| Show DAYFORTHE VETERANS 4 Nearly a Thousand Old Folks Went to Geneva ALL WERE YOUNG AGAIN 4 H CAWAKS AND DANCES GALORE 1 1 Aged People Spent a Delightful Day and Swapped Stories About the I Days When They Were Young Four Men Over Ninety Years of AgoInteresting Reminiscences I Twentone cars fled to their capacIty capac-Ity and drawn by one of the most pow erful engines of the company left the Rio Grande Western depot at 9 oclock yesterday morning bound for Geneva resort on the east shore of Utah lake near Pleasant Grove I was the occasion of the twenty fifth annual outing for the old people of Sal Lake City and county As early as 7 oclock the veterans began be-gan to gather at the dept and when the train was pulled up to the platform I the cars were rapidly llea hy an ex cited eager but joyous crowd of aged men and women some bent and withered I with-ered with the frosts of many seasons others erect active aert and as buoyant I buoy-ant apparent as many of half their weight of years By an actual count of the train hands there WEre 119 irons on board the train not counting train ofclals and I newsuaue menThe men-The arrangements of the railway company were perfect The very best day caches and chair car were fur nlhed the aged excursionists and their comfort was looked after hy an efcient and capable set or trainmen The train was in charge of Conductor J H Miller Conductor J F Berry and Traveling Passenger Agent W J JUdd accm panied the train and looked after the safety and comfort of those on board Four Over Ninety The whie rosette indicatng the age of the wearer to be over 50 years was conspicuous on the breasts of four All lne venerable looking men The hair of each was whie as the driven snow and each was clean shaven and although al-though their faces were wrinkled with the tracing of Father Times linger mark their forms were as erect as if youth still remained with them They Wf Albert Brown of Mill Creek born Nov 13 I80i aged 91 years 8 months and 6 das iiam Jarvis of Sal Luke born I Jan 7 180i age J2 ear and 7 months Fred Johnson of Salt Lake born Jan 25 ISOi age 91 years 5 months and Ida I-da lam Leather of Granger born March 16 1809 age 91 years 3 months and 9 Jays ale to Utah In 1866 Thome between SO and iO years of age numbered 9S men and women and wore a blue badge whle those between 70 I and SO numbered about 500 The trio down to the lakeside was a treat to the elderly excursionists and they enjoyed I hugely They were as I happy as sming and as talkative as children on a lenlc I chidren Te mbcommltee or pretty young I ladles under the supervision of a coma I mltce of mmmatrolms were assigned two each tv a car and aided by robust I young men who carried the buckets of lemonade dispensed cups of the delc i bus beverage mil cake and biscuits I to the old youngsters who playful called each other boY anti girl I Thc party rearhpd the lake about 11 oclock and for several hour lived over again the lives of thell youth Committees from Pleasant Grove and Amerkan Fork had already prfpared the big pavilion Tables and benches were In readiness on the crowds arrival ar-rival coffee had been prepared and the old folks tool los eslon Lunch baskets bas-kets were opened and contents leisurely leisure-ly devoured After dinner there was music and singing by the Old Folk I Choir and then the distribution or prizes When the prlzs were distributed all present manifested the most intense Interest Dress patterns bonnets shoes ant fans watches and rocking rock-ing hairs were among the presents given Old Ladies Cakewalk An old ladle cake walk was ptcI pated In by nearly a dozen venerable but sprightly dame and It was announced an-nounced by Chairman Ravage that no capers or monkeyshines counted and that what was desired was a genteel dignified and stately walk and to the one who did the bet would go the cake Notwithstanding the effort or the committee and their expostulatOls several of the a e feminine contest o ri > o I ants who had evidently seen same of the younger generation participate In the popular rage persisted In Imitating the fantastic step and grotesque walk of the negro cake walker t the great delight of the onlookers It was the more laughable because i was lone 1mm all due seriousness andto those present pres-ent it was one of the funniest Incidents o the occasion The cake went to Mrs Elen Schwlz abel 73 yea or age of Sat Lake who the committee decided was h2 best wake A close second was Mrs Ann Townsend 80 ers of age who was also awarded a cake Both Id ladles tread up and down before the commIt with a most quenly dignl led walk that won the admiration and applause of all The committee immediately announced an-nounced Another cake for another walk walk This time It was to be a comic walk I and the winner were Mrs Chrisina Lindstrom 80 years and 6 moths of age Twentfourth ward Sat Lake City and Mrs Stela Jacobs 76 year old of the Tenth ward of this city Old Men Contested In the mens cake walk the contest narrowed down to a tie between three and a there had only been foul con te talt the old gentleman left out seemed sorely disappointed and started away with a sad expression that was quick noted by one of the quick sighted commitee He was dan d-an the frt trIal was pronounced ate a-te all around and the walk cQmmenced again All four old men went In with a vim and each strove with the it mot seriousness to outdo the others and capture the prize a big silver fbi I I lar There was a hurried whispering of the committee the dollar was hast > changed Into four quarters and whn I the music ceased another tie was I announced and each contestant awarded a quarter which Wi rcceved as eagerly and wih apparent as I I much gratification as If It had been I a larger sum The ancient but nimble walkers were I Erasmus Olson u8 WillIam Gborge 70 rheodore Curt 84 and E J Beer Si Only two of the original pioneer woo came In with Brigham Young verp present cae Tlmey were John Gleason and Benson Walker both of Pleasant Grove anti each was awarded a hammf some portrait A hall was also given to 11 Geason Other Prizes Mrs Ann Agatha Pratt drove an ox lr across the plains In 184 Mrs Pratt Is 70 year old resides In Ogden and Is the widow of the late ApOstle Parley P Pratt She received a prize Mrs Walker of H01ngsworth and Mrs Elizabeth Gray of the Eighteenth ward Sal Lake City also receIved prize for having driven ox teams across the plains Mrs Amle of Sal Lake was the only lady present who had given three sons to the late war and she was presented J < 1 L4 r ii ti with t 1 cash and a beautiful dress pat la1 Aim Slattl Mrs Beale Lehi Mrs Archer Pleasant Grove Mrs Jar B Adams American Fork r Margaret Collins and Ir Betsy W Ghover had each Gover Sal Lake dragged a handcart across the plains and each received fl cash prize Joseph Hooper Mrs Kennington and Mrs George all blind veterans were each handed cash prizes of 1 A cane was given to Pap Harrison Harri-son an aged colored man of Sal Lake and another went to Brother ralsh the yearold youth Mrs Tomlnon a worthy hardworking widow ot Amerian Fork received a dress and appropriate presents were sent to Mrs Hannah Conkln 89 and Grandma McKinney Inmates of the infirmary An elegnt dress pattern suitable to a lady of her age was given to Mrs I Ierlen Jensen the venerable mother ot Commlttee Jenson as the only lady hose birthday occurred on Old Folks day She was 78 yesterday Two widow ladles Mrs Jane Powell of the Sixth ward and r Elza OConnel ot the Twentytourth ward receIved bonnets and scores of canes and fans were presented to those present pres-ent Old Wearing Apparel When the prizes were announcell for the person wearing the oldest dress and the oldest suit of clothes there was a rare display of ancient finery when the contestants appeared on the platform Mrs Amy Draper of Fimore county coun-ty wore a dress that she had had for fortylve ear and neck handkerchief she had possessed slxtyone years In Tomson P Egan Nineteenth ward Salt Lake wore a dress thlrtnlne ear old and shawl about the same Mrs Mary Kowlton displayed a silver buckle that was on exhibiton at the frt fall held In the territory She drove two yoke of cattle and two cows across the plains In I84S her husband having been shot through the wrist by Indians and disabled Her wagon was the head wagon from Cache cave to Weber Among the old garments of the male aspirants was a coat made In CopenhagEn Copen-hagEn twentthree ear ago worn hy Hans Larson of Cotcnwood the broadcloth broad-cloth coat of John Lomax of this city made by Barlow In London many ear ago William H Walker of Holday Big Cottonwood had on a oat which he has worn on state occasions since 1856 He came out with the battalion In 46 and went back returing with prizes the lmnmigration InI84 All were given Mrs Sale 83 ear old received an arm chain Watches were awarded to William George for a jig dance George W Croeheron dance E J Beer song The Right Good Old English Gentle manne of the Olden Times rockIng rock-Ing chair to Mrs L C Alexander 8S ear old and a resident of the Ninth I ward Isaac Fox of Lehl an armchair chair I Eight members of the Mormon battalion bat-talion were present on the grounds eorge W Hancock of Payson George Boyd Oliver G Workman Sal Lake Joseph Shlple American Fork George Clark Battle Creek White Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove and William H Walker of Holda An Aged Dancer One of the interesting incidents of the afternoon which afforded much amusement amuse-ment to his elderly associates was a dance by Father Harvey of Pleasant Grove to the music of his own fiddle le old genteman was active and spry ftr one of 76 years and was the rcclp lent of vociferous applause Pathetic yet ludkrols was the persistency per-sistency of an old lady of Lltt Cottonwood Cot-tonwood who clamored for hel pre ent from the tme she reached the + I I ground She gave the member of the II committee no rest until al last In sheer desperation Chairman Savage handed her a dress pater and despairingly declared her entitled to I as the most talkative old lady present After the receipt of her present the old lady was happy and l immnedlatehy subsided Mrs Sadie A Dents of Salt Lake sang some old songs to hel own violin accompaniment and rendered several familiar tune on that Instrument for which she was awarded the prize of a handsome new violin which tickled hel Immensely Her ae was 67 car Benjamin J Beer of Salt Lake City 8i year bor In England In I8J was three years old when the battle of Waterloo was fought and Is today a hale hearty old genteman who never was sick a day In his life hI can remembel back to the time I was but 4 years old said he and held 1 little sick baby sister on my lap and who dIed In my arms Samuel W Richards 75 earsof age the only living member of the lrt city counci of Salt Lake City and the brother bro-ther of President Franklin Dewey Richards Rich-ards of the twelve apostles was one who took the outing I wentto England on a mission frm Continued on Page 2 L DAY FUR TRE ETEFMNSI Continued from page 1 Nauvoo in 1846 said Mr Richrds to a Herald reporter and returned and reached Salt Lake in 1S49 I crossed the plains six times before the railroad was built and shipped from Europe 14000 emigrants and converts to Utah Queen Victoria in 1S54 over her own seal and signature commended moe to appear before a comnmittee of paniia ment of wllieh the great John ODon nell was chairman and suggest plans for the improvement of emigration which I did and I was timanked by par iiament and my plans adopted I tvas at the head of the largest shipping business in England at the time About two weebs ago I wanted to see some friends at Jordan said William Leather of Granger one of the four nonogenarmanmi present and as it was a pleasant day I walked over there and after my visit walkedback home again a distance of twentyfour miles there and return I dont consider that much of a walk I did it twice In one week not long ago ThIs is the ttenti eth outing of the old folks I have attended and I expect to attend a fetv more yet Time old gentleman is very active for his age Interesting Couple An Interesting old couple bright and as chirp as crickets full of reminiscences reminis-cences trere Isaac Lewis Manning Si years old and his sister 3trs Jane Elizabeth James both of Salt Lake They are colored Mr Manning lived with Prophet Joseph in his household as a servant was at Nauvoo when the prophet and hi brother Hyrum were killed and dug the graves in which they were buried He accompanied Brigham as far as Winter Quarters at Council Bluffs in 1846 driving the team of Peg man 0 Angel architect of the tabernacle taber-nacle and when the pioneers started from theni westward became separated sepa-rated from them and not knowing where they had gone returned to liii nois Seven years ago learning his sister sis-ter was still alive he came to Utah and after a separation of nearly fifty years rejoiged her and aged brother arid sis ter make their home together The old gentleman is very keen and bright Traveled With the Prophet Albert Brown of Mill Creek 91 years old was at Kirtiand with Prophet Joseph and lived and traveled with hum to Camp Zion In Missouri I left Nauvoo said he yesterday and went to St Louis and afterwards to New Orleans and came out to ttah In 1563One One of the niot interesting personages person-ages present was Mrs Elizabeth Mc Rae who was present in thejail in Mis soon in iSIS when the Prophet Joseph and others were imprieoned She had gone there to see her husband the late Bishop 3IcRae Mrs Mdflae is Si years old amid has lived 1mm Utnh since 1852 Old Folks Choir During the trip each way songs were sung by the old folks choir a verse or ttvo being rendered in each car Tho choir was conducted by William H Foster and the following voices corn posed it SopranosMrs Lizzie Thomas Ed trards Mrs Julia Silverwood 3tra Sadie P Benedict Mrs 3tartha E Arthur Ar-thur AltosMrs Mabel Cooper 3trs 3111 7 lie F Lyon Mrs Alice McLaehlan Laura L Foster Mrs Alice Ellis Mrs Maria Winder TenorsHenry Gardner Thomas Butler Thomas C Gniggs Eli H Pierce Arthur Day BassosJoseph B Morgan W D Otven John Daynes Fred Beesley Ebe nezer Beesley William C Clive and Frank Puzey violinists Listof Committees The following were the committees who so admirably conducted the excur aba and outing Committee of ArrangemeiitsBtshp William B Preston C It Savage Wi ham Eddington John Kirkman Wii hiant Naylor William L Binder Nelsmt A Empey Andrew Jensen 13 S Young Aids to General CommitteeMisots Harris Bradford Fannie 3targetts Eleona Jenson Mmccv Jensen Chrs tlna Anderson Mary J Eidredge Georgia F Young Carrie Smith Frances Fran-ces OMeara Jenxmie Stillman Jessie Graham Itla Webster Rachel Pringl Zeiina Pussy Louise Savage Fannie Brother Sarah Eddison Emma Bull Anna Gustaphason Mary Frost Harriet A Martineau Florence Cushing Cush-ing Sarah Keddington Lydia Kedding tonLadies Ladies SubcommitteeEmma A Empey Emma Jensen Alice Blndt Annie N Naylor Elizabeth H Kirk man Annie Savage Elizabeth H God dard Mary S Goddard Notes The contingent from Pleasant Grove Agenicaim Fork and the surrounding neighborhood numbered about O persons The run back was made quickly and tvithout indllent The train left G news about 7 oclock and reached th city after an hours run The Rio Grande Western furnished traimm engine and crew entirely free of expense and did all possible to make the trip a pleasant one for the old pee pIe iiinini Whaanga a Maori chief o New Zealand and a Mormon mission any ttho has just arrived from his na tire country addressed the crowd in his dialect Joseph Terry a pioneer of 1S4 who drove the first wagon from Salt Lake to Davis county is the oldest mountaineer moun-taineer now hiving in these mountains and also the oldest hiving Shoshone Indian In-dian Interpreter Mrs Nayior and Miss Naylor with a carload of old people missed the excursion excur-sion train but General Superintendnt Welby of the Rio Grande Western sent them down on the ihyer which was stopped at Geneva to let theta off |
