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Show A till: I I'll! ILATIUV. It seemed for n time as though that peculiar disposition In man that promp's hi in to say that thus and a) Is so UK)ii Iniufllclvnt Information ur none at all, was not quite as active as it used to le. That singular phuu of the mania to which this community more than any other has been sal)-Jectcd sal)-Jectcd laniptrenlly not worn out jut, however. It ued to be the rule rather than the txceitlon fcr eop!e who wrote, ruweil as fur those win thou lit they could write, on tailing through Utah and staying peihaix part of onu day anil nil of ouo night In this city to make haste to wrlto a hook,u I amphlet, a newspaper sketch or u maitutlne article enlightening the pablla as to tha entire local situation. At suggested, sug-gested, the Iiidmtry still has Ita votnrlta and perhaps will continue to have for nme tlmo to come; the domtln of fiction fic-tion Is n Very ample, far reaching and fruitful one, Au anil-Mormon publication In the form of a novel by a fellow who was here ft short time ago rend became uniclently acnualute 1 with men and pUces to givo his work tnuuomblanco ol ratability, has lately beoulssuel and Is btln,; somewhat cxtonslvely circulated. Ills uoarly as vile na the vllost thing of the hind thst ever a-ptaroJ. a-ptaroJ. It gives tho Mormons credit for nothing and tries to make It appeir that they have no virtues, no conscience con-science ns I no rcgarl for nnybsdy or liny thing not In and of thenuelvei. It Isn cowardly calumniation from beginning be-ginning to end, whero It seeks to bo nrcastlo or humorous II nmouuls to drlrel mid where It would boglowluj It Is bombastic. It Is simply n tliaue of thoso very unreasonable and altogether threadbiru aUudcrs and falnehoods which ran their full course nnd did complete aervico before this author canio Into thu lletd. It exhibits no good quality ni to him ur Itseir, allowing liliu as It does to be a ruthless wretch who murde reputation with a fiendish smllo and who I robubly would not stop at murder uf nuothur kind If It were not iluugtrous. When a person is confined to thu Bometluies narrow limit of actual fact fur n recital, he cannot always be exact bectuto some things mutt be explalnod by extraneous extrane-ous methods In order to bo comprehended compre-hended by tho roller; but when lie lies the unllmltol aria of fancy to oprratu in mil can produce nothing moro lu thoslmllltuJoof actuality nnd reason than thu Individual spoken of liaa, lie amounts simply to n bungling corruitor of publlo morals if Indeed bo hava any morals of Ida own. |
