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Show klltTl.iMi AS It IS. Tun f illowlng are extracti from a letter from a uorrcapondent of Kir'.. land, Ohio, to the Kaunu Clly Jour-null Jour-null 'Thooll Morniiin temple, wbhh haa loiked down from Ha eninmandhig height for nearly elxty yeara upon one of tin, quahtual ant moat hlatorluil vlllagoe hi Northern Ohio will not In carried away hi f urn out of Hit attraction! at Hie orl 1 a I'rtlr If tho woplo of Ijike conn lyara not altocether powcrltaa In llio matter. It la a landmark they will not wllllntly part with, although but a few of them hart anything In common Willi the el-ange pooplo who boll le.l It," "Klrtlanllaanoll vltltge and one a progrnulre pnraou would ahin In aeek lug a home. lam remlnled right hern of a remark a genlloinvi liuda to mo lu apcaklng of tho town. I pmifeea whon I vlllol tho apot where IormonUm frlrly took root, I Ml a kind of a rorerenco for It, chtelly bocaUM of lla hlalorlcat taaocla Hunt. Naturally I aought out mon who coul I tell mi aouiethlng of the blatory of the village ant who lulir bt be able to aa. aUt ma In getting Hit lofirmallon I do aired concerning the temple. 1 ran ncroaa an elderly gentleman w hoao tonka rather Indicated a good naturod, aaeoeiaful bualnete man. Of oourat a atranger to the village an t IU people I thought the proporthtngtodowatla nay aouiethlng ooniplluientary of tide ipialnt ion. I dldao ami the rely kind of allocked ma "Yea," al I ho, "Ihero are worao placoatlian Klrtlaikl to live In, hot I dou'l Know where In youMl Aud them' Clearly my friend waa not a Mormon ao we tr.ol company. Klrttaul la not ontl rely unittnicllve. Infictlt.llkt a majority of the towm aul vtllagea In northern Ohio, la, poMeaacd of natural aoenery that la pleaa Inglotheoyo. It Ilea fmrmllea back fniiu lAko llo anl midea latween well wonlnl hllla. Ono branch of the Chagrin rtrer cute through tho village atmoat waablng tbo fouuJatlona of a building but llttlo lOM lilalorloal than the lemlo llxlf, A fow etonx, an old hotel that aooa fow gtioata, a flouring mill that la evldeiillr will pdronlied by thofirmera, ono or ta a ehurehoa anl nfleen or tw euty ol I fa.lilotin I boiiatta roinprtae the village known In history an Hit era Ite of Mor-moiilam. Mor-moiilam. N i attempt to Improve tho plate hal been liulo alneo the Nalnta annght another Ion, an 1 that waa a good many )eara ngn. M t of tho cllltoie own ftrtllofirma aul can allow a good fat lank account. They hao but llttlo ambition an 1 atlll leaa prl lo, an 1 ao long aa tholr houH abetter Ihem aa,l tbo lanler la hill they aro h ippy an I In lltTer. ent Ii uraaagruwti yarda aul bmken do n f, ncita. 1 .vimio two mllei to the northeaat, la Mentor, n atraggllug village that once claimed I'reallent UarAeld aaocltlaen. Aliout tho aama dl.lanco away, I ut almnt directly north, la the village nf W1I W.l.by, which haa of latojearalw eoino pnpuHr aa a aitmmor homo for tha wealthy diliona of lluirlaul To tho aouth the country la leaa attractive, the aoll aoou changing from nan I to clay nil 1 iKvomlng more illnlcult of cultivation. "Hut ItieUml lo la tho gro.it ,lnt oral, traction here, and tho uiero talk of removing re-moving It lo Chicago baa act tho whole populvoalualljihtlug Inuno'. 'JhoUt ti r day Njiliila roven, nnd the gentllea enorauilt. II la the one great hlilorlntl Un Imark of Idke county, and many are Hiefamoua men who ham madeapll. grlinage to the InUn 1 village to gane iim thla nolM lot-a of Jlormou anhllMivrt. During tu (lartleldijin. llgu for tho pro.ll iieytholtnilewaa i tailed by thoiuanli from all imru of tha couulry, an I tho aaluta reallioda hand-aomt hand-aomt royenue from th admlitlon foe, "Tha temple aUuda on a high hill a Utile bi the weal of the river an 1 It built of atone, II It al-ont eighty reel long and elxty broil. The walla am tiny feet high an I art of a yellowlth Huge. On the front of tho bull Hog one teoalhla Inaorlpllon In gilt Icliorel "llouaoof the lord II ill! by the Chorea nf Chrlat In Wl " Tlie Interior of the tetng la la un-llko un-llko that of any other piece or mrati1p lu Hie county, and probably lla like hat ki exlilenct nubddo xt Mormon cltlea, tuvllug from Uio veatlbTilo are two d lora that open Into acparatt aUles, one for the men ant Hi other f,r the women Two Irftlu In vrlp-lona are atlll plainly v lalble but them attract leaa attention than the nd I arrangemeiit of lwa. At either en I of the eavmbly rnmn la a pillpil, l-nllt Ui In f mr Here, where the twi Ire prleata eat Onfronlof the (ulplt are loltera denoting denot-ing the tlllee ot the high rlnla. Tht ao-ond alory la practically a repetition of the Aral, and thla la Hit oil Mormon acbool room Here are to be enenthft very btackbnerda uon which the I'roph ct Smith Ii aald b havetracol letlera for Ihe children of bit new ennrerta. It la proper to elate, huwtier, that no writing of the pro heta la now vlalhlt" The Tem 1e lower rlaea far above the nuaalve wall., en I la vlalble f r inllca around In all direction. 1'rom the ahaw-lydome ahaw-lydome a magnlAceul view of agraud country laobtalned. 1'arm htiaea lo the weit, a)ulh an I past aiioar In iiumbera, whllo lo the north txke Kilo, now free from bt, and hlue alinoat aa tho aky above II, atrotohea In vaal oxiamo to tht bnrlciu. II la ycl early at ring In thla taction of enuulry, but already the whllo Mile, aomo warmly vl.lblo from the ilomeof HieTemple.ahow that lale commerce com-merce baa begun." |
