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Show LETTER FROM TWO. A Big Memorial Day Celebration. Cel-ebration. GRAM PARADE TO THE CEMETERY. Xnn Sulca The Scarcity or fllmii'j Felt Marriage Mar-riage of Hiss Llla isniuut, well kumva Here lVovu DajJi't All the Attractions. Memorial Day in Provo was very fittingly observed, by what would seem from the size of the crowd, the whole town. Early in the morning every street was lined with pedestrians j and vehicles, hurrying toward the ' Court House block where the parade pa-rade was to form. Every hand was filled with flowers, and the memory of lost dear ones seemed to soften each face into tender lines expressive of the occasion. At ten o'clock the procession formed, headed by the Military Band and Drum Corps, marching in uniform. Captain Berry had charge of the Union veterans who followed; next in line came the young ladies in white, representing represent-ing states and territories, and headed by Miss Florence Penber-ton Penber-ton looking very beautiful in snowy robes, that fell in graceful folds to the ground. Societies, the fire department, de-partment, bands, schools and citizens, citi-zens, swelled the line according to the previously arranged program, and all walked with measured tread to the martial music, until 4th street was reached. Here the young ladies were seated in a decorated chariot waiting to receive them, four grey horses drew it into line, the command of "Forward" was again obeyed, and the march continued con-tinued until the City of the Dead was reached. ExerciseB were gone through with, consisting of Invocation by Chaplain G. M. Jeffrey. "Nearer my God to Thee," by choir. Eulogy to the Dead, A. Saxey. Decorating graves and benediction. The cemetery was filled with loving workers, beautifying the mounds of earth that covered the remains of relatives and friends. Handsome monuments dot the burying ground here and there, giving evidence of thought and care of the living for the dead, the most noticeable of which, however, is one to the memory of John Drake, an old soldier, who passed away some two years ago. It is 'of highly polished granite, surmounted sur-mounted by the figure of an angel, carved out of white marble, standing stand-ing five or six feet above, the whole looming up in silent majesty, was greatlv admired by all. At 2 o'clock a meeting was held in the tabernacle, where those present pre-sent listened to a very interesting program, consisting of eloquent, pathetic discourses by the Hon a Frank J. Cannon and W. H. King. Singing and music completed the exercises. A great many spent the afternoon after-noon at the Lake Resort, and the general holiday wound up with a ball at Farmer's Park. Geo. E. Robinson, of Fillmore. Utah, and Miss Ella Smoot, of Provo, joined hands and embarked in a matrimonial canoe the 25th of May,with the good wishes of many friends accompaning them. "Hard times" seems to be the universal uni-versal cry of busincsB men in the Garden City, everybody, in fact, appear to feel the scarcity of cash. After viewing the earth laden pedal extremities and dirt spattered spat-tered clothes, of those who marched to the cemetery Decoration Day, some Brigham City residents, who watched the proceedings, could not forbear contrasting the clean, mud-less mud-less streets of their own town, with the sea of mire sui rounding them, and thinking with pride that Provo did not possess all the attractions. ! X. It. Provo City, May 30th, 1892 |