Show a 1 an important daj day monday oct 1 being the eighth birthday of roaster master joseph west the eldest son of joseph A west esq and airs urs josephine west was celebrated in a worthy high highly y enjoyable manner hy the h happa cpr family between twenty and thirty young friends and rela tives of the beneficiary were gather e ed d at the family residence and soon started out on a merry ride in car cr rolls new omnibus drawn by four horses homes after a jolly drive of about an hour they repaired to the banks of weber wh ero the orai nance of baptism was conferred o upon 0 n brother joseth joseph wal walker ker the sacred ceremony being eing performed by elder joseph A father of the young saint whose mother was a gratified witness of the ceremony after this the party returned to the family residence where they partook of a delicious dinner and passed a few hours of the day which will ever be a decisive epoch in master waster joseph walkers life history in a most agreeable sociable manner r P in this connection we cannot but recommend this mode of b baptism a 1 t 0 of f the young if a boy or g girl ir is ba baptized precisely rec isely on the chith bing birthday the action not only confor conforms ms with iho tho requirements of sec sm ga 27 of the doctrine and covenants but also serves as an easily ascertained chronological nl starting point in the subsequent career of the saint |