Show IRESE TS ni TO ro Mo tie to lud Airs M 11 i I Home by it b Go oV Wells Well ois It I was wal announced that the oldest manic male anti and female romolo Pioneers present who came hero In 1847 1841 were James Leach aged 9 amid Mrs M I Isabella Isabela Home Horne aged ageda SO 80 a These were presented with a I hand handsome handsome some gout gold goll headed henrod cane can and umbrella re tho presentation speeches being heIng made by hy Governor Heber M Wells To 0 Father Leach Leuch as ns ho stepped Wels forward tho the governor said saidI 1 I address you ou sir personally a well we wees as es as QS a n private citizen and an as governor of at the state In a business and fliRt social and executive capacity In behalf b halt haltof of ot myself and alt all al my friends and alt all al my enemies anti and for tor every citizen n of ot the whole State of at Utah when whoa I Ray bay ay that It ItIs ItIs itIs Is a proud privilege to act as the Inter Intermediary In presenting to you ou this handsome hand handsome handsome some cane cano which has haa been prepared for tor you 01 by the tho Sunday school children of this happy land hand of ot ours OUI In tho the days when you YOI traversed the trackless wilderness In the days when you trod troll the burning burn In plains In quest of ot a n promised land when you ou were a n pioneer nIl and a pathfinder you needed no staff atar or cane upon which to lean your step was proud anti and buoy buoyant buoyant ant your vision clear clean your courage matchless your our faith Invincible but butmore more than unit a n century has hn Inter Intervened then thon and now nw the little chil chii children chi dren then born bor In this new lew ew land products of tho ho soil which you OU and old your contemporaries pol redeemed and brought to life le leand and fruitfulness out Olt of at a n desert desort death these children many of ot whom owe OWl their very existence to you OU and the tho oth other other er fir heroes who pioneered d this western country In loving remembrance ouch appreciation of at the many hardships you I have havo endured for tor them present you with this cane not for far the reason that you are In need of ot such much sup support port hut hilt hit In case caBO you 0 might contemplate launching out as al n a pioneer again lint It may ma assist assiat you In your our It Is II tho the earnest earest prayer pryer of all al for tor whom I J speak peak that this tile cane ranc may prove provo of service to you OU In finding the paths which lead to pence and rest and corn cam fort anti alil happiness to which you areso are areso so 10 manifestly and amid so abundantly entitled ent tel telI FATHER I LEACH The recipient wan wap moved upon Uon to tomake tomake make a speech which he did by hy ex cx expressing pressing his thanks to 10 the time children of ot tho the schools for tor their kind kindness kindness ness nell to time the Pioneers The hearts of Ut tho the little ones said he wort pure In the sight eight of at heaven and amid he hoped hopel they thoy would so continue through tho the years to come comae Fattier Father Leach Ilch bore hOle testimony to the this mission of ot the lie Prophet Joseph and Invoked the blessings of ot God lod to rest real upon alt all ni present TO 10 0 US To Mrs 11 Horns Horne the limo oldest old lt Pioneer wo we woman weman man Governor Wells Weil elia said Ihl Th There r Is nothing I J have ha sail said In elm pie justice to the Minn muon Inn that Is II not lot cm era anti multiplied when speaking Pioneer to the woman says Women are arc IO soft or mild mid pitiful and lexiM Men ren are stern ster obdurate flinty rough remorseless How much greater greaten honor therefore Is lit a n woman entitled to tl who bravos the lie Indians anti buffaloes and Ind rigors of un tin undiscovered country th than n a man Wo We contemplate the long lonn nights of agony nut lut Ut of doors door with wih coyotes howling and lizards hoards hl creeping everywhere nui w marvel that th you ou are here bero today tot u u ill the story of ot your splendid courage your wonderful endurance In recollection of at the trials and of at your our curly early a Q I token has been prepared for tor or you 0 and arid I time tho governor of o your state stale have been accorded the lie proud distinction ot of pro ore it to 10 you 0 In this auspicious presence It I U Ia 1 an au appropriate gift giC an um irma umbrella UI brella fo To you OU who have hlo borne tho tim burden and auth the Iho lie heat bent het of at bygone gono dayn dOYI let It this token over oer be le a 1 reminder that hat tiles then happy children who hue have followed I after you OU desire delre only that hut your jour our declining ing imig In yearn eurs rutty muy WiY be shaded from Crom noun time the soil nun DUl of ot anti sheltered from the of ot our car IS HOUNDS S nm l Mis Mrs Home Horle responded l by expressing hunks for tO the limo ulft flitt ulC anti and the honor bo hue stowed l was RH she clue he the lie governor of ot tho state should been called upon uon to 10 mako time the hlo Khu hu hoped hOllo God would ble time the rind and lel nil all al assembled 1 th After H mc number of lt tho lie benediction was trite Wt pronounced by hy Cloud Claud irs lUl V Spencer and 1111 the lie assemblage dis dispersed Ils iti persed Ite ome Ile for tor luncheon ut cit the Ito Panic amid some comae for tor their thel respective homes |