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I To 10 add acId a a little to what hat seems will he ho the quietest Ith 2 I decided II in to interview Inter four of tho he the s tidiest I 1 p p test lest people popl In Mantl T J II I i none 01 other her than Mantis Manti's two remaining pione pione- pioneers ers rs and their wives Mr and Mrs Fred Jensen n and Mr 11 an and Mrs Tulius Jensen Jenson v In 1 1866 Fred Jensen Tenson I then hen about 7 years old camo to Mantl anti At Af first Sego Seo Lily bulbs were the mainstay main main- mainstay stay tay for 01 food The Tho next year a crop of peas peaR and corn was raised Bread was as made from front corn and and peas THe corn bread turned out good bu but bu bread brood made from peas was not very light ht no yea yeast t was i 9 g enough to raise It When there W was S immediate danger daner danger dan dan- ger er from rom the Indians drums would beat and would gather inthe In Inthe the center of town for fOl protection ion and the men would go o to fight Dances In the HIP olden days were smoother anti and more refined mid and more artistic the old timers Three years ago Mr and Mrs lr Jensen Jensen Jen- Jen sen sell sen won a prize dancing the Su ee Ann nn an old favorite favorito Polkas waltz quadrilles scotch h reel Icel rage quadrille quad quad- quadrille rille and man many other added to the fun tun of or dancers They were hearty dancers having ha come from Denmark where they the dance daneo for 9 clays days and 9 fl nit 10 o celebrate Christmas Funks Funk's lake now Palisade ade provided provid provid- ed en a lot lor of fun They Thy recall when the steamboat was there Sunday school jubilees and many other entertainments wore ore held ou out ourt there thero Altho Fr Fred d Jensen admits that he go for all this J Jai his wife wire says she enjoys enjo's what t tho e voun young people of today oda enjoy I think the tho young oun people are the same as yesterday she sho said Julius Jensen a brother was pas 5 when he came to For many finny years ears he drove oxen freighting freightIng freightIng freight- freight Ing timber etc On the all kinds of or games were planned The Tho person who could climb the thc greasy pole won w won n the he pig on top of it Mrs 1 1 recalled us n tho- tho first the fIrst Mantl auto Mantl-auto auto automobile mobile about a was owned by Jy Stanl Stanley Crawford and the second by hy Dr Scars Sears note the note the same first ear car r was yas In the Hh ith o of July parade this chis year and Is owned h jy s Edwin nl er or his son eon A bowry howry on tho tho south side RIde of tho the Council House where Library now IS s was the scene of summer meet meet- ings They remembered Brigham Young preaching there The Cotin- Cotin II il 11 House they said was used for about wonderful plays dm dances sacrament meetings and many other functions Mrs 1 Jensen belonged o o the famIly family fam tam ily to play pIa the organ when only ten She remembers remembers re re- members attending her first school nt at t the William Fowler home Mr Fowler wrote tho the famous Mormon hymn We c Thank Thee Thc O a God For Fora a ft was as n t 1 one roomed log hut but with planks across arO 8 for lor desks or 11 chairs Mrs Fowler was the teacher tea tea- cher Mrs Jensen thinks Mrs Fowler was a widow as she recall Mr l Fowler While school went on the members of the Fowler family went about their usual house household hold tasks Part of the tho time lino Mrs Fowler was teaching school and the theother theother nth other r half telling her children what Continued on last page News And Views to do There was a fort built covering 12 blocks in the center of or town The 6 G or 7 1 ft fl high wall was all bunt bulK by donation A trip to Colorado Colora o when hen Julius was 19 13 years rears old proved to 0 be eventful what with almost drowning in the and Doing lost and snowed In on the I desert between the Green and Grand rivers Mrs Jensen rec recalls baskets d of cookies hanging from the rafters rafters rafters raft raft- ers of the home until the proper time Fred red Jensen was vas on his farm when he saw Stanley Crawfords Crawford's first automobile When he saw this carriage had no horses h he wondering what In the world Is this with no way y to guide It or or to Stop It They were pleasant Interviews All agreed that times have changed but people remain about the same St 1St day If thou dost rain For forty days it will remain St St. Swithin's day if thou be fair fall For fort forty days twill rain na mair St. St day was July 1 In England and like our ground dog og day had hall to do with the weather Now that we have Included this prediction pre pic- diction It will no doubt rain Old timer A man who can remember rem- rem em ember er when a bureau was a pf piece ce of furniture I Among Mantis Mantl's best literature is Memories of the Old Council House of Mauti G by Elizabeth Craford Crawford Crawford Craw Craw- I ford ford Munk unk From It the following I tells how Mantl anU celebrated ed the I On the 2 of July Utah would come first In the shape of oC a beautiful beautt ful rul young foung girl dressed In white on ona a float made from her fathers father's wagon wagon wag wag- on on but It was draped with flags nags and buntin and looked like the throne to us The Bishop and councillors and anti Priesthood and anti Relief Society came next then the the farmers would display what the farm had produced Then a long lone train Brain of covered wagons with some of the covers somewhat tattered and flapping in the breeze frying pans buckets and what not dangling on the Ithe hind end of oC wagons and last but not least the tho hand handcarts handcarts handcarts carts of which there were a n good smattering In Mantl The hand handcart ca cart cant t plon pioneers ers were always honored with the best seats on the stand These processions had paraded up and down Main Street first with ban bands s here hero and und there thero music most of the timo before they ther filed through this big gate Into the square After they had gathered into the bowery thero there would toll follow ow a program Each citizen young men or of women women than thai was asked to take part on the programs pro- pro grams Crams rams gave willingly of or the best that was in them and all seemed to partake of the spirit of the day To show that the pioneers had hall a wise leadership an and that the people supported this lead leadership I gave proof from the same book by Mrs tIrs Munk about five couples being called called cal led from Manti in 1876 to go tc another state lay layout out cities and I make homes As stated In the boo boot boothe the couples were Mr and Mrs ors Francis M M. Cox Samuel Snow and Miss Harriet Mot fitt Henry Reid and Miss Harris Cox Co Charles Moffitt and andiss Miss iss Mar Man A. A Snow John Peacock and Mis Syrena Moffitt I The last four lour named couple were not married They wore were ask asked asked I e ed by the authorities to be marrie I and take this mission They al responded to the call and ly began preparations They wen I to Salt Lake City and were In the endowment house |