The Newtown bee., 1909-07-16
GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVER-
 SARY Of MT and Mrs Edward Taylor HAPPILY CELEBRATED TUESDAY
 EVENING. A Large and Representative Gather ing.

ing.
 Under conditions that were ideal the Golden Wedding anniversary of Mir and Mrs Edward Taylor of Sandy Hook wes most happily celebrated, Wednesday evening, in the presence of company f 150 guests, the charming and unaffected hospitality extended, making 1t the complete success that 1t was. The celebration took place in what is known by reo- pie of this generation as the Isaac Beers homestead, which has many as. sociatiors of 'ntersst frcm the fact that 1t was built by that thorough going business man of his day, will liam B. iilover, father of Ex-Senator Smith P. Glover. Located as 1t is hign on the bank, above the dust of the street, it presented on Tuesday evening a scene at once festive and brilliant. The ample yard, where most of the guests sat and conversed dur 'hg the evening, was strung with Chinese lanterns. Members of the Wheeler ( Wilson orchestra were stationed on the piazza and dis coursed sweet music throughout the evening. The decorations through out Ihe h use were artistic in the i extreme. In the hall the railing on the stairs was ornamented with beautiful bouquets of roses, while ferns and bouquets of nastui tiums were used with fine effect. In the main parlor where the bride and gro Jm of 90 years received, tie floral decorations were in yellow and green, large bouquets of yellow daisies and ferns, and magnificent bouquet of yellow tiger lilies, so common but so beautiful. Great bouquets of that most popular of garden flowers, the sweet pea, com pleted the floral arrangement. The dining room was perhaps the choicest and most artistic in it's floral ar rangement. On the /center of the table was a great basket of yellow daisies and ferns, while candelabra with golden shades made a combin- ation at once beautiful and bewitch- ing. The mantel was banked with nasturtiums and ferns. In the room where the gifts were displayed were handsome bouquets of carnations and bouquets of nasturtiums and ferns. Indeed, the whole floral arA rangement suggested the hand of the artist. MT and Mrs Taylor received the congratul2 tions of their guests in the large parlor. They were as- sisted in receiving by MT and Mrs George F. Taylor and Mrs J.. P. Omans of Bridgeport. MT Cantwell, of the Hotel Green, Danbury, catered, and the service, as might be expect ed, was perfect in harmony with the spirit of the occasion.
 A pleasant informal feature of the occasion was the dancing of the 'Vir- ginia reel, MT Taylor having as his partner. Mrs John Clark of Mamaro- neck, N. Y., and Mrs Taylor John Clark. &During the reception hour the orchestra waited on the air the strains of "Auld Lang Syne." Among the guests present from out of town were: MT and Mrs William H. o Hara and Mrs J. P. Omans of Bridgeport, MT and Mrs John Clark of Mamaroneck, N. Y, MT and Mrs D. M. Mitchell, MT and Mrs Edward Mitchell, MT and Mrs LeRoy Mitchell of South Britain, Mrs William Dak- in of Hotchkissville, MT and Mrs Paul Wineberg of Ansonia, Mrs Law renee Warner and Glover Warner of Vicksburg, Miss, Mrs Stanley Bots ford of Wallingford, Miss Lottie Tomlinson of Suffield. The mar riage of Edward Taylor and Susan l.. Botsford occurred on July 13, 1859, at the resluence of her father, George Botsrord, who was a leading citizen ot Newtown in his day. Rev William~H. Moore, pastor of the Ccng; egational church in NeWtown, officiated. It is an interesting fact that MT and Mrs Alonzo Taylor, the parents of Edward. Taylor, cele- brated their golden wedding in 1880. MT and Mrs James M. Blackman, who were present at the festivities, We'd nesday night, were also present at the Golden Wedding of MT and Mrs Alonzo Taylor
 Rev 0. o. Wright, in conversation with the writer said: MT and Mrs Edward Taylor are truly and de- servedly the most popular couple in all this countryside. Of striking and winning personality; capable and experienced in a. high degree; +rien.ly, cheerful, and exceedingly ! kind; and withal given to hospltall- ty,' they are the central figures of a large circle of admiring friends and acuuaintances. Both the bride and the bridegroom of the golden we'd ding anniversary are widely known as good neighbors, helpful advisers, and sympathetic givers in every time of need. Young and old, rich and poor, all sorts and conditions of men look to them for cheer and counsel, and a lift of one kind or another, and not in vain. And the celebra- tion was a fitting and worthy ex- pression of the high esteem in which they are held. No doubt that mad the invitation been general and widely known, there would not have been room for the multitude who would gladly come with gifts and congratulations" The following