Show FAMOUS REliC IS TO GRACE PIONEER DAY Brass Cannon Whose History Dates Back to Days of Old Hickory Jackson Will Boom Salutes at Wandamere J OLD NAUVOO LEGION IS ISTO ISTO J TO ESCORT IT THERE Every Event of Great Importance Importance Importance tance in the History of Utah Has Been Born Amid Echoes of the Famous Brass Cannon EMPIRE BUILDING DAYS HEN the shells from the guns W WHEN of or a British fleet leet were plowIng plowing plowing plow plow- ing rents in fn time the barracks before before be be- fore 1010 New Orleans In 1812 and Old OM Hickory Jackson was puzzled as to how the tIme gateway of of tho thio South was to be held from the enem enemy there bellow bellowed cd In iii persistent answer to the British artillery ar ar- ar- ar tillery from time the outermost batteries of the besieged ed city u u. great Kreal brass gun which even at that distant time was of or ancient mold and make The story goes that when every other gun In the tile American battery batter had lee been aban abandoned or hurled from Its fastenings under tho the accurate bom- bom of oC the tIme British fleet the old brass gun still d on un under er the time guidance of or a sturdy band who died to the last man before time the gun grew silent Even en now tile the old cronies who vimo caro care for foi the ancient piece and aud who are blessed with a a goodly oo lly ImagInation tion will point out the dark clark stains on or the wooden trailer of the this sun i. i winch which are the they solemnly bl assert bloodstains blood od stains gotten at l New Orleans Not Noten even o en a winter at the bottom of the Mississippi river could efface ence them nor noi noran an hundred years years' of or wear war anI and tear team entirely remove remo them thorn But Dut that Is ahead o of tho stor story Old Brass Gun On Rubbish Pile Tilt Tic war of ot and ilo lo Brit Brit- l feb ish h tl fleet ot trailed sailed hom to an IQ d. d Tb Thac ThA old iT In j. j II- II Jl n II In tJ t 11 I y ay up PI thin l I lp l it had BO so guarded earl early In tho tilo forties 1 In an unrecorded manner mannor mannor man man- nor ner came come Into the possession of oC the band of ot Mormons nt t Nauvoo oo au It was the time Old Sow Sow as memorable an ai artl- artl tl- tl clo do OK as a Utah h Historical gallery allen could boast boost of or When tho the mobs of angry Missourians attacked the little Mormon Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- mon town the old gun JUn ol cleal-ol Its rust rusty mouth of oC man many years of silence Then when the pioneer band started West cst tho Old 0 hI Sow Sew accompanied them at ot the heels of ot two pair pall of or oxen While crossing tho Mississippi river the tho ice gave way and the time Old Sow sank to the time bottom There Thero It rested for three months until when the time Ice had hind melted grappling chains were attached to tho tIme old brass hulk anti and It was ivas hoisted to tho ho shore When the next band of or pioneers entered l Utah tIme the gun rumble rumbled rumbled rum rum- ble bled l on In the time rear and anti a glorious salute salute salute sa sa- sa- sa lute bellowed from its ancient mouth when the divide of ot Emigration canon canyon canyon can can- yon on was reach reached d antI and the valley valloy of or tho the Great Salt Snit Lake came Into view That was about sixty years ago o. The Time gun was then probably a century old and yot yet its history was only begun During the score of or years ears In which tho time pioneers wrestled tho ho desert mask from the tho sagebrush country countr tho time Old I Sow was ivas the greatest factor for or peace that lint the tho settlement knew Once when the thc Indians skulked along the outskirts of ot the n new born settlement tho tIme gun un was loaded to the time muzzle lo with empty tomato cans Jammed In with all the strength lh of or three husky hURk members of the time Nauvoo Legion When the tho and amI confusion of or the discharge had passed overy every overy Indian was headed and ward a healthy respect for or the time Old OM Sow sprang up amon among tho the nearby tribes tribes- Lusty Voice Ushers In Great Events When hen the Mormon settlement became a permanent fixture arid and tho ho country countr began bogan to grow tho lie old gun was relegated relegated rele rele- gated from active service again aln anti and became a relic Its lusty voice marked tho the entrance of or the time first railroad Into Salt Lake anti and every overy other Important event o In fn the history of Utah Tomorrow It will be lugged to Wan Wan- nn by the remaining members rs of time the famous old Nauvoo Legion and will be bo fired d in a series of ot salutes commemorating com corn Pioneer da day Those who will fire Ore it are arc gray gray- haired men whose Uy lives s havo have been closely closely close close- I ly linked with the time famous guns gun's history his his- tory ten It came to them a n battered relic relle and arid when their lives havo have run out to the last man It Il will bo lie asa as ns asa a relic o of empire building days 9 |