The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-05
SPEECHES AND FEASTING.
VALLEY MAIDEN's NOVEL IDEAS
ON THE ENGINE.
The Southern Pacific Has Proclaim
ed Amnesty to the StrilSers-An-
nouncement that the Denver 81
Rio Grande Will Declare Divi-
dend Today.

participants for. many moons to come.
1t was a right royal, hazy. and a
May time all blended in one, and
thoughts of it make visitors feel
younger than lifes milestones tell, even
though their features be marked with
signs incident to travel, loss Of sleep,
and other things.
The hospitality and good cheer so I'M
sparingly poured out by these people
every one a host in himself-will live
in our hearts and instih feeling OF
love and reciprocity.
Salt Lakers were there in goodly ar
ray. and entered with zest into all
things pertaining to celebration-and
they celebrated! They were told that
was what they were there for, and none
of them murmured against such man.
date
Willy Brown was sin it, all around
at the bowery he made most excel
lent speech, one passage of it proclaim
ing that 1.-The steam engine is the
pioneer that opens up the mountains
and the plains to the percolatlon or
modern progresS-the wax end on the
skein of commercial trade. :"
Nor did he cease there, but waxed
eloquent until thunders Of applause
threatened such an opening as he pic
tured.
Apostle Lyman, who opened the ex-
ercises with prayer, looked somewhat
ratified when one of the speakers re-
marked that .'the apostle was certainly
in his best element, for he had prayed
for the Rio Grande Western railway.
a prayer unique in every way, as cor
porationS were usually spoken of in a
different way"
Colonel Tatlock delivered neat ora
ton, and one that held first place in
the occasion, but only until E. w.
Duncan arose in the oratorical arena.
The colonel started out Thirty
years ago all about us was a. bowling
wilderness" then he continued ON
down to the present in graceful style,
taking his seat amid great applause.
E. W. Duncan, the last speaker,
then arose and went after the colonel.
who had consumed good time-and he
got himi He told the multitude how
the coloneIs speech carried him back
thirty years, but in a different way
from that they might surmise. He
then went on to tell them little of the
colonefs past history, saying that
twas now thirty years ago when they
were youngsters together at school
back east, and the colonel was selected
to deliver an Grafton on a memorable
occasion. On that occasion he also
started out with-"Thirty years ago all
about US was bowling Wilderness
then he stopped. His line of thought
snapped off at that point. Again he
started out with-"Thirty years ago all
about US was bowling Wilderness
and again he was stuck. With a cour-
age deserving of better ending he once
10
his thoughts with-"Thhrty years ago
ali about US was bowling wilderness
"a bowling Wilderness wilderness. and
would to God it was so TODAY" Rut
now, after thirty years. his Thoughts
run on unbroken to a degree that has
cut me out of my time-conditfons have
changed you will note.
And then the throng bestirred them
serves to the banquet hall, where -heav-
ny laden tables of good things pre-
sided over by beautiful young ladies'
awaited their coming.
1t must be said that at the feast
none of the visiting throng were over
looked, and it was amazing to note the
quantity of refreshments that had
oeen collected. 1t was also amazing
90 note the way in which they disan-
peared, even though there was enough
LETT to feed a small sized Coxey army
Inc hosts had indeed prepared for all
that might come, and dealt out with
hand of plenty
john Henry Smith, when asked to
respond to the toast Some Good
1hlngs, said he would modify that
ana talk in the singular number
making it a good thing" He douh.-
less knows good thing when he sees If
and ms response in happy vein made
clear that he did
Inc multitude was disappointed over
! the non-appearance of Governor Wells
but when E. W. Mcdaniel read in the
bowery hall the kilograms IF regret
| from his excellency and Trafice Man
/ ager Babcock. they realized that only
pressure of business prevented those
| gentlemen from being with them and
| Of them.
Editor Bruneh, who publishes the
Pioneer at Marysvale, was there with
his bride to help celebrate.
George H. Crosby, jr., was the toast
master, and eXcelled in all things ex-
cept in calling on The Herald man
10 respond to the toast. Our Trip"
Had he been more fully acquainted
with the conviviaEty and abandon of
our trip" he would have abstained
from calling UP "reminiscences, how
ever replete they were with ioy and
fun.
In front of social hall ran an irri-
eating ditch that proved a source of
annoyance to some and enjoyment 10
many 1t so happened that when the
merry jewellers came forth from the
well lighted ball room, they would
have to describe a semf-circle about
the crowd 'ribbing up the job, and
then the gay young man and his best
or cYa1o y ~
that was not visible by night
Nothing marred the pleasures of the
day for John Burleigh save the fact
that whenever introduced to a native
he would be greeted with glad to
meet you. sir; l recognize the resem-
blance you bear to your son, Dave
Burley, and how is the young man get
ting along now?" But mistakes will
occur in new localities.
Richfeld's mayor did himself proud
and is a most estimable gentleman.
[ may consistently write down that
Judge Wright is all right, and he
proved himself a fund of information
all the way through.
The writer wasn't in it at The ban
Quet to hear Willy Browns response
but we've got it now, and it ran thus
ly: Some of them are our mothers
our sisters and our daughters; Others
are our sweethearts and our wives
1t will be seen from this that Willy
didn't forget any of the fair sex
not hei
Joel Kicks, agent for the Rio Grand:
Western at Richfield. was proud Of
the busy day it made for him. E. L
Carpenter, he of the Pleasant Valley
Coal company. was lin it, all the way
through, and helped out by taking the
''key" and sending The Herald press
r,ernrts after the rnidnioht hour