Show A poe poem the following is published by request written for sister naomi gillett gillatt on her eightieth Dirt birthday liday november ath 1923 by EMILY 1 I OR ORME I 1 ME on nov nineteen and twenty three there gathered a jolly and largo large company at the home of ida L clegg they met t in honor of sister noail gillett an auspicious event her birthday you see sec just her eightieth anni anniversary venary that homo home so attractive with pictures and flow flowers ers we will soon forget or the dear happy hours made so by our genial hostess so kind i F for or one who is moro more so would be hard haid to find 4 tuat aust lovely of her to think of tills this scheme it made 46 grandmas grandeas grand mas heart with happiness teem and all who were there felt honored as well veil that they could their love so fittingly tell I 1 it was rather unusual the great combination that met at this inigue birthday celebration there was ida and annie both wives of st peter and naomi of course with Rut hGordon to entreat er and like ruth and naomi of old wo we could see that with each other they were so glad to be 6 there was our mary ann only lougy by name not that way at all by record or fame wo we bayqueen had bad queen mary gillett gillatt tho the wife of king john and icilma wife of sam who was samuels son queen elizabeth was vas there too shell say im presuming likes the name coleman best she is so unassuming also princess maud and strange to relate ashes the wife of st mathew now that great king benjamin bowen Bow cn as you ho doubt know took to wife the dear barbara well she wes there too once again we were favored by the kind hand of fato fate to have with Us grace bell wife of fredrick fredriek the great there was mary and martha of loved biblo bible fame its shields and warburton since they changed their name and there was lizzetta her kin close beside or cr the daughter of jacob and maryr mary there was king georgo george atkins wife but what a dilema this kings wife should bo be mary but here it is emma and dont you remember sweet alice Me mcbride Bride alice gowans and mclaws too were there by her side we had the two parks christina and carolina and too sister Be bevans vails letitia and christina margeret bryan and jennie phillips phillip s the two sisters so dear made blade our joy more complete by their sunny good cheer now there was eliza who is also nelson nel son imn that unusual son and daughter in ono one adother strange thing I 1 am going to dl disclose wo we had two lovely flowers a lily and rose the gillespie and marshall varieties in full bloom all the same as if it were the tha fair month of june jun there was sweet modest maggie and so strange to tell tho the she sometimes is ill she is always caldwell cald well we had clara delamare and phipps both so tender and fair but lottie stays near them and shields them from care we could boast one gordon that isgreen Is green all the time because it is planted in a mild sunny bunny clime A most wonderful thing I 1 must tell you and then you will know we had gordons and parks lees and a glenn right there in that home ever hear such before the last named we all know her our dear leanore leandre like mother like daughter we often hear say the reason jano jane isgreen broter dear daughter mao mae now last but not least the dear girls who helped too maggle maggie daughter of james so faithful and true and zella and edith of the house of st peter of all the sweet girls im suro sure none could bo be sweeter the program was splendid refreshments delicious and the guests departed after giving best wishes now my ditty is finished but well always remember that most happy day the of november |