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irienjeted Their Fiftieth Anniversaryli he On their fiftieth anniversary, January 9th, UN Hi. about fifty relatives and friends gathered at the residence of Dennis Wilson and wife, of Hillsboro, to inform them that a half century ago they took upon themselves the marriage vows, and ventured out onto the sea of matrimony.terh#theas 'boneprofstabthe in on his ?Tltorn c utii•ceptVrreman, »tary i thesoph7 ande-ap- The surprise, which was notwholly a surprise, was well re- j edit* Tag- ceived bv Mrs. Wilson, who was i Allenent prepared to meet basketfull with selelt;thebasketfull, which arrived to recoin- plenish the inner man.’pos- At the noon hour the guests filsd into the dining room to behold the table, which seemed to groan under its weight of good things to eat. The variety was all that could be wished for. To say that the self-invited hosts, who became guests, did justice to the feast, is putting it mildly, except uncle Dan Glascock and Shib Furr, who carried it to excess. Shib thought he could eat as much as Uncle Dan; but he soon saw his folly and now promises to be good. The wreck that was strewn about their plat* speaitweik, in the eney ns ifTom I thehas r tencasebigwaswashornliteiS€ter b and natu h i m,is nlt; rnarStHemodistbath spec-odist at 7was a sight to behold; deep in the Judedebris was found broken chicken wings, pull-bones, breast bones and' drum sticks. Late in the evening it was thought that bothI■would recover, with the chancescnm cont E. S Statithatbrin;auaii«by t indiesust;fendthericl\*bezz1A?stundotewithcate:and 3 in andpeohese in favor of your Uncle Dan. And abor lt;dl this carnage, there wasenough left to feed even aneditoii the f,n':l we,'kader Several nice presents were le c for ceived, which will always recall fond memories of their golden an niversarv.Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have had a long and pleasant journey nany through life, and thrs kind re-* and meinbranco seem tlt;» take them upon back to their former days, and .and their many pleasantries.Mr. Wilson's father, Asa Wil-■t en- son. came from New Jersey and asire Wils ,,f English descent; liis motli r de- er lt;.ame from New York and was tory a Quaker of German descent. ser' Mrs. Martha (Shell) Wilson was d« a a daughter of Strother Shell. har- who came from Virginia, and her -hor- nioilier came from Ohio.PIP' The guests present were: F,re^u^ M. Shell and wife, and Mrs. Jane (^s* Hershberger, of Yeddo; Calvin aliti j \ViiS()n and wife, of Wallace; Shib sure Eurr and wife, and Amos Wilson, !ture of Veedersburg; Mrs. Sarah 1V a Black, of Kingman; G. F. Spinning and wife, and Lena Bales, gen- Gf Covington; John B. Bowsher. ries, d inje| Pickering and wife, Freeman Kochell and family, John P. Bever and family, Daniel Glas-andgrancharStat a fa taticney,thecontR(sje( or «i Ken thesker« an e ha vi mosHe i: er,won pealsally ir BakAll had an enjoyable time and ln departed with warm feeling for ^ayi/andcere-and^ a^» cock, sr., and wife, Mrs. Edith Taylor and son and Lizzie Riley,of HillsboroK.Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, who not only make you feel at home but makes you want to return againOne Who Was There.ouseable,iriDg-Coal and Wood.SR.raslyironTelephone your order for allkinds of wood or coal tok. J McMahon Peters. I Sc
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Covington Republican
Covington, Indiana, US
Fri, Jan 12, 1906
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