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Show MOIiMO.'NS IS A MAIMS I'AI'EU. Comfort, a monthly publication It-tutd It-tutd at Augusts, Maine, aud distributed dis-tributed generally throughout the country, has lu Its hut laaue an article headed "The Mnrmont at Home," written by William Waller Trapp, who givea bla aildreat as 1M wast, Heoond rjuuih ilruel, Hall l.ate city, aud who la announced by Comlurl at a "Ueu-tile." "Ueu-tile." Mr, Trapp tayt; Thoro la a uilalaken opinion in iho Vjm muaiding Hie .Miiruioiia In Dull. A gieal many pwipie uolu.ve llunn lo be a eery siitierailllnue ami ilcKreilnil cla.a, aud nol lulie.iienlly epoak of llunn aa lewleaa. uiiguvuruable ami .,..,.. I. u ,. 'pule BMinnilly bollevod thai . o.unlo la denluil Hit. riatlai to frou aKtu,li in re-guru re-guru in .Morinoiiiam, end thai wlillo uuo laiiilliali hi, inn.i kvopawarv MiiKue. Ill rivard lu llio latter 'hi'lirf 1 wuuld eay tho av,.ri.ge Murini.n ha. no uiuro ubieoliun lo y,ir ulisoking lna roliitlon limn hu, , .. Ilapilaior tallinUo. l will l.ilk ami ri..im.n Willi )u on rollKiuna anhlema hli aa k io.l u grate aa will a M,.ihn.lii, III Uii,, llune lh no pl,i, on ,, wlor lliu .M.n umn ruhglun I. mi viguiouely eml uiiiueri'liully aua.'kod aa lu iheir alnniK-hum. alnniK-hum. hall l...kl liv. ( ,.,. luJ aro liiu.eaiuoi.g the Mormon., ua a,o reaauuakleandauualvu, bill llie"!ujorliy re ikk an. I noy unjoy a joke or hu f aari'iaui at Ihii niuuuae ol llinlr I'linri'li, and roliah a n.bnko iollu iiiuoh aa du Ibe uielubura o( oiuor oliuroliea. I lie arllole then alalea luat lha Mor-mom Mor-mom have keeu thul oft Irom the outer world to a great exieut, end there are many people who live In the dltlanl poitlouauflha Hlalo who have never teen a railway or heard Ibeioreeoh if a l oouioilve. Ha then rotere to the uieihuda of trading lu tome of the outlying lelllemeuit, and ointlnutti The .Mnrinnna, aa a rule, aro a law-abiding, law-abiding, peai'o-loving cla.a ot panple, audhxeaa much reapool fur law and tinier a. have Uu, ii,o,Ih of New log. IhuiI. Let Hi". i. win, look UH,u tho Mur-llnnia Mur-llnnia na a crlllui-prndiiclliK elemtint, ooinparn ihecrlim, auilalica ol tiuh, In pruK,riluii In pnpiilailon, wlih llni.n of iiny ullinr .lac. it will hu ,. Ul4l ,, sum of I hi in., Kau.a., prmlii far nmro crime lu propiirlloii tu nopiilailoii ilian dma Hie Mormon Niiiie, Uiah. 1'olyKainy ecoine lo bu tmiiiiiilly j.. cniin unaiicnil atnoiiK llit, Mormnna of today. to-day. Whatever may bo the real aen'l-mum aen'l-mum ot the Morimni regarding Iwlyu-iimv, Iwlyu-iimv, ho la u.naliy .juiu ouupokon auauial li. Tho men anuui lo onjeol lo ll uioio alroiiKly llian the women. Ua eiouce It made Id the Htale Con- atllutlon, with Hie comment 1'iat ll:e only pari aalUug forth any OintlNr able objection Is the woman suffrage clauw. The arllole then goat on: The Mnrmnna believe a great future la In .lore (or lllali. They aecn, almoin, lo have paoplo tnmi other atatea. rcKaiillca. ol relitf:i,na trailer, aettle nliuing them end help ilerelnp the reenn-cea at Ihla H'ale. 'lha Mormons are rharscerlre.) Iiy anme aa ahlfllnaa ami improvident, but w benonn llilnka of tho tlcert Ihev liNve made hcaulifiil with wavlnic fl"lda of arftlri and flateii.lya orcharila nf fruit, ml of Hie Hreloee eneriry which Irene-formed Irene-formed a lierreu and unlovely wlldertieaa lino a land of fnurranca and bteuty, tho epithet aeema iimn-l. Altogether, Mr. Trapp'a latter breathes a tplrll ol lalrnete, and ulotet with axpreetlng a wlih in whlob all may heartily ola: "Let ut hope thai a oear fuluia will obliterate all dltten alont between (Gentile and Mormon, and Ibal, band In band, they may taek to promote the general welfare,' |
