OCR Text |
Show The Celebrations. Manti and Ephraim Celebrate j Pioneer Day Grandly. Ephraim's Old Folks Dinner 011 the 24th. Home Missionaries. General News Item. MANTI S CELEIlRATION. Euitok Kht.it.rtH.-l submit the f jI-i jI-i l ining synopsis ul our cele'jiation mi I Pioneer Day loi publication in yourvalu-1 yourvalu-1 able paper. Tiie day dawned bright and be.iutiful, ami was ushered 111 by the usual racket : and discharge of tiieaiins, so dear to the iieait of the aver ige small boy, Ataueatly hour Hie S.lver Band was asiiid scouisiug swec t music and remind-' remind-' ing the miuiitunts that it was "Tiie day j we telebtate " The lecent dvastatm 1 il jud had reduced nurpiincip.il streets to such a state ol chaos, that the Cuii-I Cuii-I tcnvlated ptocesi.n was necess.mly j abandoned, and thus the public was 1 dept.ved ol the pleasure of witnessing . wliat, ill all probability, would have been 'the linest iepiesenia.1011 of Utah's past and present ever attempted in M tnti. Al the appointed hour a large audience co ivened in the Tabernacle which had been tastefully dccoiattd for the occasion occa-sion by the cumin. itee ol arrangiiieiits. Tile c lous 111 attendance seemed actuated by a sp rit oflnenJIv riv.diy as I ! to which should fuin sh the most melody ! for the historic occasion. I The Silver Hand also contributed much to the general es'joyment, by a choice I reiiJeiuig of patriotic aits. Timely aud appropriate speaches wete made by I'les tleut Maiben. an I the rest tf Ihe presiding aullionties. bishop Kenl paid a glowing tribute to the Pioneeis and iiiembeii cf the Mormon Hatial on aud deploied tile lact that a tmu would come 111 our histotv when we should no longer have a living representative of these men. Tiie last public address of the Prophet Pro-phet Joseph Smith was read in an eloquent elo-quent and impiessive manner by Hon. ,V. K. Keul. Kl ler A. W. ftessey, orator of the d..y, made a very conc.se and inteiesting revie of tin h.stow uf the Church up to the ppMeui urn j. ij i far as tune would peinnt all the organiz ition were creditably credit-ably reprts j.iied. !y tue courtesy of the committee the Sullerage Association was a!s allowed a iepre.ental.ive; taken all iii all liie protaimue was well len-djied len-djied and ihe Kcas.011 as one long to be rciuembeied. A. L. C. PIONCER DAY AT Kl'IlRAIM. The day was ushered in with the h lolli ng of camion and the sounds ol muse. The rising sun laid a band ol gold w.th a caiessing and glarifying t uch on the stars aud stripes where they Il aie.l Iron the liberty p le, Farmei's Exchange and kl -.gistkr Otlice. Long belote 1 ne tune appointed tor the public gaiheiiu.. toe stieels were thronged with pedestrians in holiday attue, and ice cieaui, and other tclieshinei. IS w ere lo be had. Tnere was no procession; and at ten o'clock the audience was sealed in the cool, and tastefully decorated decor-ated Tabernacle. Eplnaim w as sett'ed in '47. and all oftneold pio eers who are alive were decorated with little spngs ol sage-brush and while rosette., and given a place of h nor near the stand; Ihete were f xieen all told, leu men, and six women. I Next in lumoi came the aged citizens, wlwwere dsc otated with rosettes; all those over eighty, with Hue, ot wnxh Ithete were ten, and all those over (seventy with red, and of those Iheie 1 wet seventy, & m intitoiim wet to be wealing both Ihe led rosette ul seventy jeais, and the Pioneer white, and saij. Progiammeas published,' with somj little changes was then rendeied, the chief feature being that everyt hing was btief.eiitertaiiiug, audtu the point. The Old Folks Dinnur. After diinisiial canu the grand feature of the day. The aged people, the pioneers, and a leiv promincct men and lepoiten, repaiied to the Central School house and sal down to a ban- s) i " " 1 -Jojjjsjs ot ijuei pieq ired Ivir llitin oy the HT . Ephra ni, under ih. supervision ol the outiimitlee. Across the w est end of the room a table was laid that j lined at the cornets with two tables, lhat ran down the enliie length of the hall, one to the light and one to the left. At the west t thle was seated A;oslle Lund, Presi-dents.Canute Presi-dents.Canute Peterson, an I Ileniv Deal," Hps Anderson and Uorius.nnd the Knots ter Kepresentathei wh.'e on either side an.l cl iwn the long tables were seated the aged, but beloved and honored Faihets and Molheis of Ephraim. 118 sal down to the fust table and about 2 10 in all wete entertained. It was in tiuth a goody feast, every thing was prepared pud seived in the 111 ist approved manner. What a flatlet of delight the"old folks"weie in, and it Was indeed a cold heart that d d not warm at the sight of age receiving at the hands of youth that meed of honor and respect which is their due. but two often forgotten Handsome men and lovely gtls played waiters and all weie uiorong ily h ippy. j Tile to oldest persons at the table itere Annie Ik-al, aged S3, and John Beal, ajed 87. It was a happy thought 0,1 the part of the committee and one that proved a pellet t success. The band weie also pieseut, and their presence and assistance assist-ance was appiecialed wherever they cliHiiced lo be dining theeutite day. Tne afternoon was spent by the younger young-er poition of the population in games, foot tares etc., wi'h a fair sprinkling of older people. In lact gray haired men were seen doing some very creditable running between ihe human walls on eitl er side i t the Hack. Ths evening was spent by the young in dancing, aud a circle of old ftienus in the pleasant twilight retailed in low tunes Ihe davs aud scenes i f many a Day of the past. |