| Show REMARKABLE TRIP to HISTORIC PLACES I t i HE nfl visit It ot of President l t Joseph P F 1 FsmIth T Smith and party to 10 places In Inh n h tho the east cost of ot historic celebrity M come Borne particulars of ot which have hove rI appeared In n the News Nes Will IMS of ot moro more than thun ordinary Importance J A hundred years having elapsed elop 1 Ine Inet t 1 the th unto date when Joseph Smith the tho th Seer of ot the Nineteenth century drew lre his hla hI tInt breath In the tile atmosphere of ot f this j planet It t wn WOj n n II fitting time to com coin il that event tr nt fraught with jU jUf o f much nuch Import to this generation It Itri l ri L had hOlI been b I n determined that a n monument to hit hi memory should hollid tie t erected at nt hl hU birthplace and that It should be b com completed c m ii j and dedicated on his centennial t anniversary r or December 23 2 3 IMS I Qi A de tie det j ot or O the tho monument fashioned y c out of ur O Vermont granite highly polished t J r Lyon from base basI to 10 pyramidal leX lit IbM been heen 1 r given In III ii our column with halftone Illustration Tho The herculean lu task lURk of ot conveying It the Ih whore It Iti 01 i WAS as obtained to tu the hilt hill at lit 1 8 county comprehends Kit io many moll molli w i difficulties obstacles hindrance l other ether Impediment Imp that It Il must inuit bs ht re ye reW reo W r served ervel for tor another to present pr them correctly and sufficiently Tn fu r Kl ii I der Ih I Junitia F Wells is duo the credit of f obtaining tho the title to 10 till the old obi farm farni where the tho Prophet WAS WI born nod of 01 dl reeling the tho work by hy which the ponderous grange t blocks wore hauled over OI lull hill line ana stream tream bog hog and steep declivities and places to tile the spot where the monument was Willi placed without a 1 chip or or scratch or other defacement of ot Its Itu perfectly polished surface i TIm iii START STAnL AND ANI ARRIVAL The party to attend the dedication left lett this 1115 city on 01 Monday DC Do ember cember 18 U numbering twentynine Adults end and with ono one boy baby total totalling ling 1111 thirty souls loule A special cur car wan wal wat t placed nt ut their disposal ItI anti and although 4 were wert very closely clo ely domiciled they thy traveled In comfort and wifely over overl the Short Line UnIon Pacific l Chicago and Northwestern Nicklo Plate and Boston MaIn railways to tf South fouth Vermont where they 4 on Olt Friday l morning December 22 2 Z and on wio W fJ met by Elder Junius F 1 Wells VeIt who had bud made mado nil 1111 necessary nr nt for tUI their reception nod nc tiC net t r At AL hotel lintel where there they stayed n it line tine public hall halt decorated specially for tor their en tendered by n a 1 number of ot tho the moat citizens of or the town In III a n very vcr cordial letter over their In n the after afternoon noon Of ot t that hint day tIa most mo t of lit the tho company wont nut In hI tot for or snow had i fallen to tC make mallo that mode modi of ot travel pleasant to where Hyrum j Smith the tho Patriarch was Willi horn born and aul where Joseph F I Smith the i Patriarch John Smith and oilier menu mem hers benJ of ot the tha Smith family found some omo In lit Interesting IIIi of ot their thelt kindred notes i of It which were taken token before tins the party returned to ti tf Royalton III In the evening n 0 reception und concert were given by hy bythe byr r r the thu company which had been heen enlarged by Jy the coming of or twenty from ruin New ew York Boston and other Including President John O fl of ot tile the Eastern n tern Robert C i Mrs l Miss Lucy Oates and her brother Cecil Miss Ellen EUen Thomas M lIr O 0 several El Elders t I ders leill laboring In the tle Milt cant und Ind others other Many of ot the tho citizens of ot South Royal Royalton ton were present unit tho the splendid rendered by liy the noted artists i limned WItS was duly appreciated several of the Uio residents rr of ot that never novel hav having ing heard beard anything equal to It Brief addresses s worn made mado by hy President lN I Smith and Elder Euler 1 II r John Henry Smith nod others oIher the tho evening watt was spent pent most delightfully On Saturday December 23 3 ti n thaw Hot lIot In iii ond n fl snowstorm I It carriages were ere pro 1110 provided I vided for the party Instead of they worn conveyed up ui lull hill unit down dale about three o miles anti and a half to the tho SIte of ot the The rho of Jr if the country over j which they paused panned gave them themI I nomo Idea of ot thu apparently In Iii lt obstacles to t the tho hauling 4 of t the lye granite blocks to tho the I for tor or Its erection Tho Tue view ot of I the tho beautiful shift on the th summit of n it nhill hilt hill close by tho the cottage erected h 11 over and around the tho of ot the old Smith turin farm originally owned by 11 the caused cd ejaculations of 01 astonish astonishment j I mont ment and admiration front from every on onlooker onlooker 1 looker The Tha cO gathered In tho thu cottage und and talked with Brother Wells i over lIer his great achievement ami Icorn 1 ul ut particulars from hint him concerning It which were wem highly high entertaining Elder l lder John Julia W V Young arrived on un au the tho lipot from New York City and am Joined In the tho that the tilt work hiatt been b 11 II hed so 50 successfully front from the tho scattered over the tho lull bill Miles Aides commenced to 10 o In III throngs route pome In sleIghs sleigh others other In III carrIages tK or oron oron oron on horseback until the spacious liv living n nIng ing lug room rsm 1111 avely apartment was tra crowded to the utmost TIlE THU DEDICATION The Tho hD services were opened by b tho the sing 1 lug IllS of or America and were conducted by President Joueph F P F Smith President dent nt Anthon II 11 Lund offered the open olen openIng Ing lug prayer Wo Vc thank Thee Alice 0 O God for tor a I prophet was W II sung with a 11 vim then Elder Ehler F P Well told tol l in III graphIc style the story of tho the quarry log Ins In of ot the tha blocks unit enit shaft for the tho monument und and of ot Ha Il remarkable man manner ner lIeI mid of t conveyance to ht the lie place of or Its erection efforts eIrts of ur an on extra extraordinary ordinary o Id character timid amI putting to naught the tho predictions pr of or many people I that It could not be he Ills His i remarks were received with vIthu applause Horn from t the tho people residing Ic In the tho neigh nel h hI I who know of ot his hIM labors to tt be delighted with his sue cess CC I Brother Robert C Minion flue Tho Guiding Star President Ire FrancU FrancUM i M T 1 1 Lyman I man made malle a L forcible speech In I which ho hG recognized tho the hand blind of oC Provi Providence dence and niso tho the aid rendered by tho the good people of ot Vermont In tho the erection er of ot tho the monument Ho Willi followed by hy 11 Dr Edgar ar J Fish who briefly ex extended extended tended to the tho visitors visitor the cordial greet greeting l ing of ot the tM people of that neighborhood ill and offered hi hl hIs congratulations at nt tho the thoI accomplishment of ot the th object In view I I While nut Ilot uniting with the faith which prompted the tho building of ot tho memento he ho recognized the good spirit und and purpose of r time the wor work that hunt Ih hind had been don dona H Jt i n 1 U ti I M Smith then thou delivered an nit al eloquent iu ull patriotic speech which wn Wll well wel re ro received 10 ced and amid Sister Emma l Lucy bites 0 anti and ali Brother Robert lo pr 0 1 1 Easton laston sang salig In Iii I duet An tit 1 Ang An Angel l 1 1101 From on High ThOu Then Elder 1 lder Hyrum M I Smith boro loro testimony to the truth of or the brought by bythe bythe the to the Prophet Joseph Smith nod urged UrKe the thu tl protection of ot the monument ment from all ni attacks and uni defacement Ho lie le wan wal followed by h Rider Elder Jeslo M tt t Smith representing tho family of ot Ver Vermont Vel taunt mont from whom he lie II hud bud descended and particularly the branch of ot his on an al le of Ma ihl grandfather was WOI a n prominent member I El m Elder LIder der del O C W V next Het lext bore bolo a I strong testimony to the tho of lt tho the thoman man ln for til whom the tho monument hud hod been heen nf of his hIl In th the world Ohl and Ind of or Ma his hil namu 1111 na inc being hod for ur good or ovll vI rl He lie 1160 touca fd Id upon Ilon the material that would come collie cOle to the people of or that tJI the bu of o till tIit tw t which would form Drill 11 ito attraction to visitors vl lur HR Be 11 advised that every ev CV ry there should use uso diligence to prevent mie hunt ix from mum doing cluIng the deeds of oC vandalism common COllon to In such leh persons President Joseph F I Smith tin thin u offered the th beautiful dedicatory prayer which hn has already be heen n pub published In till full tulln In the tho I Cret The Tito le closing hymn won Wil 1111 to the tho Man who tYlli Communed with Jehovah The le to 10 the choice vocal ol music WIS rendered by I Brother Cecil Cei Gates A t rousing vote ot of ot thanks was Wil given to tn Brother JUlius F J l Well Wel eils I anti and wan pronounced by Ity Patri Patriarch arch John Smith During DurIn the tho services In 11 tho the cottage otage a avast 1 avast vast o t throng or of people who were unable to it enter or oven even Und Ind room on the thu th largo large porches orches It to tho the mon man monument monument where Eldern John Johl O 0 Ile iIo F 1 F l rind anti Benjamin T F F Goddard them cm on 01 the time of ot thin the revealed anew In Inthis inthis this n by I the Prophet Joseph J seph Smith anti w ru listened l ted to with wih deep deel attention In spite of ot thin the that fell Upon the thu Ihl congregation Both Bothof of ot tho ho gathered around tho the monument tho Iho th lower purt tort of ot which iva Wl wOe draped with wih tile the ling Sing of ot our country At u a 1 given titter after a u Honl song or of praise MI I I daughter of ot tho the late Into Judge Smith pulled the thu cord which unveiled the monument and nil ni present v hut hud the opportunity of ot reading fl the tho Inscriptions upon the die that In Intervenes intervenes between the tho th tipper base and tho the Wore were capstone these Ihle of it the monument which Snored Sacred to the memory of ot JOSEPH SMITH th thit tho Prophet Horn Born Bor hero hera her 23 December 1803 Martyred Mart Cartilage Carthage Illinois June Juno 1341 1141 IS On 01 the opposite side Hide of tho the die Testimony of It Joseph Jo Smith In thu tho spring of ot tho thu year of our oar Ird I ZO the tho Father amid 1111 tho the Bout Uon appeared to him In a it 1 glorious vision called culled him hll by mime um and Instructed him Thereafter heavenly angels visited him revealed the principles of ot tho the Go OI Ins P l 1 restored the authority of ot the tho th Holy Priesthood Itle Lh od rind and the of ot tile ilia th Church of bt tu Jus Christ in Its anti perfection The Tho engraved plates of ot the tho Honk flock of ot were werD given Iven him hll by the Angel AnKel Those 1103 h ho he translated by the tito gift power of ti God Ho Ihu 10 organized the tile Church of ot Jesus Christ t of Int on the tho day tay of ot April 1830 1130 with Ix members Ho lie devoted his life fe Jo hil to the mont Intuit elt of that Church and sealed his testimony with wih his hil blood In his hil ministry ho tie Wil was constantly sup supported supported ported portell by his hil brother Hyrum Smith South who suffered with him hll Over Oser u it I million milon converts to thU testimony mony on havo havu been made throughout tho the world Worlds and nd this monument linn hiI b leti en erected in II his hil honor holier to commemorate l the hundredth anniversary of ot his hil birth hirth by b members of the Iho Church which he organized They love and revert him as al n a 1 prophet of o God amid call name blessed ed for tOI forever forever ever enl and utI aver uler Amen Alwn Around time the capstone above the tho die dle tle If It J any 01 of ot you lack iak t l wisdom lot Itt le julia him hll nek of ot clod Gol G it that t tl r tilt nil man nien lib liberally 11 mOi lb C Ily and 1111 u Ii not mm auth It shall shul be given him James 1 I 5 A PRESENTATION A splendid neld lunch had been heel provided In the basement of ot the cottage e to which everybody nt was Invited Tooth Tool Toothsome Toothsome lu luCaine some Caine edIbles edible were there In lit 11 rich pro fusion were heartily partaken of ot by nil mill who chose to 10 avail themselves of or tile the privilege e While tIme the people of o oth if the tho th neighborhood were enjoying this re repast repast past tim tile party harly from this city with wih ninny many man of or the visitor vIsItors f tu om New Now York In lit 11 the room where the per ger vIces wern wert IteM held hell atul President Pre Joseph P I Smith standing on nfl n tho the hearthstone lu tonu which the tho remaining relic of ot the tha old house In which the Prophet Joseph Joeph win va l born 11 was WM approached by II Ire l dent Anthon H II 1 Lund und who in n it 1 most niost appropriate tendered to tn him himon himon I on behalf ehalt of a his hil tr compan ions Ion It a memento m of ot it th 1 occasion a gold and nn charm of nC tine hue work workmanship manship was wan M received by br our bo be I loved President with deep 1 ell emotion mid ho lie responded In 11 a ii speech brief but hut forcible and heartfelt conveying to 10 hula hia friends appreciation of ot their love lou amid confidence anti and expressing his kindly feelings to tu II them till nil ni It J was vas WI a mu touch Ing occasion and tho thin spirit prevailing melted ed Ier very ivery heart Into union love loveant and ant charity to nil all ni mankind Pr th also als a leo eI A t silver all ver button buton but ton found In lii the ground and it a I copper penny lenn dated 1803 1103 taken from under the old ohl hearthstone In Iii II the this evening n a general meeting was Wili held hel In Iii hall hail hll nt at which u it 1 large congregation assembled elbl l Including ing mu In many mony prominent people oC South HOlth Th The Tho services l were conduct conducted ed cd by Elder J John JoInt Q O trual dents Joseph Jo eph F anti and an Anthon H It 1 Lund and Elder l lder W A A j j r I rJ 1 s j 1 i i Ai 1 qt p pc t c 4 p pf L f I Ii b t THE T J mOM FROM A RECENT PHOTOGRAPH X X X m addressed the th congregation on ott doctrin doctrinal al at subjects strong testimonies te to the thu great grat work performed by the Prophet Joseph Smith In opening time th dispensation ot of tt the thu of ot times oral organizing the Church of ot Christ on the earth In 11 the last days day I and Ild for or tin the last time Elder F 1 Wells Wel I mad mal the tile closing speech and 1111 added his hil tes teg testimony to th e which had Ild been borne reminding thu people ot of that vicinity that during luring hil stay Illy among them he hI had hol not tried to but simply to tu perform the wurl work entrusted to him by thu Church authorities Beautiful solos were Wele ero rendered during duin the meeting by Brother Robert Hobert C C Easton and Sis Sister ter t ra Emma Lucy Gates and ani mien Ellen Cecil Ceci Gates accompanying them hem on tho the piano A general hand blind handshaking shaking followed with the tho th presentation to tho tu people of ot copies cople of the Christmas New the tho Improvement Era lets letti and other literature of ot the tho tiny day I a SaInts anti and views of ot Suit Salt Lake lAko City under the direction of o Brother Benjamin Goddard The rime rm Christ Christmas t alas mas las News Newl proved a n marvel to those who Haw It and ond caused them to wonder that such a I 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