcome as they entered the
the hall, which was most appropriate
Iy decorated, and in a most graceful
and happy manne n OF them led
the way into the library where punch
was served by two of Grenada'S
most charming young ladies, Misses
Bessie Young and Elizabeth Moore:
after which the way was led to The
parlor where stood the bride and groom
whose faces were radiant with happy
thoughts and good cheer for the flu
ture. The bride, still as charming of
facial feature as a maid of sixteen,
was beautifully gOwned in a grey silk
crepe Decline over silk trimmed in
real lace holding in her left hand a
lovely bouquet of brides roses and
ferns. Over the heads Of the bride
and groom were suspended a large It's
u paper bell from which hung a pro-
fusion of white and green ribbon up
on which could be seen Twenty
Fifth Anniversary" in letters Of sill
yer. Eight tissue paper bells were
appropriately suspended at various !
places in the spacious parlOr and these,
together with the white and green
decorations, made a scene enchanting
indeed. While the bride and groom
were receiving the congratulations of
guests, sweet music vas e
berating throughout the building
being dispensed by Miss Mamie Kim
brough at the piano accompanied by
her sister, Miss Florence, on the vio-
lin. These young ladies showed re-
markable skill and evinced that no
second place is to be assigned to them
in the art before which the wild Of the
as we'll as high intellectually
submissive. The trained voice
of the accomplished Mrs. w. L. Cliff
ton also added much to the delight of
the evening.
From the parlOr the guests were
led to the dining room which
was no less gorgeous in its furnishings.
Here ice cream in the shape of silver
bells and cake were served. On leav-
ing the dining the guests next
found themselves in the sitting room |,
where coffee, crackers and sailed aim
Onds were served and where the many
beautiful and costly presents were eX-
hibited that had been rendered the
bride and groom as an evidence of ap-
probation by their numerous friends.
So much was crowded into the
hours from 8 to 1890 that the guests
realized when the hour Of de-
came that so much time
had elapsed since their arrival upon
the happy scene. Each one departed
wishing for Mr.. and Mrs. j. III. Br.wn
many years more of bliss and that
lhe fateS might land them safe on the
shores of that realm upon which ev-
Try thoughtful and earnest individu-
II must desire to trOd.