Show CAMPFIRE CAMP FIRE reflections SEVENER SETS UP ahr I 1 HE ANTI MORMON SHOUTERS the several installments of the G A E R have come and gone and if they iney are not overflowing with cobra poisoned prejudice against the latter day dav saints b is not the fault of the arch conspirators of federal Jie deral officials and their confederates the blatant mouthed auli anil mormon bleuss tiye nas whose wilful malicious and wicked misrepresentations and downright liing bing would in any other community community comm unit v save have the long su suffering dering mormon Mo imon result in ha haug g ing 1119 the last mothers son of the them 10 me ene first convenient tree treb or telegraph pole I 1 listened attentively to most of the speeches spee cues ol of our utah ulah lying Brig brigade aae end ud was conspicuously eluned when such menas men as Di elsson mckay bennett mcbride iliff murray and ana M marwen welcomed the distinguished visitors to our city our territory our valleys where tile the eye and abd heart were made glad giad and rested by our green nelds elds fl and aur our bubbling streams anti wonderful wonder lul irrigation canals our railroads uw dead and wonderful inland sea and ana wr our everything eise how flow we apples swim A stranger stian I 1 gei would naturally be dumfounded dum founded and ov avei whelmed tu to think it p possible that a bakers dozen ot of lucli locust well preserved oily tongued tou gued hypocritical have performer per formea such gigantic labors laboi is and wonders and anci still survive bur vive to tae average ave rafie six month resident ot of the territory Tein tory not an is karet idiot all this balderdash provoked only superlative contempt lor bior the speakers take ane whole hole outfit of the ra rabid bid salt Sai lahe thalie anti ami mormon morino n I 1 cranks who aired thel their r spleen at t me recent camp Jb ies ires aud who amongst awong ast them ever alte planted a tree ned a furrow furro W dug v a water pull pulled led a sage brush made a spear of grass to grow built a toot ot of mountain mounta iii or valley road or did any anything taing but sit bit under the shade ot of wine home mormons Mor muns mons loot and curse the planter r and proprietor they remind mu me ot of the overworked over worked noble red man buo overexerted over exerted himself one not beltry day by lying in the shade watching a waite mau mall mow wilh a scythe abatement Aate ment that salt lake city if populated by any other class tildia today to day conta n inhabitants instead of siaU OU I 1 was a stupendous mathenia mathematical effort it they wei we i e all like the noble mab woo W ho would raise tue the potatoes zd and beans where would the revenue come from to support the municipality it brought vividly to my recollection the great gentile metropolitan city of corinne the renowned berg on the bear where nothing mormon interfered with its expected alladin growth where nature had done everything but make the water ditches and plough and plant and behold ner her today to day nine tenths of the town could be bought lor for thirty six dollars payable on the installment plan it got down so low and so nearly de populated ana even the mormons cormons Mor mons it by the desperate experiment ot of installing dr faust as bish bishop op therein when a mormon bishop has to vacate a place it is time al all I 1 the cie inhabitants cried rats bats not one word of praise or commendation waa spoken in favor of the brave pioneers or the body of the people who have made utah what it is to day all of them not an isolated exception were branded as disloyal scoundrels robbers and perjurers per jurers let these patriotic humbugs humburgs go to california or any other state oi 01 territory and undertake a similar performance against the old settlers and see how long before the undertakers would be busy in embalming their rotten carcasses for transportation to their friends if they have any maxwell says he saw the stars and stripes trailed in the dirt at the time D 1 H wells was released from the penitentiary maxwell had the jim jams that day he saw snakes in hu his boots and a great many other things that no one else saw it was all moonshine moonshine whisky mcbride prides himself on being being a pioneer says he camped on the ban banks 8 of the ogden river 40 years ago en route to the western slope will he explain how he got to ogden ri biyer ver the first wagon road into salt lake valley was made macle by the disloyal mormons cormons Mor mons 31 39 years ago last month the only other wagon road in the rock bocky Moun mountains taina at that time was the old oregon trail through bear lake valley via soda springs and fort hall at least miles north of ogden river To too othin thin mcbride is a tenderfoot in all probability rough only in the mouth I 1 think mormons cormons Mor mons ought to be warned against giving their property away and vacating the territory in a hurry I 1 noticed the grand army were only armed with badges and Dick sons speech both harmless weapons and butler butier and hen phelps the secondhand store man made a good offset on Dick sons speech by giving the boys in blue as they came in latter day saint gospel tracts and articles of faith no don dont I 1 t give give up the ship stay and harvest the e gram grain and potatoes pull the pumpkins and get enough provender together to keep the poor poo r miserable fellows from starving the coming winter if the audience will now arise we will be dismissed 47 ar |