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Show as follows: "Ladies and gentlemen; gentle-men; I am forty-five years old today. I guess I was horn on my birthday and have been born ever since." Before the party adjourned, the Moor was cleared, and they enjoyed themselves in a dance. Judging from the number present, and the success of the whole affair, no one has more friends, or is more esteemed es-teemed than Bennie Talman. He received many congratulations, and we think his arm must ache yet, from the number of hearty hi.ndshakes he received. Once ix a while Honoyville, March 21, 1894. . HOUEYVILLE. A Grand llirlliduy Sm-prlNC Tiiiloicil H, H. Tohuuii Oilier Ilrez.y No leu. The mud is very deep here, but there is a hard bottom undir it, when you get to it. The warm sun, if it continues to shine, will soon put us on hard footing again. C. L. Whitney of Salt Lake City, spent three or four days last week in this neighborhood, in the interest inter-est of the Herald. Clark has relatives rel-atives here who are always glad to see him. E. C. Wheatley and Miss Met-trude Met-trude Hunsaker, who have been attending school at Salt Lake City, are here visiting parents and friends. George May was seen on our : streets yesterday. He lias been I atlerding school at Provo for a couple of months. On the loth of this month, a grand and successful surprise was tendered R. IT. Tolman, it being his forty fifth birthday. The affair was gotten up by Presiding Elder Thomas Wbt alh v, assisted hy otheis of the ward, and held in the Amusement Hull. About two hundrul of Bi unit's friends and relatives assembled in the hall, where, with the lights turned low, they niiximisly aw aitid his coming. It had hern previously arranged that Mr. Whcalhy would hatch up some excuse to bring him to the hall, which he did, and the mi-suspiuous mi-suspiuous IVniiie was u-ht.red in, and givt-Ud with I he cxehi ma t ion. "Long live Bin. Tfliv.au. To say that he w as sm prised would be putting it too mild. After order had been rrslon d, a well prepared and interesting program was en-"joyed en-"joyed by all present. It consisted of songs, recitations, dialogues, essays. toasts, step -dances, etc. Mixed in wiih the program, were clippings and jokes from the spicy and world renowned Honey ville Star, which caused a great deal of; laughter a ml clapping of hands from the audience. Afler the program was ended, and be tore sun :ier was served the birl hda v I cake with his initials "B. 11. 1 . on ' the top, was presented to him. and a toast called for. H would have been useless to n fuse the n quest, and mounting the s.t:ind in a con-I con-I fused manner, Bro. Tolman spoke |