DWCGQ: Summer 1986 Vol. XII No. 2 Page 56 A FIFTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION IN 1874 The following account appeared in the 6 February 1874 issue of The Clinton Register. WOODEN WEDDING.--Wednesday evening last was the fifth anniversary of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. SNELL, and in response to invitations on bird's-eye-maple cards, a large number of their friends assembled at their residence to congratulate them upon having safely "got through the woods" of matrimony. As is usual upon such occasions, the host and host- ess were the recipients of a number of gifts of wooden ware, among which we noted--a huge hickory maul and wedge, on which was inscribed "pre- sented in behalf of the Clintonia Farmers' Club;" a complete wooden four-bladed pen-knife, by J. Q. ADAMS; monogram, A. L. FOOTE; slippers, M. M. DE LEVIS; saw-horse, W. R. KELLEY; cake stand and cake, W. L. GLESSNER; box of tooth picks, F. M. BURROUGHS; churn, W. D. FORD; spoon, Miss Emma ROBBINS; potato masher, Miss Ella RUCKER; neck-lace of button molds, C. H. DENNETT; napkin rings, Mrs. W. L. GLESSNER; rake, 0. J. WOODWARD; mammoth razor, M. M. DE LEVIS; goblet, C. E. ROSS; comb, Mrs. M. M. DE LEVIS; lemon squeezer, H. KATZ; toilet box, J. T. MILLER; bouquet holder, A. L. FOOTE; bowl, F. K. ROBBINS; butter mold, A. MAHAN; potato masher, Frank HAYNIE; scoop and butter stamp, A. V. LISENBY; spoon, Miss Mary STONE; hanging basket, Miss Callie CROSLEY; comb rack, E. KENT; paper rack, S. F. LEWIS; set of toy furniture, J. T. HAND. There were also a carving knife, pails, bowls, steak pounder, match safe, towel roller, combs scrubbing brushes, and a number of other arti- cles, the donors of which we were unable to learn. Everything passed off very pleasantly, the guests dispersing themselves in the ball-room, parlors and library, as their tastes inclined, and all retired express- ing the wish that the "silver" and "golden" anniversaries of the wedding day of Mr. and Mrs. SNELL would find them as happy as at this, their “wooden wedding." Bob Halsey [email protected] Viera, FL