TWO COUPLES BCELEBRATEEVENTCapt. and Mrs. J. L. Merriam and Set. and Mrs. Z. C. Hamilton Celebrate Fifty-fourth EventBECK CAFE DINNER ENJOYEDLives of Two Civil War Veterans Have—Parallelisms; Many- -Reminiscences Are Re...........calledRomance and youth are almost inseparable in our minds, and .especially in the minds of the young. i But youth will grow old, brown and inS black hair will turn grey, and the reg ravages of time will make them- Tut selves seen upon even so virile a bro thing as youth. And so, every grey £at head has had its youth and romance, of Not all romance has to do with love day stories, either, though this romance rep covers two such tales, and some of other romantic experiences as well. andFifty-four years ago, June 21. was 1868, in a little town of Berlin, Wis- no consin, a young sergent lately dis-' it charged with honor from his cpun- ■ an try's service in which he had given his good right arm, clasped hands in marriage with the lady of his choice, and two days later, through neither knew the other’s happiness, his former captain, in the little village of Pittsf ordy—V e r monti pll'g h fed lrisTm ee faith to the girl of his heart, June | 11 St 23,1868. | sTrc— . « , .lt;* l- ~ r „ r * « I Eot. FGcititiorp€0uev1pro