| Show bamily nearly members of the chase and thorn met at there was a ma niter family at friday afternoon the chase and thorn families with numerous connections in Spring at the schoolhouse for social ana festive purposes was the first gathering of the kind held by these two families are by marrying and inter marrying closely allied the house was beautifully decorated and pictures of the utah founders 0 each of the two families were hung on the about two hundred persons were assembled about oce were children between the adaa of one and twelve years it was estimated that persons eat down to the well laden tables dancing was participated in by all old and young recital ioie were creditably rendered and th ems ine excellent poet wm oleng composed a piece especially for the occa eion which was adapted to and sung in charming melody by a choric of twenty voices the words are as follows once again we are mingling together la peacy and serene unity like kind loving birds of feather who all can be social and breo each bosom ia filled with rejoicing while goo I 1 nature all present ins piroa aa a family long darted asunder with py come we home once a vear 0 these meetings are grand and in memory will stand they will fond recollections impart make us always remember och other and love ever in each heart how essential it la to be gracious life so uncertain end beef when death makes its visits BO often and our spirits in grief sines we know not who boxt may be leaving to anite with the loved onea b conri let ua cherish all kindly to iba of virtue respond mr R W thorn son of richard thorn read a genealogical chart of the thorn as far back as 1718 and tracing the pedigree up to date the living representatives of the thorn family present at the this festival were mrs lydia ihorn chase boorn august and her brother richard thorn born june 18 1825 mrs hattie brinton daughter of the late solomon chase and mra lydia thorn chase then read a synopsis of the family history beginning with william ghine who landed on american boil in 1630 in referring to her fabber salomaa chase the lady that he made the airet fanning mill produced in utah and received for the bame from brigham young the sum of 76 mr john chase a brother sf the ate solomon wag the oldest of the family present at the gathering this venerable man was quite feeble out an interested interest sd spectator of the novel acene be had lived long enough to witness the utmost decorum and sociability wf re observed throughout the proceedings it was an event long to be re by all present mr J M dalton a ean in of the late solo mon chase conducted the affair in a most pleasing and acceptable ns ancer |
