Show Birthday Cake is Marked Years fears for foss G E Conover HE WEIGHT of ot years did THE T not hang heavily on Garrett K B k Con Conover Conover Conover over the oldest and happiest man in Salt Lake Lae yesterday when toe he celebrated his one hundredth birthday at his modest but comfortable little home at West Vest Fourth South street The venerable man who has seen a hundred years ears roll round stood erect and with a smile of or satisfaction and hoe hos hospitality ho welcomed many friends and ac acquaintances acquaintances who called to congratulate him Neighbors called and brought presets s sto to the centenarian Half Halt a dozen pretty little children who live litre close by and who learned to love the old man brought flowers and were all attention as he re related related related nursery rhymes and stories stor ps to them In th hand of ot each lah of the children was an orange which Mr Conover had bad given them The Juxtaposition of May and De December December December cember was indeed a character study worth while There were the pretty prett little girls with their bright eyes ees and the glow of ot tender youth routh and beauty on their faces affectionately playing about the grizzled old veteran nearly a their senior His visitors and those who called to con ron congratulate congratulate him on m attaining the century mark were not confined con tined entirely to neigh neighbors neighbors neighbors bors Strangers among whom were sev several several eral oral clergymen called to pay their re respects respects respects to the man so full of years ears and whose life history is replete with righteous righteousness ness and good deeds I 1 have EO so many reasons to be happy said Mr Conover why even nature smiles on me today See how bright the sun is and how balmy the air Look at my flowers in tho the window they never glowed so green See my geranium it has bloomed for tor me today And there Ms my lily of ot the valley see how she niles s on me And then please notice my old apple tree in the yard ard See its begin beginning beginning ning to bud What hat a fine tine time I and my little playmates will havo have in the hammock under the old tree this summer This is their summer resort it girls The old man affectionately patted p each of the little girls and in re response response response to his question came a chorus of answers Yes grandpa Of course everybody who called to con congratulate congratulate congratulate him remarked that they hoped to congratulate him on his one hundred and first birthday a year hence In this he ho seemed to have misgivings and he even went so far as to select from among tho the number of ot friends his pall pallbearers pallbearers bearers He lIe seemed to think that he was standing in the shadow Tennyson Is Mr favorite post poet and his favorite verse is Crossing the Bar From his meager library he took down a copy of ot Tennyson and after atter ad adjusting adjusting adjusting his glasses read Sunset and tho the evening star And one clear call for me mel melAnd And may there be no moaning of at the bar When I put out to sea What is there in the English E lIsh language that is more beautiful auW carries more thought than that asked the old gen gentleman gentleman gentleman as he carefully tiled flied the book away The Interior of ot the adobe house in which Mr Conover lives Is in striking contrast from the exterior It is 15 Immaculately immaculate clean and He received many presents from his neighbors and friends His baker from whom he buys a loaf loat of ot bread each day presented him with a fine tine cak cake Miss Misa Jennie RIgby who lives nearby also gave him a century cake embellished with a scroll on the tho frosting which read One OneHundred OneHundred Hundred Years He lIe many dell deli from D C Richardson Richa rc on IV Do M T f Man Yan Ya Manner n ner Fred lared Rigby Mrs Irs William Rigby iru rl others When A Lyons called and ask l d the old man what be he could bring Jg him Mr Conover said he be would like a nice b Uit td f steak teak A thick cut of ot the finest porterhouse porter porterhouse house bou e was soon soaR delivered James S Barr who lives with Mr Con Cun Conover Conover over did not forget his bis old compatriot Barr is a comparatively young man t bit it there seems ins to be It a bond of ot friends i j between tween them that Is deeP and jH im impressive i i I |