| Show ell now if you can finish cutting the few ears of corn 11 start supper We canlet these important men starve They all laughed they all knew that Grandmameals werevery pleasant experience and they all loved to eat at her house As she mixed ingredients forstarch cake andbatch of baking-powder biscuits Grandma continued to talk quietly to keep these lively youngsters gentled and interested ll get the newspaper clipping from the Deseret News and read those for you again too Anna reached high above her cupboards and brought these treasured documents down Now children quote The Nauvoo Brass Band followed Grand Marshall Morley and his Silver-Greys Then two Troops of Bishops 12 in each came next They were all bearing Banners each representingdifferent Ward And then Seventy-Four Young men dressed in white and all wearing Gold-Crowns and all carrying copies of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independerce Twenty-four beautiful young ladies in wiite with wreaths of white roses on their heads came next each carriedBible andBook Of Mormon We all wish we could could have one here The they had not cut much corn the questions still spilled Anna came back to help and have seen the parade We wish we children were so enthused that during this part of the story and from their eager 1ips as Grandma urge them on think you all deserveprize or surprise after working so hard to help me Grandma continued to praise the children as she passedplate of dried frult to them Scarce dried fruit it was too and they all loved it This treat wonspoil your appetites Itjust an appetizer so you ll eat more How she loved these beautiful intelligent offspring of her devoted childrenfamilies They were so good to share them with her and all were willing to help her at any time 0Oh forgot to tell you that Governor and still Church President Brigham Young and other church officials came next in the parade Grandpa Isaac must have been good friends with President This from Lula the oldest and Young stopped working in all this past hour the one that never Yes darling Lula he was very close to both President Young and the Prophet Joseph Smith Joseph and his family lived in Grandpahome several different times and for months at-57 |
