The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-12

present were: Ruth NJ. Lawson, Maria
L. Newman, Hannah Carswell, Caro-
line Donlon, Eliza Child, Sarah Ad-
anson, Eliza Wainwright Charlotte
Leavtbt, Dinah Holroyd, Emma Ran
dali, Mary Butler, Elizabeth Kingsford,
Eliza Horspool, Ann Farr, Mary a.
West, Sarah West, Jane S. Richards,
Mary 4. Ellis, Esther Roper, Jerusha
Reurphy, Elizabeth Boyle, Margaret
p. Adams, Ann Browning, A c. Lost,
Ann 0. Dell, Ann Slater Bessie Oakley,
Sarah Jane Cannon, mother of Senator
Frank j. Cannon, Martha H. Brown
and Charlotte Driver.
Among those who usually attend
these reunions, but who were missed
this year on account of illness or alb
sence from the city were Mary Kay
Grandma" Ye3Csly, Angelina Farley,
Mary c. Lightner, Mrs. Honor, Sarah
Harrison, Mrs. Elmer, Mrs. Stringham,
and Mrs. Robbins
Only eight of the number who at
tended the first gathering in 1892 have
passed away in the four years Those
who have gone beyond were Sarah S.
Richards, grandmother OF Senator Cam
non, kezia Davis, Charlotte Eggleston,
Mrs. Rich, wife of Apostle Rich and
mother of Ben Z. Rich Mrs. Morrison,
Il
ma Williams and Grandma Keyes.
Many of the ladies were old playmates
and have undergone the hards4lips of
pioneer life together. And their pleas
ure at being brought together again
to renew old associations and talk over
Old times was too deep for words to
utter. There was no formal entertain
ment. The guests were made to feel
az soGns. They chatted, rested or
roamed about the house and grounds
as they pleased. Presidents George
@. Cannon, Joseph F. Smith and Bish-
op John r. Winder of Salt Lake were
in Ogden, and together with President
L. w. Shurtliff were invited by Mrs
Cannon to sit at the first table with
the elder Of the ladies present, an in
vitation which they readily accepted.
A number Of songs, recitations and
the like were given by various guests
during the afternoon. All without ex-
ception seemed bright and quite strong,
though nearly all were over 70, and sew
eral over so years of age. The day
passed rapidly and all seemed 10th
to depart, but all did so with profound
feelings of thanks to Mrs. Cannon and
the other kind people who had brought
them together and made the day
bright one to look back to, and COM
ing days of this kind bright ones to
look forward to as the years go by.
Friday night a pleasant surprise
party was arranged in honor of Miss
Barbara Torgasson by a number of her
friends. The affair was a very pleas
ant and successful one; games, refresh
ments and other pastimes made the
evening merry one. Among the
guests were Misses Alice Anderson,
Joan Weaver, Edna Weaver, Mollie
Woods, Maggie Moves, Lizzie Lock-
head, Nellie Barrett, Angelina Harris,
Nellie Christie, Emma Woodward. An
ME Ingerbretsen Christina Ingerbret-
sen, Ada Parry and Leona Woods,
Messrs. Paul Ingerbretsen, Walter
Parry, Charley Parry, James Carlson,
Charley Nelson, Theodore Tracy,
Thompson, William Lockhead, Joseph
Torgasson, Walter Tracy. Alexander
Moyse, Charley Critchlow, Browning.
Bolston, Chandler, Henry Keller,
Charley Hinchclif and Dan Ogden.
Miss Louisa Minty visited in Salt
Lake during the week.
Mrs. J. r Payne, of Wall avenue,
has returned from a visit to Stockton,
San Francisco and other California
cities. She spent a month visiting
friends and relatives.
A number of Mrs. Sherwood's pupils
gave a recital one evening of last week.
Miss Flo Hadley, formerly of Ogden
but now of Salt Lake, visited friends
here during the week. She returns
home today.
Miss Lillian Stayner went to visit
her brother in Salt Lake last week.
A morning card club has been formed
by a number of prominent society peo-
pie High five will be played one