Show Biography of pf Brigham Y Young Yung and and History of the i Mormon ChUl Church ch M. M R. R V Werner ir in La Ladies ie J-I J Home mc Journal Journ I. I 4 I Continued Continued from last ast week But Brigham Young I Knew tha that one cooperative mercantile institution tion however large could not not absorb absorb ab ab- ab- ab the fortunes of individuals- individuals foreve for for- eve ever B Besides sides th there re were were cre many branches of industry anc ane agriculture which were not net toucIe by the institution In- In In Ill his last last years ears he tried trie to establish a form o 0 or communism communion which would bi bind Hl his people to together gether Inseparably He elaborated in detail the th great dream or his la Iau yea years s 's at the semi-annual semi conference of the h church in iii October 1872 and anda and anda a community along the lines ines laid down by him vias was o organized at a place in southern Utah appropriately appropriate appropriate- l ly named Orderville KG lie gave gave it a ac ae a advice vice and encouragement and it survived until a few years after h his h's s death when ihen it it was disc discontinued because because be- be cause caus it was found impracticable Brigham Young himself loved dancing and m the th theater aaa aia ne tie H I frequently attacked the state o of mind w which h could regard those pleasures pleasure a as ai sins He also said said- th t the he lie got got time for oc e envois I tit is and that he took tok it in the form rUi of dancin dune dinc- in and thereby by h he killed two birds with one stone for he lie wis enabled to exercise and also lo d o amuse his hia vives ives Cotillion Cotilli n Leader The balls organizes organized under the tIle supervision of Brigham Young rt nt the tha Social hall halI which he bu bunt It for nun purpose were sumptuous and ex et- et x- x elusive Tickets were sold at a ten dollars each each and the ticket entitled le l the bearer to bring bring- with him one wife For any other wives he ho might care to bring the husband paid two dollars each The hall was decorated decorated decorated deco deco- rated with evergreens and pap paper ornaments ornaments or or- and in the center was a large arge ge evergreen floral decoration reading Our Mountain Home The he festivities began as as early as four o'clock in the afternoon when Brigham Young entered called tl th tin tin- assembly to order and prayer pra er was war offered and the congregation blessed blessed bless bless- ed by by its president Brigham Young then led off in the first cotillion with one of his wives At eight o'clock supper was announced an any and It was usually ah I enormous enormous meal without wine but I with many varieties of meats including in in- eluding bear bear and beaver and with with various n native Uve vegetables After Arter- feal began again the r meal the dancing gan and songs were sung or duets played played played play play- ed between dances Pr Pra Prayer er el closed closed the party at about live five five oc o'clock ock In Inthe inthe inthe I the morning The Salt Lake Tucker Thc e was the largest theater iI in the United States Staten west of f Chicago Chi ago when It R was comp com It seated three thousand according according according ac ac- ac- ac persons and its interior was vas cording to Artemus Artenius Ward Yard quite as brilliant as that of any theater in London On Alarca G 6 6 1862 the theSaU Salt SaU Lake Theater was opened and antI formally dedicated to tho the Lord by Daniel paniel H H. Wens Wells Then Brigham Young delivered an address on The Cap Capacity city of the l Human uman anc aim Mind Und for Development A chor choir sang The Star Spangled Banner Danner and the Marseillaise Then a comic drama was performed by the members members members mem mem- bers of or the Deseret Dramatic Asso Asso- I At tho the theater Brigham Young often often orten of or- ten sat in a rocking-chair rocking in the middle middle middle mid mid- dle of the parquet surrounded b by his wives When Then the tho play dragged Artemus Ward Yard reported Brigham Young fell into a doze or rose roso and left eft the tho theater He believed so firmly firmly firmly firm firm- ly in home indus Industry ry that no tie was in favor of making the Salt Lake theater theater theater thea thea- ter exclusively Mormon in its acting acting- personnel as well as its management except for a few visiting stars He Ile I persuaded several of his own daughters daughters daughters daugh daugh- to act in the t theater eater Alice Emily and Zina appeared regularly In the plays While Brigham Young was building building build build- of recreation for his community community com com- ing ing- places he did not neglect the places of worship At first len the saints for fot settled in Utah they tIley gathered worship and instruction in a small smal tabernacle in winter anc In a lare large open-air open bowery in summer Finally I Brigham Young built an enormous 1 oval-domed oval tabernacle on TeI Temple 1 le Square Squar which was vms so coi constructed cd d' d that it required n no 1 posts josts to to hold up its shaped egg egg egg- ap d roof The new tab ab tabernacle seated about eight thousand persons and the were so good that sound w as heard in of the building unless tile the speaker rumbled too loudly A i large an organ was was bunt built by Mormon mechanics which h was was was' the thc pride pride oJ oJUle the Ule CO community t D y for many years ears b both t because of its size and its tone The greatest work worl of Mormon l construction however was the Tem Tem- I pIe which tools took e exactly forty to to cO complete l l te and nd which was not n- n u until til many years aft after Brig ham hani Youngs' Youngs death T The e cornerstone corner cornerstone stone of oC the he Temple was laid in 1833 1853 but work was discontinued from time timeto timeto to time because of lack of funds fun l or lack o of cooperation The huge huge t r. r nn L'-nn- anite m- m mite ite blocks of of which the Is s constructed constructed were dragged slowly bYox by byox byox ox teams team's from the th-e so some n miles away This part of the labor alone required years ears for its comple comple- tion The Temple is said to have cost 4 million dollars to construct It was s 's finally finished in 1893 The he Mormons have have aroused cur curS cur'S s sity ity Hy concerning the interior of bf of t the their e Te Temple Teple among among gentiles by permitting nL but Mormons l to enter Jt ft t. t Tie Tic 11 view of it is stern end and rl stolidly stolidly stolidly stol stol- idly impressive The massive J building build build- building ing with its six rugged spir spires s is is li like ethe the Mormon character plain toa to toa toa a fa fault i L As As Young felt reit I growing wing old and feeble lie Ile became more mor more than ever anxious t to knit his organization closer and closer He continued ed to urge cooperation home thole manufacturers manufacturer the United Order and coordination of the the Stakes Stal of Zion With his last public breath which In the larger settlements their dency issued at Salt Lake City on July 11 11 1877 1577 he lie advocated these things and also education for hf ht children he lie he insisted that be schoolbooks d should p r. r l Utah and written t there ere if possible r rather ther than imported at unnecessary sary expense from the east The teachers teach teach- ers rs too he lie wrote should bo boo Latter- Latter Day Saints Saint j J J 1 i r Once ever every year year Young I the settlements settlements in ih the north norta and nd in the south south and and Curing ir ng his ll Jd last last t winters he lie spent much much time In in ti tiie e milder southern settlements A l long mg I rain train of coaches carrying him bim and Jand nd some some of his wives his apostles elders eld eldI elders eld eld- ers s and parts of their fam families U f traveled traveled trav trav- cled over the dusty roads som sometimes accompanied by a a guard gu rd rdo o of Indian warriors and armed l Mormon on militia Before Brigham m mY Y Young reached a settlement I of his people e a c detachment of cavalry met mot his cavalcade cavalcade eav- eav alcade and nearer the settlement all the school children in stiff white dresses and blouses blouses holding small flags were lined up to greet groet liim In the larger settlements there was always alwa's a brass band baud and th the people were frequently grouped to together together together to- to gether along the roadway with vitti ban ball I hers ners describing their co condition For Forthe Forthe Forthe the aged men there was the banner Fathers in Israel and for Cor the elderly eld eltI elderly erly women SMothers Mothers in Israel The young men bore a banner with the device Defenders of of Zion and the young women stood under the ensign Daughters of Zion Virtu Virtue The small smaIl children were designated in large letters The Hope of or Israel Other banners sentiments of welcome some readIng readIng read read- Ing Hall hail to Zions Zion's Chief Chie and others others oth oth- oth ers erSt God Bless Brigham Toung Young When ho he was seventy years old Brigham Young w was s indicted for murder a charge bases on the confessions confessions con con- of ot Bill Bm Hickman who wrote wrote- wrote wrote-I that he lie had bad killed men at the suggestion suggestion sug sug- of Brigham Young On this charge Young was not riot admitted to I ball bail but out of consideration for his feeble health and his age he lie was confined In n one of his ow own houses for more more than five months A New York Tribune correspondent visited Brigham Brigham Brigham Brig- Brig ham Young during this period of I I arrest I 1 found the Mormon chief he wrote reclining in In 1 sy chair chaira with Hl a shawl spread over him Continued from last week r rr t v From Page One I BIOGRAPHY OF OP BRIGHAM YOU YOUNG G GHe e 4 He said sni he he was was better but weak from fron froma frona s a severe attack of diarrhea and t to too o feeble to talk much When asked aske how he felt in regard to the Indict Indictment indictment ment and a arrest rest he said It It is a as s easy as an old shoe Her He had ce no o fears of the the the- the result AH AU attempts attempts to t to destroy him an and iris his is people l had ld fal ed her heretofore 1 To fo be Continued o 0 o I |