| Show INDIAN WAR VETS EN JOY RE UNION PERRON utah aug 12 supplementary to our report of tle tl e great meeting of the black hawk in than war veterans at ferron last week there needs to be mentioned a few other facts not heretofore touched up on fully the martial emery ferron and Cast ledale bands added a great deal of life to the occasion and the b g crowd estimated be 1500 and 2000 was cep tamly a surprise the martial to the vets thrill ing experiences of 40 yeara igo and more the combined bands certainly split the air with their sweet and tune ful notes the lemon s grove is an ideal place for such a gathering plenty of room forbath for both man and beast and plenty of wood for campfires the committee arrangements of ferron did them selves proud by the able manner of providing hay for animals and arrange ing for water from the cistern of joe behunin which was in close proximity to the grove everything was in thorough apple p e order and no corn plaints were heard of the program for the first day was as given in the progress of last issue and was well rendered the program for the second day was gathered up by the vice commander A 3 van buren and his aids from those who were assembled from the different towns and all did their parts well everything was done that could be for the comfort of the aged and those whose early 1 ves were spent in protecting the outposts of utah against the depredations of the wily savage the speeches of the different veterans vete ians deplete with early experiences n the red man and their tion and bringing the barren wastes to blossom on the rose three of the oldest veterans in the county were present on the stand dr willey allred of emera who was one of the surgeons in those early days and who had probed many a wound v ith a sharpened stick and cut out many a bullet with a pocket knife he was al ways varv successful in those primitive days m saving the lives of his patients his eyesight is now failing him and al so his hearing is about gone noah guymon sr another aged veteran of orangeville Orang eville was present he was one of the early settlers of sanpete counte and took an active hand in all the in dian wars and had some very narrow from death at the hands of the indian foe he is in his year another veteran J davis was present and sang with vim and energy an old utah song he was one of the first settlers of heber city in provo valley where the indians were very bad and committed many depredations earlier than the black hawk war he is now in his year the indians were well represented by john behunin and others with their squaws and oses he in his speech in behalf of poor lo 10 said they had been fighting the white man a great many years endeavoring to annihilate him but had so far failed but they were going to finish their job on the afternoon of the ath but it failed to materialize and the white man still lives one of the mottoes on the stand behind the speakers was deiy ap prop nate it was a setting sun going down in the sea the larger part gone and across its face the words but pew remain this was gotten up by J S barney of ferron sorrow was publicly expressed for the sad bereavement of comrade jos angley of ferron whose wife was laid away in her last resting place on the afternoon of the ath also for the conditions wh ch compelled our corn mander and adjutant of the post to be absent A vote of sympathy was given by all those present for those in sor row the evening of the ath was spent in 1 g to the music of the bands some dancing greetings of old friends and living lives over again and talking of the many privations and tr als the early settlers had passed through everyone seemed to vie with each other in making life pleasant and in making this one of the most enjoyable of indian war encampments ice cream and soda water were dispensed on the grounds b the Y L M asso elation and the presbyterian branch under J groceries were sold by wyatt bryan and others Threaten ings of storm were in the air but passed over and gave them a deluge in orangeville Orang eville instead if this last campfire is a foretaste of those in the future we can look for some grand times although the vet erans are gradually gri dually passing to the great beyond their labors will not be forgotten and their names not go into oblivion for their sons and daughters are legion and will ever keep in remembrance the trials and hardships their fathers and mothers have passed through to leave to them beautiful homes in thage peaceful vales JOHN REID miss A II 11 mcbean stenographer i judge henderson s law office salt lake city after a pleasant two weeks visit with rev and family re turned to the city on thursday mrs J taylor of salt lake city who has been visiting in ferron with her parents mr and mis H A nel son for several months le turned to her home in salt lake ty on thurs day the ferron b se ball team played empry s nine hee he e last week winning by one run 13 to 12 this week they w ent to emen where they also won 9 to 8 wm ritchie and ed sno v of manti are visiting ith relatives here prof J hand and his ferron class of music students will give sacred concert on sunday evening aug 23 probably assisted by a male quartet of Cast ledale the event will mark the closing of his summer school at ferron no charge for admission will be made and everybody i invited to come the full program will appear in the axt issue of th pi ogress |
