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Show CELEBRATE t THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING Mr, and Mrs. James Olsen of Rrig ham City, formerly of College wnrVl are today cclehrntlng their goldon wedding In the College ward meeting house This worthy couple aro pioneers pion-eers of thin stale James nir'i wi born In Aaiburg, Denmark, March, 27," 1833. Ills paronts Christian 1. and Anju nlo Olson were baptized Into th Church of Jesus Christ of letter pay-, Snlnts In Mnrch, 1851 by Hider (leg 1. Dykes, who was' tho' first cldc- to open dp n iVatjch of tho 'church in Anlburg. ' james waB "baptized on ih-j Ulh o( Mnrch 1852. In the fall of tho same year ho was sent to Utah in J, K. Potgren company, being th? firm regular ovganl-td comr'ny to leave Cdnmark for Utah. It wa cloven T.fmths on tho Journey to Utnh. Maria Olsen, daughter of tho late J'iri.es O. and Annie Petersen, wns bom on SJeland, Denmark on September Sep-tember l, 1840. Sho emigrated to Utah In 1850 amfwis a member of the lllfated hand cart company, of 'which so many died of hunger and exposure, and had it not been for tho prompt nction of Urlghnm Young In sending out relief they would nil hnvo perished in the snow east of Snlt Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. Olsen wero mnrrled at Hrlghnin City "on Jnnunry 2Sth. 1S02, and have reared n largo family fam-ily consisting of fifteen children, 9 boys nnd 0 girls, 12 of whom nro now living. They havo seventy grand children .sixty two of whom nro now living, also two great grand children. These with nbout one hundred nnd fifty other relntives ond frlonds nre In attendance toduy. A program of song, speeches, music nnd other amusements was given, after which a grnnd dinner wns served. The following nre their cnlldrcn: James Olson, Jr., C. L. Olsen Annlo Olsen Pearson, Joseph II. Olsen, Ol-sen, Ilyrum Olsen, Lovenus'' Olsen, Denoiu Olsen, deceased, Nephl Olsen, Ol-sen, Alma Olsen, Mary Ellen O'sen, deceased, Ernstus Olsen, Mrs. Sarah Pelt, Moses Dlsen .Itactiel Olseij, deceased, de-ceased, and Lnna Olsen. - Hero" we meet to greet each other, On this old" familiar spot, Where our Father and our Mother, Both agreed to bo a knot. And they gave a sign, a token, That they would each other love And their vows should not bo broken Here nor in their home above. So they started out for riches, Uoth of them were very poor, He had but ono pair of breeches, Sho had on Just what sho wore. At that time our clothes wero shock Jng, Hut our toilets wero complete, I had but one shoo nnd stocking, Hut I only had two feet. ' Well they started into fnrming, With n tomahawk and hoe, And they thought that Hfo wns charming charm-ing When the eggs began to flow. So they grubbed nround that season, Sowed sonib' whent nnd planted Hut through somo unheard of reason, Their first little kid was born. Then another, still another, 'Till thoy numbered near a score, Some like futher, somo like mother, Weighed two hundred poundu or more. Their golden wedding-day fs here Ring out u chlmo and march, And tell them thnt their title's clear Up to the royal arch. Their earthly form hns served them well, Ami thev are satisfied. To lay them down to rest a spell Wlcn tlmo Phall thus decide. To meet whore soul communes with soul. Av place vhero naught Is hid, A world. where .Justice has control, And cvl1 Is forbid. Kaieweil jo noblo ones, ngaln farewell, fare-well, Nu language can describe, no tonguu can tel, Tho anguish Uiat wo feel to say adieu Our parting spirits long. to dwell with you. But what vd want fnlr natiuo won't permit. Our fnto seems hard, but yet we must submit, Till time In our behalf shall set Its hand, To bring us to youi" homo1 lii heav en's fnlr land. ' ' 1 With fifteen in their family, , Thirteen' of them 'were men', ., In" ebuntlng their kids recently, I found three score and cn, Thero's two great grnnd kids little tots Just camo In on the freight, t tnnVort at ihftm tni lmn1v qI.I |