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Show jlGHABLG LETTER. iiieiiigau Man Desires to Be-"rttneaFHU-FledlfedPolyir. amous Mormon. E HAS ENGAGED HIS WOMEN, j t:d "Will Bring His Harem With Him-if 1 Everything Is Favorable in Utah. ., v . t : , ' ' . . , master Barrett frequently "re-' "re-' ."- som very amusing letters, but oUoifT. whicU is Publislled J,,st it isiviilti'ii, is entitled to the first f'Lil Jackson co., Mich. April 0, "Wrier at Salt Lake City Utah, I von pN attentioii to tht l!t- II i 1 a yoinifr man of 23 years like ; s inoiitli. un.l hearing by the by Montiauisiu, ami not knowing "' ijVud to bo the .truth. 1 wish to ' .frei.1 head quarter for my on special I f,' J lrrvo not had tho chanco to !Y.it of "' 1'l!:u'',"S eoiisiiruiiig 1 ' ,, and if von please do tell um :,lrf.ut nionnaii life, plcaso answer (illations, now many wncs urn a ' iiiottiiil in lnivo or marry, i.s a 'lowed tin; right of fhooaeing Mm orwilV lavishes, does the fenniil rthi":ime ritflil, whim a man has a ' OT uf wife's how do they .live, do rliveall in one house or not. does the. a liafte support them all, if not arc thoy supported, do tho Women ,'L. to work out doors or not, and if a ,va1ts a woman is kIiu forced to rryjfshciHM'S not choose, is a man wed to ntleuil church with Jiis wife's nor is his wife's allowed in till parts lie house! at all times or not, is ids , s allowcil to visit their neighbors at ilniicii time or not; is a man obliged ;lve more than one wile; what is the iishment whim a man . insults an-', an-', -t mini's wife, please explain all rules ,w laws of Mormonism, for I intof orilo not know all questions k. Grandpa visited that place for his health.' I havo an Aunt ie now if hc is lot dead, her -Mai-name wiis tlm sister of i niiah. die married a man named . lie died then she married a mor-i mor-i priest iu utah. we have not id from her senee she vint ther. may think me. insquitive, but the on why I ask these questions is you w thiit others states arc ' bitter inst mornitin, and people hero tell i things about them, so I do not u wlieatlier or not it is true, so I von to tell mo the truth about it so ay know, I see nothing iu tho Holy ''against mormanism, so I am bird bi-rd to think it is right, my. aunt I ik to you about, she is my seekond i.she.useto speak highly of mor-i. mor-i. if you kuow of such a woman -e tell me, she must bo about 80 s old now, she use to live in Ver-t,I Ver-t,I would like to sco her for the time, please answer my letter if should not feel able to answer letter hand it to some head" man you know will answer me, I am icrticular a bout who answer's, I some thoughts of visiting Utah, if tinswcr should suit me. is mor- Ia.II through Utah or in surtiu parts. chance is there for a poor boy or ? man. it seems fuuy how a inan I support so many wimen. and how live so mauy togatlier and be ' able to, please tell me plainely i'Otit it. my folks says you will not a me, for you morm'au want to your doing to yourselves, but you n't think I want to know for any i, and I cannot see how anyone can i tlie niorman's for my: sake, if I id visit Utah some 'femails may ; with me, and wo may stay there, riuan proove to me right, I will ; fur the state, if they wish to pay Tiny trouble. I pray do not fail iswer my letter, rei.-iion) "oklyn, Jackson county,' Michigan. name George Emeky Boomer. iie soon as possible and oblige mo. s truly. ue of the questions in this young ' letter are very difficult "to unit un-it was formerly tho custom in territory for a man to have as wives as he chose. One man was to havo had thirty-nine. But ustnni is going out of fashion, be-with be-with the advance of civilization ii'tiuemunt nleii havo discovered it is now difficult to support oven I 1 if. The government has also sug-'I sug-'I that to have more than one wife I- quite the proper thingin Utah. wer to the question "when a man i number of wives how thev do the court roconls show that the i 'Vesin the penitentiary for a -vhilo. t-tah a man is not really obliged 1 e nioru than one wife |