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Show butter ready for the dinner moal. Tlie Hand Cart train also done their portion to remind' tho on lookers of the many hardships that1 were endured by the noble sires and matrons for the gospels sake, in crossing the wilderness to find a resting place among the Saiuts in the ltocky Mountains. The whole procession done their 'part, while marching through the public streets, to make tho celebration cele-bration a grand success. About two hours were consumed in marching, mar-ching, after, which, ail repaired to the Tabernacle where a good program pro-gram was rendered and all enjoyed themselves well. There was ,n'j platform erected in the west part! and on one side was an Indian wickeup with its occupants representing repres-enting Utah as it was, and a nice j parlor and the owner 3 thereof on the other side, representing Utah as it is. The various speakers had the spirit bf the y, and knew just j .what to say; aiut how to make a 1 little fun,- aud quit just when they had got done, all the speehes being short pithy and to the point. In the afternoon yports were the order of the day. with both old and young, all having the spirit of gayety in very deed, and in running run-ning foot races, it mattered not whether you won or lost, the candy was forthcoming equally to both. Our gray headed veteran of 82 summers, William Fawcelt, ran a foot race with a dame of handcart fame, sister Gubler, and they bothj got candy. Our beloved bishop ran a race with a young lady, and as the bishop was ganing on the lady she clung to his arm and thereby kept even with him, and, of corse they got the candy. The couple who had it rugh and tumble, tum-ble, created comsiderablo merriment merri-ment for the croud. An enjoyable time was had by all, and many friends who had not met for many a day were greeted with many a hearty hand shake. The committee were generously treated to funds so that they did not lack to make the celebration a success all round, and the honors hon-ors due the pioneers of '47 was kindly reonembered by all. The day closed with a grand ball in the evening, and all through it was a time that will be long ro-membered ro-membered by all. The 24th in St George Notwithstanding Not-withstanding it was thought that nearly everybody had gone to the Jubilee, it was demonstrated that there was enough inhabitants remained re-mained to have fe, good time, and a fine procession paraded our streets on the 21th. . A beautiful float, containing a Queen and her attendants, attend-ants, took lead in the procession Miss Lottie Ashby being Queen, of tho day, she richly deserving the honors of the same. The young ladies, the maids of honor daservedly done their share to give the float a beautiful appearance, while Colonel A. P. Hardy's mounted moun-ted guard kept them from all harm. , - Tho old Prarie Schooner headed with a horse and a yoke of bulls, with Hons. George T. Cottom and Wm. B. Baker, as bull punchers, was really in old time style. The oddly matched teams of horses and mules brought to mind the styles of yore most vividly. The small Jackass and large horse team earned ore back to early days, and the matron seemed happy in running her churn, so as to have |