Show James Day Pioneer Violinist Passes At the Age of 91 James Da Day 91 pioneer violinist and a resident of Bountiful since since the fall faU of 1854 nearl nearly 83 years passed peacefully away Thursday a little after midnight at the home of f his son Joseph H Da Day in Boun Bountiful of ailments incident to age elle He was a man who filled a great need in his da day with his violin and his keen ear for music as lie he was able to play many tunes without buying a single sheet of music as there was no money then for that purpose Even now orchestras find it expensive to keep stocked up with the latest music Dancing was about the chief pleasure of the early days These were the days wh when n tallow candles were used to light the hall halland and squash and other vegetables and fruits were used to pay the admission to the dance Jance Mr Day Doy made his own first violin string out of hemp or flax fiber upon which he learned to play Yankee Doodle lie Be was one of Bountiful's lead lead- ing leading gardeners when he was in his prime prime He propagated or develop elop developed ed eda d a cantaloupe which was widely known as the Jim Da Day canta- canta loupe cantaloupe Among the members of his earl early day orchestra were the late James II Hepworth epworth Jim Baird Joseph C Alma and others Dances used to held in the school and in private homes He loved his violin and played on it onit until about two years ago when J his s Health began to fail With his oxon as was custo- custo customary customary mary then he hauled stone from the quarry at the mouth of Little Cottonwood canyon for the Salt Lake temple Ills His father had land up in North canyon east cast of Val Verda where they raised potatoes It was a common belief then that potatoes could not be raised down in the valley below For more than three miles up that canyon there w s sone one patch of potatoes joining an- an other all blue Mr Day was born in London England February 19 1846 Fe Feb Feb- February 4 1854 his parents himself and two sisters Mary Ann and Elizabeth left En England land to come to Utah arriving in Salt Lake City in October His sister Elizabeth died on the ocean and a sister afterward named Jane was born on the ship International which brought them over the Atlantic in ten weeks Four days after their arrival in Salt Lake Cit City Grandfather Rol- Rol Rollings Rollings lings moved the family to the Walton Valton farm located in the ex- ex extreme extreme northwestern part of Boun- Boun Bountiful ul The deceased had his share of ines in life His bad luck started while living on the Walton Valton farm One day his parents had to togo togo go aw away y and to save fuel as it was scarce lie he let the fire go down and when he saw them coming he got his powder horn down and started to pouring powder on the live coals to revive the fire quick quick- quickly ly when an explosion took place depriving him of the sight of ore olie eye V When Ven en he was half halfway way along in his journey Journe of life 45 while out timber lie he cut th the main cord in his left knee leaving him lame for forthe tile the rest of his life In the World Var he lost his son George R R Day whose name the local legion post adopted In the flu epidemic which followed the war his daugh daughter daughter ter Byrnina and husband both died leaving an an orphan son On the of March 1867 lie he Mary Ann Robots in the Endowment house in Salt Lake City who passed away Feb LakeI 14 I 1931 Ha she lived Jived they would have been married iO 70 years Surviving are five sons and two daughters Joseph H IL Brig Brig- Brigham brigham ham E Harvey and Mrs May MayWood tay Wood of Bountiful Seth E and Henry J 1 or of Salt Lake and Mrs f Martha Cook Syracuse also one r Muir of Salt Lake Lake 43 grandchildren and 45 great He nn one of the first men to have ave a shingle roof on his log 1 ue which was Vas qUite a novelty ld d attracted many spectators lIe held the office of a high try u I t tf tF f T services will be held in First ward Sunday he Runt t 12 30 and interment will take taker takee r f rc e In an the Bountiful cemetery cemetery F I under direction of 1 mien Mortuary |