Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1906 — WEDDED MANY YEARS [ARTICLE]

WEDDED MANY YEARS

Husband and Wife for More Than the Allotted Age of Man. HAVE SELDOM BEEN FARTED Now They Are Going to Celebrate a Remarkable Anniversary— Democratic Politics. Lafayette, Ind., May 4. Seventyone years of wedded life is the remarkable record of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Webb, of Romney, who, tomorrow, will observe their wedding anniversary with children, grandchildrtn,. greatgrandchildren and great-great-grand-children. Five generations will be represented at the wedding anniversary feast that is being prepared, and the humble little cottage in which the old folks have*spent sixty years of their life will tie filled tothedoors with members of the Webb family. Each OO and Pretty Well. Both of the old people are in their 90’s, and lioth are remarkably well preserved,although Inst year Webb suffered a slight stroke of paralysis which threatened for a time to end liis life. But he rallied, and is uow able to get about. Mr. and Mrs. Webb were married in Brown county, 0., May 5, 1855. They remember the preacher who married them, the friends, young and old, who gathered at the wedding, and Mrs. Webb still treasures a piece of the gown she wore that day. Soon after their nuteriage they went westward to Indiana with their parents and settled in this county. Since that time they have never left the boundaries of the county except for a visit or two. When Webb Went to War. The only time they were separated for any length of time was in the civil war. Wei it 1 answered the first call to arms and stayed with his regiment until his eyesight began to fail and he was sent home. This was a few days before the batttle of Sbilolk Since then the husband and.wife have never been out of each other’s sight for more than an hour or two at a time. *— Works In House and Garden. Mrs. Webb does all her own house* work and finds time to help her husband dig in the pirden and pick the vegetables and fruit that are found in abundance in the well-kept yard. Webb spades up an acre of ground each year and plants potatoes. The crop is large enough to fill their needs w ith a little left to sell.

TAGGART EXPECTED TO YIELD Will Not Oppose the Proposed Change in Method of Selecting the State Committee. Indianapolis, May 4. There seems to be no question that the rules governing the manner and time of choosing the members of the Democratic state committee will be changed at the coming state convention, June 7. It is for this that the anti-Taggart men have been contending so strongly, and though the Taggart forces will not now say that they are willing for the rules to be so changed, the story is authentic to the effect that when the state committee gets together. May 9, it will recommend the change. This seems to be an almost complete yielding on the i>art of Taggart and his friends. While the present committee probably will be allowed to serve, and not suffer reorganization, the main point that the anti-Taggart party has Ik<cu standing for—.the return'to the old method of organization —will have been obtained. Eagle Captures His Catcb. Morocco, Ind., May 4.—While Ashing in the Kankakee river, Simon Brentwood, of Glenwood, 111., landed a ten-pound carp. He threw the carp to one side and proceeded with his Ashing. Suddenly there was a mighty whirring of wings and before Brentwood could fuirly turn around a largo eagle swooped down, seized the Ash and Aew away. Banker’s Home Wrecked. Hartford City, Ind., May 4. The home of A. G. I. up ton, liauker, was wrecked by an explosion of natural gas. The ruins caught Are and burned. The family eseajied without injury. Lupton is at New York attending a meeting of the executive council of the American Bankers’ association. Child Drowned in a Water Trough. Muncie, Ind., May 4. While the 2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry MansAeld, north of Itoyerton, was going to the barn to meet her father. the child having slipped out of the house without her mother’s knowledge. she fell Into a waiter trough In the yard and was drowned. Finds for the Wife Both Ways. Hartford City, Ind., May 4. According to Judge Vaughn, a wife’s cola feet are not sufflelent grounds for divorce, even when she persists In warming them In the middle of her busband’s rheumatic back. He found for the wife, also in a suit for support, awarding her $325. Receiver for a Seeds Man. Indianapolis, May 4. Harry O. Chamberlain has been appointed receiver for William H. Everltt, seedman, on complaint of James A. Everltt. a brother of William H. Everltt, who claims part ownership. A dissolution of the Arm Is asked.