| Show HE WHO RUNS MAY READ chronicler ral rai PAINTS AN historical PICTURE after APTER THE MANNER MAXNER OF tue THE OLD husters SALT I 1 LAKE CITY may 21 1885 editor desera desert news chronicles I 1 CHAPTER 1 I there were in the dayson arthur the king certain wise men in the east and they rose up uil and came into power and it came to pass that they did wax strong yea very strong in their own self seif righteousness and add they cried aloud against a scriptural doctrine which they called sin and a great man among them arose and he sought to and became a lawgiver and his name was edmunds and it came to pass that all the lesser lights did give heed unto his counsels and hebald unto them now let us go coln to in our might and enact laws and make an edict that from this time timo forth our moral sense shall not be offended neither shall the conscience of our mighty people demand anything that we shall not do 40 for he strove to be a big man and he was big andee and he continued to grow now when he proposed certain things that they law he did labor with a great labor in order to bring it about I 1 I 1 and it came ta to pass atiat the law was made for all the le lesser I 1 ser lights said let us listen to the voice of this great man for by so doing we will become great reat real also I 1 and the kin king acquiesced in all these things and li it ame came to pas pah that lie ile did cid affix his name and aud great seal cuto this document and the law lav became a law and the wise men rejoiced together and it came to pass that the ministers also rejoiced and they sent eifes one to the other and they rejoiced wita exceeding great joy and said great is the edmunds law and it came to pass that the king sought to carry out the decrees of the wise wis men who had caused this law to be made and he appointed commissioners sio ners and these commissioners accepted this great trust for said they there is money in it now while all these things were taking place in the east behold in the west where this law was to be enforced there d asvelt a peculiar pecullar people and this people were the people ot of god and when they heard of these things being done they were astonished for they had bad suppo supposed ed that the wise ruen men in the ca east S t were I 1 christians and that all christians believed in christ moreover that in ip the latter days the great areat laws of the land would be honored as much as in the tine former days for lor heretofore all people enjoyed religious liberty lib arty but in this they were dis disappointed for the law was made expressly whereby they might do this people an injury and the lesser law was made to conflict with the tho great law of liberty nevertheless certain judges in the east who held great power and who sat epou the judgment seat said one to the other laz lag for though this law is unjust and c 0 n feteth with the thie great gleat law vet yet we must strain strait a point and we shall shail make it appear that there is no for from our decisions there is no appeal for verily we are great men and in the matter of our opinion there is none greaten greater ve we must crush this peculiar people and aud it came to pass that the crush crushing luk ink business commenced now in this far off count country in the west wea there are certain officers needed and a nd these officers were appointed by the king who said great is our nation and gr great eat am 1 I therefore I 1 will send inen men who will enforce our decrees for we must please those who hath put us into power and an it came to pass that officers were sent CHAPTER 11 now when it became known who these men were that were appointed they pl dil diu begin bezin to look into the glass that is called a lookingglass looking glass f for or they had bad such things ia in those days and it came to pats that a certain gertain man was beautiful and the more he looked themore the more beautiful he thought be he became for his beauty was such that none were like him therefore said staid he when igo 1 go west I 1 will take everything by storm for I 1 will captivate all men and all women wita my beauty but more inore especially will I 1 captivate the weaker vessels for captivate I 1 will and what I 1 cannot captivate in one way I 1 will captivate in another and it came to pass that the captivator began to captivate for said bald be he ill set get there and all ane strong points must be taken and every point I 1 cannot take by beauty I 1 will take some other way for ye ve must know that he be became cam e chief officer in presiding inu inz over this people things 11 are written in the great books at washington and what is not written there is written elsewhere for behold it came to pass that all these men began to put their heads together and they said and did many strange things for they sou sought g lit to get on the inside track and it came to pass that there were many spirits abroad in that time but hut none of them were so beautiful as thi this s one therefore he sought to comfort them F eor for or said he unto me is given the appointing appoint ing lug power and we must have bave sole control of matters juat for our desire is to hold the money ba bag and we desire many things with much desire so a decree came forth and it was something in this wise know ye not that lama iama I 1 am a great man and that by mv my word I 1 can make men great therefore by my word and my power I 1 do appoint to 1111 fill all offices even the offices of ol probate judges regents gents of the university county clerks aid and many other offices did he mention so 0 these decrees went forth for there were many hungry office man men in that day they hungered exceedingly for the fat things of bithe the land and ic it came to pass that they did rejoice with exceeding great joy and they did send ines messages sages one to another and much bad whisky was wasted now when things be bean began an to come to pass the bhe peoples officers mar veiled for they said these offices belong to us we were rightly elected by the people and our oar tenure holds these things therefore we will hold on and they held on with an exceedingly tight hold insomuch that the follow er ers s of the beautiful ua man could not an office and wrath fell upon many and they waxed more angry that they could not get the fit fat things therefore their countenances fell and great was the fall thereof these things wre w re all written about in the dally daily capers papers so they gave it up for tor a season beason I 1 CHAPTER III ill 11 in ascertain year of the reign of arthur the king other judges were appointed poi pol aled notwithstanding notwithstanding there were jud judges Cs ii li in 11 the land who judged not wit with the judgment that suited the king for they made slow headway and A ud I 1 it t came c me to pass thau thai the ta in the ea east s clamored for they were stirred up by the of men for though many of them had bad many women yet they had not save it were ou one ono wife eor for this wife quest question loft vexed them sorely for be it known it was not known how bow many women these men bad but lut the people in the west had bad wives and it came to pass that they sal sai said d unto the people of the e east elst 0 a t ve we are arc a law abiding people corie corle 0 odly only n I 1 y in this thing do we X displease asp ea be you therefore we pray you be consistent and do not force us its t to 0 break up our family ties for the great god hath so ordered us therefore we cannot do as you ou say so it came to pass that it only made them the ampre angry and they said 0 one ode n e to another though this great edmunds law does not nt give us all the scope we desire to afflict and annoy this people let us seek in all our kin kid king dom for men who are not and we will place shoulders the ermine of power and we will back them up yea insomuch that this peculiar people may be driven to the wall so this tiling thing pleased the masserana masse sand sana they sought all over the kingdom for crafty men and it came to pass that they found them and these men were sent to the west and they came clothe with great power or they assumed this power then they began to get heid held of the ropes and they roped in many zealous persons for there was much money in this thing for be it known our great nation had bad waxed exceedingly fat and had bad shekels in the money bag therefore they said one to the other thrust in thy fi and dmd and get set it f fuli full ull uil of shekels for verily shekels shekel sare are useful things to have and if you have shekels you on can get the creature comforts that exalt our spirits now when it became known that this thin thing was a free thins many thrust in their hands for sheils sheals sh shekels ekls eels and the names of all these are kept in the archives of the court 1 I speak after I 1 the he manner of men now when these things began to come to pass behold there was one who was chief of all this hungry host and it was said he was pleasant to look upon for his ways were winning fore he went in to win and the name of this man in the kanaka tongue is zaney which bein being interpreted means zane CHAPTER IV now in the fourth year of the reign of kluge king arthur there was great commotion in the land and many traveled boand to and fro and they were burdened with a grievous burden for behold a new riz kiz was wa to be elected one after the peo peoples illes liles own heart and there were two parties in the land and like unto the days of old when some were for one man and some for another even so in this time some borne were f for or james and some were for roter trover and the warfare waxed exceeding warin warm for the parties were of near nearly ly equal number and it came to pass that the party for eing kins grover outnumbered the other party therefore they prevailed over the party ot of james and anti great was the rejoicing thereat Ther elor this man with winning ways in the great west determined to do all that he could for his party bry tty keeping up the great wife question ques tion tiou for it wa waa s thought thereby king grover might be induced to take a wife he being a lone man in this wicked world so in the due course of time the machine for winning people over was waa set in motion now it required a number of persons to run th this I 1 machine even events ta the number of cf about three score and it came to pass that about the time when they began to do a good rusl rusi business ness that an assistant was iv as sent bent to the front and this man was a great man nevertheless he did bore many with methodist cal harangues he came prepared to do wonders and he did them for they had great helps in these times insomuch that there were divers men who marshaled themselves on the side of the judges also aiso men gifted in learning after the manner of lawyers in the das days of agrippa and f for sor or all their sayings and doings they were paid in ift shekels out of the treasury ot of the great money ba bag were it not so these men wo would u id not have been so zealous for they loved with a great love anything she kelish therefore the tribunals were formally made ad re ready ady in order that the plural wi wives s ight be done away with and it came to pass that the people stood on the defensive and they had kad also als o men skilled in the law who did much speak sp eakins inz luc for them aud and they did plead before the judges and take exceptions for error came te pass that all their motions were overruled for the rulings were ruled by rule ruie and the rules held out for the chief judge jude said unto them if it you find the accused I 1 heid held out two women at the same time then this holding out is a crime I 1 for a mat nain must not it hoid hold holdout out a woman before the world lest perchance she be taken to be his wife for verily I 1 say unto yon yo it is not lawf lawful ua for a man raan to hold ou ony 1 a woman as his wife providing 1 e hath another partner of his joys neither shall he in any wise be eriv v lebed to eat with them or pa otake of creature comforts coni forts with w it h them bap bin doing be he doth commit a creatch creat bridles cm even the crime of cohabitation W r for verily verily I 1 say unto you that he that doth commit the crime of cohabitation in the marriage relation thai be in danger dauger of tile the judgment and whoso choso bre brea keth abeth the law the same bali bail shall hall oe ne in jeopardy and if ye find such a man ye shall straights straightway ely ety bring him before the courts for it is not wise that so many children should be born into the world yow when these sayings went abroad creat great was the jubilee among the sneaks for they desired to know all that was going golu on in the midst of the people said sald they if we find a man eating with his plural wife he doth hoid hold her out therefore he shall be penned and it came to pass that they found some and they forthwith proceeded to inflict the pen penalty this caused many to travel by divers ways even by the underground routes and ana they did stop at way stations therefore though the travel was great the tickets held out which thing is an abomination in the eyes of the tribune for say they why do they this thing and many other things do they utter which sound like ilke blasphemy wherefore it is unlawful to write them notwithstanding the supply to utter titter fitful holds out and the time cometh when no man will be safe yea it is even now very unsafe to hold out yet by having a hold upon the hold in ing ins out plan and holding ouva out loncer longer shall many secure unto unto themselves great joy in the end therefore these things are written that the wise may understand and many mor more things can be written of 0 f the acts and sayings saying s of the judges but let this for the present suf suffice lice chronicler |
