The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-03-18
LuNEY FAMILY SURPRISED.
News From Los Angeles as 10 Wed
Oil z Ar YsfserY.

We a III cf letter from
JOS Angeias CaHfo MIA which tells
oil fAt pleasant u@slse aceo ded A!rI
and Mrs Fam aue on tae oeeas
ION Of tseii Veu y5tth wedding an
.nive -ai'y, on sBnJay March $ 1905
Tae, son Thomas and daughter Mabel
!ured them 10 the home OF Mr. and
Als ~. r l.ioyrfs after which they
hurried home to decorate and beaut-
fy the house and prepare a luncheon
oil dainties as would do fun Justice to
,he occasion The guests had arrived
about ESQ O'Clock, and were in wait
ing when MI. and Mrs. l.uney return-
ed in company With Mr.. and Mrs. w.
III. Sievers. from the latters' home. On
entering the house. they We're never
more surprised than to find that their
home was usurped by their lmany
Denison and California friends
The evening contained many sur
prises, the principal of which was the
address delivered by Mr.. A. g Steuber
as Mr. and Mrs. l.uney stood beneath
a wedding bell hung in the middle
of the large drawingroom door, be
tween the TWO large living rooms. The
address was as follows:
| Mr. and Mrs James l.uney:
Twenty-Five years ago today there
assembled at thy fathers house. a lit
tie gathering. Just as we have met
here tonight On that occasion there
was good Christian man who had
taken unto himself Il Wife. He was
Il genial! fine fellow, a gentleman full
OF ambition and energy. ready TO go
forth and fight the battle OF life. his
fair young bride beside him, and as
i guests that day this couple started
out on life's journey blessed with all
the assurance OF a home making
couple. And. as time passed ON, they
We're blessed most abundantly as the
y, family altar of worship was never
forsaken. Within the four walls of
their humble home there was many
social gathering. and their hospi-
tality has extended from the prairies
of Iowa to the lumber camps of Wash
ington. and thence to the sunny lands
OF Southern California. In testimoy
thereof as look about me and see
this gathering. my heart ponders me
to be here AS of this good wife and
life companion of whom ] speak she
has developed double muscle by the
hard task of work. cooking and baking
for all classes OF men, all the way
from preacher down to the wood
chopper, and the only reason they are
children TO baptiZe, and no wood ne ed
ed in the kitchen range. There have
been times when sickness and finan-
cial trouble have borne down upon
you both most heavily but YOU have
never faltered or lost faith in that
good river of every good and faith
II the dark clouds of SORROW We're hover
, ing over you, there burst forth thai
gentle light of happiness into the
household and again there was thai
thrill of love and merriment in the
paths of those whom YOU met: so, to
day, dear frieds, there has come to Us
, the pilgrimage of that twenty five
/ Years life journey. and we have come
here tonight to rejoice with YOU OF
1 ter of formality. and telling you so
= but coming with the love that speak
] eth from the heart and may God b.
with you and bless YOU as he hail
] done in the past, and may our low,
e and friendship be one everlasting
e and we all look forward for anothe
twenty-five years of life's journey, fill
ed with happiness and comfort AM
so tonight. dear friends, we have on
! (neither preacher nor Il wood chol
per,D and if YOU will allow me-
will present YOU his credentials:
The Boy and Girl from the Boyer.
On the Banks of the Boyer in Iowa
there was reared a model boy