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Show THE SMITHFflSLD OLD FOLK'S DAY With Its Festivities Proves a Joyous Occasion Occa-sion for both Old and Young j Good Program and an Elegant Spread. 1 1 Wednesday was a gioat day in the eais of the old folks of Smlthtield. Tliej were all taken to thetaboinacle, which bad been decoiateri In their houoi, ami tbeic feasted on music and song, chicken and pie until both heai t and stomach vveie tilled The) ipent the entile day at the tabernacle, .'Kill seemed to enlov tlie frivolities of.vouth. The piogiam leudeied was veiy good and the dinner solved eci-tainl.v eci-tainl.v assiibstantialasanythlngor tlie kind could be. In the moining at lo o'clock the meeting was opened with music fiom the choir, and piayor In I'.itii-aich I'.itii-aich (i. L. Km loll, followed b.v a selection selec-tion fiom the baud. Mi. itobcit A. Italn made tlie ad-diess ad-diess or welcome, and in wouls that touched deeplv the lieaitsof old anil joung, he bade all have a heaitv, jo-ousthue jo-ousthue in i,u taking ol tlie pleastues piopaied. Mr. Main's woiris vveie lis tened towitli moie maiked inteiest because of tlie lact that this was Ids til st appoaiaucc in public loi a nuni-l)ei nuni-l)ei ol months, lie being coiiliued to Ids home with sickness. lMlkiugtnn liios. sang th.it teuder lefialn "Dear lloaits We'10 (iiowlug Did,'' and In tlie choius the choirauil I audience joined. Tlie plaint ivcucs and cliaiming sweetness of lids niiicli-loved niiicli-loved selection stilled the toolings as I woids cannot. Asaielier to tlie tension I'annluiis .lones made a speech, and tlie speech was one or those "slioit and sweet" ' kind He told or "the mistakes ollieis 1 make," suggesting that lie himself was net to pel feet, ligming it out tluisl.v: (ieoige Wasliington is ciodlted as I never telling a lie: I'ai minus tolls 110- tiling else so must be net lo (ieoige. I The speaker suggested that it Isa mistake mis-take loi a man led man to icier to his mother's cooking unless he lias been living happily with Ids wile loi eight eais. Alter that it is a mistake lor him to lefor to it again within the not tlltv jeais. Said that it was a mistake foi the oung people to tool that the.v aie better looking than tlie old folks, foi bv the lime they have been washed as man) times they will piobably fade moie. l'armlnus kept this up for a slioit time, making a lilt. An oiiginal selection vvillten b) .lames Cant well and lead bv .lames Milligan was veiy iuleiestiug. The aiticle will piobabl) appear in our next Issue. I Thoiewas a song b) .John Alliens, laud iccitatiou b.v Mis. Annie Miles, ' wlilcli follows- I When the old school house stood on I thes(iiaio ' Which was then a vacant lot With not a sin id) or t ice to bioak The .sun's iuj.s then so hot. 'I 0 "slughi' skowl" tlie chlldien went, nil in the vvhitci time Kacli child would take a stick olwood With which to light the I lie. Then, matches vveie not to he had 1110ug us .Smitlilleld folks, To the nelghl)ois)ou would have to go Nheno'io )oui lite went bad To got a shovel full of coals Witli wlilcli to stall the Maine And poichanco a gieaser got Ol tlie good hoiisewllel) dame. I When the blich switch was Hie golden gold-en lido l! wlilcli thesehiiol was taught, The use ol this and I lie dunce's stool Was the tilings that learning wiought. Our teaclieis then, though vei.v stilct We thought t Iti'iii good and gianri. Yet foi each small demeanor ( n I lie bench we had to stand. On Satuida)s tlie teachei went Aiound from door todooi, And gatheiod Ids tuition theic In siiiash, pig's reel and II0111 We did no have beet sugai Mien lint tlieu wedld not can-Tor can-Tor heel molasses and johnn.v cake Made ipiilea sumptuous I'aie. Tbeie vveie no lamps witli whlciito llgbt The old shool house so dun. so ill thev used was a tallow dip set In a little tin. IA lid when lliev could not get adln I (Now Mice Doane told me this,) I She'd got awoinoiil shot , liv glp. And lead a novel thiough And if diaiiiallt' talent too We had a guorih shaie. Some or the pln.vsthev then put oh Would make the people state. When .llininie Meikle vvtm "Wandering "Wander-ing Steenle." .las. Sluuton was tight hand lillll, And Annie Mack plaved "baie-fodl sweet," And Z.v Ipliia-good-roi-nothlng Nan". Air Chambeis plaved the lover lino, (ieoige Men III the vidian mean And .losepli Hill was tlie funny man And Hie wasthen a pleasant riieani. Theie was Samuel Nelson, the soldloi tiue And Lama l-'islibuin. so)oungand fair, And Mis. Shniteu, who was tine blue, With Thomas Smith wast bete. And when the holiria.vs come 'louuri, ISobeit Kaln lie was tlie man Who Used the decoiatioiis As ouh- Itobcit can. Anil when the ladles laces inn, Sis l.angton took tlie pile, localise her speed was Just usgicat As her boriv was in sle. And when we mot and out tumbles told AllalHiut our hairiest knocks, Thou Itobcit Thoinle.v would up and tell How he had been tlie other o. Or beails and belles we had oill shaie As had tlie othoi towns. Our voting men in theh cow hide boots And the gills in home-spun gowns. No scented oils their lucks ariotueri Which shone in such a cluttei. The shine on lliem was all put 011 It) the goneious iisool bullet. No collais giaced tlie .voting men's ff llllI.S As to the (lance the) hied. Hut 'louuri Ihoii long and gi.-u-eful necks Was a handeichiel Instead. And) 011 ina.v talk about .voui dancing pumps And oichostias so line. Hut it was hi Hit1 (lav sol cowhide Units The )ouug lolks had tlie time. Tlide vveie no polished lloois them riajs On wliicli to cut a shine. Astol'eloi 'lldwell's "mono) musk" The) swung tlie gills in line. When locesscanie the) all sat down Too tiled lo heave a sigh. Then some good riaine and riaiut) lass Would pass some cake and Satvis-l)eii) Satvis-l)eii) pie. Then dance was dismissed bv piu)cr, And (iori's blessings tlieie Imploied, To guaid tlietn safel) duo the night, And see Iheni safel) to their door. Wo can talk about those good old times Of riii)s long passed avva.v. Hut the da) that's known as "Old folks Da)" We hope lias come to sta). (ieoige Doane .V Co. sang :'llairi Times Come no moie" and was health 1) encoied. lliothei and Sister Milled Mi-lled Ic e also sang. losepli. I Hill made quite a length) talk that was lallier intcicstlng but dinner had been announced and all vveie anxious to get to the tables, Till: 111(1 Fl'.l'.l). The baud pla.ved ami theie was a hull) lug and sculling to get tin people peo-ple In their piopei places. Theie vveie four largo tables loaded Willi eveiy delicac) thatthe lieait coulriricslic.At a table Immediately below the nos-tiuinvvcio nos-tiuinvvcio seated all the people more than eighty .veais of ago mid 11 lew otliois nut quite so old. In tlie 1 ear vveie those between "II and SO.anri at anolliei table vveie those between ii) and "(i Altogelhei, l.V) poisons sat (low 11 at the Hist tallies, ami ueail) as man) moie at the second 'louuri. The guests vveie waited upon In many bus) hands, all anxious lo otfei cu-iy help and coiisideiatlou. The good tilings to eat vveie in plenteous stoic, and ovei.vbod) seemed liapp). One lad) ".sis" somelKiriv, when twitted on Hie 1111:1 11 1 li she was slowing away beneath be-neath liei "stialghl front". said that loi tlnee veais ol hoi e.iil) life in this count i) sherililn't have half enough to rataurislie w.isgolng to makeup foi it now, Tlieie weie pleasant lominscenc-es lominscenc-es anil social chat that cicated a wholesome feeling, and (lining the en-Hie en-Hie (lliinei houi, Hie band gavea conceit con-ceit which added much. An elloit was marie to scenic the n linos or those 111010 Hi, in o veais of 1 a.'e. IMtilaieli r'.mell handed in the following list William Chambers I . C. Soienson. .lames lluigess, .1. W. Cl.uk. A. I'. Ilavniond and Mis. i:ila-belli i:ila-belli Heaps. Mr. David Heaps was the onl) gentleman picsent mon than 00 .veais or age. and lie can Li) claim lo having passed III mile stones. II was stated that tlieie vveie about 70 pil'senl who vveie above 7 veais ot age, but it was an hnpossiblllt.v lo scenic sc-enic the names. Suillcleul time was given tlie diueis to eat all thev could anil I lieu was called the akti:i:noon session, UMior vvooinn ft t'xpiossed pleasuicat seeing so liitui) ol the old people piesenl. and was giateful foi the oppoittinll.v the) had of meeting once a joat. The Hishop said that on Old folks' riav no (list Inc. Hon was made on account or lollglou-, 01 political riiiroicncos: that II Mho did) of Lattoi Day Saints to spieari tlie tiuth, aiiri tnmake tliewoilri bap-piei bap-piei and better, and lie hoped evoi) poison inoscnt would thoiouglil) onjov I lie plensinos piepaicd. All had 1ft bo fed haul to make the allah a sin-cess-, and it simply icinaineil for lliosc in tlie gal holing lo do thou shaie. 'I'he ltisliop piaised Ihcriillei cut oiganiatloiis iiistiiiincutal in tlie woik. Calvin Ciaguu, accompauieri on the gultai, icnrioiori a selection on the ac-coirioou ac-coirioou thai was leeched with en thusiast Ic applause, and t lie gent Ionian icsponriori with another eipiall) as good. Tills was followed b) an "oiiginal" selection by Mis. Luciotia llo.vutou, wlilcli was icall) oiiginal audasthoi-oiigld.v audasthoi-oiigld.v excellent as an) thing on the piogiam. Mis. lto)uton's pioduclion was a medio) of iccltal anil song done i like an aitist, her voice being veiv sweet, and elecutlonaiv alllll) above tlie oirifuui). A solo b) Mi.. lames Milligan, "Sil-voi "Sil-voi Hells," was tmly splendid. His lones vveie smoolliei and sweetci titan an) lath vocalist In tlie house anil he sang with the freedom and ease of a ptolcsslonal. four ghls, Misses Ktigcnia Ciaguu, Leah Smith, ilia Matthew and Sadie McCiackcu, lavoted the audience witli ii select Ion on haimouicas and did so well that the audience insisted on allot all-ot her A iccilatioii li.v Win. .Violheis "hiouglit down the house." Ills selection selec-tion was hi the negio dialect stvleand Sciollieisgol it oil In good shape, lie had to icspoud witli auothci, and this was also veiy good. I (ieoige Douglas, Sinllhlield's famous teuoi, he wlio saug so ucaptahl) in "Moiiy Milkmaids." piuriuccri I)) the II. V. ('. students' last winter, sang a selection that was encoied heal Illy, and icsponriori with "Slug Again That Sweet Keliain." Mis. Kate Ciagun iccitcri a slioit pioduclion in which was told the hor-ilf.vhig hor-ilf.vhig mistake of a )ouug wire, who, alter going to a hotel I dining 100111 for muslairi, loluiiieri to the vviong loom and slapped the plaster 011 the "gU-airi"of "gU-airi"of someone not her husband. It ciealed a good laugh. .lust at lids lime theie was a little iig music and Mr. .loliu Hammi'i, one l( O.STINl Kit ON C.VOK I) Smith Old Folks, m (Continued I km 1 1 1st pane.) B oT I lie older Kent lemon piesent. did B some sli'p iliitu'liiK 1 1 1 : 1 1 was imlliliik' B less than icniaikahlo In ;i man of Ids B iino, :iud shows i m It eoncliislvel.v B I hut haidslups and haul vvoik sue not B alviii's killing things. B Uuv. Ilainillon, pastor of tin Pies- B J hytoilan mission in Sniithllelil and BBj Kichuinnd, was iioii a place on I lit B piOK'iain. and he spoke iiisl a lew iniii- B nit's In pialse ol the la and the Idea fl ol Ui'iitiii1.' the oldei people w ith icv- Bb B Itiolhei and Sistei Aiuliesou s.ihk In H thuii ual he tongue, anil lids was lol- H lowed liy step-ilanoine; on I he pail ol BB Alio Lower. Mi. I.owei was loallv H thOMitii'hl' up III the little tlieksol H the t utile and thievv his feet aiound H willi the nejlll.v and peielslon vvoitli) BB ( 1 1 n i k man. H The hand placed a seleeliou mid H (jiiM'ii shoit talk III whieh he leealled BB many Ineideiits ol inteiesl In hull oid H and hiiiiij,'. Said that it was ."id joins H 11140 on Wodnesduv, when hevvithnth- BBH eislult Niiuvoo, lll.,ihlvou 1 111111 home, penniless and ill elad. Ciossed tin' H Mississippi 1 iei 011 ice and eainped in BBj I he snow and luiid onlheolhei side. BBH In the lollovuni,' siiiuniei Ihe p,ut BBj eiossed the Mis-ouii. Ills l.ithei's H I, mill,', with a lew otheis went uoilh.i BH lew miles and e.unped at Cottonwood. H Tho lived lii'le en w'lld linke), wild BBj liouo.v, a little hoe-cake occasioiiiillv BBJ and sometimes aned Ihe inoiioloin BBJ with a lit tie molasses dauheil 011 the H hoe-cakes. In the mouth ol Ma, he H with otheis lelt 110 their l.lon mile H nip aeiossthe tiaekless ilesoi t.di h hie, Q hefoio them some e.ittle and sheep. 1 A 1 lived in Salt Lake in Septemhei. 1 Thai city was I hen nolhlni' moie than BBJ a ton-acie lot locked in toi a loit. I'is BBJ paity stopped and Iheii home consist- BBJ ed of a vviisoii-ho whieh was used foi BBBi kitehen, (llnlni: loom, hath 100111 and fl p.nloi. The) had some piovisioiis B when lilt, aiihed hut divided until B they had nothing; lelt. Then ovoi.v- BBj hotly lied on mots and hei lis until B .Mine. Was thankliil Tor that, how-1 H uei. Mi. Miles eoul lasted those' times with those ol lodav, and the BBjj luaunilloonl spiead whielihad Just heen BBBjj p.lltakeu ot. Then, Ihe people wen B Kind to not a little hiiekwheat eake B stnnetlmes se.isonetl with a lit tie salt B and peppei, and liultei was a Iiimii.i BBBl Instead ol a lUetlollai hat ol lodav BBB&' the avonie man won a knit stiiped eap which toweled about si inehes BBS above his head, and instead ol shoes, BBB lils weie worn on the feet. The H speaker said he had helped build Salt' H Lake and then lelt loi Cache alle. i B lieu he had helped build the In ides H and loads, ami kill the snakes, and since eaih da.s had ohseiw'tl is'ieal H plotless. The people haw pioj,'iessod well llnanciull.v and should be thank- H till. Said lie had helped coloiile Al- BBB bulla, Canada, the chinch's most BBB noitbeiu possession, and felt that dm- H Ui his entile lite he had been a plo- BBB The lollowine; eveelleut iapci w.is H then BBB B who told i)llhu"()ld l''olks, Past, Pies- BBH "Itohold astiwerweut loith to sow BBB when ho sowed, some seeds It'll b. the BBH wajsltle, anil the low Is came and B. tlt'voiiied them up: some tell upon BHH stony places, wheie the had not H much eaith. and Itulhwitb they B spiaui; iii, because ihey bad 110 deep- HHHb nessot eaith, and when the sun was HHHb up, they weie scotched: and because HHHl they had no 1001, ihe witheietl awaj. HHHjB And some tell aiming thorns, and the HHHb IIioiiis spuing up and choked them.' B Milt ulheis lell into kooiI k'ioiiik), and ' H biougbt I'oilh liuit, some a hundied-1 Hr fold, some slt-iold and some ihiil-l HHH These, uia.haiied H boauiil'iill) eeiiiilll the nood K'lound HHH in whlt'b was plained the (iospel! H seeds, that came loith with Unit a H hundied, st) and tbht told. I'tali B can boast ol having: the best and most j B peeullai baud ol' era., -heads that the' BBHH world has eei piodiieed: lor il. has BHHHj taken the whole woiltl to pioduee HHHH Let lis ud back to the dujs when HHHH (itioige Do.iue, James Sboileu ami HHHH otheis weie killing oil the snakes and B bonis, and llglitiiiK: Hie Indians. Who B weiuoiii old loll-s ihenv Clulst sajs. H "lly thulr Hull ,te shall know BBHHv Smcly the liuits ol siicn men as old ft lather Collctt, .lohn Stoiey, David H Weeks and many otheis too numeious H to mention will 1101 be loi gotten; but BBBBH hhIhI' HHBHKT ,1' jHBHBHHk. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIA: Mwfc WnKTfctfcnr JBBT are as beacon IIbIUs to both old and oiiiijf. 'Ihe old biftliien and slstt'is who Iiiim still life's battle befou them aie eipiall,, woitby of our ic-membiaiiee. ic-membiaiiee. -lohn llaminer, whom the Missoui kills tailed to down at Mawn's mill, Is peifeetly able to step II olf with or without paitnei: (ieo. L. I'ai it'll, whom old Kiik'land shipped I out lo Ameilea as a inlnlster of her loielnu allalis: Kathei Chainbeis, who was sent out fioin Ihe same place to piaetlee the Ainll ('bonis to I In sung beyond the llvei: liobeit A. Ilain, who fame out fioin .Scotland lo see II his natlu land was not the best, and we an also awaie of the fact thai .lames Melkle was an exile fioin I he same place, but lum neer been inhumed whothor he came over in the boat that was sunk near the New KtiKlaud coast and be swam to shoie, or if bo was a disobedient, .louah. who for his laihue to perfonn 'bis tint, was tliiowu oveiboaid and I bad a fiee 1 ide the test of the way to 'shoie: Sister Lannton wanted a little I moie pastuie loom for her cows than I the meadows ot lietaud could alloid: IChlistophei Unbelts felt sine that be 1 would nt'UT become Ihe Piince ol I Wales, so packed up bis 141 ip and I came to follow his Mastei's call: Ole Hansen now tbeoiih IMiik eteian of the Scandinavian l!oii),h liideis who U'ltissed Ihe Atlantic to ollel his sel- l ict in the clil war. the m t:f I !ci- 1 man toillist, .lohn Alliens while ti- I iui; to make a Hip aiound the idohe hi 10 das, was captilled In the M01- iiioiis. wheie he will be kept until he I0lliue,s to bis Fathci's maiislou. I Who cannot saj that Kphiaim has 'been scalteied amoiiK all uallonsV 'The old lolksol the piesent hae won a ciowii ol laiue that we wonder II flit 111 j'cueiat ions can naiii. Tlifj isaeiltlced all that was deal lo llieui I and came to this land; the., hioke the sod loi fill me lei I lilt : the hae I boiui' liuit th.il will be a meinoiial I to Ihe .kiiiiik. I Nonecali pieiliet the eacl liilinee-1 liilinee-1 cept hispiied men ol (iod. We do not t know all who will become as the I golden niilln. leaih loi the leapels scle Most all hope to be, allboui'li Vliiie Meillll hopes to bejoiiniraualu. We 111 le the Intuit b the piesent and past. Theophelas Chamheis has calculated that at Ihe lale the widows wid-ows hat alieady deei eased, when he i;es lo be an old man, Iheie will he no moie lelt, for .lames Milllan has spent the past I wo weeks in peisiiad-liil? peisiiad-liil? all the widows ol town to attend the old folk's (kuiff, and is now I patiently awaiting developments, es-peclally es-peclally on the other end ol a haul well beaten path thioueji Ids lot to ; the st icet below. It is wiitten that "Tliu last shall become Hist, and the Hist shall become last." Ken sothei jouui; become old, and the old become joiuiK- Those who liau not yl lipeued into golden veals and have had bettel oppoiliiiiitles lor advance-incut, advance-incut, need eoiistantU to keep in mind the wtutb.v eauiples by these our uiaj-habed latbeis. l.onlellovv who lived lo be an old man epiessed this sent Imeiit in the lollow inir lines: j "Lives ol uif.it men all lemllid Us We can make 0111 lives sublime, And (lepaitiiie; leave behind Us, Knot pi hit on the s.iuils til time. Foot pi hit . thai pel haps another Sailini '(' life's solemn main I lorloiu and shlpwieeked biolher Seein.' shall take lifint aualu." Itv ifiiifinhfiiii!; llieol'l tolk'seach .veai, these lives ol uieat men an bioiiKhl moie loiclblv beloit lis, tbeie- loie: Weall eoinmeiid each jear that keeps, I A leiueinbianceot siiebasfalber Heaps And otheis though not to his age altiliued Who wear white ilhhon loi ninetv ! veais gained. j Kin desceiidlnir a little the laddei to blue 'I'he list is iiicieasetl, ,vel their nanus an but lew, A louo liiiMiioud. lien Aiken, 1 Me ( lleseii and wile Have all passed theii eightieth miles- stout ol lilt. 1 Down ae,aiu wce.oto the ilbbouol led, j Many moie who pioneer lives have led, ltobeit Thoinli'v. whoonct the oen's I voke vvoie, Ale sae,ocs and ,niss a haul life to cudtiii. The pink shows (is ilitist wlw bau passed tin co scon ycais They aie also nuinboicd as our pionceis, liiuiheis Lemnion and Cant well can tell 'on what's moio When 0111 laud did not have such a bounteous stoic, The committee loels paid when Ibeli elloits siicft'fd Tin old folks lu unite itiespectlve ol fiet'il, We teel that those who of life have been weao Will dilve uwa flouds and fiom lids dav be cheeij. Miss KloitMii'i' lloskell) sanir a solo, and on the chouis Hit choli Joined, the ellecl belli1,' uij nood. j Mr. liobeit A. Ilalu made the announcement an-nouncement that a number ol gifts bad been piovlded for the. older people peo-ple piesont and piocet'dt'd lo ills, tiibuie theni. These gifts vveio good warm shawls for the ladles and gloves for the gentlemen. All seemed highly pleased with these leiiicin-braiices, leiiicin-braiices, and Win. Chainbeis was the leclplcnt of a piesent which was announced an-nounced as coining fiom a lady ad-mlier, ad-mlier, who said that If lliotherCham- ' bervviis only lifty jeais vouuger. she would accept him In a minute. After the piescnts had been (Us-tilbuted, (Us-tilbuted, the choir sang "Aulil Lang Syne." Mr. Samuel Nelson called foi u vote of thanks, which was given vvllli a licai ty "aje," and then olleied the beneillellon. j |