| Show Mormon Battalion Veteran Honored PAYEOS Utah March 8 1897 About forty relatives of Father G W Hancock assembled ut his residence last evening to give him a pleasant our pries party In honor of his seventy Lint birthday Tbe evening passed of merrllywltb many a sons and recitation by child ran and grandchild ton and instrumental instru-mental selections ou Ibo violin and piano About 1 oclock a large variety 01 tempting viands and temperance drink was spread on the extort Ion table I In the dining room and the generous repast was heartily enjoyed by all the older one particularly being happy while con trailing the abundance of the present with the frugal fare of forty years ago By request Father Hancock sang a number songs composed by Paul R toil Levl Hancock longs of early pioneer life aud of Ibe Mormon Bat fallen each filled with historical theme and suggestive of the trial and hardships ol that early day He thin relaitd for the benifl of Ibe children and grandchildren many Incident ol his travel trav-el 1 with this Mormon Battalion from the Missouri river lo Mount Fe thence to California wlinru they were Blustered out of too United States service thence way up to Fort Hal I In Ibe Northwest thence southward ruthward 1u lu tearcU of tbe Pioneers and Ibo Cbuicb la the wllderneis wblcb h found a Gnat Bill L > akeIn Gctober 1847 thence eastward with a few com positions in the snowa of winter acros thy mouutaloa mull plains till exhausted ex-hausted by privations they reached the tellleuieuts on the Missouri hav lug swung around a Cllc a grldelul country two thousand miles In dlanie ler he subsisting nearly all the way on Ibo game secured by his title with occasional ratlooa of seeds arid corn secured by barter with Ibe Indlaus aud now unit Ibeu a rellsb when both lug else could obtained of gristly mule mel and rawblde strips cut from packsaddles And frizzled In the camtillre with twig from the way bide Intone In lieu of vegetable and bread During the narration the children kept crying go oo being Intensely Interested in the e wonJcrlul tales o 1 adventure and privations till 1 ocloc reminded tilts guards that I Wag Urn to eeparatr Fattier Hancock bore him testimony to ibe t I Din of Mormonlsui and the propkcilo mission of Joseph Bmlth with whom be bad been acqualuled and urged Life children and graudcbll draft to bo faithful to Ibo cause for which he went through eo many prlva club find In which bis heart Hill throbs lu lull fellowship and sympathy J I < T |
