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Show V IXLEBRflTjON HELD Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Duke of Heber City Observe Anniversary. Speolnl to The Tilliune. HKBKR CITY, .March in. The six-lioth six-lioth woddiiiiT anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Jlohcrt S. Duko was I'clehrated at tlie amusement hall Tuesday with 300 people in attendance. They received many congratulations upon their long and happy wedlock, which is connected with many thrilling experiences of the early pioneer life of this state. In 1Sj2 Mrs. Duke, then Miss Annie K. Young, left Xashville, Tenn., with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Adolphia Your.", for Salt Lake City. She relates that they began their .journey by water u the Missouri river on the steamer Saluda, and that their first day's travel encountered so much ice that it was impossible to go further that night The next morning her mother heard the" 'remap tell the captain that he would y "stem the current or blow the boat to hell.'' and in less than a minute the boiler exploded and killed half of the passengers on the boat. Mrs. Duke says she remembers distinctly seeing the fireman 's body severed in two pieces. Members of their family were the only passengers on the boat that escaped without injury. She came across the plains in Captain John Tidwell's company com-pany and arrived in Salt Bake in September, Sep-tember, 1S52. After 100 miles of 'travel on the plains her father and oldest brother died of cholera, and she with her oldest sister drive the ox team 900 miles to their destination. Mrs. Duke will be 7S years old next July. Mr. Duke was born in Albany, N. Y., and moved to Nauvoo when a small boy. His father worked on the Nauvoo temple and Mr. Duke assisted him by carrying brick. Mr. Duke states tha"t he and his older brother while standing stand-ing on the bank of the Nauvoo stream noticed that the water had the appearance appear-ance of blood, and when they explained what they had seen to their parents they were told that Prophet Joseph and Patriarch Hyrum Smith had been killed. He saw the bodies of the two great leaders after they wrere brought to Nauvoo. The Duko family was in the Nauvoo battle when the mob drove them from their homes in February, 1846. After crossing the Mississippi river they camped on Sugar creek, and while there in a starving condition, Mr. Duke says, they w-erc fed" with quail, as was the camp of Israel in ancient days on niauna, Mr. Duke came across the plains in 1850 with Captain James Pace's company. Mr. Duke saw service iu tlie Blackhawk war and experienced many hardships of the frontier life. He will be Sp .years old next April. Mr. and Mrs. Duke were married at j" I'rovo March 6, ISoJ. They moved to Ucber in the spring ot I860, where they have made their home since. They have . ten i hi droii, six of whom are living, i..: ii'obert, Adolphia and Lawrence B. w I;uko. Mi's. Nora Cnmtnings, Mrs. John . A. Smith and Mrs.. .William Booker. jrhev are honored by thirty-two grandchildren grand-children ami eight great-grandchildren. They both have been active in the cl'tirch and are faithful and true to their principles and are today in the best of health. The following programme was rendered: ren-dered: Prayer; Patriarch John A. For-tie; For-tie; congregation sang "Some, Come, Yr Saints;" address, Robert Duke; rcadii-g. Naomi Ditkc; short talk, Robert Rob-ert S. Duke, relative to his earh- life;' song. Reed Strone entitled ''Sixty Years Ago Todav; " reading, Mrs. A. L. Neft'; short talk. .Mrs. Annie R. Duke; trio, Mr. and Mrs. Simon and Frank Kpperson: reading,, William Lindsay; talk, IT. W. Harvey; benediction, John H. Murdock. Luncheon and dancing followed the programme. The hall was decorated with cut flowers and in colors of purple and white. |