| Show f THE PRATT FAMILY Big Jubilee lUnnlon and a inunenl Organization ISIEIttSllXII THd uu > JIKbTlMJ I JImlnln oC lloor Life nod I X pehof8Xam of the 01111osrs lbooHlCord Opened On VVeanotday July SI 1697 01 130 p ui at the Fourteenth ward assembly bull Wit city abjut 300 < < per clumprobably the largest gath1 tog oC 1 the Pratt family their relatives and friends that bill ever gotten 10 Ketbar lu this region embltd lit I oommmoratioa of their r opolod tlrel tlione dominant Plo 0 sets tile Into Apoillea Parlay 1 and 0011 Iralt who In 1647 Just IUy years I Go entered Ibli valley Orson lull being the very first man ol list main arable baud who enlerol July 22 1847 preceding one day July aO lu advance of tun milu company eii by llrlgbam YOUUB 1arley r Pratt anti family coming In liter In the season of that year From 230 lu 830 p m waa spent ID Ibo rrgllrlog of 100 names aud sid dresses of lho e present and Introduo 1100 0 Rod general sociability and a 830 Ibo atsembly wai caliwl to order WOO Ibo following program under Inn management if Captain F M llllhop was tendered I w Opening frayer Lj rionccr Elder Oeo B Id nit Uf Bills Cora M I rail Adore of welcome brlnrlerr Iratt read liy fci bl Iralt ocilitlon by Mill truth lHrcdco Bo l j air V loia I rail to illelt jcnor aoloby Mr > reau uratiam nuioricM unreal Ile g or Litany by NpOI U NeI00 I ornamental scroll work co P 0 a ad Menton for the 0100 bJ V1w At l1rt4 read by less Anith Eldredge MO bJ Ath licentious 17ber Violin sold by IT01 11 insets t VV clid sincere Jubilee Address by niV rail IUtllon a 00 by hirdist L ITm It d Uns Tar ior ior t l Iraiu an i1 Iloiiouafl Jobaift7lorbr Capt t a Ulihon Itiinaikaby Aunt Zins IX II Young and 11 uoo ithdaker lgeerUv Ier r 1 Alu Lo by bIJ Ueiiea ctlou by fcmer A U gloater 1 no bull won nicely Utcuraled and linking Hie elio > utralt of the Iwo late Apoitlal Parlay 1 am Orauli Pratt painted for the oooailon ty trio itrtlBtloiua Trail ten of the latter named Apostle hung upon the wells Immediately over the plalforni nlain portrait ol Charles Pratt the trial says of Omdo who distfinsfulshtil himself niter tieojmlrig one of this ruoit eminent and mceeaalul peailerB Pit the bar Ho became a member til Parliament goo was made his malealy4 attoruny R ueralULd ID 1701 lie waaooultlluloJ chief justice ol Iliu ciurtof common phone Oa July 18 1706 he wag advanced to the dignity 11 I a pttr I of Great if To sales by the style Arid lllle ot Lord Camden baron ui Caruden In she County uf How and an July 8017611 Ills majesty delivered too Line 801 lu Ilia lordhlp he lord high ouuiioellor of Uieat Britain A very Interettlne datum of the ccLBilon I I was a quaint looking old Hag made In lopresnut the flag uencrlb In I Ibn autoblouraiUy a f Parlay P PrAtt when bo mad his veoa > from prison where be b11 been confined for over eight months by his enemies lu Colombia lluuDe county Mo July 418S9 At lue time mentioned P P Pratt In bh autobiography maya Ibe fourth of July danced upon ui with hope and expectation While the lowu mad natlou were allvo with the bustle III preparation for the celebration ul the American Jubilee and while gone were Hrlog nun mutlovouDdloif with nut our prliou leieuteJ u scene ol it oaroly 1 lose I lIe and cberlulo tot we were oho reparluit to do proper I honors to the day We hal prevailed on Ibo keeper tuiurnlih usjwlth n luuc pole ou which to suspend a flags and nlio with tome rod Btrltei or cloth We than lore a shift In pieces and took the body ol It lor Ibo Kiound won of u fla forming wllh I Ibo red ittlf ot cloth nu an etc an a I the Word Ijlberly In lario letter Tolit iuo 11 > < of re ml while wan suspended uu the 101 Horn the prison wiuilow directly I front the Iublto equate and vutt so Dole and comloou one of ifs KrI is at mOolloDO the d iy His dead 01 the titople from tub hS All well A vllllg who were there at Ibo ell I bratou would Cvm lip aDd state tit Ibo flag und footling The Mottos would gu swastling 1 or 1114131nX SWAY izcUliuUiTBi < > f ij IjjlboMjl I what have she Motuiona lo d wllll crlabrat Itu liberty In a declined old title i V Hut njlwllhilaudlut Ibelr hlluniui tjiculatlorr the escape Ircm that dreary old prison was Meats that Very day while this UnrravluJ II aj JI liberty tllll lloiled to frtederaa breis from Ibe window of that old Missouri Jail proclaiming liberty tu Ibe victim 01 mabcrailahcreiy Ibe uudriM of welcome ly Pastry 11 Pratt waslcttrttllkc a and tutuellc a tilllonol which ID brief ran about II follows As president ol this reunion I bid ill Ob or ooi J you all ft nearly uelcoum lo our lauilly viatnerlart All ti ll 10 rate 3var 01 Pioneer J ubijet I I Imd greatly do sired to m1 wlI yell Rod IXIVS to tough ono a personal kindly strorelinill but at my Heavenly Father big HI lured mo lo boLrouinl dawn 01 this time to he 101tals of deall I short buys to beentlBfUd to write from a loB Coach a low broken sentences or thought as the may he euzneiled tom to-m by tile Hall Spirit I feel I lhauk fur that I have ben boru 01 goodly I parents OLd that my 11 ha be II 01 among n UodluJllog Illuitnuti I eople 1 feel Ibo lul that my lilts line been pared to Bee this auspicious Year uf Pioneer Jubllo 1 im lu lull sympathy with IbO family rriiDlui mad like rleuiure In contributing my mile lor tutlr tuccou rule Should be a time for lilts Intercnange ol thought a day of reolclri n day long remembered I ueee walla aboiil j rescued nun literary with uiualc and wliit elonsts oC Iraleo Bud IlJOllkglvluK uIIIII every Least Is lolloood suit waD glad I 1 was born March 25 1817 at KlrtlanJ O Boon alter lilY mother dd Wbllo timing reared by other header par father fur conscluuu Suite lay In n dungeon bound lu caalcl ranking tile tacapu turn pmon lie Hid lj Kauvoo My Larry boyuuod was spent In NtuKo I was ec jua nteil with tilt Imhul Jotapb baillh and li B bruthor Uyrum call I have flavor nail uuriuj my lilt b doubt In garJ u Little divine mil Ion VIion eight I yean old I nan baptlzrd In the MlBiUili pi river I by in Untie Oraju Pratt Owlug tj Ibo spirit of political and religious intolerance uiy lather unu lamlly with many tbouian is i of Ibo Hunt Ucludlnt mynir tlid from Nnuro W oooJ tile Mimlatlpil river on leo in February 1819 In lUtiiii3 1 ° tile Wont luruuitb the wiUeiuts ol low native full leaileiBblp 1 or JlrUuam Young we lufljred many hardships und sides tialle Wetted bnowtholl mad Beelo I thunder IIIIIUIIIII Aid I torrents at ro 1 belO olluood drenched 10 Ih8 kID 1 Have olten nwabenoj lu Ibu ulgiii when sleeping lu I a lout ir under a waiiuu And found uiyttl layligln puula of water 1 tjcui Ibo dreary IDler of 1811 and Ib47 at Winter QiarurB on the baulk uf ttio uiiijjy miHuurl wn n for tbe want or the ueceianriia ol Illr many ul the Ballots died with icurvy and lover Marlonlira jy Dad mjnelf w ore tlu cow boy of Ibo comfit at Wiulor Q niter In tile Spring ol 1847 The Oaiaha Indiana bID Hostile at limes when wn were out lu the rollli R a hlllB wllli our GOWB they wcu d Leila a taut BI us With lumr bows Rua arruwB At oue time au arrow alrucs lu a bUlb one or Iwo feet Crolll toy perion r vias pen In Winter Q latter WIIU tile great Plontat eutupuuY woO organized wo-O law Ibm start out April IM47 under the leuuerehlp 01 Jlrlgbatn Young ou tbolr perilous limruey morass thu plaice Bjme weeks later three thousand Halala Bud afoul six buodled wgu lollllwd lu the wake oC the IIoorlj Apostle John loylo mad my boull father ouvinet Ibo g alBuperviBiou ol those 111 compufIIIIIIUllolllIlrhro Von journey aero s the plains to Ibo lattice and mother lu Israel was for the most part one ol trial hardship und oaclo tier 10 the young uen mud muldenrl the aar1 CUJ hall shelf Missal 1 lining Too trip lo tut on a you bjj although sorely vexid at Hum was one ol Interest novelty olou < pliaiure AB the cimpB of Z on wended tblir way towards Ihu laud 01 Promise daily ow tcsuui burst upon our view Bud now and again we would mcIII huuler Bull trapper or a hand uf Indiana dookd will head oruameuta suit liatbeiB Tile novelty aud buttle of damp II e the lielRhlog Of Ibo none tile lowliu ol llioujwa with their young oiivei tim otter autelopo and hullalo suit flocks ol wild RitB tile cruise mud itiu crack ol Ihe buolt > l > rifle Ihe lleiti tliu Irom Ibo eniclel0 book the vast plaits Hid n IlriI 118 mad ijiilutnt ulllr the rocks rill 4 aaa 1 nvit Ibo 10H ireoby ilie way BUI I Ih ed plr go tile unl III Ibo doefl the laloll Wlcklop And grave tile wild llworv 1 od brouiblug oillorodis Ilio Mine nice oDd moonlight flight the howliuli wolves mud oroblul ulghl own the Monorail Babbitt odd od-d Bud boug ul Zlous all filled Illy I3UUB limit with ucllKUl and bustles l full iitiiiK provided ty my latherwith a KOOU Indian study my bull ojui puluna and myself d1ov cow meet ol tbu way stroaa too FICIDI Wo dr ITS Iowa tbrugh the mouth ol L an ignition Canyon whLru wo got H nil vlw ol the valleys Sept U 1 1817 I u rny boyish dreams I bad luucltd we wern lomli K to a cbolc luud < to a lanu 11 tighter glass llawoiB add UUHULI aprli go > but wuiu I taw the lurched 011 tile ulklll b > dl from mage 1 UlUsU plllo the laruo I Ulaolt Materiel mud hull aiutved Indian my locust sm11 wllhm mo must I felt wo find could to a load at aviolations I Instead Ito I IoIW lo u land of i prouiUu I flow Maestros we should boo for I cur mountain borne tor she birJ ii IA Dimmed Ibo desert Into is 1IulUul llelo 1 have bu tcqialnled with the leading soon of the Church of Jet us Cbrlitof Latinlay Salute nil m Itli with tile Priphat Joe PIT Built wilhillat strim Bud good man ling twiu V ULC too Auoillo and Pioneer ollb Hber C Meetings Or u A Miillh Jullll laylur Jvaetn Viliu Uruu Trail El union Show lUnry P Iralt I t nod tur venerable 1relluuiu WlllorJ Wo full wbio 110 it tllli = to lead Itad Ttou might beioli I itillaairlHcIng UjuioanuJ met with others have lain Hit Idea dollars iiuuer OoJ ol u thi It craft which to l to ondtiru for little und all eliTMtj 1111 Expected that Ibo act ami daughter ul tbtt tiulj I 1uo ell ot lelUluu unit Ibu Auto I seen deaert will build upon tub foundation lull by their parents unlll the lUllb b1I b I rcdeeme I findgman boll to I tlacoi upon a h Ig hot piano 01 intellectual moral arid spiritual bogr II For this bream more urccblly ol the yaunir I dialro to rof r I j nn Item ol history In my fathers MUII VPr till I fore I UbliBbed In the lull tI f 1SSO tn > lather wan ilrukeu down wILli rick noir auJ ad In Itle fnmlly KtHeioi around hill I My time his 0 ruo Plo ilit whe President HrlRlnmY 11r II O Klmboll anti olbulscimii ti solo I boJilde and amid Brother Parley we cannot opera I you we ditlr lo Lilly you live to users UB la the work fill lirJ wbou nu replied Pray for me Idt f t ob iJI that may bu licalol arid M fit MY I may La prolotgtd11 They Ibo w rullllled lu joint mud he recoeri rapidly nnJ elect Ibo wl I icr t In ircachlne through HIP crttlcmuntr In the llowlnj Spring 187 hu wall tent on a mlMlou to me atater Anti HloJ IB a nmiyr la fulll aiot ol pr rbcy Oa Friday July 23 d HOT n cor tluiailou ol the Pratt Family U unlou was held at L Leroy Parlor wbclo 4 moat enjoyable time wu spoilt 10 Ibo furtLts lulltec picLtclui uud > froilclni turuuzh slid park It WIB miiiulcJ thai there were beLwn note aDd four hundred relative aril Ill side iLent uu Hi s vooIol1 All clutograpu riosad Avis provided li I which about il I sign I torte were ob iluud Title retor I will Ohio contain the muIII od the po ivedfilgis ul II e IwO bll mortgage 01 lu Pratt latnlllei Another very it tetestbag luuru 01 Ito OCCIIIO Will the wtailua ul a B uvrulr bidu by the relative Bud memlots ol Ibo family three MJII i wire made of sill ribbon In Jubilee circle upon which was binutlluiir ItHcrlma tile nil LOBI sit Pratt oat 01 I urnn I am I tile following w lot Jolt 2211 1817 Pratt r < miy PI inter Jublku Kiinliii July VI ISUVI An Interei I K 1 letter from Elder I John W lajlur Mal lecelvcd nud road At thell mlIlIg hold on the Met I trial II permanent alrgaulzillon of the Pratt family was lllgcte cuualitlni ot Parley 11 Pratt iriioeui I JJepul Pratl vtt pttkideiit M imuo Pratl sterelarj Methods W Pratte Roslaulut sterelar and treasurer too Illitte let er IIlImoJ to aCID i tbu executive ummlllo A cowmmee ol thro was asiclcc oj on lomtle walk cucBlstlnn of LarD Pratt cbalrrntuJant L Izito li Pratt Kulcr mud Uariieim Platt IJrlggt MlLAMW FllAll boirelnri Pratt Juiily llom hn HAlTLAKh Liiy Utth July 21 0 Ib97 |
