The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-08
VETERANS OF BLACEHANE WAR
GREAT REUNION OF THEM HELD
AT HUNTINGTON.
Fine Time Enjoyed By the Grim Old
neutrality-suspicious. For Camp
Fire Next Summer.
tspeclal correspondence.)

lSDeclal Correspondence
Huntington, Feb AT 10 o'clock yes
terday morning Captain NJ. z. Johnson OF
the Blackhawk Veterans association OF
Emery and Carbon counties called one OF
the most enthusiastic assemblages to or
der that ever met in the OrangeVllle pup
lc hall. There were about Sixty veterans
present. together with their wives
The opening prayer was offered oY
Henning Olsen an OLD cOmrade. atter
which Captain NJ T. johnson explained
the object Of these gatherings, duIlng
Which time the roll was being slSheu py
those present. A recess was taken uAllt
y. m, when Lieutenant j. Il Relo OF
oranSeville was appointed mastsr u
ceremonies. The district schools of
OrangeVllle We're invited in, and unoer
the leadership Of Prof j. d. JeWkes sung
COLUMBIA
An original pioneer song by }. Is. Reld
organization OF Nauvoo Legion. y 1.
GuymOn, sr.; song, The Ola fahlllaI
Faces" William Milo; "reminiscences Of
the Walker war. John blackburn. to-
gether with a dialect speech as rendered
by captured brave at Pang ulIcn, I tan
in 1866; short sketch OF the nght at
Marysvale. John Peterson; song, Amer
lea, " district schools; personal eXDer-
fences in Walker and BlackhaWk "ars-
Orange SeeIey: song: The Old Folks Are
Gone, by Maria Hillian, who was re-
called for another song. The Flag OF Ma
tons" personal experiences IL Black
hawk war Jane Peterson; personal eX-
by John Williams: experience by MIS- >.
A Fullmer: Hail Columbia. district
school; music by the huntington martial
band.
The evening was taken up by dancing,
songs. stories and step dancing Dy some
of The old veterans, viz: Orange Seeley-
Eunice Petty. John Romero, John Peter
son, ~. +. johnson ana others, showing
that the terpsichorean art was not an I'M
known pleasure in days gone by. Al q
later hour the veterans We're taken to the
homes of the good people of OranseVllle
for the balance OF the night. At 10 o clock
a. n on Saturday the OrangeV1lle Dublc
hall was again crowded TO its FULLEST ca
pacity.
Music by the martial band of Hunting
ton and The brass band OF OrangeVille.
This music was an especial feature of the
occasion. song .-Star-soangled Banner d"
lea by }. r.. OhEson- Prayer by COM
rade William howard, Hawaiian ola-ecL
speech. frank ". Young; song, My
Love and Went FISHING, w imam
Milo; stump speech by II. u. ONiatt, u. !.
personal experience, B.ackhaWk var. A:
p. johnson, so2S, Home and nolher,
Mrs. Celia Woodward: personal exper-
fences, battle of Fish lake, Alma Staker;
comic origInalities and Dutch speech D
9. Woodward; song. NO one remembers
Me" by James Klilan. Jonn BlackDuth
Offered the benedictlon-
The bands PLAYED music which so
enthused some OF the OLD veterans, male
and female that they were seen dancing
and prancing around Ike young people,
keeping time 10 the music.
AT the reasSembly violin SOLO was
given by Prof Robert Johnson. Ephralm
Alfred gave a humorous account OF ms
experiences in the BlackhaWk wars 30
did Ed NJ Cox. A song followed by
Samuel Jewkes. an old veteran OF many
Indian wars. Then came TINS programme .
Humorous experience. Nephi NlllamS.
personal experience Of Swan Andel son at
the time Lewis Lund was killed and
casper Robertson wounded at Fountain
Green. Sanpete county; song, by MISS Al
len: experiences in Walker and Black
hawk wars by Joe Wrigby. At this juno
ture Captain M l.. Johnson wished 70
know If the veterans wished TO reOrgdnlZe
or make any changes in the organization.
Whereupon a motion was MADE 10 con-
tinue the organization as II now existed
a committee Of live was elected as -o--
lows. J. X. Reid, Orange Seeley, NJ. =.
Johnson. J. d. kilpack and ;. NJ. VIII
Jams 10 negotiate with the Sanpete or
ganization Tor a joint summer camp fire
outing about July or August next in the
mountains between the two counties
Personal experiences by @. A. wilson;
personal experiences by Joseph Herring
song by William Milo, experience as eA-
press riders by H. q. Hansen and ROD
Johnson experience by Charles Luke. eN-
perience by II. II. Oviatt, jr.; speech by
Mrs. II ,rum BrySOn. humorous eAper-
fence by j. *. Reid; synopsis OF q two
years experience in the BlackhaWk tE..r
by James Kfllian. personal experience IN
the raid and evacuation Of Spring city,
by Henning Olsen; song by 5. NJ Viii
lam and company; personal experience by
Lacy StillSOn.
A noticeable feature was the unceremon-
ious breaking in of band OF redskins
headed by Blackhawk himself VINO AFTER
a sharD hand-to-hand set-tO, were forcibiy
elected by the sturdy veterans. VINO
showed that their early lessons in dealing
with such marauders mad not been 1or-
gotten. ., :. -.
The closing exercise was dance in the
new Coop. hall on Saturday evening.
where everybody seemed TO be invited,
and a good time was had.
The whole affair was a success, and
much credit is due to the veterans OF
Orangeville for the royal way every body