| Show TROUBLES AT aneida THE famous oneida community located at oneida madison county new york whose theories in ia relation to procreation are only equalled equal led by their singular practices is becoming the object of tco too much attention for its own good the press in lei the neighborhood is getting and calls loudly and savagely for the suppression of thein sti aution with regard to the principles or practices of the oneida communion ests we do not care to say much I 1 the public generally are aware that they are a company af pf of socialists whose ideas and practices in regard lo 10 marriage and parentage are antagonistic to those of the whole civilized world we have often thought it strange however that the religionists and press of the country could be so shocked at the ine domestic institutions of the mormons cormons Mor mons among whom marriage is strictly honored and yet view wlm with complacency the practices ea of a cornn unity of people among whom all the children born are regarded as the common property of the various members but iet lee the practice hof the Oneida onelda people be bo what they marwe may we believe that thai those who ate are now raising a howl against them may look around andin the social system of which they forma part find evils a wor wo sein reeta their present and ultimate effects upon society than will ever be produced at onel oneida ull als there disease is avoided or diminished poverty prevented order preserved and that is infinitely more than can be said of any other portion of the social system of christendom the mormons cormons Mor mons have suffered the most grievous outrages in years gone grone by through we howling of bigoted priests and venal press and they have invariably oune that their most loudmouthed loud mouthed detract ors whether among religionists or press have been those possessing the least virtue honor or integrity the same is not unlikely to be true with those now so loudly denouncing the com communists mun of oneida it is an excellent plan for a manor mauor man mau or a community to remove the mote at home before paying attention to the beam bam abroad intemperance says a recent correspondent is the curse of 0 england and it would be well if the curse were confined zon son fined to england but it is to be feared that the saying is equally as true of all the other civilized nations of the world as of england but with regard to thib the various divisions of great britain none can doubt it for no matter how poor the tho laborer or how numerous his family a share of the earnings of the great majority of the workers of en england g is wasted in the purchase of ale or ardent spirits the above correspondent writing to the boston J ouina nal 1 from birmingham the midland metropolis of england edgland says everywhere you may tind lind hospitals asylums jails and poor houses he m ha ve added pa palaces iacia lacia churches chapels and brothels for they are literally at almost every street corner but when you inquire for schools for the masses they are not noi to be found the ex mayor of birmingham who has given som attention to this widespread evil in that place says there are two thousand drinking saloons open day and night and he estimates the yearly aggregate spent at these places at five million dollars A watchmaker IC in chicago had hail his suspicions aroused recently by the appearance pe arance of a man for fur six successive mornings in his store his object each time I 1 being to have a mainspring main maln spring put into t the he same watch six mainsprings maln main springs in one watch in a week the watch watchmaker could lint understand it but as his bis charges were paid ea each ch time he continued putting in the springs without v asking questions finally a lady appeared with the bame same watch her purpose also being the insertion of aliew a new mainspring this time the mystery was solved for from the lady the watchmaker learned that the watch belonged to her husband and that the night before at midnight he got sa u up while in a state of somnambulism and wound the watch up until butil he broke the spring g and the supposition was that he had bad done the same thing for six gix nights in succession DIED in porterville Porter portor villo morgan county on the uit malinda A chipman daughter of sanford oford and nancy porter of paralysis aged 56 years 1 month and 14 days deceased embraced the gospel with her parents in tasewell county illinois in 1831 moved to jackson county missouri the tho following winter was with the saints in i their driving and final expulsion from the state was a witness in favor of the prophet joseph in one of f his trials while in the hands of the mob she shared in the privations of tiie the saints in the first settling of nauvoo and was identified in the black river company under the direction of lyman wight in getting lumber for the temple and subsequently went with him to texas under the fullest tallest impression that die he was acting by the immediate direction of the prophet joseph until his course and conduct became such as to destroy all confidence in him aa as a leader and leaving the company she returned to the tha state of missouri from whence she was brought by the assistance of her friends to this valley where she was re baptized and again enjoyed the society of the saints for a season COM cox A BABE bane A A double headed triple limbed and quadruple armed babe has been teen born in ohio is gettin getting on finely and promises to live ilvo the editor editor of the mount gilead register says learned physicians and surgeons who have visited this wonderful freak of nature uro ure claim that it will eventually walk and that its prospects for 11 living iving lying 1 are as as those of any child of the same age we had the pleasure of seeing this child ar these children on tuesday of last week the features of one are aro more than ordinarily handsome the other ordinarily aaril good looking and both are very inte into intelligent 1 K ent when wo we entered tho the house 0 one n e e end n gd fit fib of jit it the child was crying lustily and the limb belonging to it was kicking around quite lively while the other end was sleeping soundly in a short timo time both ends were sleeping and in a few minutes later both ends were awake |
