Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02
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e..clal correspondence.
- y.w York. July 2s.-It was the Ath
- Iply and the state Of New Jersey
mai day witnessed genuine old
.ioned celebration. The IL o'clock
49,, lee ferrybeat carried a Jolly party
.,cursionlsts to Edgewater, where
~. mark. with It's magnificent old
,"..s and great stretches Of lawn to
.ho waters edge, its tables, benches
.-d cold springs. offered the coolest
ana most refreshing rest to be found
"aor this great city. Standing on the
hou and tennis ground. with the Hud-
aon river at ones feet, one saw Its
s,rootn and CLASSY surface covered
ruh sailing boats, private yachts
Iii steamers, and every other In
.npop of modern civilization that can
J.. roved or sailed, while for q back
.,rrd stood the trees, whose his
- seem 10 antedate the brave men
,.1 women Of revolutionary days, and
line. branches have waved their well
.. to many q dusky savage, as he
o l,, me- waters with his primitive pad
sI, An some love quest. with one at
W. NJ that merry party thought flew
.ta and conferred themselves around
loahcr celebration, that bore q re-
u' a,,l,nce TO this one In many ways,
,Lat greatest Of all our Pioneer ami
' nc held In Big Cottonwood cam
IN 1851. Those grand old trees
io1 histories perhaps more intense in
IN tragedies because OF their isola-
..,,o-ihap this fair spot, whose battles
w.. fought In view of multitudes,
omli the shouts and groans Of victor
and yanqushed,
But not much time was given any
ore 10 dream, no matter how fair the
sc,na There Is call to which we re-
irctantly respond, and master OF cere-
,Torios Prest Gof, announces the be-
gipning Of the program, with the
1mlllar hymn, Come, come ye
Saints" Instantly all fall in line, and
an how the "anthem did swell"
Chaplain b. i. Cummings offers the
prayer. and is followed by our Harlem
auartet, which has been reinforced by
Elder Call Of Brigham City, and
who gave us art thou weary?" in such
fne style that an encore was de-
handed. Bishop o. f. Whtney's poem
1.-THE Jubilee OF Zion" was read by
Mrs. r. c. Easton. The handcart song,
was sung in Calls best STYLE Miss Ar
dele Rltner gave a short. but artistic
little piece on homesick man. Then
came the grafton Of the day, by Prest
McQuanie, which was grand tribute
10 Brigham Young and his noble little
band OF men and women who faced the
rehls Of that long and wearisome
Journey to the valley OF the great Salt
lake Surely In your mountain vii
lagos no more attentive or enthusiastic
listeners could be found on that day,
than we're assembled under the trees,
Thursday at Edgewater and heard the
story so old,ye so thrilling in It's truth
fitness as II was retOld to the Saints Of
IRIS branch and their many friends. AZ
Ter the grafton came songs by r. c. |
Easton 20 My Father" soon proving |
Itself the favorite, then a presentation
q books to our three departing Elders. |
Horace Neheker, Orrin Follett and |
Albert Miller, by our president, Mrs. |
Catherine Lame, In behalf Of the Re
LIEF society After the program every |
lunch basket was called into service, |
md such a spread, it required some |
tine after partakng Of It. before the |
boys were able 10 show what they could |
do In the way Of baseball game. But
soon Prince Alberts and white ties were
thrown TO the winds, and such run
ming and shouting and welding OF bats.
he spectators agreed II would take n
mob with Mercury winged heels, COM
blned with Ajaxs strength, to outrun
our missionaries in a fair fight, II they