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Show ' MR. AND MRS, E. H. DAVIS CiLEBRATB GULDEN WEDDING ( (Continued from page 1) Wo grubbpd the sngi, wo turned tho sod With plow and .platlont ox, And fought the Indian from our fori Of mud and straw and rocks. CanaM we dug. and bridges built, And canyon roads as well, A church and school houso in tho which We youngsters learned to spoil. Rut grandpa Jut to hpar you talk, The boys nnd girls fwoultl seem Just worked and worked tho wliolo enr through, With ne'er Joy of gleam. Not so, my lad, for you must know That boys aro atways boys That toll and want and poverty Cannot removo tholr Joys. Wo wrestled much, wo pitched tho quoits, We rode on broncos wild; It may bo sold In truth thnt wo The Sabbath off dollied. Dut a rpugh and ready country calls For a rough nnd ready raco Of men and women, boys and girls, To sol a worthy pace. Of all tho fun of thoso old days Thoro'a nono that can comparo With tho good old hoo downs wo en-Joyed en-Joyed From evo 'till morning's glaro. I tell you boy, to soo us danco Quadrille and Vlrglnlo Reel On rough plno boards, barefooted too, i Oh thai's tho stuff that's real. , Don't talk to mo bout maplo floors, And wax nnd springs and all, II tell you plain they'ro mero child's 1 play 1 To tho good old fashioned ball. I think I hoar tho ilddlo clear The cullor's loud command. Salu'o your lady, balanco all Your partner give your hand. Hut for thcso gouty logs of mlno I'd show you how It's dono. TIicbo modorn boys and girls when thoy Attempt to danco they run. At last I grow to man's estate And looked about perchance To find n maiden fair of faco Ono whom I might entrance No Lehl lassloo suited "" For thoy woro far too plain. In Pleasant Grovo I found a girl Who asked mo back again. And back I wont full many a time Until my suit was Von And Daddy Stowart said, "Good shot, I'm rid of numbor ono." t And so ho vns. That very hour I took tlio girl away, Wo drovo to Shit Lake whoro wo wed Just fifty years today. Just llfty years ago, my lad, Just llfty years ago Grandmn and I, wo sot up shop In a slnglo 'dobo room. Two chairs, a hook, a fireplace, A nnigh plno tablo baro; A bedstead with a tick of straw, A candlo's feoblo glaro, Thoso household goods wore slmplo; Hut wo woro simple folks. To us tho flnoBt tinted wnlls Woro thoso well otnlnod with smoke. We vorkoJ, wo tolled, wo laughed, wo prayed, That conio whatever may, Wo'd look tho cold world In tho fnco For wo wero horo to stny, A yoar of wedlock hurried by And wo no moro woro 'lono, A bright oyed, laughing, baby boy Hud conio to bloRs ir homo. Thon followed as tho years wont by In ordor, next a girl. To show tho Ktore wo Bot by- hor Sho rocelvod tho namo of "Pearl." Lolloy, tho sturdy, strong, and truo, Cnmo next Into our homo; Thon Sadie with her wealth of choor And Ruby fair of form. Arova nnd Cheltona You say comploto tho list? No,- no, my son. It grlovca my heart To say that two we've missed. , Yofl, two hnvo gono nhund of ug Havo gono to Ood's groat realm Whoro they'll be taught to lovo tho iruiu By Him who iove'th man. And now my son my story's told, Yot ono moro thing I'd say Td ypu and nil assembled horo On this our woddlng day. Know this, my on, that there's a Gcd Who ruloa tho oarth nnd sky; That Ho in thoso the latter days Has apokon from on high, Pio'lalm'ug to the nations nil, The Gospel's Joyful sound That every honest hearted soul May hour, the worlii nrmm.i I thank the God of Abraham Who sent thorn forth to preach. Those humblo men who found my sire And the Oospol then did tonch. I'm thankful too, that father sow Tho light that fills the heart. That ho had courage to nccopt And from his old home part. That lie olmved tho spirit's call And westward turned his faro To find a home in this fair land To perpetunto his rnco I'm thankful, too, for you, my lad, And all my "kith and kin; For all my friends both grcnt and small Who horo havo gathorod In, May God protect and prosper theo And hoop theo In tho right, That when tho fight of life is o'or Thou'lt enter tho realm of light. |