----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Laird To: Jim Laird ; Jim Laird ; Jim Laird Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 8:10 AM Subject: Wedding Anniversary: BARTLETT The County Courier Osage County Carbondale Thursday August 11, 1893 Last Tuesday was the 32nd anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. R. BARTLETT. Mr.a nd Mrs. Bartlett are among Carbondale's oldest residents, and their friends are legion, who wil congratulate them on their long and happy wedded life, wishing them many more years of happiness and prosperity. Mr. Barlett made his wife a present, of a new broom; the following is part of his presentation speech: :Dear wife, I present this broom as an embem of your thrift and industry, and hope that it will as lasting, as our long and peaceful marriage relation."