The Hundredth Anniversary of a Wedding.
Silver, golden, and diamond weddings we have all heard of, but what designation, is to be applied to the hundredth "Anniversary of a niarria >c ?. Altogether incredible as it may appear, the, faVt is , vouched far by official documents that, in the mont^ojf'Hay, \n the year 1793, Jeanv. Szathmary, of Zsombolyi, in the county of Torondali in the king *dom 'of '■ Hungary, vSras united in marriage^ to a youthful bride,, and that*ffi!fare Dpi sUUKving: tTntil quite recgntljy,, indeed they earned a meagre livelihood by the labour of their awn. hands. They were aged people**inrheh the oldest inhabitants of the village were boys and girls. So extraordinary a centenary has brought people from all parts of Hungary to look at them, and their gifts?' in addition to a small pension allowed to. the venerable couple by the municipality of Zsombolyi, will keep* Jean'Szathmary and his wife in comfort" for the rest of their days, eve%jf should extend to the. commencement of another century. .
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Manawatu Herald, 17 October 1893, Page 3
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168The Hundredth Anniversary of a Wedding. Manawatu Herald, 17 October 1893, Page 3
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