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Show PIONEER WOMAN; ' . PIONEER DAYS j - Autobiographical Sketch of Mrs. A. Rich, Whose Funeral Was Held j in Paris. Idaho, Today When Courage Was Required in j the Making of a New Empire People Had Planned j to Burn Salt Lake City Snowshoes Used in ; - Traveling From Bear Lake i The. funeral of Mrs. Mary A. Rich, mother of Drs. Ezra and Edward Rich of Ogden, was held in Paris, Idaho, todaj. Mrs. Rich was ono of the pioneer women of Utah, coming to the Salt Lake valley in October, 187-1. a few weeks after the arrival of the first party of pioneers led by Brlgham Young. Somo time before her death, Mrs. Rich, who was 83 years old, wrote an autobiography which is filled with rom-iniscences rom-iniscences of pioneer days and is in 'great part a history of all this region, snd the Standard. lias been .given the, privilege ot' presenting the following interesting excerpts: Mrs. Rich, whose maiden name was Mary A Phelps, was born near Peoria, Peo-ria, 111 , AuguBt 6, 1829. She moved with her parents to Jackson county, .Missouri, in 1S31, where tho family Joined a colony of Latter-Day Saints It was there that she first heard the Prophet Joseph preach. During that , same year her father was called to Kiitland, O., to do missionary work . "Upon his return he was thrown into lb jr.Il at Richmond, Mo., in company with Bcveral of his neighbors, but made his escape somo months afterward after-ward on a horso that was left near the jail by some of his friends. On January 6, 1843, she embraced tho principles of celestial marriage and became the wife of Charles C. Rich. Duriug tho following winter the men and women in the colony decided de-cided to moo west in order to escape persecution. Accordingly, they spent many weeks in building wagons and making clothes, and on the 12th of February, 1S1G, Mrs. Rich started to drive two prairie schooners to the home of her uncle in southern Iowa. Tho colonists left Missouri and joined join-ed Mr and Mrs. Rich in Iowa, after which the entire party started overland over-land for the Rocky Mountains. The wagon train consisted of about 100 teams and outfits. Indlanc and Buffalo. "We traveled two abieast the whole , distance of the Platte rlvep, making our own road, as thoro was only a ..track to be seen now and then. There were thousands of buffalo on every I islde, which the mep would kill, so we had plenty of meat to eat. There were also hundreds of Indians in sight all tho time we were traveling up the Platte river. They were very cunning and we had to watch them S very closely to sod that they did not steal everything we had in our wag ons. Thoy would shoot arrows Into our herds of cattle and sheep, so wc found it took moio hands to herd the cattle and drhe tho wagons than we had anticipated. The Saints had made an agreement among themselves that any ono who had brought a hired man or boy with him should keep that hired man or boy until after harvest the next year, so that no ono would go hungry or starve after arriving in the valley." They reached Mt. PIsgah at the fork of the Grand river In April that year, then they .swerved from their course and wont through the Black Hills, where they experienced difficulty diffi-culty in securing enough water to keep them and their horses alive. At South Pass, however, the emigrants emi-grants were met by President Youns and those who had assisted him In establishing Salt Lako City First Death in Salt Lake. "We arrived In Immigration canyon," can-yon," says Mrs. Rich, "on the 1st of October, 1S47, and tho longest place on my dress was just a little abovo my knees I had walked over the brush, driving my team to keep it In the road, and could not stop to untangle un-tangle my dress when It got fastened in the brush, but had to walk on, leaving part of my dress behind We arrived In what Is now Salt "Lake City on tho 2nd of October, 1847, and found just a little fort of ten acres, and a few people who had arrived before be-fore us. Mr. Rich looked around and picked out a place for a camp Tho first thing we did was to care for his sick mother. We fixed a bed in ono of the tents for her that Is a frame such as wo had in tho wagons and made her as comfortable as possible, but she only lived three days after our arrival, she being the first Latter-Day Saint to die In Salt Lake City." Mrs. Rich's husband was made president pres-ident of the Salt Lake stake in October, Octo-ber, 1818. About that time a daughter, daugh-ter, Laura, was born to Mr and Mrs. Rich. Tho child only lived a short time, however. Early in March tho following year Mr. Rich became one of tho 12 apostles, and in the fall of 1819, during tho gold rush, President Presi-dent Young sent him to California to found a Mormon BCttloment. Just prior to that timo Mr. Rich had bought a farm near Centorville. In 1850 another daughter, Mary Ann, was born to Mr. and Mrs Rich. When tho settlers reached Callfor-la, Callfor-la, they founded the town of San Bernardino, and developed a great deal of agricultural land In that vicinity. vi-cinity. In 1832 a Bon, William Lyman, Ly-man, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Rich: two years later Morris and Minerva, twins, were born, and in 1S56 Amasa was born. Whooping Cough Caused Death. "About this time, October, 1S4S, my first child was born, a daughter, whom we called Laura When seven months old she took tho whooping cough and died; then I folt that all was gone In March, 1S49, Mr. Rich was ordained one of the 12 apostlct, four being ordained, or-dained, at the same time to fill the vacancies of apostates and others At about this tlmo tho gold fever raged very high. Everybody was talking of tho gold fields In California. We had lived terribly hard during tho winter, not having anything that was comfortable, scarcely, and wo had to eat frost-bitten corn, which wo would grind In little hand mills, but wo had plenty of milk all tho time, and wc made butter, so wo were better bet-ter off than a good many of our neighbors. Immigrants came streaming stream-ing in in the spring, bound for California, Cali-fornia, with plenty of provisions and clothing, and wo could get any amount of provisions at a very low rate because be-cause they found that they could not carry them all with them, as thoy would haVo to go the rest o tho distance dis-tance on pack animals; so our hard times were over so far as clothing and provisions were concerned. Thoy wanted our fresh cattle to continue their journey, which wo exchangod for tho provisions and clothing. "In the meantime. President Young vas making great preparations to have a celebration on the 24 Ih of July in Cottonwood canjou My husband fitted up our traveling wagons and took all of his wives to the celebration celebra-tion except mjself and the wife who had just come back from California. Nearly all of tho Saints went to the canyon and were enjoying themselves, they had taken their picnics with them and were hunting and fishing. While all this merry-making was going go-ing on a messenger arrived bringing the news that Johnson's army had started for Utah with orders to blot out tho Mormons and oxtermlnato everything, as ho was expected to take possession of Salt Lake City. This, of course, put an ond to tho celebration. "Then camo terrible excitement. Everybody was wondering what to do. The brethren counciled together and the first thing they decided to do was to bring all the Saints from San Bernardino in order to have their forces as near together as possible. There wore a great many of tho Saints that did not hae faith enough to leavo their homes In San Bornardi-no Bornardi-no and make the sacrifice, so they stayed. Still there were many who did come. "In the meantime the men rallied together and did everything In their power to keep the army out. that winter, win-ter, as It was getting late They formed Into companies and wont out trying to detain the army during tho most part of the winter, all of the able-bodied men were out, my husband hus-band and his son Joseph being with them When the cold weather camo on tho army stopped at Fort Brldgor, Wyo., to remain there for tho winter. Planned to Burn Salt Lake. "Then Brlgham Yong and tho Saints decided they could do nothing unless the Lord would preserve them Thoy decided to leave thoir homes and move south. They went to work fitting up wagons and moving portions or their families as fast as they could get them ready, and all deserted their homes. There was not a family left north of Salt Lake City Although wo deserted our homes, we loft plenty of kindling in the houses, so that, If the enemy came to take possession, wo could burn our home rather than let the strangers enjoy them, and these were the orders from headquarters. My husband moved me down against tho fort wall of Provo In April. In the meantime eerycue was trying to find out what the army was going to do, and finally there "was an agreement agree-ment made for Brigham Young to meet with the officers of the Johnson John-son army In Salt Lake City, so he wont to Salt Lake and mot Mr. John-Bon John-Bon and the ofllcers of his army, as they had not brought tho whole foroo with them. Thoy made an agreement that the troops could pass through Salt Lako City and camp at what was afterwards called Camp Floyd, 50 miles Horn Salt Lako; that the Saints wero to return to their homes, but they were to obey tho laws of the land So wc returned to ou homes again. Having been driven from our homos, we had not raised anything any-thing except winter wheat, which had been planted the winter before, so wo were almost destitute, but thankful thank-ful that we were again permitted to live in our homes In the meantime, tho aimy came, but thoy camped entirely en-tirely away from the Saints, and they did not lnterfero with us ver much. They had brought m&iy teamB and wagons with them that were very helpful to us all, as they exchanged them for our provisions, etc. Went to Bear Lake. In March, 1S64, Mr Rich fitted up three wagons with provisions, garden seeds and vegetables of all kind to plant to take to Bear lake with hlra. I was going nlso. had my tilings all packed up, but Brother Young advised ad-vised Mr. Rich not to try to take any of his family so early In the season, so I did not go Mr. Rich wont with the teams and got part way, but he could not get over the mountains and he had to come back, but the rest of tho company, Including his two boys, who had charge of his teams, went around by Mink creek and Soda Springs and finally "arrived In Bear Lake alter a long? hard trip. "As soon as spring conference was over, Mr. Rich startod with pack animals ani-mals to learn what the people were doing In Bear Lake by that time. They had had a very open winter that year, and plenty of long grass, so their animals got plenty to cat, they were snowed In, but they had plenty of provisions nnd none of the families suffered. Thoy settled the towns of Paris, Fish Haven, SL Charles, Bloomlngton, Montpelier and Liberty that first summer. "President Young and Hehert Kimball Kim-ball and most of the twelve decided they would take a trip up there to see how the Saints wero getting along. They went in May, 1864, and were highly pleased with the country and thought it would become a great place. They traA eled from ono end of tho valley pi tho other, looking Into the resources, and eating fish as thoro wore many fine trout in Bear lake at that time "Mr. Rich, returned to Salt Lake with teams hnd wagons to move his familj up there. We started, all of his family excopt the first wife, who lived in Salt Lake; bid farewell to Centorville, In tho middle of June, 1864. I never had much love for Centorville, Cen-torville, although I liked the people there We had lived so comfortable in California, and then to have to go to Centervllle after that, made it very hard on me Wo arrived In Paris, Bear Luke county, on the 11th of June, 1SC4, after a very rough time crossing the mountains. Wo found just a few log huts that had been erected during the winter, and many of the builders had moved to other settlements. Hard Winter of 1864-65. "Teams from our settlement went to Cache valley for flour, but before they got back It had snowed so hard that they were unable to reach tho settlement set-tlement without the aid of other teams. That winter proved to be an exceptionally hard one, and as we had no shelter for our stock a great many of the animals died We wero very uncomfortnblo ourselves, still ve did manage to exist We would grind wheat in a coffee mill, but Inter some men erected a little hand mill In the mouth of the canyon, to grind wheat. We would grind tho wheat and eat It, bran and all We had plenty of potatoes, po-tatoes, but they were partlj frozen, as we did not have good collars to put them in, and it was so cold it almost froze us to death. No one can toll how we suffered there that first year. It made It nil tho harder for me after living in a warm climate llko California Califor-nia Tho men could get from one settlement set-tlement to another only on snow shoes. ' Built Brick Houses. "We lived in log houses for several years, then our sons giow up and burned lime kilns and made brick to help build houses for their mothers. With what means wc could get together to-gether wc managed to build four brick houses. Mr Rich went to the legislature legisla-ture in Salt Lake evory other year, and returned on snow shoes. Allo-gethei Allo-gethei ho mado thirteen trips on snow-shoes snow-shoes over tho mountains. The first few years after our arrival in Bear Lako, tho Shoshone and Bannock Indians In-dians camo In large companies and camped near us. demanding bread, beer, etc For several jears they camo and it generally took several beeves a year to satisfy thorn. We had to have an interpreter to explain to them that wo had a rlcht to live there Wo managed to keep pcaco with them by giving them .provisions. We never had'any trpuble with them." -: : oq -.! , Miss Eva Farr of tho High School Domestic Science department, entertained enter-tained twelve close friends of Miss Maud Sisman at the High School banquet ban-quet room. An elght-courso menu, comprising nil tho choicest viands of the season, was charmlnOy scrvon by Miss Kylo and Misses Lois Cowans Martha Scudder and Myra Shreeve, three young High School girls, while the usual happy felicitating speeches, forecasts ot the future and pleasant social Intercourse made the occasion a memorable ono. Tho beautifully laid table was further fur-ther enhanced by a profusion of ap-plo ap-plo blossoms and yellow tulips artistically artis-tically placed. Covers wore laid for Mr. and Mrs. 7 Guy Clark, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Bingham, Bing-ham, Judgo and Mrs. Recdor, Messrs. W F. Madson, Albert Parry; Misses Maud Sisman, Olcnna Wotherspoon, Jonnlo Thomns and Miss Farr. FIVE HUNDRED CLUB. The Fivo Hundred club went out to Brlgham City for their last meeting, taking tho Brlgham City car instead of motoring out as previously plnnnod. tho weather proving too unpleasant for an enjoyable auto ride Mrs Harold Har-old C. Day was their hostess and an ppotlzlng" luncheon awaited them at 12 30 Pink sweet peas, prettily arranged, ar-ranged, adorned the beautifully laid table and dainty hand-painted place cards with sweot pea design, marked each guest's plate. Card games followed the luncheon, Mrs. P. Henry receiving the cut prize and Mrs. Rich tbo souvenir spoon, the ladies enjoying a final social hour and bidding their gracious hostess adieu in timo to return on tho 5 o'clock car. FOR MISS DUNNE. Miss LHa and Miss Flora Ecclcs entertained en-tertained thirty guests last evening at a dancing party at the Weber academy acad-emy in compliment to Miss Lucille Dunne of Portlnnd, Ore A fine dancing danc-ing program and unexcelled music, together to-gether with tho well laid plans of tho young hostesses and merry congenial spirit of the guests, made the occasion occa-sion an exceptionally pleasant one After tho dancing the guests wors entertained at supper at tho Daid EccIcb home, 2580 Jefferson aven ic The beautifully laid table with its tempting menu was given an added attraction by a profusion of artistically artistical-ly placed violets. SURPRISE PARTY. A real surprlso was given Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Bristol in their beautiful beauti-ful new home on Twenty-fifth street Friday evening of last week when tho Wright families, bringing with them a nicely prepared basket dinner, arrived ar-rived for an Informal social evening. The dinner hour lacked nothing that could add to the pleasure of the occasion oc-casion and the gracious host and hostess wore delightful entertainers After tho dinner, songs, instrumental instrumen-tal music, dancing and other social diversions wore Indulged In, tho guests departing at a late hour. KENSINGTON. Mrs. A. M Hastings delightfully en-tertnlned en-tertnlned the Baptist Ladies' Kcn-Iastslngton Kcn-Iastslngton at her pleasant homo on Grant avenuo Wednesday lasV. A goodly number wore present. A flower contest was among tho social features of the afternoon and delicious deli-cious refreshments, nlcelv served, were an additional pleasure. About thlrtv of the Christian Links mot on Wednesday last with Mrs. W. M Bostaph a her pleasant homo on Washington aenue The trustees of the Christian church wore alsoguosts (Continued on Pago Eight.) I Society H (Continued from Pago FIvo.) H during tbo afternoon and various bus. H frvess matters were discussed. H ' A program In "which piano solos by H Mrs. Fred O. King and llttlo Miss H Nlcs woro onjoyabl features. Tbo H pinging of tbo Circlo ode by the clr- H c!o ladies called for two Topetitions. H tbo ode and music being composed H, by a member of the circle Recita- f tions by Esher TJsdale, Elizabeth H Thomas, Virginia Coo and little .Ton- Hj ' nifrcd King were especially pleasing. Hl A delightful social hour and the Hj serving of tempting refreshment pre- I H ccled adjournment to meet on the H third Wednesday In May with Mrs. H t B. IT. Coo at her homo on Harrison H , SUNDAY SCHOOL CONTEST. H Desplto tbo fact that winter still mW held Ogden In its grip last cven- wM ing, and everything was most con- H ducive to keep poople indoors, a great H T crowd of enthusiastic Sunday school H ' members and their friends gathered B ( In the Methodist church basement to H celebrate the closo of tho Sunday H school contest. H A fine program had been prepared H for this occasion consisting of musi- Hl ral selections, readings, recitations H and speeches and the presentation cf H the four Bibles to tho winners in the H contest. LasL but not least by any H' means, on tho program were the de- H I Hclous rofreshments served by the H older memhers of the school H. At tho close of this delightful nf- H' fair, which proved to be one of the H ' best cvor bold in tho church, all felt H amply Topaid for any effort they had H put forth in tbo contest H MISS ROUFF ENTERTAINS J, j Tno lfl12 graduates enjoyed an H evening of rare plcasuro at Sacred H Heart academy lost Thursdny, with H Miss Nydia Rouff, their classmate, as H hostess. WM A delicious course luncheon was mmM served In tho cozy office, by tho adept 1 Misses Lucillo Hood and Margaret 9M Comstock. Tho class colors, crimson j and green, prevailed effectively, and j the hostess having carried out the WM scherao most artistically, delighted H her guests by having painted dilnty H little rose place cards. B lAfter enjoying several games of WM five-hundred, in tho spacious parlor, mmM Miss Nydia was bidden n reluctant H good night by tho delighted guests, H the Misses Mary Anderson, Frances 1 Guerin, Catharine 'McLaughlin, Ruby mmf Guerin. Catherine McLaughlin. Rubv WM guerlte Scott and Genevievo Malone. H MRS. WEST ENTERTAINS. H Mrs. Maggio West was very pleas- 1 antly surprised on Friday evening. H ( when tho officers and teachers of tho H ; Sixth Ward Relief society met at her 9m homo on Twenty-second street. 9M The evening was spent In games WM and social cbnt. Tho party was giv- B i en In appreciation of her past service j in tho association, as sho has now Hl moved from the ward H During the oveulng Mrs. Reast, i. president of tho society, with a very H appropriate speech, presented her with H a beautiful quilt made by the society. MVJ A dollcions lunch was served and H enjoyed by all. Tho guests departed WM ; having spent a very pleasant evening. H HUTSON-BITTERMAN. W Mr. Irvln E. Bittcrman and Miss Mary C Hutson were quietly married WM at tho home of Rev. J. 13, Carver H; Thursday. They will make their homo WM Jn' Ogden for a time, after which they L expoct to return to Akron, 0. B CRANDALL-HILL. H Frank G. Hill and Miss Mary E j Ciandall were married Thursday at the residenco of Rev. John E. Car vcr. Tho wedding was the culmination culmina-tion of a romanco that commenced when the groom was very 111 and the bride-the attending trained nurse. Mi. and Mrs. Hill will make their home in Ogden. LADIES' AID. Mrs. O. J. Stilwoll, 2779 Washington avenue assisted by Mrs. W. A. Mid-dlcton. Mid-dlcton. entertained the Ladles' Aid society so-ciety at her homo Friday afternoon. Owing to the storm thcro was a poor attendance, but thoso who were bravo enough to venture out felt well repaid for attending tho meeting. After tho business session of the society wns concluded a delightful social hour followed, during which the hostesses sorved dainty rcreshments SOCIAL BOARD MEETING. The afternoon tea given Thursda afternoon .under the auspices of the Social Board 'of the First Presbyterian church at the residence of Mrs. Franklin C. Osgood, with Mrs. Goorgo Glen and Mrs. F. C. Osgood as host esses was a delightful affair with r. large number In attendance. STEREOPTICON LECTURE.' Wednesday evening. April 24., Mr. Saxey will give a storeoptfeon lecture on the "Life of Paul," In the Methodist Metho-dist church for the benefit of the Sunday school. These lecturo arc very interesting and instructive, thcro being about 130 slides used in this one. MISSION MEETING. Tho Ladles of the Mission circle of tho Baptist church will meet Wednesday Wednes-day afternoon, April 21, with Mrs. George F. Williams, 1174 Twenty-fourth Twenty-fourth street. The lesson will bo "The Basulto." PRESBYTERIAN MISSION. The mission meeting of the Central Park Presbyterian church will be held In the church parlors at 2 p. m. Thursday. Thurs-day. Miss Erma Browning , Miss Myrtle Thatcher and Miss Marion Browning will go to Salt Like Monday night to sing in the "Creation." fo |