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Show strife He -was with She first to toil, Inus'he yearned to enter mortal Sife And till tie fruitful soil. He -wished to lap the fountains . Eigb up ansid the clouds; That the valleys of the mountains Might feed the cities' crowds. He wished to teach men duty, !Ey work-that he should mold. And deck earth's fields with beauty JIo robes f grpen end gdld. TIlECELEI)HiTllSI Interesting Events in "Various Towns. The old folke of Locn Sixth wardwere royally honored on the Twonty.fourttt. A meeting w held -et which the following pro To try to make thes vallpva grow A meagre crop of graiu. And wben God-guided pioneers Ctme to this state, twas said, That never in a thousand years Gould the salt plain furnish broad. When exiles rifled of their land Such works can show, r.s these Mere than a finite guiding band, Design futurities. TL'he past here acted is of weight In mortal destiny,. STore-planned, we learned in that To him, lif-- was a measure. That he should fill with grain IBut not with fruitless pleasure, 'Or greedy lust for gam. Thoughlgardens migbt bethriving. And all his work should pay, would cot forget bistctbing Or to-keep his Father s-day. Though Satan Bhoeild'irmte him. To whwkey, weed and beer Se'er in ifa would tie delight hka By partaking of his cheer. D, Satan is so crafty wise; But no he'd not forget The beer was flavored with :fcis lies Hell lit the cigarette. Prayer Bishop A. L. ;Skancfcy. Address o the Pioneers J. -Z. Stewart Jr. Song Mr. Hlalvorsen. Utah as it ie-.J. A. Irishman. Kecitatioa Mits Ida M. Stewart. Stew-art. Betninisoeoces by Mr. Barker, I JStrs. Towo6eod-and J.3L Stewart! ! Soag Mr. F.-Jacobeon. Sottg Annie3rantged84. The old falts we-re feasted d treated with evry courtesy. Guest credit is doe da the committees! who' woi kd go fcrd , to "&f r . Peterson, Peter-son, who dacorated the buildiia beaatifully, nd to the boys in Baaak-s who made fun for the' aged. estate, ' , Back of nativity. And thus, and thus we kne him Across true igmif of birth Ere the clarion call came to him To join the throngs of earth. At Newton there was a meeting with reminiscences by Bishop GritSn, Addresses by Alma Benson and William Selson, and songs, recit&tiooe etc. Refreshments were eerved to all present. Tfae Wellsville celebration of the Twenty-fourth of July, Pioneer Day, was a great success. There was perade of ox teams and In-diosa. In-diosa. end a 8 Lam battle in which the iKe''. Men were of course fiealy woTstecL A ball game took icd Smiikfield had no groves of trees To give her highway cheer; Ms see hk labor, planting these . Since eighteen eighty here. Jaa old log shanty on "this soil, ! i.Her craaks, by nature made; Shanks to the Bishop's tireless toil This hastse; Tbe d bt ia paid, j The men earth wants, era such as he, 21en not afraid of toil. Of tempernocp, for-e, iategrity, firm workers of the soil. adeE" '"wbb" canraise a crop ot wheat !Upon an erid plain; Who do not fcast on wiuss aod meat, And sow wild oats fee .grain-Men .grain-Men sf far-eifhted mental eye Wlto think fceyond today, W.ho.ean foresee that byand by. The shade-tree walks ".will pay. That .beauty added to a treet V.ill bud in yon child's brain, Aod there in g-randeur's art e-,peat. e-,peat. Iia -sympathies again. So that mother may not breed A loafer for a eon Whose brtin is lisre a filthy weed He eata -and smokes for fnn. The sfeade and heaiaty of a tree May ptn tbe seeds of art, And set bud of gecius free, That is of beaven part. Ik was not maay year3 ago, Men said that it was vain, At-Bm'ithfieltl, -the day was memorable mem-orable in many avs. .A meeWog was held at l a;c. , at --which Ksa" Samuel Roefcelley acted as chaplain, Bishop Newton Woodroff del'vesed ae address of weloome, and SatBl Nelson epoie f lie Pioneers. Tftere were a!o soags by tbe ble sisters. Ed fatriarch 5eorge L. Farrell; a read icg by Mise Slioa MeCann: m-sie m-sie by ame-j Oragan and company and addresses iv Jusepb Hd! and E. K. MUes, Sr. In behal! of tbe people peo-ple of tlie wsrdf Saaittel'XelsoD presented pre-sented 'orge L. Furrell aa-.l Abruaa Smith, the retirioc; bishop ?and first copy Of the Boci of .Monaaa. The gentlemeti made brief but ieartfeit resiJonsee. Tbe festivities of the day were held in bonor f tbe old folks of the ward and ajl tvere feasted .on jhe d:nti2st viands during tbe afterabon. The following poem in boaor of Bishop 9. I j. rarre!, written by Dr. Boynioo, was read by Joseph Richardson.: Rich-ardson.: In the .mt estate we issew hisz, Acrobs the gulf of birth Ere the call was issued to him To join Uk; throDgs of earth. And long ind-eed his history . Reaching -to twilight time; Into the grandtr mystery Where mortal minds ne'er climb. He held a captain' station, When war was waged on high. When rebellious conflagration Lit yon celestial sky. Ha was with tb& first in battle p1ce between tbe Wellevule and !Medon teams, the former winning win-ning by a score of 13 to -8. Both Welieviile bands were present, sod a quartette of Maughan brothers -and other;, and tbe raus-t raus-t ie generally was of an inamensely f pleasing order. An original poem toy 3Jr iBoyntoc, giving , history of the church, was read. The pioneer wagon representation was splendid. The day's pleasure ! closed with a giind ball. j Editor Sation. A rousitg cele-bratioE cele-bratioE was held ,iu the ward hall, wkere excellent program ws rendered, ren-dered, consisting ot masio by our Union trass band, 0Dgs, recitations, dialogues, instrumental waste, toasts suitable fur the occasion. Charles Anderson's song, ".Echo CtnyoD." created great applause. Jams A. Leiebmaa delivered an address ou tbe early history of the state aod tbe coming of tbe pioneers. In the afteraooo sports were beld for prases I tbe most laughable being the re by the aged. In the evening a grie-d ball was hili. Great credit is ifuse tbe varioua committees. Tbe word cbovr has been reorcrao -1 ized witb oar respected citizen H. H. j Petereoa as leader, the former leader, I Albert Savage, bsving resigned. j Harvesting is m full blast, al- j though we have had sucb a dry season sea-son tbe crops are fairly good. j Albert Williams. ' |