Show arborday at pleasant grove yesterday will long be remembered ty tho children of the district schools of pleasant grove ae their first celebration of arbor day A pro gramme of exercises was rendered in the forenoon and the afternoon was given to planting of trees games efa the first exercise in the morning consisted of quotations by pupils from great men what they have said and whitted about trees next came the selections of favorite trees by cupili each naming his favorite tree and giving a quotation aboud liethen lit Then came ahe presentation of author department having to chose an author and decided to plant a tree to his memory nathaniel hawthorne william C bryant and george washington were chosen A banner beautifully decorated and bearing the names of the authors ware carried by each department and tha children marched from the school room to the ale where the trees were to be planted A peach tree was chosen for hawthorne an apple for bryant and a cheairy cheiry for washington many parents and franda came out to the exercises |