Show l K H I By ALBERT L F. F F PHILIPS Over Oer in the county or of there thero lives cs Mrs aoma Gillett or of that sectIon are aro pleased Naomi Sixty to call this most lovable woman Aunt carried her heras heras years ears ago the tho good ship Manchester bound fo the as a. a passenger from Liverpool promised land miles away awa awaIn In n the Salt Lake Lako valle valley The voyage across the Atlantic which Is made In five flye days das b the great ocean liners today occupied weeks This was In 1859 Th Tho long voyage vo across the tho was ts without moment e cx- cx in ono one Instance when the shIp collided with an Iceberg fortunately without serious results and NeW NeWYork NewYork York WiS reached Juno I 1 1860 Recently Aunt Naomi became reminiscent and talked or of the tho long ago md and or of earl earlY experiences The trIp from New NewYork NewYork York vest to Florence Neb was via da NIagara Falls alls and then through the province or of Ontario Canada Florence Florenco was reached In duo due timo The Tho wagon train which carried her left Florenco August S in a a. corn com pany p. commanded by Captain Miller 1 Tho train con con- slated or of wagons which were divided Into groups or of ten cecil rech or of which was In command or of a a. captain Aunt Naomi r then tells hoW every day ono group would auld break the trail and then the tho rear ot of the train tho next day so that each group or of ten w gons' gons would do Its share or of trail trall making From tho day the caravan started from Florence Florenco until the mecca in the Salt Lake valley was reached required ten weeks and during the greater part or of the tho trip the tho o ox team that dreW their wagon was driven by Aunt NaomI Her mother made the journey with her Talking about the Overland trail Aunt Naomi The Tho overland trek was a a. constantly changing Intensely Interesting panorama Every day brought new sIghs an and neW thrilling events 0 One day wo passed a a. tree in whIch ILU U Indian had been burled accordIng to the tho custom of at his tribe The caravan were warned not to bother the treed but one old man tailed failed to heed the advice when camp was pitched d for or the nIght The Tho necessity of heeding the tho advice was shown the tho nest morning when just after prayers a band of at Indians daubed with paint and well armed rode Into tamp Am accused the tho pioneers or of robbIng an grave o and demanded the right to search the traIn Tho request was granted and after all tho wagons but one had been searched the tho mementoes taken from the grave were found They consisted ot of an old iron pot a. a gun a a. tomahawk and some other trumpery To pacify the tho Indians It took nearly all th the bacon and sugar of 0 the party before the traIn was allowed to proceed S S SIt It was on October 17 te ten weeks after leaving leaving I Florence th that t Salt Lake Lak was reached On the same day they left for Tooele which trip required nearlY twenty four hours On the way the party learned how the salt boilers who made a a. meager livIng by boiling down the lake water ater cleaning the resultant salt and then carrying It to Salt Lake where It was traded for the necessities ot of life lived Another thing that I learned continued Aunt Naomi was how to make white bread that is make It white and not the yellow soggy mixture which some tIn ned out and that It was when cream of 0 tartar was mixed with that the bread made was of snowy whiteness Failure to supply themselves with water from a waterhole or spring because we had so few vessels caused great torture not only from thIrst but of 01 mirages which seen in the dIstance looked like Uke great seas ot of water |