The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1867-02-02
The Fenian CeIebratIon at Pioneer City.


The violent snow storms Of the latter part Of last week
and Of Saturday morning particularly, unfortunately
combined with other drawbacks to somewhat mar the
full measure OF the festivities contemplated at the F
MAN celebration of last Saturday evening ct Pioneer
City, at an early hour in the day, large delegation
occupying six sleghs, and composed Of nearly equal
numbers of ladies and gentlemen started from this city
to attend the celebration. The progress painfully
slow on account of the very deep and the heavy
track The men in each sleg leaped out and rudged
along in the knee deep road to enable the harrisburg
Cling horses to pull along the seghs but every few rods
the oyertasked animals would give out and frequent
stops were had give them rest and time gather
newed strength Finally, after than three hours Of
this trying ocomoton in the violent snow storm, the
dollhouse about four miles from here was reached
There consultation was held as to what should be
DONE The drivers of some of the eghs refused to at
tempt further progress they declared it to be impo
sble to reach Pioneer thatday Indeed it plain to
all that the horses nearly all SO exhausted to be
unable to perform the journey even to Cenervle And
it was feared from the violence of the Storm then
bated that even if Centerville would be reached that
day. Pioneer City could not and that would be impos-
sble also to return to Idaho City for day two until
the road should be broken for travel Under these
Notifying circumstances it unanimously decided
to turn back and with sorry faces and feelings Of heavy
disappointment, the return undertaken; but not
until the party positively assured by those who
had frequently travelled the road in Winter
be impossible for any of the sleghs to reach Pioneer
City that night. letter then drawn up signed by
all and dispatched by trusty and resoute messenger
who declared his intention to push through if the task
was possible man. to the Brethren at Pionesr notify
ing them of the cause of the failure of the party make
the trip He, mounted splendid mule accomplished
the journey a ~ - Eaa
We learn that there was great disappointment felt on
the receipt of the letter at Pioneer and many pro-
yOked i'll spirit at the failure to come of the of all
others who had himself been given the selection of the
day of celebration who had promised to attend and per-
form the part assigned to him. and whose duty it to
be there in tme if the thing at all possible for him
to accomplish They bad reason to believe 1t pos
sble for there had come through several who walked all
the way and The sturdy messenger who brought the let
ter We have only to say here in response to all this
that had that particular person known or been warrant
ed in the belief that the journey practicable that
day. he would have persisted in the endeavor to make
it, He had never before roads blocked by snow,
he was assured the most difficult part of the road for
twelve miles further had to be travelled and he argued
if it took three hours to make less than four miles
of the best part of the road with fresh horses it would
take fully ten hours to make the remaining twelve
miles, and that would bring him to Pioneer at midnight
or after when the hour of the lecture fixed for six
O'clock evening, and consequently to be there at mid
night would be as bad not to be there at all Unless
he could perform the part allotted to him. there
absolute necessity for him to be there He made to
believe that it would be utterly impossible for him to
reach Pioneer at that time and this information came
from true and good and Fenians live in any
land He bames else for hisxailure to make the
trip. He has complaint against those who blame him
for not having gone Pioneer City He simply believed
it hopeessy impossible for him to reach there in any
thing like time to do that which assigned him in the
and therefore did not push on beyond the
toll house. This all have to say of the matter here
But while there much disappointment, we are
very glad learn there also great glee, and good
humor and very pleasant evening enjoyed by the large
crowd who did attend at the celebration. splendid
supper served merry dancing and charming social
time had and the best of good order, good fellow
lowshp and harmonious feeling reigned throughout.
There large delegations present from Centerville
Pacervlle and Granite Creek and the few noble spirits
from Idaho City who pushed their way foot All en-
oyed the and really grand celebration, and while
many of here failed in meeting Them are all graft
Tied and reoiced to learn that nOnattendance did
not materially mar the pleasure of those who were
present. and particularly of the generous brethren who
got up the celebration.