Show A ilOUJlOV IX JIICHIGlV Tnc following contained in thg Louisville Cciun < r Journal of March > On tho tri bctncwn Louisville and Lexington several days ago I meta I met-a Mr Lemolne from Michigan who w been prospecting In the South I wlthsncyata Investment lr lumber i interests Mr Lcmolno moo to I Michigan from Utah and an interesting interest-ing fact about him in this part of tbo I country in that ho is a full fledged Mormon born of polygamous parents and at ono time had l two wives Mr Lexnolne talkrd on the sutject of I polygamy in a manner tat was very Interesting IIo raid he bad found tho genera idea to b Uiat the Mormons wcro necessarily sensual and Immoral and tbat 8nsu Immorl th tbcro was something in the practice of polygamy poly-gamy which was debasing to Una instincts in-stincts and destructive of what Gentiles Gen-tiles under a home life and beautiful domestic tradition He was convinced that on the other band polygamy hal a great many things in its favor and not many objectionable features His own recollections of his boyhood life at homo w ere very happy and for tbo life of biO be could not re tbat there was any difference b tween bis memories of the happiness of his childhood and those of other men with whom ha bad talked He w Just as fondly attached to his mother and father a other children were and his fathers other wives whom be knew as his aunt occupied pit tho same relationship tow bimand fled the same place in bis affection that tbo aunts of other boys did and It W his observation that Mormon children wcro justabont a vrcll raised and rccehed as much love and affection as other peoples children chil-dren On the of tho drn question morality of the institntiou bo w outspoken and raid that polygamous marriages hId a tendency to greatly reduce Tlc In any community and to a sensible wcman there was no can o for jealousy and no more reason for ordinary un happiueu than wives would experience among monogamists When a nun bad several wives each of them knew Te lnow ely all of bis relationships with women and be ng rrired to expect such relationships accepted them as a mater of cur and thought nothing at all of tcm The man who mistreated mis-treated his wives among the Mormons very soon lost caste Ills wives could appeal to the church nud to the authorities au-thorities for protection and relief and bis life would be mado 8 burdensome unless be mended his ways that Uiero was every inducement for reform and none for persistence in evil courses Besides the man who did not treat I I frt wife properly would find It very difficult t get another to Join his family There were unhappy Mor mon marriages as there aro nnbappy Gentile marriages but ha did not b lieve that tbe number of unhappy wives was as great in Utah In proportion to Ibo number of prporon nnmbr marriages riages a existed elsewhere in tbe United States There WM no encouragement In tho Territory under the Mormon church and tbo polygamous cystem for Immoral women Mr Lcmolno left Utah because be-cause be said be saw that it was tbo firm determination of tho Federal Government In break down tbe Mormon Mor-mon religion and Mormon domestic peculiarities Beidc he bad an ambition ambi-tion la bus tbat could be better tatlsSed rarer east and 8 be removed moved to Michigan whe he has accumulated cumulated a handsomo fortune and cmu hndsmo forune ad has been very successful A residence of more than tea yearn among a p ple strongly prejudiced against polygamy polyg-amy and tbe Mormon Church has not h tbe effect of changing bis opinion of either in tho slight and a conversation conver-sation with Mr Lemoine 1 very apt to shake tho aclfaatisfaetloa of ahae allUsCclon any unprejudiced man who lias beeu in tho habit of regarding Mormonism and polygamy as twin and ntier abominations |