Deseret Evening News | 1904-07-18 | Page 1 | Pioneer Parade

PIONEER PARADE Old Sow Son mind Other Ordnance to Form a 1 Feature Ono of at the Iho Interesting features of ot the parade pAralle In III Park on en mho Iho will bo be three of at the old cannon chick were wore hauled haule l across the hue plains In ht 1847 1841 One On of ot them thou IH in the tho historic Old Sow known by that name mono because after atter It had hat b on covered In III n a I holl hoho In hl the ground placed there by h a n number of oC Mormon women In iii lo to pro vent the tho mob obtaining possession Joss of at atIt It II the old cannon IUS uncovered by b a 11 anon sow non with lIh a u litter Utter of lit pigs lIllis scratching for tor artichokes n II de article of ot food toad Previous to 10 t tint that event It lied had hll 1 boen n all as the New Nell Orleans gun for tor the reason that It wins watt used on u a liP 1 H B RUM gun gunboat lIn boat boit In Ili the tho light with the at nt New in III 1812 Its Is his history tory to or Is unknown Jut but It t 1 Is la reasonable to 10 assume that It had done dono good service In the Revolutionary war Wll an It In ls evidently evi evl evidently dently n a I very Ir old uM piece of ot ordnance Its roar ton seared red hO Indians on n the time Plo peers troll trull and amid An It line has proven of ut great value J on un many mall occasions In ht Utah The veteran of at time the Nauvoo I JA Ie j glon glop Ion would be loth to 10 part with U It for tor Its lis weight In gold cold Another cannon Iannon with n a different kind of ot history which Governor Wells has permitted to 10 he be Included In the parade Is he n a splendid brass piece that thai was cost cast cantIn costIn In ht Spain In 1776 It H was among mong a the mummy many nuns mule captured by 1 our boys bos In Manilla and waa WAH presented to tho the State Inte of ot Utah Ulah ns os asa a 11 valuable relic of ot that war Istir A AAA AA AA