Show THE LAUGHS HAVE A PARTY from the northampton brigham ighani Cr utah U S A oct ocl 3 1911 sly bly last letter to the Mor mercury cury was wag dated march ot of this ye year ar ind and by the same token as oa an irishman would say you remember that I 1 reported the weather as being graild and sen gen jal aal although for somo some nine or ten days previously it had only failed ailed to blow the nose off ray face because it the nose was frozen on winter ended at p in on the aoth of february I 1 nm am able to fix 4 tho time tho the exact time mind you because something happ happened enod to us just aist about that time and the weather changed while the r something was happening it was in this way we had just started housekeeping again two or throe books previous and on tho the even ins of the about 5 v p ni there wa wae a at tho the door on tho the door being opened a lady walked in along with a adars jarg chunkow the polar burri bum cana cane I 1 spoke of S she he sat down and iwuc had conic come to see us while ir wore tolling delighted w we were aero ind and so on rhe ehe took off her rubber bo overshoes her wraps aud and her gloves sho she lad had a parcel with her welch she laid on the floor she then began to discuss things in general american fluency and coatI confidence dence presently another visitor came caine to to us I 1 mole male this time who wont went through a very similar performance nanco mance ito biad ba apparcel too waith he laid bid aon on the floor at intervals int of a few rai minutes I 1 ather visitors came in with parcels 6 p m wo we had bid than AbLIA thirteen oen visitors in to seo scoba s unlucky number this the first three or four dia iud not alarm us much but when bight had arrived we were in iii a state of terror you see BOO wo we had no more baor chairs and th there rc was no know ingrow I 1 liow many many mores more might come fe we were we reat t atour our wits end almost though itis it is only fair to the visitors to say that the lade lack of seating accommodation did not not seem to 6 worry them much for as tho the number grow tho the gentlemen sat on the floor or stood as suited them hero is the curious part of the story at a gentleman came in and drew my inar attention to the f fact act that the wind blowing bany any more this gentleman did not bring a parcel with him ho he brot an armchair instead ile he sat in it most of the evening and ho he said he guessed winter was over the rest refit of the party guessed in unison that winter was overt over too I 1 guessed guessed it inwardly I 1 believe in the possibility of winter whiter coming coining to a halt in that abrupt fashion when it had got into its stride lo 10 so to speak and was breaking all it records I 1 was wrong I 1 make this confes backache headache nervousness and rheumatism rheu maUsin both in men and women mean kidney bidney trouble do not al lowit to pro progress tess beyond the reach of if medicine but stop it promptly with foley kidney pilli pill they re the aie action ot of tho the urinary organs in action quick in results brigham Brig hain city pharmacy vv L eddy J P parker 2021 no st ft FL smith ark says that ho he had taken alien many kinds of 01 kidney medicine but id not get better until ho he took 1 floley a kidney pills no matter how tens long you u have had kidney trouble louwill yon you trill will find quick and permanent benefit by by tho uso use of poley foley kidney start taking them now Brig Br ighani harn city pharmacy W L eddy sion is as an example to a lot of people in northampton and elso elsewhere where who w will not in any circumstances ces amft admit lw bo I 1 ing in the wrong I 1 can ban remember distinctly making malan the same confos confes I 1 clou once before it was in september on I a bright calm morning I 1 was in dr orchard dr Bs groom ind and dr Bs dog wore A ere in the orchard at the same time but no I 1 wont tell the rest ot of the story there aro are events in tho the life of most of oe up the very remembrance of which causes as to sit down very gingerly when ten or a dozen had arrived it dawned on us that this was not I a mero conci confidence dence but was a deeply laid plot they took possession ot of the house then tho mysterious parcels were opened 0 and d the pilo pile of provender was heaped upon tho the table tabe appealing in its hugeness there were v cre sandwiches oe of various kinds ples pico and cookies and biscuits and bottled peaches and bottled apricots and prunes and raspberries rasp berries and strawberries also bottled and a can cam of cream and dont know what beside then a blessing on the lood food and on tho the house and on those who ched in a the house and then we set about cn cri gulping the provisions we found we coad caud do this very well everybody every tody put real solid enthusiasm into this part of the proceedings and wat off ac N 13 pro visions included chided in After afterward waru we talked and tod od and laughed and had a 1 good time until about 11 11 p in m when everybody guessed guesse amherd go home antl and did so eo I 1 went to say good dight to bill of oe oal noted that the weather was quite mild there vas aas no vind just fust a little snow was falling butco gently that it at like x benediction when tact were gona W we e found thy they had left a number of 0 very useful household among which the armchair of 0 ft was as the most conspicuous but the neighborly kindness and generosity to was afie e greatest gift ift of all and will be one of our pleasant est recollections while memory holds its seat scat this was what they call bere I a surprise party N B al AI the surprises surp risers were mor mons only the surprised were gentiles for three or four days alter after this tho the whole valley swam in the melting sno snow wand I 1 and ice ce but in ill a the garden lots let were were dry enough to make plough I 1 ing ng possible and every body got busy nil ill at once dy by the end of the month 0 of f march I 1 was waa tanned as good a brown as it if I 1 had bad just spent august bank holiday at yarmouth wo we had a lew few cold days in april ind and two or three severe night frosts as well the temperature was down to 63 16 19 degrees ono one night with disastrous results to the peach crop but tor for all that winter really ended it at the time I 1 have stated the snow oai on a the mountains did not all disappear until june and on the higher peaks about salt lake city snow could be s seen oen until late july on may 16 an event took place hero here of a most interesting kind to me at least and I 1 think to some gomo scores of young people belonging to box elder eldee county as well it wits was tho the presentation of certificates to all the boys and girls who had succeeded in passing out of tho the eighth grade a at t the elementary a schoola ch ool 9 of the con county nty everything is done to fo make this event one to be remembered by the successful students as one of jhc thc most important in in their lives the tabernacle being the largest and most conveniently situated building in tho the city was used and was tastefully decorated for the tho occasion the whole of 0 tho the members of 0 tho the education board occupied the platform the mayor of the city mr blackburn backburn was waa pres present tnt but took no part in the proceedings tho the building was crowded with relatives and friends or of the students and tho the general pub jhc he tho r students occupied the space 0 immediately below tho the platform I 1 tho boya M 0 o their best go eo to mooting clothes earths rig right t I 1 tho girts girls all in white crosses dr espes on the left the rho proceedings opened with a 9 school BOD rendered by the Brij brigham tara I 1 was waa told that tho the song waz was the composition ot of on gnp 0 ot tho the boy graduates I 1 it wend with a graat great alter prayers a 1 pro gramme I 1 of vocal rf anc and I 1 instrumental music with oh oha or two elocutionary items was most abst excellently rendered by tho the boys boya and girls one of the boys delivered a address to the grade schools and teachers an adar ss wa was a a by the president of tle the state slate agricultural Agrical tui al college it at logan who talked good practical common I 1 sense to t the be graduates and was jis is toned tenca to with the most profound pro round attention then the file graduates filed up to the platform and one by one ed their certificate of grada avon at on and a phoud handsome lot they were As the graduates from the several in the county were called upon it was mide av tant b by y the cheers which greeted them that relatives and friends from all over the county were present just before tho the close of the proceedings ce cc the graduates were addressed by the headmaster of the box bos elder high school professor merrill who spoke of the advantages to be derived by tho the graduates from a continuation of their studies and earnestly impressed upon them the wisdom of entering the high school 11 he also extended to them an in to come over to tho the high school when the present function vaa over to a tion to given by bj the senior students of tho the ailigh high school most of them went I 1 believe and I 1 heard afterwards th that at they had a high old time now all al this struck me as a splendid idea why cannot wo we at home do something of the sort tor for the boys and girls who succeed in passing the ath ah standard copt you think thick that something som othine of the sort would be an incentive to many oi ol 01 our boys and girle many of whom never pass the highest standard to preserve in their studies I 1 do and I 1 also that po possibly sEibly some parents might make a greater effort to keep the children at school a 1 little longer than they otherwise might I 1 know that the bos and girls here look forward to this annual event with eager anticipation and to those who have grad it becomes a pleasant memory of their first really great achievement I 1 really think that northampton could go one better than grisham brigham may was decoration da next to independence day the most important of the national holidays for days before hand the lie cemetery was in eve cv crones rones thoughts and numbers of people spent a good deal of time in making the graves of their relatives look neat and tidy vehicles of all sorts from Micel wheelbarrows barrows to wagons were requisitioned ta remove the accumulated accumulate 4 rubbish so BO that by the evening of the nothing remained ito to be ba done except to decorato decorate the graves early neilt morning most mose of the graves were decked with flowers and greenery some of them wore were ery cry beautifully cledor decorated aledas as was the grave ota ofa poor young lad well known to many blany in northampton who had died hero here some 15 months ago I 1 mean young jack leadbeater of welling borod boroush road diioro and there the sar spangled banner waved over the grave of romo bamo old soldier and the whole cemetery looked as bright and cheerful as a cemetery can tho the un tain city band gave a conceit I 1 in the cemetery the music being appropriate to tho the place and the occasion on tho Odd fellows were there in ill their in their regalia re salia and one another ol of tho the brethren aavo short es ca to eife alic d listeners s thea people remained in and about th the e cemetery until about noon and spent tho the rest of alo day in such manner as pleased them best talking of cemeteries reminds me that I 1 was in the cemetery at willard about seven mils south of brigham a few weeks ago and came across a tall monument nent to the memory of an old Northampton ian gifth the following inscription alfred great darior born beorn at shire england juno june G ath th 1795 pied died juno june 8 1873 I 1 learned afterwards thai tha the old follow bought the stone stoat and had the inscription cut cup as far as the word died some considerable time before his death and insisted on having the words spelt as aa he deemed right I 1 another monument is to tho the memory 0 r 0 of f I 1 thomas vose horn born jan 12 1812 1912 at thornby northam Northampton shire ire england died jan 14 irom from I rom another stone I 1 learnt that ann morris was born at norwich ire kosland december 28 1802 I 1 wonder healier het lier there are any left in northampton who are related 60 to ir or roia omber i r about about alfred groat barker r f poach day was celebrated on sept 20 00 with moro th than tho the usual enthus ig agai aban wa Wol laii a abino slon with several and ad trado trade cars mounted ladies and gentlemen decorated motor cars cars automobiles automo bics I 1 mean and a score or so of indians also moia mounted I 1 td both bucks and squaws squads the bucas wera were too gorgeous for anything 1 in their frit fr it hers and wampum while the feih inin 14 were acro robed iu in or blankets of 0 such dazzling colors but mostly red as ma deones delones eyes ache this ret reminds nines me that a lev cv months ago I 1 found myself in a 1 town from which these indians indiana came they live in towns now it is called vr a shakie kic and is some thirty miles northwest north west of this place the town consists of somo soine built of lois logs some bomb fam hinline inline In line e houses and scattered about here and there are arc tho the wigwams or lodges or tepees we so often in pictures there is only ono brick dwelling in the place and in that live tho the mormon bishop and his hia family these indians indiana all profess Morn mormonism at homo home in Washa washakie kic tho the indian bravo brave wears the prosaic garments of civilization but makes no effort to repair them when torn or worn out the squaw wears somo some sort of a skirt but her hek most noticeable garment seems to be a red shawl or blanket I 1 saw several squaws squads sewing beads upon buckskin busk skin andam told they do a good deal of this kind of 0 work but I 1 saw no men men doing anything except one who was driving a wagon and team they seem scorn to have plenty of horses and chickens but I 1 saw no cows their children all go to school and I 1 nm am told they make fairly good progress too but are handicapped handi very much by having to learn earn their ls in what to them is a strange lang aage 1 abc as all tho the lessons are arc in ent en lish 1811 A considerable number of indian conic come to brigham every year when tho the peaches are arc ripe and encamp on the western side ot of the city tb tati get bet peaches split thim them take out th stones L and wiry dry tao tb 0 flesh for linw use but base la Is tho the slave that pays paya as mine ancient pistol says and so poor lo 10 as the american papers call him never pays for peaches li he just begs them A few days ngo ago zi i buck indian with his squaw and little girl canio cailo to ray my place the buck stayed outside the fence but the squaw and child camo came to tho the door ind and just looked at us without saying a word at the end ead of a minute or so the gentleman on the outside bt adf the fence called out SHE WANT grun GRUB wo bestowed I a few peaches which she put into a basket basher fixed on aca back and then they went on to the next house bouse I 1 want you to notice I 1 that the aquai had bad to carry the load sho she alway does aej she docs rocs docs pretty nearly ey cv grything ery CrY thing else that is done in an indian home or camp or town now kow that there are no buffalo to b hunt and no fighting to do tho the indian braves braved occupation seems to bo be gone it he belong to tho the working clau class he belongs to tho lillea ot of tho the field class blass which toil not neither do they the spin and it la Is equally truo true that soo naon men in all ha glory was mas not ardly arra yort like ono of these nut but just think of an indian catanz peaches I 1 it la ah a awful ful drop r mi U 1 tho the time when he be lived on oa buffalo macit bad hail 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