Show A birthday part parly Y last saturday the children grandchildren grand chil children J ren and great grand children of the late prest anson call celebrated his big birthday it bein being the third since bis big da death th tile the children feel to carry cairy out the request of the patriarch in holding this as a family holiday owing to the ill health of his wife mary P the dinner was not all in one as heretofore most of tile the relatives took their lunch before coming expecting ex pectin n tile the family amily f meeting to bo be of far greater consequence than the good dinners many of which we have had bad in that spacious us room tile the gold headed cane presented by the children and grand children on oil ins his seventieth birthday and bequeathed thed to the patriarch of the family was as usual one of the topics up for discussion the question is ii where does it belong r the oldest son being dead and having left no children the second son being dead and laving having left sons song the hard part of the question is to say whether the oldest so sou 11 of the oldest son is the patriarch or the oldest son of the first son who had bad a son all agreed that the cane would be in id its proper place in the hands of chester as long as lie he lives since the cane is the most cherished idill ILI relic left and we have only tradition a aj to the departed patriarchs requests as to whom vibo m should have it and the family responsibilities resting upon him it was suggested by one that his requests quests re be written as near as can be remembered and put in an ilet magnifying in glass and in the 0 cane if this was done all would be clear for a ages es to come |