The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-17
would always

train load or ten, they would always
be welcomed and cared for.
Three cheers were proposed for
Ogden and Weber county by the Salt
Lake people which was heartily re-
sponded to, after which the exercises
were brought to a close by President
Brigham Young pronouncing the bene-
diction.
TALKING OVER OLD TIMES.
After the exercises were over the old
people who had in but very rare instances
seen each other since the last exclusion
a year ago, went about the grounds look
ing up old friends and acquaintance.
And such visiting as they did. They talk
ed over old times and rehearsed old
scenes till it was not an infrequent
thing to see eyes fill with tears and the
hands meet involuntarily or if the af-
lection had been particularly warm they
would grasp one another in ferVid en-
brace. Some of these scenes were touch
ing in the extreme.
MEMBERS OF THE BATTALION.
The headquarters of the Mormon bat
talon was popular place and was visit
ed after the exercises By a constant
stream of the friends of the few surviv-
orS who were present to represent the
500 valiant men whose memory is so
honored by the Mormon people. There
were but a few of the survivors there
a fact which had a depressing affect on
the old folks when they saw in the
thinned ranks, the not distant day when
they will have passed beyond the vale.
They We're: Alexander Brown, company
9, corporal, of Lynn; John Thompson,
company A, Riverdale; Clinton D. Bron-
son, companyA, Ogden; William s. Muir
company A, sergeant; Joseph Taylor
company A, Harrisville; Orrin Hatch,
company c, Woods Cross; Ralph Douglas,
company D. Ogden; James Owens. COM
pany D, Harrisville; Willard Smith, com
pany D, Morgan; Jarvis Johnson, COM
pany c. Box Elder; Lorin Clark, COM
pany A, St. George; James S. Hupe, COM
pany G, North Ogden; John Riler, COM
pany A, Eden; Jesse S. Brown, company
Z, Lynn; Charles B. Hancock, company
c, Harrisville; John NJ. Byhee, company
c, Uintah; Oliver G. Workman, company
ID, South Weber; u. Cheney, company B,
Centerville; George n. Boyd, company D,
SAT- Lake; Roderick n. Alfred, company
A, Spring City; G. w. Hancock company
G, Payson; Edward Bunker, company E,
ST. George; G. Layton, company C.
Arizona.
HOMEWARD BOUND.
As the time for the return drew near.
the carriages and street cars were again
brought into service, and the old folks,
warned that the day was done, reluctant
ly said their good-by and permitted
themselves to be taken back to the sta
ton, where they were soon placed aboard
the trains once more and were started
safely on their homeward journey.
Of the 1900 or more old folks who at
tended the picnic, something over 100
were from Salt Lake and vicinity and
the rest from stations between here and
Ogden and from that city and stations
surrounding, between 400 and 500 being
from Ogden alone. An effort TO take
census was made, but the crowd was too
great to get anything more than an ap-.
proximate estimate. This was based on
the number of passengers ON the train
from Salt Lake, which carried a total of
l. 43O persons Of them about 70 per cent
were between 70 and so years of age,
about Is per cent between so and &c. and
twelve individuals were over 80. The rest
of the passengers were relatives, friends
and the attendants.
The oldest person found on the grounds
was Mrs. Mary Woodward Sprague of Al
State street, this city She was born
March 1, 1903. She is remarkably sprigilt-
~ and has an exceedingly retentive mem
DRY. She rem enhers and discussed intel
ligently the mastering of troops in Bos-
ton, where she spent her girlhood, at the
beginning of the war of 1872.
On the run of the return trains to Salt
Lake, the same programme that made
the journey pleasant in the morning was
carried out, and the old folks were alter
nately served with sweet music and cake
and lemonade. The city was reached in
due time without incident further than
leaving behind the pioneer who is said
to be the oldest member of the Mormon
church, Dates Noble of Bountiful He
was little concerned, however as he was
well cared for and will reach home in
good time.
The local street car companies put their