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Show ANTI-POLYGAM- STANDARD. Y 43 A Lost Chapter. From the History of the Saiuts. ting any, and though the Winter had would be preferable to remaining sheer falsehood. Were an inconalready set in, we, with many others here under the despotic rule of the sistency alluded to, nothing dauntWe have had under consideration sef out t cross the plains with Mormon hierarchy. But they dont ed, a subterfuge was always at hand. hand-cartI have no words to dcs- - propose to accept either alternative As one old man, who remembered for some time the propriety of pub- cribe the horrors of that journey passively. Congress and the conn them well, said tome, Youcouldnt lishing a few facts that have come to from hunger try at large shall at least hear from face them down. Theyd lie and t our knowledge with reference to the the suffering and death cold. Jy father and mother and those who, though they are in the stick to it. Many of the noblest disposal of monies collected by Mor- - au(l We remember 'five brothers and sisters starred to death minority, have nevertheless some specimins of humanity have arisen mon missionaries from a condition of honest poverty; read in" "in a book, which weaccount 'before my eyes, haw a young man constitutional rights. but few of thec from one of dishonof our company, in the agonies of good authority, that those who are IhMireat Whe.-.- Fights est poverty. Solomon apprehended faithful in that which is least may starvation, gnaw the flesh olf his the danger when he said, lest I be hands. After many had perbe expected likewise to be faithful own North-Westo tho People traveling Mrc Smith used poor and steal. in much ; and as the question of ished, we were met by teams sent at will be learning to go to the houses of the village gratified a State Government for Utah is con- out from Salt Lake.' But our sufferings were not yet at that the Great Rock Island Route and do family washings. But if the certain of talked by stantly being Chicago to articles were left to dry upon the neJ,0,T1 The weather continued P,ens a ne)v an end. to be it interesting may parties, cold and stormy, the pro- - Minneapolis and St. lain, July Imi, line and not secured by their own- - ' saintfearfully to learn somethingwith regard running two through daily teams ers before midnight, the washer out the visions by brought in little faithfulness ly and apostolic Oo and 9.30 at lo was often the winner and in these were insufficient, and all of us were Laving Chicago things, such as receiving and disbe is known line to new f nls before nocturnal depredations she was aswith near bursing the money of their con- our perishing end. hunger am Lea as Albeit Route, sisted by her hoys, who favored in a But while the journeys verts. ry best the P:lsses through the like manner poultry yards and grain It is admitted that when this Ter- women and children were thestarring of Illinois, Iowa of States the turns church to bins. Her son Joe never worked bg a ritory ceases to be a ward of Con- lead the appointed ers trave an Minnesota, alTouling save at chopping bees and raisings, companies of emigrants had of fields gress, the majority will rule; in other of the gieat lament eat. At length we reached vlew and then whisky was the impetus words, our brethren of the Mormon pkntvto a and section (),ir peopled and the reward. country, The mother of I was a young girl, not Church will hold the reins of power. Salt Lake. and mosf ie the high priest of Mormonism was progressive In vLw of this fact, a good many yet known; my two'sisters, who had mliabiof Northwestern our to the last dpgree. the journey, were younger! perous superstitious in the interested are question people tants. .a sad comThe verv air she breathed was of their financial management. Tl e than myself. We were We round understand that trip familiar spirits that of orphans, penniless, friendby the in to history of the pa t points to the pany tickets excursion points less and helpless. I knew nothing peeped and wizards that muttered, Red probabilities of the fut ure. To he of River the great wheat region she turned many a penny by assured concerning the incorruetible that we could call our owTn except of the North, and Missouri River and the boxes of goods that my father tracing in the linos of the open palm on integrity that will stand guard over had be will immediately put All the fortunes of the inquirer. shipped from England. I made valleys, the treasury of the new State of of date from 40 days ominous signs were heeded. The for them, hut could learn sale, good for Deseret, we have only to consult inquiries I saw in the issue. This will enable Eastern moon over the left shoulder portendthe annals of Utah from her settle- nothing. Afterwards with farmers to visit the greatest wheat ed calamity; the breaking of a mir- - . ment till now. We do not propose, tithing office the boxes marked harthorn. I country on the globe, and see uame fathers of ror, death. Even in the old Green upon my in the view to compass however, vesting done on the most gigantic Mountain State, before the family the present article, the history of asked that at least a prrt of their scale. no immigrated to the Genesee Country, the past thirty years. We are on- contents might be given ih, but desires no one that really Surely, the then West, Mrs. Smiths mind attention was paid to my reque-- t. this will ly going to relate a single instance to nee the West, opforego made up that one of her sons 'oer true My sisters and myself found places portunity to do- - so, by ticketing was of a 0stolicl1011esty.au The weak Humid he a prophet, in families where wc could earn our tale, that was told us by one v ho Albert the than other over any father agreed with her that Joseph to remember th. living, and remained in th it position had good rea-o- ii The West via Lea Route, Liberty. was the genius of their nine chilin her until we were married. I have never the We will tory give is the past, Great Rock Island Depot dren. So it was established that seperated myself from the Mormons, most central of own words: in Chicago, any Joseph should he the prophet. To I am but I cannot bear to go to the TabI was born in England. of the heart in the very such an extent did the mother imWhen my ernacle, and see the man who robbed being one of a large family. city, close to the great hotels, press this idea upon the boy that father was converted to Mormonism, ussittuig on the platform among the mercantile and leading all the instincts of childhood were I would go a long lie was the owner of quite a couifort- - Twelve Apostles. He rarely smiled or v I houses. restrained. able property. The miisi nary un- - Mvay to see that man hung, f His looks were always fa tillaughed. The Origin of 3Ioriuouiun. der whose preaching he was convert- - count him the murderer of my He never indownward prone. five brothers ed (and who is now one of the er and mother and mv in demonstrations of fun, . Mrs. Dr. Eaton of Palmyra, N. Y. dulged O Twelve Apostles), instructed him and sisters. It is perhaps unnecessary to make read an extremely interesting paper since they would not be in keeping that he should sell everything and alto the any comment on the above narration. on Mormonism before the ladies with the profound dignity of his at once to emigrate prepare Ilis mother inWe will merely sugget that this meeting of the General Assembly lotted vocation. e valleys of the mountains. In convened in Buffalo, spired and aided him in every to the command, my father apostle, who is branded as a robber which lately has a chance of being N. Y. Mrs. Eaton has been a resi- scheme of duplicity and cunning. and was and. murderer, his all of property, disposed of Palmyra for over 22 years, All acquainted with the facts agree then told that he must place tho elected to any office within the gift dent mission- of the people, in the event of Utah and has had access to the most reli- in saying that the evil spirit of hands the in ofJ.be proceeds admitted as a State at an ear- able testimony, consequently she Mormonism dwelt first in Joe a secure would being who passage ary, informed upon the Smiths mother. Bid books had across the Atlantic for himself and ly day. Indeed, unless we greatly was thoroughly he is at present invested subject treated in her paper. The much to do with the origin of family, and provide all things ncces- mistake, Joe Smith could read. with temporal as well as spiritual following extract, relative to the Ether the for My journey. sary We know, at all events, mother of Joseph Smith, will throw He could not write. His two stan- I was present power. also. in this obeyed The life of the manner by dard volumes were when he delivered over the money that other men with a record similar some light upon became a proph Stephen Burroughs, the clerical n to the missionary. I saw him place to his have been rulers of the poo-o- which that worthy scoundrel, and the autobiography of et. the table two howls filled with pic for. many years. We do not As far as Mormonism was con- Capt. Kidd, the pirate. The latter his case as peculiar. lie is by sovereigns and silver. The vert to no means a sinner above all the rest nected with its reputed founder, work was eagerly and often persued. money was emptied on the table called Joe Smith, it The was a fascination to him in the and counted, and the missionary of hi people; and if the Saints Joseph, always in the brain and heart charmed lines: took it away. Shortly after he dis- - choose to commit the management had its origin their finances to him, or men of of an ignorant, deceitful mother. My name was Captain Kidd, appeared from the town, and we of in the moved mother As I sailed, as I sailed, soon learned that he had sailed for his stamp, that is their own affair. Joe Smiths in lowest walks of life but she had a And most wickedly I did, America, carrying tho money with But there are some her which mental of to do not choose kind who power, And Gods laws I did forbid, him, and making no provision what-- 1 this Territory both the them With shared. As I sailed, as I sailed. ever for us. Still, my father did put their money into the hands of son decided-no- r imagination was the commanding not give up his faith in Mormonism,1 such men, who object most Fresh) tervin Home Fissions. vivid. vain hut was That all will faculty. place his determination to emigrate to ly to any step that reTo it was subsidized reason, Zion. After a great deal of effort their interests at the mercy of It takes a whole Legislature to Both neither and truth. movscless more a little plundercis. lic scraped together A woman of ex- change a mans name. habit a for noted mas-pa- y were son I thatoaifutuie he one to! giacc money, enough, as lie thought, would can change hers by the act of a sinassertion. d They us to travagant tors (the grant Such goods as we propose our way. full in the eye, and gle man. a listener look is not tho of country), were leaving with us take shipped, lege confusion or blushing, and we started on our journey. such a boon as it might b , to men without Even a deaf pilot, says the Utica with would fluently improvise startling and families rivwith Missouri dependent the reached we When tell Long Island to statements and exciting stories, the Observer can always here. invested all Still, We their exhausted. was ei our money which were alike by the Sound. of and woof the warp leave of country get-- ( had no teams and no means s. t t, I sec-captai- ns , I inos-urvive- d in-habit- ed -- post-offic- e, I obe-enc- Mor-monis- i ad-En'li- sh tax-paye- is con-cienc- e, j privi-coul- -' empty-hande- d m. |
