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Show m FUNERAL AT ; HYDE PARK Hr ' HYDE PARK, April 27. Funeral H, services over the mortal remains of Ht llrotlier Win. Elwood were held In the Hi Hyde Park meeting house Sunday af- H; tcrnoon nt 3 p. id. The house was H, " well illlcrl with mourners and friends. f i The speakers who bore testimony to H' the honesty, linearity and sterling H worth of llrotlier Klwood were Win. H ' Cook, James Hurrcn, Henry K. Han H cey, Frank A. Wooley, Fred Turner, H- James.. Stewart and Hlshop Charles H G. Uydc. The singing of the choir H . was indeed comforting and Inspiring. H l Fred T. Uallain sang In n very feeling H manner "Sometime, Somewhere." H The opening' and closing prayers were H t offered bv llrotlier Elijah Scatnons H ' and Counci'or Lorenzo Peterson, It H , was told by some of the speakers of H Brother Elwood's embracing the gos- H ' pel In his native country, England; H, 1 how he labored to gain means to come H, A to .Ion; how his sons came one at a V time, and of their noble, self sacrllic- Hjf lng labors to gather their parents and 3 the rest of the family; how through Hji efforts of his sons a homo was given Hji them, and of the love and tender care il bestowed upon them in their declining f"' years. Brothers F. A. Woolley and Fred Turner laid special stress upon jl the obligations children are under to i their parents, and commended the H children of father Klwood for their H loving kindness to their parents. H Such deeds will not, go unrewarded. B llrotlier Klwood was born in Suffolk H csunty, England, in the year 1830, M cimc to Utah in 1801, settled In Hyde H l'ark among his children and friends H of his boyhood dais, and had lived fl there eer since. Ills wlfo Maria died mM ' , In October 100(1. Urotlier Klwood was WmA the father of ten chlldien, four sons H If mM and six daughters. There arc thlrtj- H , one grand-children and two great- M ' grand-children. Today they arc all Mi Arm In the faith of their parents, and M i truly, when such is the case, the lives M of Urotlier and Sister Klwood have ' not been In vain, m The manner of the taking away of these worthy people seems to the B ' writer to have been providential. B I Mrs. Klwood was stricken with heart B , failuic and died while milking her H,' cow. Urotlier Elwood died within M' two days after receiving a paralytic B stroke and was unconscious to the H. end. Nolongselgo of pain and suf- H ferlng, but, as It were, quietly falling H to sleep. M No has gone gone back home M To the mansions in Heaven: , ; To dwell there In joy B With the righteous above. 1 To await the morn Bf, Of the first rcssurcctlon, f '1 hen to come forth and meet f " With those whom he loves. 1 Architect Jesse Hancey has drawn m plans and specifications for two line m houses in the near future, one for Hi Prof. George S. Dalncs, the other for H our rustling farmer, Wm. Follctt. fl t Measles have made their appearance Hi in Hyde Park. Clydo Mason, son of B, ert Mason the Insurance agent, w)io m brought his wlfo and children to our town about a week ugo, is down with Bp them. , Mr. Mason is a careful gentle- B(r ,nan and will do all ho can to prevent H tho spread of tho disease. Tho friends MH of Mr Mason all hope that the disease H will spread no further, and that little Mx CI du will soon be o. k again. li. Ezra Scamons is building an addl- K tlon to his house. John Uako has H; just completed a neat little summer BBi kitchen. R Tho stork called nt the home of l David and Annie Seamons Sunday Bt night, and It's cither a boy or a child. Br Mrs. Seamons Is doing fine and Dave K struts about like a two-year-old pea Hr cock. B. Martin Heeder has moved hack Hf lome after spending the winter at the 'f Leo farm west of. town. |