Show THE tee TWENTY FOURTH IN THE COUNTRY nephi july 1875 As day dawned on the morn morning ing of oath iho tho the report of guns burst forth upon the thel air disturbing tha the quietness of the clear calm morning at sunrise twenty four guins were fired in honor of the day just as tas old sols rays tipped the west western tar n mountains the flag was lio llo b 0 1 isted s d amid the stirring stir ring strains rallis st of the thie star spangled banner Play played eid eld by capt hawkins newly organized and most excellent brass barnd barid pheband The band disco discoursed urged some ot of th their ir music through town own at 8 a ii procession was wag formed under the bowery by marshal walter P reed marshal of the day attended by the brass band conspicuous C in the procession were the thi e relief society twenty fourno four young ung ladies ladles 16 dies dieg selected selected from the young ladies association twenty four young men from the young mens alens association rss Ass ocla ocia J and the sunday school with kneir banners bearing bering beautiful and appropriate mottoes after marching through several streeta streets st the procession passed under a 8 splendidly LI arranged arch into the in meetinghouse meeting ting house which was soon eoon filled the exercises were opened with ith a song by nephis popular and far famed choir prayer was offered by tiie tile chaplain elder eider J G bigler A minutely descriptive oration was delivered by bro saml sam forth and was listened to with much interest appropriate remarks elder eldor the brass braas band and capt darton s popular string band were in in attendance and filled the house with their musical and concordant sounds whenever called upon J the Ch church ulrch and sunday school choirs also charmed us with sweet music songs beautiful appropriate were sung by of the choir A recitation toasts welo also ilso u dad effect among the to toasts abts some in honor of prest B young hon uon geo Q cannon a and iid rid ih the U S and anif S V it Bs Rs at 2 pm the children danced u under the bowery prepared for of them at 7 our stately matrons matrona mat rons attended by their liege lords lorda and marly many of our fair young ladies ladles with their gallah gallants ts went forth ina lna in a dance danco in I 1 the social hall which was kept up with lively interest and goo good order until the faithful timepiece warned them thern not to break in upon the sacredness of or that day which god clod has command commanded dd lil lii all ill men to cre ire remember and keep keo holy good order prevailed throughout the thedac day the committed consisted of sam cazier T B lewis edward sparks and lyman brud hudson son 1 I r tib TB LEWIS reporter Be |