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Show THEIR SIXTYTHIRD YEAR I OF MARRIAGE IS PASSED I hVsBBBVsV BiHVswJlI' "nVsVsK ST BVJ ibKa S is--,v i WKmSSSKKM ' II 'IB BH Courtis) Ornnd Junction (Colo ) Dally New. ; H &B Mr. mill .Mr. William V. Miller. Who (Vlcbnilcel Tliclr hlxly-Tlilnl Wedding R Bj Anniversary lJit Week. Tliey Were Married In F Ladoga, Iml., September 3(1, 1853, H Coirespondrnco Tho Run OIIAND JUNCTION, Colo, Oct 2 Hlxt) -three )ear ago, Thursda), Heptember 20, 1852. Mr nnd Mrs. William F Miller of Ihl city, listened to the strain of their wedding march i and were united In marriage by thn Itev Oliver II Wilson, pastor of tho Christian church In Ijidoga, Ind, thlrt)slx mile northwest of Indianapolis. Indian-apolis. Thursda) I hey celebrated that event and the sixty-three-) ear hone)-moon hone)-moon they have hud Ho nt At) )eara and she at 7, are lho happiest couple one would care lo see, alwa) together, to-gether, having laid b) for their "rainy da)" )car with such care that they can rest and enjoy thn iiulumn of their live together, They resldn with their daughter and on-ln. law, Mr, and Mrs. Harry 11. Jones, having sold their own home hero a few year ago. Nearly every da) the) lead and chat together for hour and If Mr. Miller goe over an hour without knowing whero ho I, she soon look him up and when alio I feeling under thn weather, which he doe occasional!) , he come to her side und .euda to her and talks with her It Is the sweetness of old ago and perfect marital harmoii) personified Following their marriage sixty-three sixty-three yoar ago, which I but seven ear less than the averagn span of llr. ii a iillntted lo man bv thn lllble. Mr. nnd Mrs. Miller resided In tho place of their marriage until hu wa called to tho color of the union army In tho hospital service Thl wa In 1801 Mrs. Miller soon becamn a hospital hos-pital nurse nnd Inter u hospital matron ma-tron so that she could bo with him nt tho front nnd together they served faithfully for their countr), often enduring en-during sight und hardship which to this da) they remember Mvldly. They tolled with thn blood) victim of the awful Iono Jack nnd Wilson Creek battlefields, und ut llreckenrldge und IjC'Xlngtnn, Mo. did noblo deed with the hospital corps. They cured for the wounded und dying nnd nome- time stopped In their work to pray, that thu carnage of humanity might c earn Their faith was ever trim und their trust In (lod supremo, and when lho light of peace dawned the) were I happy to return togethei to their home Then thoy moved to Uloomlnglon, j III., from which pluco they went to Ottnwu, Kan, und In 1883 moved to Canon Clt), Colo, when Colorado wa seven year old a n stuto Just twon-t)-slx year ago the) moved to Oram) Junction to make tlmli home. He Joined tho builders of tho community and was iilwujs counted upon a one of tho staunch, dependable men of tho city nnd his works und deeds will live. Together Mr. and Mrs. Miller 'started their Ornnd Junction life and f E H ever slnto havn been regarded a peei- 1 BB pie of which any community would i ,K be proud They nro held In tho high- ' ' B est esteem by hundrid of friend In i B the volley toda) who wilt bo happr B Bfl to hear of their celebrating the sixty- c K third aiinlversor) ' V They have raised three daughter. M Mrs. Harry II. Jones, Mr. J. II. lllber, i KL Hfl who live on Orchard Mesa, and Mrs. F? C. F. llecson of Kaurun City, Mo, nnd y K Mi. Oeorge Chaso of Antloch, Cain., l m tHJ a niece they raised a a daughter. I m HH They boast four grandchildren. Mil- . f lard and Teddy June nnd Willleand k Kii-BB Chester llecson and Ma) belle Ma)- I Bt BB hew, a grand niece, Br " BB Tho sixty-three year of their mar- I Bfl rled Ufa ran bo looked to a an exam- I ' q Hfl pie of an Ideal American home, They , BBj have lived a true life, honorable to tho i Bi flfl highest degree, tiustful and faithful Bp. BB and their reward I manifest. They I j B Bfl have ever been devoted Christians. . ' Kr,rfl They attribute much of thu beauty of I B Bfl their homo life to thn fact that Mr, . IB Bfl Miller was alwa) a tho real father of 1 K BB tho household and alio wa the real I oat Bfl mother and their domain woro re- E! BB spected with a sweetness of comrade- j W. B ship that ha made the union one of a H ever Increasing happiness. They havo I I BB lived ho long togi ther that they nro h V Bfl both eiientlnl to tho other and aro F Bfl onl) hnppy when the other I near and L Bj when thu other I well nnd contented, I gjjs BB too. K-' BB Orand Junction people can well bo j BB and aro proud of till couple, which I le BB probably tho only couple In tho West r Bfl who lm)o lived together three scorn I BB and thrvu ears, Mr. Miller wu if BB bom In Montgomer) count), Ind., In r BB 183t, nnd hn wa born In Hholby !, BB I count), K) . In.1829 Mr Miller says! V -flfl " To huvo good neighbor,' my father -B alwuv told ine 'vou'vo got to tie ono Bfl I yourself.' and I guesa It npplle In ' flB pretty nenrl) all lines whero people ('"Bl are to get along together" Bjj |