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ILLUMINATED
ADDRESS
On the Occasion of the GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY of
E.S. and M. HALL, June 8th, 188 1.
Among your sincere and numerous friends we have come to offer
you our most hearty congratulations on this jubilee of your marriage day.
To few is vouchsafed the privilege of celebrating their Golden
Wedding, and fewer still can take the long retrospect of fifty years of
wedded life with the comforting assurance that, during that long interval,
they have enjoyed the respect and confidence of all that knew them.
When you recall , as doubtless you often do, that 8th June , 1831 ,
with all life 's vicissitudes before you, it must be a source of extreme
joy to you to know that your union for half a century has been a source of
happiness to yourselves, a blessing to your fami ly, and great benefit to
the community with which you have been connected.
Descendants from a common stock that for centuries adorned the
'faire north countrie' of old England, and transplanted during the spring
time of your days in this Southern land, you have been true to your
ancient lineage.
Associated as you have been with every benevolent work
that tends to alleviate distress, raise the fallen, or defend the weak,
your name is held in honour by all classes and conditions of your fellow
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citizens.
Doubtless your future walk along the vale of life in the
evening of your days will be serene and happy . May it also be long as
your most affectionate family, and your devoted friends can wish .
Dear Dr and Mrs Hal l, on this day of your Golden Wedding ,
kindly accept our warmest congratu lations and believe us to be sincere
admirers of the nob le example you have given as parents and citizens,
of your consistent conduct as members of your Church, of your ardent love
for your fellow man, and your rigid adherence at all times to what you
considered right in itself, and just and kind in its relation to all
others. We also beg yur acceptance of the accompanying purse of
soveeigns , as some small acknowledgement of your pub lic services and
your private worth.
Signed by the Mayor on behalf of the subscribers.