Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-30
West Ribey IOhnS
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
TWO CELEBRATED IN TowNsHESD
THIS WEEK.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Austin Observed 25th
Anniversary While Mr., and Mrs, Bella
Brigham Celebrated Golden Anniversary
othe. rownshenG News,

Monday evening % Of the friends and rel
atiyes OF MIR. aud Mrs, Charles Austin met
at their home In llarmonyyille to celebrate
their silver wedding anniversary, Twenty
Ave wears ago Charles Austin and Angle r..
Morse we're married in T0wnshend by Rev,
Mr. Porter and have lived In town the great
er part OF the time since their wedding
There are three children; Era, now Mrs,
Lemuel Van Setback Of Hoosic Falls, \. VI
Guy, who is now living in Bellows FAILS
and Louise, who is at home Among the rcla'
tiyes who were present Monday evening were
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Austin Of Brookline,
Mrs. Irving Grout and her mother Of East
Arlington, Mrs. Austin's aunt, Mrs. Sarah
Spofford OF Worcester, Mass, and MIR. and
Mrs, Zina Cobb and Miss Eta OF this place.
After congratulations had been extended TO
Mr. and Mrs Austin and a social time had
been enjoyed, refreshments were served All
who were present say that 1t was most
enjoyable affair. Among the tokens OF es'
teen were IL bright silver dollars, two silver
tablespoons, a dozen solid silver teaspoons
cold meat fork, sugar spoon, SILVER
cake knife and q book. while Haynes san
ders capped the whole by sending two silver
Leghorn ROSTERS carefully tied up in a bag
II is the custom of correspondents TO an
nounce periodically that wedding bells are
in the air just what is proper to say
when the bells rang 25 and so years ago we
know not unless IL be that their echoes have
not died away. The village could not be
outdone by Harmonyville so when 1t was
learned that there was TO be silver wed
ding there the village people looked about
10 see where they could have a golden we'd
ding and decided upon the hospitable home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Bella Brigham, According
ly about so of their friends and relatives
gathered there Tuesday afternoon and con
graduated them upon their so years Of life
together. Rev. and Mrs. Mcintyre, Mrs, Alb,
bic Taft and Mrs. Henry Miles sang Aud
Lang Syne after which Mr.. Mcintyre sang
stanza in Scotch. Rev Daniel Mcintyre ad
dressed the bride and groom, telling the
anecdote about Rufus Choate, who, when
asked II he were not Rufus Choate whom he
would like to be, replied, Mrs. Choate' S
second husband" Mrs. Abbie Taft read an
appropriate original poem and Miss Harriet
Fletcher made an apt presentation speech to
which Mr.. Brigham responded. All joined
in singing Blest Be the Tie That Binds, at
ter which social time was enjoyed and re
freshments were served Six of Mrs Brig
ham S old schoolmates present.
The guests left behind them goodly sum
of money and other gifts.
Bella Brigham is the Of John II. Brig
ham and the grandson of Colonel Ebenezer
Brigham. who built the house now owned
by Deacon Follett which at that time was
considered so fine a dwelling that people
drove miles to see it. In this house Mr..
Brigham was born. Fifty years ago he mar
ried Mary, daughter OF Harvey Holbrook of
Townshend and went TO Saxtons River where
he was in partnership with William Warner
in store. Later he moved to Townshend
onto the farm now owned by Mr. Greenwood
In 1866 he bought the job Holland place
where he lived until the death of Harvey
Holbrook when he moved to the farm on
the main road which he still owns. There
were four children. John, who is lawyer
and real estate agent in Duluth; Bessie, VINO
died in childhood; Bertha who taught school
for some time in Duluth and died in 1895;
and Blanche who is at home with her par
ents.