The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-16
WHERE THERE WAS FUN!
PkANKs CT SEVEN HUEDRRD News
BOYS Who WERE GUESTS OF
Nh. CHILDS.

The clamJr OF seven hundred and
sixty boys going to tue dinner st Bel
mont IN the Park, given by George
w. Childs TO the little news-venders.
more then made up to the patriots
living in the neighborhood Of the
Philsdelpis and Reading Railroad
depot for the gloomy absence OF the
oId-time pistol and fire cracker. The
tram vas put down ss leaving atII
O'Clock. Boys, however, were seen
about the pot 60 early chat suspi.
cioD became prevalent tnat they must
have remained the al night. Not
lad, apparently, Was less than an hour
too early. The gamins ran up and
down the station, shouting like mad.
Many of them wore their every day
battered hats ard were Otherwise ral.
ged. and q few we're shOeless. The
great majority, however, had made
some attempt st toilet. There we're
fourteen or fifteen colored chidrep.
as spruce looking As any OF the
others. The spirit OF cast, however,
was rampant and the colored coutin,
gent was forced to keep at distance
a little ebony-hued fellew, Who was
screaming nom the top Of q trunk
Be the train backed up, vas given a
poke on his blne-stcckinged leo By 8
white wag and tumbled 70 the floor.
Half dozen ran over to pick him
up, but he instantly jumped to his
feet without assistance. Hes eli
right" the boys cried, she fell on
his head" Another gang of irrespon-
sibles tried to put = colorsd boy into
q German pretzsl peddler's basket
and still another was tumbled in o
a pile of milk cans and had bis nice
white suit seilsd. There vas no bad
blood shown and the pushing and
tripping was taken good naturally,
Rs q matter OF course. There Was
only one girl in the party. She
walked alone and sat 81 the head of
q table aitefWsrds. She said that her
name was Julia Wisner end that she
was eleven years cid. She earns
nearly q dollar day, she said, and
goes to school sometimes besides.
The crowd was mustered into
under the marshalship of
Joseph Alexander, OF the Ledger;
Dennis F. Dealy, OF the Chronicle
and A. NJ. Spangler of the
Star. Each company just filed Car,
AS the train left the boys began to |
sing at the top of their voices and |
Kept it up until their arrival at BEL
mont. At the Belmont glen they
we're weleom ed with q lively serenade |
By the bs nd from the Northern |
Home for EriendIess Children. They |
marched up the hill with trumpets |
sounding and flags flying. As the |
sst deta ohment was passing up the |
oily spirit of the company vas for 90
instant overcome by q sensation of |
terror, Some reckless lads had |
1tsZted heavy laWn-moWer in mo-
tion. It came rafting down the hill |
and acEose the path and struck with |
force against q stout |
beech tree. The boys saw it coming |
and ecampered cut of the way, but
little fellow of hardly more than ak
stumbled and came within q ha Ere
breadth OF being crushed by the
ponderous machine. But the danger |
CAsssd, was instantly forgotten and
the laughter ran louder than before.
The tables were set. As the Buys
marched to the entrance to the din
ming rooms their eager eyes could see
through the windows the snowy
,loths and shining glass and china.
The band played polka as the doors
we're opened and the delighted guests
rushed for the tables. The Rev ].
q. Russell said a short grace. ST
which not q word could be heard in
he din. The drIm sounded the
amen and the lads with another
Ihout, scampered into their seats and
leiped themselves right royalty. The |
Inner was over in thirty-6ye min
ties, but in that time four hundred
pounds of meats, two hundred aud
orty quarts of ice cream, five boxes Of
ranges, three tubs OF lemonade, be-
ides q vast quantity of vegetables
Iud bread disapr cared. Gar tickets
we're distributed to the boys. Three
,heers ard q tiger, with q deafening
attling of glasses and pounding OF
fishes and spoons, were given for
George w. Childs and brought the
estivities TO a close. A collation. Was
erved subsequently for the committee
nd guests.