| Show THE UND GART go survivors reunion at ephraim THE CAPTAIN PRESENT sic lie is honored willi a sult suit ot of clothes Cloi Sies hardships of the journey ephraim sept the hand jubilee which was held in the tabernacle in this city yesterday was a grand success in every respect many people coming from distant parts of the state coming together 11 to have a day of joyful reunion in commemoration of their trials and hardships so BO happily overcome forty years ago in a perform performing inz a journey with hand carts for a di of more than 1000 miles over the plains and mountains that then separated utah from the nearest placa where civilized people had their h habitations the rhe of september 1857 a scandinavian handcart hand cart company filed into salt lake city led by a returning elder who had performed a mission in in the states along the missouri missour river atie ane name of that man is eyer ever held in loving remembrance it is chr christia ti tia neen ansen and he is now living in manti some souls eoula were entrusted to his cire colre at florence then the outfitting outwitting out fitting place for our and lie he per formed the task of guiding gailing these people to their journeys end with so much success that he forever has gained the high esteem and affectionate love of all which was specially exhibited at this the company had travelled some miles through the stata of lown iowa belore becore they reached florence but bat their first leader who was a scot hman had exhibited so little concern about big charge that much suffering buffering and many deaths had caused the people almost to despair of ever reaching utah and some few were even compelled to remain at omaha because they I 1 could coul d go no farther in our company were many small email children one blind woman one oce very crippled young girl even one woman who gave birth to a child on the way and quite a number of elderly eldell V people the outfit was wag entirely anade custe use for or such a journey which caused the provisions to give out even when we wa had bad reached about half way yet by the foresight of president Brigha atu tn young several stations had been established along the road some cabiles east of ssu salt lake city w where here provisions could coald be ba obtained at very high figures as everything had to bs be transported by teams in days many interesting incidents and reminiscences were related by some of the now happy sarv survivors ivors that were present at this ren reunion nion among those present were our noble captain 0 Ghrist iansen of manti N 1 L christensen of redmond Eed mond 0 0 01 son of 2 mayfield H 0 magleby of mon roe S P Egger eggertsen taen of provo mrs Aun augusta sta snow of manti and your cor rei pon dent besides the speakers of hand band cart fame mcallister Mc AlUster of 0 manti 0 D fjeld sled bled of logan H 0 berg of provo president 0 peterson of sanpete state stake and bishops L S anderson anderaon and 0 dorius darius took a lively interest in the pro ceedie ce edinga 9 a and expressed themselves in short and appropriate speeches about the valor patience and perseverance that had been exhibited by the handcart people in undertaking such a journey purely for the sake of their religious convictions some of the incidents related were of the most painful nature especially those related by N L christensen christeasen of redmond who was waa in that unfortunate company in 1856 where so many perished from cold end hunger but he clearly showed that president B young was not to ba blamed for this unhappy result ot the first experiment with hand cart immigrants the company that 0 Christia nEen brought in the following year had bad no ver very Y great hardships to complain of when compared with the sufferers of the prece proceeding eding year ye yet f it wag to make all feel thankful that it is now all over some incidents related were also or of a rather amusing nature such for instance when an old man who bad only tour four henses censes in good condition one night came into camp camo with a skunk that he had killed with hi his 1 is stick after being himself perfumed all over with what this animal uses in self defense de Lenso Lense and while the people in camp were nearly driven out ont hg be was wondering what was the cause 0 of all this excitement but as your paper will not allow of long articles I 1 will refrain from farther particulars although many of them undoubtedly would interest some of your many readers I 1 believe that some people had come from other cities and settlements to participate in this celebration of the ath anniversary of the handcart hand cart catt company into salt like lake city and about seventeen survivors are yet residents of ephraim but bat some of tile same company who haye have lived hero here are now slumbering in bleir graves among that class is ia the late bishop 0 dariss father ot of the present bishop of ephraim south ward his brother john F F dorius darius who also alga was in that company is now in chicago as ag a missionary while his noble wife who collel along with him across the plains and mountains is also alao resting in the tha city of the dead many an unknown grave along the immigrant trail contains the remains of the patient handcart hand cart pilgrim who laid isid down hia or hor her life there but we do not now mourn for them as though we had no hope bat rejoice in meeting with the living and witnessing the marvelous marve loua chanzes that have taken place in our oar conditions and surround ings during the lapse of time that lies between the present and the rast past of forty years yeara ago As a final token of the kind consideration and respect for captain C chr i Is ti ansen he ha was presented with a full now new fine suit of clot clothes bes including hat and overcoat oyer coat and the hearty handshaking ath many a god gad bassa you at par parking ning from his hand cart fellow travelers among aman whom is ia your corres 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