| Show ESCALANTE A CO IJ Society Missionary Interesting Special Correspondence Escalante County Count March 18 boasts boals of ot more fine brick dwellings a 1 liner finer schoolhouse a I choicer er quality of oC peaches penches apples lworn we rn apples Instead In tend of ot worms and a 1 better hetter choir under tha leadership of 0 Prof Wm Avey Aey than perhaps any an another other town of oC SOO 81 Inhabitants In the state te Isolated us II vc we are nr on tho wry very frontier of at county over oer nt at least one high mountain range from the activities of or modern civilization traveling shows howl never visit IRIt us U nor do wo WI see lice nn an Apostle or lecturer nn nn average a n year To 10 complete thA dark ot of the picture for tor niB last five o years we have almost L continuous Is III our stalwart young men ore oft to 10 Idaho and other parts by score Whither they the go so to form torm new no homes While In Imported amuse amusements ments we 0 havo hao our own times of festi festivities te tl In the he last two mouths or there thero thereabouts re e have had the tho of or welcoming homo seven returned mis each of at whom has spent his two to years or more bearing the tho glad message to tho people coplo of at the eastern and onil southern states MISSIONARY RECEPTION Last Wednesday night the tho gave a reception to 10 Elder Peter Darker Dark r our lat latt returned Elder and at the same time bid Gol speed to Elder A L Roundy who departed ll parted next morning for tor fora a 11 mission to tho Southern States Slates The Tho master of ot ceremonies placed the Elders side by side al e before lodor the audi audience ence calling upon tho spectators to Look upon this picture and then upon that the one OM Is before taking the other after atler taking He HI then encouraged the departing Elder BIller to take tako his hla medicine with true fortitude lid eo laying lAyl that It might taste bitter at times but was a source of ot great greal The exir consisted of ot songs recitations recitation and plo 1110 nil etc RELIEF SOCIETY FESTIVAL The last of at our festivities took today In the celebration c of the tho organisation ullon of at tile the Relief Society And this was done In true patriotic style With an nn energetic en president Sister Sl t r Nancy diddle an on secretary lI Sister Sleter Sal Bai Bailie Sallie I lie M II King I aided by a Ibe occasion was made the success that It usually li II The exercises ot recitations lc tull II puni and a good rich rIel abundant picnic which I tha corner stone of ot nil 1111 public doings h I Tho hero know how to make pies cako baked chicken no roust Ion l tur turl l uy cuy ns na we dont doul rabie grain li tIt fatten tel one small be Jet r Prizes I distributed in to the tho fol following 01 lowing fill oldest man In 11 town Fa Father ther thoI OeD 88 86 years Ihl old oltI oldest est st lady Bister Mitchell SO years 1111 tho he Inh having the tho posterity Bister Susanna T Heaps b the mother of 18 children OS grand grandchildren children and 10 great grandchild grandchildren ren to tho youngest father with tho greatest posterity Amos DC tiel being 41 years of nn end the fa father ther of 12 children In this race there wow several competitors but Mr Deuel walked off with liln pack ngo of Mothers Mush B spoon for each member of the family four mid a hours of this kind tho meeting adjourned to In Inthe the evening In a dance Tills was also an enjoyable port of the |
