Show west celebration EDITOR JUNCTION the anniversary of mhd entering of alio pioneers into this bierilo region of country was duly honored on alio dinst at this place by a celebration well worthy of the occasion and for a country place was certainly the best that your correspondent ever participated in the sunday school was out in full force with appropriate banners and formed in procession under the direction of the marshal of the day headed bythe braland allow me here to say that we feel quite proud of our band who ber among their members performers on brass instruments td none in the county they marched to the residence of bishop john L hart and escorted him and council to tho meeting bouse when services commenced which were of a most interesting character the oratio rj and speeches interspersed with from the sunday school choir and from members of the ward excellent and well suited for the oc casion they were ably executed space forbids me to go into detail and to mention names would be in where all performed their parts so well ica it tobay a better meeting was never held in west weber judging from the expressions pres that were met with on every hand they all pleased after services the tables were set and a bounteous repast partaker partaken par taken cfaft r horse and foot racing games commenced and was kept spirit until sundown the committee of arrangements had provided prize for the contestants m the shape of hats silk etc they had also furnished some seventy pounds of candy and nuts for distribution to the sunday school children which proved to be altogether inadequate for the occasion a danco for the juveniles waa attempted but was al most a failure by reason of the graat number of persons present we have the largest meeting house in the county the tabernacle excepted cep ted A large and commodious bowery was also erected on the east side yet every place seemed full inside and out a handsome flag floated in the breeze from the southeast corner of the bowery omo four or five peanut stands also graced the occasion where ice cream ginger beer soda water candy etc was for sale and who liberally libei ally patronized in fact the scene appeared like an old country fair no drunks fights or quarrels occurred notwithstanding the fact that the committee had provided some sixty gallons of good home made beer and eighty gallons of lemonade free to all no accident marred the days enjoy ment but the spirit of peace friendship and sociability characterized all the proceedings throughout A dance in the evening concluded the days enjoyment yours truly AJAI WEST WEBER july 26 1880 |