To Martha, When She and Rass Quit
I saw them oft before
As they passed by the door,
And again,
Their merry tones resound
As they wander all around
Through the lane.
They say that in their prime
They were together all the time~
Put it down.
Not a...
CHAPTER FIVE
SOCIAL LIFE IN PIONEER DAYS
HOME DRAMATICS IN BEAVER
One of the first dramatic companies in Beaver was managed and sponsored by Robert Stoney and Henry Blackner. Jenny Harris and Sarah Ann Stoney, both talented and lovely young women,...
was brought into town in tanks by the railroad and delivered to the families at 5c per bucket, and placed in barrels in the home, by Henry Osborne, water man. When a storm was brewing one could hear the clang of tubs and buckets being put under the...
XCash Account. XApril. Dec. 7th A Song, as sung by Wm R. Crawford 1. It T’was on last monday morning As we to Lisbond bound The hills and dales were garnished With pretty girls all round It was on last monday morning The wind it blew from...
Brigham Young in July of 1847. He made a round trip to California by way of Cedar Valley in the winter and spring of 1847-48, returning with cattle and wagons--the first such conveyances to cross the Old Spanish Trail. Jefferson Hunt returned again...
portrait in oil colors which he did and kindly presented it to me. It was exhibited in a picture shop window for some time and was said to be worth ten pounds. Henry was "Pastor" of the Newcastle Upon Tyne, Carlisle and Durham Conferences during...
portrait in oil colors which he did and kindly presented it to me. It was exhibited in a picture shop window for some time and was said to be worth ten pounds. Henry was "Pastor" of the Newcastle Upon Tyne, Carlisle and Durham Conferences during...
It spread its fragrance al around l The pleasant spot on which it grew Yet, so lovely and so sweet, 'Twas full of grace and modesty, And strove to hide its loveliness From the rude gaze of passers by. But there was one of beauteous form, Of gracehl...
days]. We were greeted with a hearty welcome by our many old friends. Brother James Haslam, Captain of the Brass Band, with his brethren serenaded us in the evening with music and stayed until a late hour.
Maq Ann Wdson's oldest daughter,...
scratched the bamyard faithfuily for the support of the brood. They tumed the house into an i m and, though it was but sparsely funiished, it was spotlessly clean as 1 know, for 1 sat part of the afternoon in the kitchen The wife who was busiest...
and tens of thousands of men and women are out of n work and, but for soup kitchens being established i the large towns, some would starve to death in this, the wealthiest nation on earth. 1 saw a brother at the conference in Nottingham named...
Webster continued on to the top. We were absent kom the cabin about 3 hours. We concluded a shorter cut could be found than the one we came. We had a storrn tonight and the wind blew cold. Febmary 16: Fine day. After breakfast Brother Webster and 1...
the rodeos were given a resounding start by the firing of two French 75's, which shot live ammunition.into the Red Hill northeast of Cedar City, under the supervision of Lehi hl. Jones, Capt. in the National Guard. Rass purchased a team of...
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Iuly 4th: "We finally took off on the trip we have looked forward to for so long. Mom (Sweeten) fed us breakfast, we had our pictures taken by the loaded car, and we were away by 8 a.m. We stopped in Coalville...
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school. The other 5 of us went to the Metropolitan Art Gallery where we barely skimmed the surface in 3 hours. Many wonderful objects, so many, in fact, that it was hard to absorb them: Whistler's Mother, the Thinker, Renoir,...
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Jackson (President of the New England Mission) who invited us to dinner after church. After a good shower we went to another Howard Johnson to eat, then drove around through the most mixed up and crooked...
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credited their lack of injury to their high school football training and ability to tuck and roll. The rest of the family considered it more luck than good management!" Concerning the trip to the Cranberry bogs, Paul recollects:...