| Show amin omin mN tiu tia mile CRI brigham cit city at feb 66 1881 milor editor deseret we the belief relief society of this place had a social asocial gathering on january A sumptuous dinner was and all the members of the w ward wand were invited there were representatives presenta tives from ev every family belonging longing to the e ward vard one of our n number aber was an old veteran sister knox aged 97 mother to sister tippets she is very active nor for that age e and looks looka likely to live nl many ny y years ears yet dinner linner di was ready at I 1 when we were seated and I 1 presume all did ju justlee justice htide ta the bounties boun aw so well weli ell eli pr prepared pared including the beverage provided b by y bro Ellas eilas woodward the afternoon was spent in singing recitations speeches sp hs etc the tho exercises exercises commenced with preyer by the eb chaplin aplin richard jrichard thome thorne which was wag followed by singing then a 2 sp speech e from aunt nt jane perry pre president de A i of the 1 society and wife of our bishop ho pOA 0 A perry she contrasted the in our oui our circumstance sti stance itice irice now and when the saints came to these valleys also between us and the poor saints abroad and tried to impress upon all the spirit of gratitude appropriate speeches by our bishop his counsel counselor 0 john peters and D roberts irmer u at the close of the afternoon exercises a vote of thanks was tendered to the com eom committee cittee sisters bisters rebecca rebeeca thome thorne chairman mary young may perry elizabeth perry peters and elizabeth thome thorne sister harriet young and many others taking a very active part in striving hard to make the affair a complete success at 7 p m we again met to enjoy ourselves in the dance which w was as interspersed with songs decito re cita cito eions arid awid also partaking of the good bod things not consumed at dinner and I 1 believe the desires of the authors of this social gathering were fully realized which was t to 0 have an old timed gathering such as we used to enjoy when we first inhabited mese these valleys before what is falsely termed civilization was brought amongst us we vve hame have a complete organization organ izat to n our sunday school sabbath meetings relief belief society young nie ile mens in E young ladles adies Ij and primary are wit attended respectfully DAVS |
