. Sketches of a life of 75 in three parts : biographical, historical, and descriptive. ed myself to manuallabor, it had the effect to strengthen my physical con-stitution, promoting health, and consequently, increasedmental vigor. In speaking of our home life, I willmention one happy event with which we were favored—the celebration of our Golden Wedding on the fifti-eth anniversary of our marriage. Quite a number ofour relatives and friends honored us with their pres-ence, others sent letters of congratulation, and severalnice and valuable gifts were received, expressive ofthe love and good-wi


. Sketches of a life of 75 in three parts : biographical, historical, and descriptive. ed myself to manuallabor, it had the effect to strengthen my physical con-stitution, promoting health, and consequently, increasedmental vigor. In speaking of our home life, I willmention one happy event with which we were favored—the celebration of our Golden Wedding on the fifti-eth anniversary of our marriage. Quite a number ofour relatives and friends honored us with their pres-ence, others sent letters of congratulation, and severalnice and valuable gifts were received, expressive ofthe love and good-will of our many friends. The original marriage certificate was read after wehad repeated the marriage ceremony we used whenwe were married. Such a marriage some of the youngpeople present at this anniversary had never few whose names were on our certificate werepresent on the occasion. It is a very small proportionof the human family whose period of wedded life isextended to half a century. Four more years are nowadded to ours, and yet in the goodness of our Heaven-. Luke Woodard at 50.


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