Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-07-10
WITH THE OLD FOLKS
The Veterans Elj9y a Day OIL Rts-
tiVIly at SallaiE
SONGS, SPEECHES, GAMES, ETC.
4 Time Of Rejoicing Participated IN by
Hundreds Of Aged Guests OF
the People.
SONGS, SPEECHES, GAMES, ETC.


nuug Afounu the mountain 'op''
anu inc atmosphere was SURFING gent
w soaioe t'aoning ,he uigh''y o' q
ufe'ze, oui JUST sum el"h' 20 give u
sense Of cooInos' IN Tue shaue. inc
Oh Iolks were up orgh' anu carry, anu
ny O'CLOCK Were VA'netlps IN from
surrounding ss'.lem"h's IN carriages
ana wagons before O'CLOCK 'ne
su,e' eats'heaueu 'oNAfu 'no s''' i'AA'
* Los angeles station uesan carrying
'helr loa1soi veterans 10 Nhom every
eour'esy was shown by ia'iway men
anu passengers whenever tue care
Nere ofo"ueu, youuE peopl'' men Anl
women alihe, suhendeteu 'n'lf seAN ~
tue ngoi' anu We'd win eaeh o'her In
uolng 'hem hohor'
Dds'ns Tue hout peioto 'no s''iung
OF the VAIN. tho railway station was
'hiohsei win people, young as We'll AZ
oiu' some OF 'he veterans hhl aVehu'
ants, but most Of them relied on them.
selyta A Glance over the tbf1ug 10.
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"'"y
Der OF bluo badges. anu n fewer elill OF
white fosatteg. when the train drew
I'M Ia ia, platforn, the old felk. otuek.
-, -
y 'o"hu p'ao'' ~ Va" o@''' Nui 'oon
were ready TOT the rhinmeun signal
All went merry as marriage bell.
Th.,. v.. y.ry mn, ..t.y 4. 81.
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uug 'nS uaih su''eV' N'hn o'elooA
was the hour 10 30, anu ~ e'lO tue
train moved out over the smooth road.
b.d I,,c,nottvs No ofth,a 4
L. NJ uHNeh ny engineer heoei
Hawkes. and Tired by John Lidule,
drew the train, which was gAily
,t,,co,.t,d wt,h m. national ,aio,s
,,''.,'-. -
cohuue'"' "neoiu' was ia ohaIse'
There were ten excursion cars AMI
seven day coaches, seventeen In ali:
,a,,ving .,xto.n h,,,d,.t ,..,t. A,
$3.50.
'nis huhnuVt AuOu' TWO huhufvu were
Complied In the committee, aids, and
attendants ~ those who wera 90 aged
Or infirm a. 70 be unable TO tf~sol alone
la safety. This made the number Of
excurnlonists who had passed three
score ana ten Al fourteen hundred.
As the train arrived from tho
station hnd sped on ith way down South
Temple street there we're msny
grOupa OF children, down 10 tho little
tot that could scarcely walk, who stood
nj convenient places on the sidewalk,
and waved hats aud handkefchieia
nj ana cheefod the veterans a. they
passed. me greetings OF tue litilo ones
were responded TO ny tho waving OF
hands anu hanukeTchioa
On sped tue train through tho gar
deus Ahu noldH TIL the jordan was
reached anu crossed Ihen amid the
farms anu lucvrn helds Of Brighton
and beyond 70 the stretches OF prairie
and among tue salufatus axes and salt
water ponus' Inc rate OF speed mAin-
tainrd by tue engineer was usi right
10 make Tue rue uellghuuI u
was mol too last, the run being made
In 70 minutes On the way tho Vetef-
aus INDUCED IN "reminiscences, some
folatlng now thAt more thAn forty
years ago tney t1liou lhelt "eatlsomv
way across .he rams Win or teams
anu eoh'ihs,eu tnAt WIN the present
raplu anu plrMaht manner OF uANeli
others tolu OF thelt IseIlngs When, In
those comparatively remote times,
they emefseu ifom Emigration canyon
anu peheiu 'he gteN IaAe shimmering
IA the SUI, Mnen no ons dreamed
lhht less Whn nan century would
witness ,no ouIIuins OF sueh nagnln.
cent structure SAIlsiii attn
olnets 'oiu VI he enIoyAho hours
,ney hau hpeh' IV,mer old
felks eheuIsloh IecaiIol faces
Wnlon were NneIs w. were nov across
tne siIen. Iis,i, auI NonusIeu VINO
OF lhelI huhoeI "ouIu 20 oAiiou 10 TIE
nahsiohs ol tho spIN "O''u ere tno
oiu roIks usJ y, iovo'
AtiIveu NJ Shlta'i, 'no cars were
emptleu quloay, an hAppy thIohg
hIieu ,no pla.'oin' no'o were many
,n auu "s'w s.seuhsa OF
1nOsu WIZ nsu hos mo- s'hoo mo Aet
oeuAsioh ., .no NM lno Peoplo soon
uIs,Iipu.su ,n. ,,is o,ot W. various
pai@ " suo v ~ ~ tm,o ~ sno sIoA.
uH,' 'snslS " sue ,tnvuI nooI, anu
sun o'ns !, W Wy i'kus. s"''Ios anu lhe
w'nss, ov,u VI ',osii Ia Desst Nlsi'eu
9a'sA,. oo,oto' SUI 'asU,.5 Suslneu the
nohuer SUI sA'shs o. 'ae p'Hee, Whleh
e1I.aS AIlua H., oN as q
slo,ious nl1nuun nv ol ian ene,gy
SUI shte pooPe Ingiou
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