Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-12
SURVIVING WIDOW
GUEST OF HONOR.
Mrs. Agatha Pratt, in Seventy
Ninth Year, Attends Fam
lily Reunion.
CENTENARY OF HER HUSBAND
Descendants Of Apostle Farley H. Pratt
Gather nc Forest Dale Mcetns-
house This Afternoon.

Az the Forest Dale Westinghouse
this afternoon n large Assembly "a
descendants of the late Apostle
.lav p. Pratt are celebrating his centeh-
,r,, anniversary. AS the guest OF hoh-
mr.. there is present his Surviving wlte'
srrs Agatha Pratt, the last OF those
ryho knew him intimately before his
untlmely death In 1867
The feature of the memorial pro-
gram is an address ON the liie ana
work of Apostle Pratt by Elder Or
son r. Whitney. Preceding IL select
a5 choir from his descendants viii rem
Sar ne hvYnn. "Come, Q Thou King of
ISfnps.a composed by Elder Pratt, and
during the exercises a number of his
o,her well known hymns Wall be sung,
president Nephl Pratt OF the North
western states mission will deliver an
n6aTass of welcome, In calling the fam
ia. se,1nion to order. and this viii be fol-
low By a Jew "reminiscences from MIS-
Sentha pratt Of her husband
Mrs pratt is now in her seventy
,,trth YEAR. She Is stll hale and hearty
xesrjts her advanced age. displaying
IN her remarkable vitality trait COM
man ia the heroic women who crossed
ire plains in OK teams and Shared tho
borishlps Of life afteld in Winter Quar-
ters She drove her own OK team TO
salt Lake IN the summer of lS4I, ar
rIvine here along in the fall. Her de-
erendGnts number seven children, 4J
grandchiIdren and W great grand
children
INCIDENTS or EARLY DAYS
when interviewed today. Mrs, Pratt
recalled many Incidents of her dis
"A . % b01h
pubic service and in his home life~
Amid all the poverty of his early
s,Irroundings,'' she declared, ''he never
lost his temper, or reprcved a person
In a way to leave sting. AS father
The great delight Of his life was 10
gather his children around his knees
and have them sing to him their child
lsh songs which he dearly loved. Ia
times of famine. when he hardly knew
where The next meal was coming from
Tia always had meal TO spare TO a
hungry visitor and perhaps the reason
ior II was his unbounded faith In 500,
which made him absolutely trusttul OF
The future, His chiIaeen n 1,,,-,
thirty, of whom % survived Mimi
Recalling the last mission on which
hnostla Pratt was called, and during
fhn fuliIlrnent of which he met his
death Mrs. Pratt said that sne
member4d well the day on which ne
CAME 10 her, in August lS5e 70 pet,
mission. N few days later he came
10 tell ne" she continued. that ne
had been to the presidents office, anu
had. be- en- set apart for the mission
field, ny Brigham Young. John Iaylor
and Jededlah Grant He Went "
inst m Getting in September, blassed
number 81 his children who had been
baptized. and named and blessed me
Youngest, who Is now Mrs. &. y
Woods OF ogden After he LETT we
heard from him often through letters,
In which he spoke OF his great iaoot
and Of the darkness in the minds OF
,nany people regarding the gospel. IN
|ne of these letters he expressed the
idea that if IT were not for the gospel
and his family he could change Worries
With joy indispensable The news or
his death reached us on July "a Wil'le
the first presidency were speholls d
bnl,day in Big Cottonwood canyon.
AS soon as they reached nome thes
came to see us, and i remember that
President Young said Nothing mas
bonnen ed so hard 10 reconcile rlS
mind to since the death OF joseph
Pro1her Farley has done more g90u ~
his short mission than many "'a' "0
in their entire lives.
ALWAYS ALERT.
MI Pratt's mind was always active
and alert. He would often get ahead OF
bis OK team while crossing the plains.
and when evor II came camping time he
vas eager to ride ahead and pick out
location to camp ON. Never In his llte
did he fail TO think of all those sur
rounding him, and TO plan for their
comfort. when we arrived here he
hardly rested a day before he was At
work ohopplng a road through Parley's
canyon, and hunting out the resources
Of the country for the information and
good Of an"
Following the memorial program this
afternoon. A musical program will be
given in the evening, TO be followed by
dancing At o'clock an intermlssion
win be taken during which refresh
Snonts will be served.