The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-07-06
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il IL truthful.
BoOkhindIng was ably represented b AT. "
Kelly. He also had papcr-ruIing machine IN
4 wagon, and BY the assistance Of two little
boys lie turned out lots Of writing paper ready
for use. =| a.{ {5# :@t$. . . iii
To look upon the innocent conntenanccs Of
the children impressed us still more with the
truth Of the saying, ,'of such Is the kingdom
Of heaven ' .s N. 4.
The schools Of the first four districts carried
banners Indicating the wards to which they
belonged.
The motto Of the 9TH Ward, was, .'God Is
our trust; that Of the 9th, Truth will prevail.
{ schools from the TN Ward carried several
notices. They ran, as near az We could copy
thsm while they were passing, as follows:
The rising gcnsration;. Mothers in Israel
teach us how to be great Virtue dwells in
zion;" ''ziOn's daughters rejoice in zion's
peace 4 . "A.
Connected with the Sth, 9th and 10th Wards
We only observed the two following appropri.
ate notices, Shall to the growing strength
ef Zion: The wealth Of Isracl;'' The nth
Ward had nice school and excellent motto ON
their banner, We thank God for our noun
tain home # 0 ..# @=4 y: H. @< .>
Mr.. VIM. Willes, an excellent school teacher
of the 10Th Ward. had good collection of
scholars Their notices were '''Scions Of the
sires Of n; Truth and Liberty 4,
The display from the 18th Ward was charac-
teristic Of the people who reside there. Among
the numerous flag and banner mottos we were
enabled 70 copy the following as the procession
passed; III. a
innocence il rt will prevail" Purity; s Elk.
oelsior, pupils banner; Goodness is great.
moss" 4 Lovers of truth" Love and truth,
Defenders Of Zion z The banner containing
the last two mottOs had an Eagle represented
with his outspread wings; underneath that was
the Beehive, an inkstand, pen and book
indie alive Of nationality, industry and learn
ing. If. .... {. &: SIS " ...'s ..
Tho serenade band now came up, playing a
lively air, If. :.. ...ss.
!. /. The 18th and 18th Wards next passed with
suitable emhlems for the occasion. =5..7 I.
Wards 16 and II were also wail represented
IN schools; in company.with them was the acad.
ssnIchi ssadeHrs; IT. "a 0usIey.s nIgh scnooi
pupils, and likewise the members OF several
private educational institutions.
The notices chosen by the 18th Ward gave
evidence Of the sentiments Of the people who
dwell there. The first was, "Life, Liberty and
the pursuit Of happiness; the other .sThe
kingdom Of God or nothing"
II affords us much pleasure to mention here
that President Brigham Young i children were.
the most suitably dressed for the occasion Of
any that we noticed, They wore good. plain
clothes that would not spoil with the liberal
supply Of dust which we wero favored with on
Tho 4th. II: T.: = 1@3 :: s y =
Cur attention was called TO the children. Of
PRESIDENT II. g. Kimball, as they rode in nm
omnibus, 90 in number, If we counted rightly.
They appeared to be happy. and, like their
father, cheerful, Is, I'LL. = 5. s.e.*: =.-
great number Of children were also IN at-
tendance from the 18th, 10Th and Sugar House
Wards bib s5a # =.g..-z,. - .s.<
Ihe Indian children, many of whom have
oeen saved from an untimely end by our citi-
Hens procuring them of the indians. came
eheerily along, having a banner with this
prophetic motto upon it, 1--WE shall become
aWhite and delishtsome people. z
The he direction taken by the procession was
DOWN Second West Street 70 the Court House,
thence up Second South Street 10 First
East Street, thence up said street to President
foung's mansion, and then down to the
bowery In the Temple block, at which time a
salute OF thirteen guns was fired. m. =' :.
The vast cOneousse Of people was called to
order, and the Nauvoo Band favored them
with the 'star spangled Banner Prayer was
offered BY Chaplain Pettigrew: Ballo.s Rand
then played Hail Columbia after which
John Il ctawson. Esq. read the DECLARATION
u Independence. '.1.-'~*- -
"A salute ~. r..