Looking toward sunset

by Unknown

Hath he not always treasures, always friends,

The great, good man? Three treasures, love, and light,

And calm thoughts, regular as infant’s breath;

And three true friends, more sure than day and night,—

Himself, his Maker, and the angel Death.”

Coleridge.

THE GOLDEN WEDDING.

The German custom of observing a festival called the Silver Wedding, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of marriage, and a Golden Wedding on the fiftieth anniversary, have now become familiar to us by their frequent observance in this country. The following description of such an anniversary in Sweden is from the graceful pen of Fredrika Bremer, in her work entitled “The Neighbors.”