Some sixty years ago attending the
same school and church and moving in the same social circles were two
neighbors' children, a little boy and a sweet little girl. On account of
her extra beauty and his love of the beautiful they became little chums,
which ripened into love.
But cruel fate came that way and
the little beauty was removed to the city, and time almost erased those
pleasant memories. Each married another partner for life, and after many
years of happy married life, which was blessed with plenty of this world's
goods and a small family, death removed the partner from both of them and
left them active in body and mind, but forced to live lonely lives in
their own homes, from which children had grown and gone away in their
search for wealth.
They found some comfort in
visiting old friends, and on one of these occasional visits, after over 50 years' separation, they met and renewed acquaintance.
The first love soon revived, and a
proposal was made and accepted, and engagement followed, the day selected
and everything culminated in a marriage between Mr. Andrew Ostrander, of Guysboro, and Mrs. Jessie Nelson, of
Jarvis, Ont., formerly Jessie McLean,
of Eden of years ago. The many friends, old and young, will join in
congratulations.
