Show I1LUIKII A bUITK fbe enntrrsery 01 Ibo birth ol the late 1reildeut Utorge A Hmlth wai loaiantlyoUerved by a family ai combings at the mldenee ol Iilnou lUr John Henry Smith last even log ItMlJcnt Hmllb was born In the stale of Sew York dons Jb 1817 alit tiled III this oily Ueptember I 1875 In lie lee than three Score years allotted to him In life he carved out for hlmielf a nolabe career among the pole wllh whom till lot wo cad and eipeolally doe Utah hear lute Impress of hit energy ability and urlidoni Ho wee one or lien pioneer In the fullett lenor Not only was he II member ol the noble baud blah entered theio valleya July 1817 but before and sub ijueul to that lime ho had iliuwn lo n marked degree his great cul achy as a lender among the lfO l po In ploneerlnK the way acrou the deierl and In ixplor IIIR etilUK up and eitlbllih Ing letllementi In a how country III lie Journey to Utah III 1817 lie walked 1700 nulls much ol the Ulitanre with rawblileaolei on bli hoes He was ilx weeks without bread though he had twenty five poundi I of dour locke uplu hll trunk unknown It others Till rwetTo of Hour bo dlitrlbuled by cupful to the liCk ol the compaii loveml ol wbom owed the reeervatlo ol hair lives lo tbliaotlou He devoled great atlontlon lo the sick and tbs poor When lu Wlnte Qantlell hue < the eale iiallurtt l greatly from dlwuie through look ul vegetable diet He urged the culllva tloll ol the potato ai it remedy and under till Civic the small Iunllly of itftJ that oould be obtalnvd lOa plautvd Ibo yield b lug nurve I niily heavy Hu wee lamlllar tailed lint potato Halnt nod 011 ill arrival III tile Great Milt lake Ta Ivy he plantud the tint poUtoe 1 put Into Utah loll Under advene clroui tancie aud great harJulpi lore central l end oulhern Utah MUiilli Ing solo nee at loveral olnti and wt rooJKIIIIII ac the father 01 Iho oulborn lettlenmnts the city of HI Ueorge Waihlngtun o unly being mined In his honor He ws one 01 Ito turoruwt advocate and supporters of borne InJiiitr cod ol tommerc relatlvui amoiiK the people that would Ivndlomako thuui self uiiUlnliiK by devtlolng uittiral resources that Ohio Territory ever has had Ai a lentl of Ibo urixliional Uto ol Dcioril he ireicnld she Urn inn printed lor the 1311 Uiratljuor this lejililaton lu Ihl region one lor the organitttlou 01 Ihefudklary and alio presented a bill I In relation lo the conitrucllon ol a aaiconllnental railway Hu career 0 puhllaaflilri cloud only will his demise aud presents an example of excelled l devotion aud lnrKrllr hatever Hrotber Oeorge A did he did well Ai a rreicber IreilJent Hmlth was eooeedlogly poplar Ills sermons were short and l he was seldom known 10 spank longer than half an hour but bit remarks were fraught with wisdom and l good practical advice sod I trlilled wllh aueedotn and l reailnl ence < of Ihe moat Intereillng and Initrucllve cboroter Ho had a remarkably paw rrtul memory which woe put to value service Thief are many IbcuiinJi 10 Utah even among the yeunger men and women who have a clear Iwrtonal fOJlltcllod of 1reildent Hroltli and llcall his memory with feellngi of strung aneetloa He wan one ol Ibo greet men uf Utah whose adorn al 1 flY were put forth tor lurlty and ait cud truth and ai each tile memo ry goee down to lucctidlux genera uo ii The good that he did lb ss ether hIm to benefit and bless the I wople |