The Press., 1911-02-01
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The LadteD' Aid Ok She MeehodIe church will meet Wednesday after noon aud evening at the town hall
 The ladies' sewing ciFcle. of tb' Congregational chuFch will meet Fri day afternoon with Mrs. l.. B. Price The young people of the Congrega tional church will give Q supper Fri day evening. Feb 3, in the church parlors.
 The debate Friday afternoon, glveI by the union mission study class Resolved, that the educational worl is a greater force for good than tht medical'' affirmative. Mrs. K. s, Agard, Mrs l.. E Hall; negative, Mrs. John H. Steele. Mrs. R. M. French was decided in favor of the negative. A paper on Fidelia Fish was given by Miss Luoile M. Agard.
 A farewell reception was given by about 25 of the neigbhors of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Field Saturday evening. Refreshments were served. Mfr. and Mrs. Field were presented with q picture and set of bouillon spoons MT. and Mrs. Field have sold their farm and are to move to Waterbury. MT. and Mrs. Irving Campbell oi HartfordSare to move into the Field place.
 Silver Wedding. :.
 The spacious home of Mir. and Mrs. Frank Turner Newcomb was the scene of very pleasant social function Fri day evening, Jan. 27, when they celebrated their silver wedding The house was decorated with hemlcck, potted plants and ferns. Stein's or- chestra from Rockville furnished music. Three hundred invitations were issued, and notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather two hun derd were present, including guests from New York, New Jersey Norwich, i, New Haven. Springfield, Hartford, Rockville, Stafford, Mansfield, Ooven. try, Willington and Holland. Mir and Mrs. Newcomb recieved the heart fest congratulatio from their many friends. Two poems written for the occasion. One by Mrs. Marilla Moul- ton, who is nearly ninety and almost totally blind, was read by Mrs. French. '. TO MIR. AND MRS. NEWCOMB. I bring no costly treasure,
 No gems from earth g deep mine, But my sweetest joys and pleasures #
 For evermore be thine. ..... Had the power possessing, --.
 Across your path I'd send
 Showers of richest blessings
 Till life in love shall end. =..
 M M Moulton.
 "A Silver Wedding" by William B. Ludlow, which was read by the author.
 A SILVER WEDDING. A silver wedding, twenty years and
 five,
 Of happiness and wealth of tender things, Of sorrows and of joys and gladness shared,
 Of memories is softer than the angels wings Deep in the dark recesses of the earth {.
 We dig to find the treasures rich
 and rare, Which we may hold and call ours for ! a day, < \ ss9 And then must yield them to an. other one to wear. The richest treasures and the rarest Are found upon the surface, glint.
 ing in the light,
 And they are ours forever and day, And none may rob us of our heaven ly right
 The diamond. the ruby and the pearl may be our transient pride,
 But love and grace and kindness stay with us alway;
 Gold, silver, copper, we may glory in
 But gentleness and purity live be- yond day. Never can you lose the treasures oe
 these silver years,
 None may take them from your loving heart;
 When looking back along the. silver
 path of life
 These are the gems with which yous need not part. A happy year, that year of '86.+ Cupid then was jdst ss full of tricks
 As he has ever been; ' I dare not tell the age of Frank, He might not tend me in the bank,
 But he was somewhat green. His fortune had begun to rise, For be was virtuous and wise,
 And kept on saving wood,
 An old sick eva had yielded we'll, Her offspring grew, as I've heard tall,
 And price for lamb was good A love of baseball marked the youth, And at a game he met, forsooth, The charming Adelaide.
 Thereafter Morrow saw him dance, s.ss In Millard's grove he used to prance
 Till stars began to fade. *t His courting was not over long, Delays are dangerous, runs the sona And so they welded soon. Vi s8 The list of names they have provided : The title for each bairn decided,
 They found it quite boon. And now. surrounded by their brood, They find the days are passing good x
 As they life's path are treading. The silver days are here and now, The silver days will melt somehow
 Iuto golden wedding. A silver wedding. tWantv vaara asad