Show OLD FOLKS DAY C arx R SAVAGE ESQ in 1874 two years vears ago conceived the idea of giving g i vin the old folks of L tah L tah the imperial and the matchless new state of the intermountain region a gran grand 4 free excursion annually and during all of the intervening years the old folks of atah I 1 tah have continued to look forward to the days on which ta tafe annual outings should would occur with eat deal of tle pleasure asure and with the happy thought of being able to assemble together Z at least one day in the year somewhere in these god blessed valleys and converse with each other ab about out the many and the wonderful changes which they have witnessed during C the past forty iline ye years ars here in utah and we imagine that it must be a source of Hi infinite finite joy and pleasure to the old folks folk to thus commingle together and to meet their many old friends on these occa occasions ions the broad ax was waa informed by a member of the committee to the effect that the grand free excursion to ogden the queen city of the 11 west est on july 1896 sur bossed and excelled all of the others heretofore given the committee on arrangements consisted of the following well known in gentlemen bishop WB W B pees preston to ii wm eddington george goddard john kirkman andrew jensen C R savage W L binder B S young wm naylor bishop N A N empey AH of the above named gentlemen deserve great credit for the laborious work performed by each of them in arranging and perfecting all of the preliminary details and in looking after the wants and eom comforts comfort fort of or the old folks the firt DM train consisted of thirteen cars can and left the rio grand lV western estern depot promptly at a rn and the second at 9 a in the train ran through in one hour A depre representative of the broad ax caught onto the hind car of the first section just as the train was pulling out of the depot bound for ogden za somehow or other we lost b both otla of our badges and we felt like a lost sheep without the same 11 e sought out george goddard esq and tried to obtain a badge from him but he informed us that all of the badges had been given out ont and the result was that we were compelled to make the jour ney aey without a badge on the journey to and from ogden the old folks and all ah others on both trains were served with lemonade and cake by beautiful young ladies in passing we cannot refrain from mentioning the nameon name of the lady who so graciously served the B broad road ax with refreshments we have had the pleasure of meeting a great many hanc handsome isome ladies dies in all parts of U utah tah but we are of the opinion that none of the ladi ladies ies which we have heretofore I 1 met et excels miss E aris P late of Lathe nhan london I 1 england beauty nor in any amy of t which ea r S t t x tend to make all ladies appe appear ar handsome and beautiful miss aris ans has resided in this fair and beautiful city of zion for about five weeks a and nd she is greatly in love with the same president wilford woodruff in in passing through the cars as other elderly gentlemen extended his hand to us and when hen we inquired the name the response came wilford woodruff we were somewhat embarrassed for a few moments i and president woodruff perceiving this he invited us to occupy the seat opposite to him and 1 mrs woodruff which we did after being seated he be began to converse with us on the various topics of the day president woodruff it a very remarkable man he is in his eighty ninth year yet he does riot not appear to be one day dav over sixty after being engaged in conversation with him for a long time we finally came to the conclusion that there is no purer or better american than he william E gladstone is the grand old man of england and wilford woodruff is the grand old man of america on arriving at ogden the old folks were transported to lester park and they were made welcome to the same by john A boyle esq chairman of the citizens committee chairman boyle and the following gentlemen john watson wm moyes heber wright G H islaub joseph dark clark H W gwilliams J D sullivan and many others whose names we cannot recall at present were very attentive to the old folks while they were in the grove the exercises in the park were very interesting the addresses of president L W shurtliff bishop wm naylor nay lor george goddard president wilford woodruff president joseph F smith rev C F richardson bishop stratford C R savage C W penrose a native of new zealand said something about his country but we could not catch on to his language all of the speakers were well received by the five thousand people who had assembled in the park apostle brigham young pronounced the benediction the mormon battalion was the leading attraction of the day the singing by the old folks choir was very fine the music furnished famished by the two brass bands was very gr grand and the sumptuous repast t furnished fumia hed by the patriotic citizens of ogden was enjoyed by all who partook of it it filled our oar heart with joy and delight to see the following mern members of our race mingling with the old folks as brothers and sisters there was isaac manning esq who is 81 years old he lived with joseph smith and aad be helped to build the temple at nauvoo and he has been a member of the church for fifty five years yeam his sister mrs jane tames james has been a faithful member of the church for a great many yea years mr wesley taylor mr knox and mr harris are all 0 very old gentlemen and they are all fai faithful ahful members of the mormon church homeward go bound the ie first section set left ogden at and the second at 6 p m on th the 11 return trip the old folks choir passed through the cars can sing ina aig uig we are am homeward bound and when the trains an arrived ived here the old folks were wem feeling gabud ar xa X 1 a z A very lively president woodruff jumped off of the train without assistance si stance and all the rest of the old folks did likewise W J ridd traveling passenger agent informed the broad ax that the rio grand western transported 1470 persons to and from ogden without hitch or accident the street car companies of both cities transported the old folks to and from the depots free and we are of the opinion that it would be a grand idea if all the churches throughout the country would adopt the custom of giving the old folks a grand free excursion annually |