The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-19
The Silver Wedding,

When Pa and Ma had been married
 twenty-five years We told the neighbors with smiles and tears, It was when my Brother was going on twenty-three, And everybody was just as interested
 as they could be. They all said we will come if you have party And congratulate your parents on be-
 ing so we'll and hearty We had the minister read the notice out in church So that no one in the neighborhood would be left in the 1urch It was a pleasant evening and ths moon shone bright, And the folks came from far and near; 1t was a pretty sight To see the teams all hitched up to our fence And the gentlemen helping the ladies
 down from thence. All were dressed in clothes that were stylish and neat, And they greeted our parents with smiles and words sweet, Saying, Q how glad we be that you are
 both alive To celebrate your wedding after years twenty-five. We hope you will live together many
 years more Before you pass over to the other
 shore, For you would be very much missed in
 this neighborhood, Where you have always been respected and done as you should The minister told them to join their hands And said, I will now repeat the bans, Do you promise to keep on loving with
 all your heart And never from each other and your
  And Pa said, Yes, sir, and Ma--she smiled, And turned away and whimpered like little child, For it seemed so solemn and so strange
 to me, And was always just as tender-heart-
 ed as I could be. But the folks all laughed and crowded
 around And shook hands with Pa and made 8
 great sound. You never saw anybody stand up so
 proud as Pa When all the ladies kissed the bride,
 which was Ma. She had on her new black silk and her
 hair was waved, And she was always pretty spoken and
 pretty behaved. Says Pa, Now, all you bachelors go and
 get wife like me; tell you I never regretted the day
 married Abigail G. She is a mighty good cook, she can
 make butter and sew, And she has trained up her children in
 the way they should go And Ma she blushed while the folks did
 cheer, And then the presents began to appear, So many cannot recount them here For it would make this poem too long,
 fear. But all were handsome and useful and And soon the table with silver did
 shine. The Sewing Society gave Ma silver ta-
 blespoons That they earned by quilting bedquilts
 in the summer afternoons, And the Deacons presented Pa with a silver-headed cane, For since falling from the haymow he
 had walked little lame Next, one of the ladies read a poem which she wrote Expressly for the occasion, but have
 not room to quote. They were the most beautiful verses have ever read And will be cherished by this family long after we are dead. Nearly every one wept, they were so affecting and sweet, And Pa, who sobbed aloud. said, That
 poem can't be beat He had it framed and hung up over the nantelpiece, 3 And he read it every day until his life did cease. After that we had supper Ma and
 had cooked for days, And they said the coffee and roast
 chickens were beyond all praise Some of the guests brought splendid layer cake, And some preserves and berry pies, the best that they could bake. When the supper was over we stood up
 hand in hand And sung Blest be the Tie That Binds Oh, that chorus, 1t was grandl And soon they all were gone. We could hear the horses chatter over the bridge, And some went as far as Bakers Farms
 and some to Maple Ridge All were calling Good-B Bye as far as their voices could be hurled, And Ma said we surely have the best friends in the world. We kissed each other good night, and
 the moon her watch did keep Over us so tired and happy that we
 could not get to sleep. Oh! this Is beautiful world, and if it
 were not that friends must sever I am sure we would like to live here forever and forever.
 Myrtle May.