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Show THE GRAXTSYILLE OBSERVES. CRANTSVILLE. IT AH. LookullA Cop ff'tih &UCKIE, THE FRJNTERS DEITL Pimi My Grand Fraamsu JUMrd Sped N:h-nul- l, war bura ib Amvrirn about 1T80. Th Cos-pfound them in New 1 ork in lldi-ThProphet Joseph Sunk nud noma othor Elder. visited that part of New York and matin their boo with Grandfather NicUnM, for a time. Thua it happened that Grandlathar Nickel non and hia family, consisting of acveral mb and daughters, auma married and aooia single, joined Ibe Church in 1H3S. Ha bacani eery anlhuaiaatic and pent the remainder af hia daya preM aching the GuapaL Grandfather a fisherman and used to quote the saying in the Bible, 1 anil aand aut Fuhvrman to fish them, and hunter to hunt them, and when any ana would aay anything against theChur-ch- , ha would kay, "Be meek and lowly like the Master." I teeeivad a great testimony hia faithfulness, while I wu And through that in the Tempi. maiiifeatatuin, I waa enabled ta second Endowments for Grandand hia goad wife. father My father, Emery Barriui, waa horn in Chautauqua County, Nw York in ImW, In 1833 ha waa working aa a farm hand for Freeman Nickaraoe waa keeping company with my mothar whan they firat Abigail haard tha Gospel. Ha waa tha anly ana of his father's family wha waa baptised in New York. Major Rue! Barrua being only 11 years old at that tuna, and aubjact to hia father, until ho cams of age, whan ha left hia father'! home and cam to Naaveo. My Mother waa It years eld; and Father and Mother were baptised and married in lMi in New York. Grandfather Nickerson and entira and daughtora-ifamily, law, including my Father and Mothar, took up tha line of march together with the Saints in Missouri, in 1839, whan B. F. Barrua waa ana year old. Spent the winter of 1N39 in Jefferson City Missouri' arrived at tha seat af Nauvaa in the spring af 1840; bought city Into and built hnmaa, plan tad errharda etc; lived In comparative peace until about 1844 whan tha Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother H prune were aaaasmated in tha Carthage Jail. Afthg hat data tha peiwacution be. rams vary severe, wm were whipped houses burned, crop destroyed, until IMS, tha Saints agreed to vacate their beautiful home, leaving tha orchards, with their fruit trees just coming into bearing. Preparations were made for tuil Huidah ci a ve anna-in-la- that never-to-b- across the e n forgotten journey plain. H agon shops were created; Father had a shingle mill on an inland in the Mianiaaippi, where Mothar would hold on end of the Cross-cu- t saw and saw tha trees into blacks ready fur shingle. In 1848 they moved to the island and Father would go into the woods and get the timber, and Mother wuuld help saw it into auilalite length for the different parts of the wagon; then put it up over hia head in tha hop to season, lie made 18 wagons, right from the stumps of tha trees. After the Prophet waa killed, the midi sew that Mnrmoniam was not dead; and told the people if they would drop Mormonisim, they could remain in thrir homes. Mary found the temptation toe great, and dropped by the wayside, not intending to denounce Mrmomni, but to until they could niid an easier way to worship Cod. Uncle lev! Niikerson waa the only one of Grandfather's torn that re mained true to Mormonism until death. Grandfather Nickerson and family, who had left New York in 1889, left Nsuvoo tai August, Seven Years later. Crossed the M imuaelppi river and again took wp tha line of man-h- . Ilia wagon m tabled himself and Grsndmnrhrr Nk kcraun, and a fiisler Fuller, Grandfather's rounin. Elisa Beckett and her son, who had been converted by him, five in numlier One of the old lad.ra died on the prairie, ms miles from Dee Moines Then we turned down into a ymrr of timlier and made Winter Quarters, at a p'ace railed Sheridan Point. By the time January 147 waa half aver. Grand' '.her Nickerson and the other oid lady and her son, had died of hardships and exposure, leaving Crandmother Nickerson, the only one of the five occupant of that wagon PS Joined With her son Levi and family and arrived in Balt Lake Pity in 1850. She died in Provo City in side-trac- k 1MV). During the westward journey we traveled in Appleton Daemon 'a and he sraa a faithful Captain. Ha appoirted fry father a hunter for the rompary. Father would go head of the wagon train and when he could find buffalo rioae to the road, he would shoot ore down and wait for the wagon train to dirida it up. The Chnlem waa in the wagon train In frot of in, and the o'" behind ns, and the Captain advised that we use aa l:We meat aa possible. Tha Samis fami'y arrived hi Grans enm-par- y children will appreciate tha sacrifice villa in October 1883. My Brother that Fathers mad for tha Gospel Owen waa bora in Dec. 1883, two and that it may help to make their Wc built arrival. our Months after light ao shins, that ethers caa fullow, a Furl by joining houea ta house is my a ii terra desire. around n tract af land af about four At tha present time tha Dscsndaata ncraa. af Emery Banna totals aver 4UA Tha inhabitants af GraitUvilla be- Souls. came quit numerous by tha Spring . B. F. BARRU8. r of 1884. Samuel Steel arrived with Editor' auto-T- his vary interesttha firat seven familiee in 1861. and valuable history was written ing The Indians made a groat deal of by tha lale Blether B. F. Barrua just trouble tor tha settlers in early daya. to bn death. Wa had to hard eur stock in tha day prior tuna oa tha rang and stand guard at mght to harp tha Indians from driNOTICE. ving them off. la those days there war no carding Notice is hereby given that special machines. Davenport and Wilson stockholders meeting af tha Granto-vill- e home The ach had a fluck af aheap. Willow Irrigation ComNorth af Mother Barrua waa a regular menu pany, a corporation, will ba held on factoring plant. Mothar would toka Thursday the 8th day of Fab. 1928, tha wool right from tha sheep's back, at tha City hall at GrantaviUa, Too la card and apia it into rolls, make the County, Utah, at tha hour of ton into than rolls Into yam and yarn 'cluck a. m. uf that day; that tha obcloth; and stockings; tha cloth into and purposes of said Bio ting jects and for the neighben. family clothing art: After there waa a carding machine Firat: To Consider and pass upon in Prove; Mothar would toka tha wool for tha adoption of a aet of w Colt of t Provo, driving a pair tha uaa corporation. by brought across tha plains, and gat the Socond: To consider and determine wool mad into rolls. Sha also made if any, lateral ditch shall ba which, thousands of pounds of cheese and maintained at tha expanse butter. Father brought 44 head af hareaftor or over which the loos stock, besides tha Oxen that of the corporation, maintain shall hereafter corporation ware yoked to tha wagons serosa the jurisdiction. plains. listed at Grantaville, Utah, this IT Not a fruit tree or shade true waa th day of Jan. 1923. growing in Grantavillo in 1858. C. LEROY ANDERSON, President Brother 8 revs, John Clark, and LEROY BUTTON, Secretary. H. James McBride were tha first to plant fruit trees. My Father made the Jtota first publication Jan. 19, 1:12?) first bams in Grantaville and some NOTICE. good houses. Father Thus H. Clark waa our firat Bishop, and Timothy Tha Board of County Commiaa. Parkinson and John B. Walker war hia Consular. In 1N66 tha Grass, inner, Tooele County, Utah, Co., am. Verhoppers came ao thick they darkened plate changing tha county road, Ta non aa follows: abandon District, tha sun, and deatroyd tha crops. 1854 waa the year of the famine. A good tha road lending from Brazier's ranch ho re would not buy a sack of flour. vin- - North md of Baileys field, and Wa were without bread for months, declare road leading through lane at ranch to b County road. living on aegoes, thistle, roots and Bailey's Any objections may ba filed with etc. Brother John W. Cooley had a patch tha Board of County Commissioners of Barley get almost ripe in 1856 and on ar before Monday, February 8th, Brother William Ilurton and James 1923. Kaarl harvest it by hand, thrashed gs it with flails, and cleaned it up in the WANTED rooms fur Furnished wind. Each family got ana half bua-hLeave word at and ground it in eoffac mills. light housekeeping. office. Ta make cake for tha 4th of July Transcript dinner in 1854. This one half bushel of grain waa a gift from John W. LOHT-Ope- n rasa gold watrh, with Borne other grain got ripe Cooley. fob. Reward offered. Marvin Ica'her to be harvested and enough milled, Phone 96 J. and each family got a pan of flour Shinlila, fur the 24ch nf July dinner. Emery Barrua furnished a fat animal fur beef, so each family had a flour rake and a beef steak for dinner July 24th, 18i6. In 1857 we heard that Juhnson's Army waa coming to rivilixe the Mormons. Every abied bodied man and boy wa exjwcied to go to Echo Can von to hedge up the way of the Army. 1858 waa 'he move South It was derided to ha a every building, dee-- ; tsy ery tree and all growing crop ( provided tha army neraMad In wa- - j ing In. Rut ther did not rotne In e was signed. until a Tre tv o' . d left the Grants- Every fanul' We left a few fa 'Aivilla Prrrim-- t ful! hretherr water the rmpa, with orders to ' .w if molested by the n the Treaty of Peace Army. sraa aign :, we all asrur.g our hats and mad: a rush for home. As f:.r aa I know, fiamuH Worth- - j ington Oakley, Idaho, and B. F. Barni are the only Echo Caryon rebels nw living, who were resident of Crar.tcviile at that time. Father wan the first Mayor of. Grantaville City and attended to aur-eying the eemetary into lot. and drove the stakes when it war j surveyed by Chadry Herman. ' He waa a fai'hful hi the Tempi and only rame home two weeks before hi death. I would nay "Father you ought to have a rest" but he said, "Ben, I hara not much time left and when I meet my re" stiver over there, they will ask me what I did for them. We have labored d'lireriy and fin- ished the Bsrrjs Gen eulogy aa far at w could go: end now It remain for our rkiidren to on the wnk. It maker mo fe1 good that I have finished my father work. That cur , by-la- Mina. Edna Young spent th week 'a and in Salt City, visiting with relative and T.ina. Mr. nnd Mrs. James Powell left Saturday far 5ce. Utah, where they will spend tha winter. Mrs. Elsie Warr of Tooeia returned home Wad needyy after pending a short visit with bar mother, Mrs. E. W. Rodebeack. y Mr. and Mr. William Young and liltla aoa and Mr. J. Felatead spent the waeka and in Salt Lak City visiting with relatival. F c AT TOOELE Tha third annual Tuuel County Poultry Show will ba held in Tooele next Friday and Satuiday, Jan. 26lh, and 27th, and promises to ba tha bast exhibit held in thin county. Judge T. H. toetsy, on of the officers of tho Utah Poultry Association baa bean engaged to judge at tha how. Ha cornea highly recommanded aa a vary competent judge. Special prises will lie awarded as follows: III:1 5 mud champion bird, the bast bird in each dam $1.60 and 1M for th.1 lest display. Prise ribbona w J1 be awarded by tha Judge to tkm bw.t cock, cockerel, hen and pullett in each variety and also will go tq.Jp ''eat pan an trim. Other prism willTS awarded by members of the association. County Agent A. L. Christensen will have aa educational exhibit at tha ahow which promises to ba vary good. MERC CO. fr rB-bo- THE. FAMOUS -C- REAL 184-So- ' -- VALUES t FINEST NOTICE. TAILORING Sealed bull will b received by the Board af County Commissioner! Tooele City, on or before noon, Monday, February, 8th, 1928, for the erection of marbine abed and garage, on County Court houaa lot. Far plana and specification, consult Peter Clegg, Chairman Board ef County Commies inner 1, or Fred Bryan, County Clerk. Ginghams, Percale Poplins, Soccsettes, Devonshire, White Goods, Crepes, Crepe and Stripcce Lingerie DrSperics, Glassware, Enamclware, Etc., Etc., Etc. LOTH CRAFT" SUITS" ARE For Brat Aa unfurnished 6 room house with bath large lot and fruit trees. Also four room houaa and mall lot. Inquire af Wm. C. legmen . Main St, Phona 814. NEW GOODS At Old Prices. : See the Wonderful Suit Values NEWEST STYLUS THE REST MATERIAL -- TOR THE LEAST MONEY CALL AND GET YOURS Price, $17.50, $19.75, $22.50, $27.00, $30.00 TOOELE MERC. CO. 9wimwi6wai4miwuiawtiTiiiinnhiPM MHM ; FOR RANT ' Farm Implements FOR SALE CHEAP j j i ' Three famished rhone 874. apartment, FOR BALE T or 8 ton ef hay to stack, eloaa to. Inquire at Tkenaeript office. FOR BALE Pint crap hay and 11 sixes, aliva ar dramad. R. M. pig Shield, Bauer. J ' wkr ( ' cay The Markets are Advancing We Sound The WARNING BUY NOW : j Utah. hull, yara. Lake PURE EXTRACTED BONCT-- Fer Bnls by A. Fnwwm t Greets-villa-. 1 gallon can $1X6, galkm can 16,00. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. .Estate af Robert Thoms The Ajax Variety Store, Tooele, FOR BALE Autts Trippls ting machine, new. Alae aam Inquire ef Rnaa.ll Harrison, Tsrm if daaired. Point. Dwed. Brawn, Creditora will present claim with voorhara ta tha at Cll fierere Bank Buying, on e bsfsr tha 26.h. day of May, A. D. 1028. Roam Bnrrwn, arhninatratrlx of Robert Thomas Brew ; of ' SMic-Wfu- ed stas Iweaaed. (Date I. first publication Jan. 18, 1822) |