Show honors to a ort liy veteran at hooper EDITOR father higley bad had an ag agreeable retable surprise I 1 lad a st night in commemoration of the 1 anniversary of his earthly existence ilia children and chil ilena dens children with their children at levi clarka Clar kp a sonin son in law and arranged for the ion in order orde r to secure theat the at ten enda daric e of the tile ancient couple for aey they live some distance from larks clarks they were informed that alra ars C wa was very ill whereupon here ulu they immediately entered the ve encle in waiting for them and were conveyed to the render couf there on as seeing ee I 1 aig ti so many people present they imagined their daughter dead hut but mi gon being kindly greeted at the door they inquired what it all meant and were werd informed that it waa wits only a birthday party when they straightway took the hint flint and I 1 quieted heir A crand grand t upper tupper war in waiting and anti father 11 wag was with aith a fuit euit of clothes bich be he accepted it an all appropriate expression of gratitude five sets of tables were required to accommodate all prest ell alter aller which a social dance was engaged in which waa wa led by an jig from front the old couple that waa was pronounced first clan before the party broke up brother higley made a second on his hig early life which waa was of interest st to all present as lie had been in the ibe cherch the principal principal part of his hi lit lifland life cand and ia is we well I 1 acquainted with its ea early aly lii history sury the occasion waa one long to be remembered by the old people in whose honor it was given giyen it respectfully your J K R bl HOOPER dec 30 1884 |