Show SALT LAKE lare CITY may 16 71 aff editor I 1 forward for your perusal a clipping from that very evangelical shet shut shet the christian weekly NY N Y of april 29 1871 on the decadence of mormonism the writer of the article is wonderfully well informed and clearly predicts the downfall of the dominant power three or four things are to do it first unbelieving gentiles 21 second capitalists p third th the eorgan organ of the rebels ebe 9 11 fourth his honor donor chief just justice mckean c eau ean who so promptly discharged ill lil his juries because the mormon church demanded ded the right light to select jurors and of course to control their verdicts and lastly the startling fact that three of the most earnest and eloquent methodist ministers are coming to preach in a ten capable of holding persons and they intend to pitch that ten tent t in salt aake lake city right in among jhb many 44 perverts from methodism 1 the whiter writer 1 concludes that if mr young and his deluded followers have outlived but out lived all the previous efforts to use and impiety thit that the very foundations and bul bui works will be swept away tur lur there is to be one of that rousing old fashioned methodist camp meetings 11 this is a el bicher clincher it reminds me of the saying of a reverend gentleman who begged the help of enother another to shake hell out of a certain western city this camp meeting is to put the thib quietus on this nest of deluded followers of brigham young proclamations and anathemas ana themas will be powerless we are to have free press and free preach ch 11 and factious hierarchy is to be s subdued u blued now and forever can this be possible le that we are from this tina time jo to be over sloughed by the rousing camp meeting new railroads ar aro 0 to tro be projected through the very vitals vitala of the country who have projected the B R B R here have any of the ChriStI christians auel SUES opened pocket or coffers to help build our oar present wards or do much to help develop the country save the minea mineal great caesar who did do it and who mot mow now not would wrench it from us jump our claims root out the people and all thi this stobo to be done evangelically and according to the most approved methodist formula where they are the the dominant power do they let us into bato their houses to preach would they complacently rest under the imputations of fanatics and all hell be invited to do the good work according to the editor of the Clari stain staig weekly ing lVe ekly of april 0 ath ail hail hall the month of june ITI abear BEAR CITY N W P ras Kas mussen 7 writing U L ng fr iam bear ebar la irth ins last says bay s 10 a SE if L r 4 ft W t T this ri 1 9 ta place me is s situated in the mountains east of mad oad malad valley on the tho way between there and cache it ids ICs settled denis dents five years ago and shide since then thed thui the ron rod residents have llave had a great deal of labor to perform in getting the wigi water on oil their lands fend fencing building wang ac the grasshoppers have elgh elah each return ing sek sei season taken a large proportion of our crops bub but vet VEI this has not discouraged us or caused us to pull up stakes and leave we ve experienced heavy losses last year tear on ac count of the wetness of the spring and ana our inability to drain draia the water from our ian lan land I 1 causing the to rise and which destroyed the greater greated dortlon portion of our fall grain unfortunately also about the time when it was necessary to irrigate our dam across the malad biyer biver broke away and we were unable to get thel the benefit of 61 water to our crops when it was really needed A new dam aam has been built and a new canal is nearly completed which I 1 think speaks well for the energy of the people A large amount of grain has been put in this season ana and most of the wheat looks well at present there is a good sunday school in which much interest ia is manifested by all we have hate aiso diso also a day school in operation we WO have taken steps towards organizing an association for the importation sod soa improvement pro of stock cc ac our female belief relief society haa baa been in existence for two years and is doing aeu the health of the people of this settlement is as good as could be desired |