Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 238, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1912 — CELEBRATE THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING [ARTICLE]

CELEBRATE THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING

Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Hamilton, Wheat* field, Pass into the Fiftieth Year of Married Life.

After fifty years of married life, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hamilton celebrated their golden wedding at the homes of their children, W. S. Hamilton and Mr. and Mrs. George Ferguson, of Wheatfield. The guests assembled at the home of Mrs. Ferguson .The tables were spread on the spacious lawn of Ward S. Hamilton. Guests came from near and far, mostly relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, for a number of years, resided in Gillam township, and have spent many years in Jasper county. They were married in Otsego, Ohio, in a log cabin of the pioneer style. Among the guests of this wedding day was Mrs. Melser, who attended the golden wedding. Mrs. Melser related how she and the bride had stolen out to a cozy spot under the orchard trees and wept real tears, as chums do that are to be perhaps forever separated. The wedding dinner of today Was a delicious repast of all the good things life affords. The Rev. John Sebring returned thanks before the feast began. After the feast was over the guests were photographed, as usual on such occasions. Then the company assembled in the parlors of Mr. Hamilton’s house, where Mrs. Laura E. R. Fischer, of Chicago, read the letters of regret from the far away relatives, among them being a letter from Isaac Norman, that many Jasperites know, now of Indianapolis. After many congratulations and kindly expressions for the bride and groom in his letter he exclaimed: “Hurrah for Teddy and the Bull Moose party.” And the ladies from Washington and Illinois exclaimed, “Good for him.” Mrs. Fischer then read several wedding selections: “Her Reply,” “That Old Sweetheart of Mine,” “The Golden Wedding Day,” one stanza of which runs like this: “Do you see the low-ropfed dwelling, with its white and shining floor, And the hewed logs matched so nicely And the rose tree by the door? And the wedding guests, I see them, Through the ten and forty years, Sitting quietly around us Smiling fondly through their tears.” The guests departed wishing Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton many more happy wedding anniversaries. Many beautiful presents and gold and silver pieces in legal tender were given the bride and groom. Among the guests present were all the Hamilton children and grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Ferguson and children, Frank, Freda and Nettie; Mrs. Nettie Hamilton Eyans, of Chicago; Mr. Perry Hamilton, Chicago; Rev. John Sebring and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Sebrirg and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Deselms, of Medaryville; Mrs. Phebe Deselms and grandson, Revell Querry, of Sidell, Ill.; Mrs. Elizabeth Melser, S. D. Clark and wife,. Mrs. Mary Clark, Mrs. James Anderson, Mr. Mrs. W. G. Tinkham and son Verne; Mrs. Katie Tinkham, Miss Minnie Tinkham, Mrs. Lon Nies and grandson, Raymond Rolling; Mrs. Hamer Brown, Wm. Rockwell, Mrs. Sam Payne and daughters Virgil and Bernice; Mrs. Bernice M. Clark, Mrs. Melvin Hendrickson, Mrs. Fred Pickner and daughter; Mrs. Harmon Clark and grandson, Clarence Adams, nil of—Wheatfield; Mra Willard Deselms and daughter, Hazel, of Kouts, Ind.; Mrs. Ellen L. Park, of Lowgap, Wash.; Mrs. Laura E. R. Fischer, of Chicago; and Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Hamilton.