Show THE BIRTHDAY ON THE CLARA PANTA CLARA feb 28 1896 the following is in an account ol of how we celebrated eleb rated george birthday in ID the daytime there was no excitement whatever buethe but the even finx changes the program of our pro proceedings edinge first opening prayer t ben a tong by the school children all hall haiti the glorious morn 1 a song and tableau a recitation by a number of small boyf boya a recitation cheer fur for washington exercises exercised by a gumbei of small boys and cirlo a comic reelta comic recitation beanum by a number of small boys boye a humbug dialogue then a dialogue in four scones scenes montbrand and holidays the boston tea party the minute men and valley forge following this was a tableau showing the of general cornwallis Cornwa JHo ih to gen washington an exer exercise exhibiting hi bi the goddess of liberty and her maida a dialogue by a number of boys aud girl a 0 recitation over the hills bills and far awa away v where the chip munks die of the whooping couge 10 the little boy who gave this thin Is only about 4 or 6 5 years old a recitation an exercise showing how groa used to dance the minuet and seat diot lun this party was gotten up by our able school teacher miss mine addle thornton the lady has done a great deal to in getting up the affair and she has many thanks of the people for her trouble the people of clara as a rule are enjoying pretty good health at present we have hare three returned and two more are called to fill the vacancy elders john gramand john St Sta hell Absil after these got get to their fields of labor we will have bare four in the field again irom from this little ward we have a good showing in this regard Falli grain looks nice and green lucerne is about an inch high the people are very busy putting in spring grain and other work more anon A GRAF |