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Show Q b "X? !; M I 0 i t ; ; & 4 St. Georges, Utah, Wednesday, February 19, 1868. Vol, 1. if Publiehed'.y.ry WEDNESDAY suoriung, at the Times' building, . . St. Gcorre, Utah Tori . t i- Tor - tar DixU Timii. THE ROCKS AND HILLS OF DIXIE. In Dixit, far from blood and strifs, The Saints may lire a joyous life; With blessings now the country's rift, Here in the land ef Dixie. ciioauiJ There! mighty htlle and murmuring rilli , Up in' Jehovah's chamber; Long lire the Sainta in Dixie land, Secure from erery danger. Midst lofty hills and lowering rocks, Secure we have our little flocks ; We need no bars, or bolts, or locks. Here in the land of Dixie. We think we never shall secede, But we will keep the Mormon creed , And try to live like Saints indeed, Here in the land of Dixie. ROMANCING THE MORMONS FICTION. Some fellow whose head is more prolific with fiction than fact sends afloat the following fictitious story. Ed. On the evening of the 28th of Feb ruary, ult., we were informed that a gentleman desired our presence at the office in a matter of business. We found the gentleman comfortably seated at the table, looking over a lot of papere which were spread before - ' ' ' him. Very briefly he stated his business! It was to procure the insertion of an advertisement, as per his instructions, in a leading newspaper in this county, and he had been directed to this : office. The advertisement which he desi red printed is as follows: INFORMATION WANTED. "Edward Chrisholm If the bearer of this nami, who lived at or netT Nauvoo, Hancock county, U. S. A., from 1840 to 1846, and who is supposed to be yet living in Hancock or some adjoining county, will address Thomas Brewster, Esq., at Court place, Lincoln's Inn, Londoi, Eng- 1 W. A. B. B. and, he will hear of intelligence great Should Mr. ly to his advantage. bo Chrisholm not living, his heirs, or THE FIRST APPEARAFCE ON THE STAGEdo ef well to send theii any them,will address as above. Oh dear! there goes the ascend bell .This notice to be published three I'm eraniedt'and intm.come; in the leading newspaper m times But ohl my heart goes Hancock county, Illinois, U. 8. A. Like Bradleya thunder-aruOur northern friends will not invade Or interfere with southern trade, Rut they'll revere the laws they've made For us who live in Dixie. - at pit-a-p- m. "Charles Brewster, So many pairs of piercing eyes, So many in the pit. So many in the second tier Barrister, Lincoln's Inn, London." AN ENGLISHMAN. Ill hardly "make a hit.1 Hake hastejrou prompter's bo bring some au de vie, Make haste the audience without Are thundering for me. I'vedashed it off Come! bring my sword I'm quite in eplrits now The eork again! 1 want to sketch A little blacker brow. long-legg- ed And Tt Make way before the peep-hol- i Oh! Spirit of Melpomene! Sustain me in this Lour, And grant that yeu, Old Gentleman, May shortly, look leas sour. I know him by his I know bob-taile- d wig, him by hie frown, The man what writes the long critiques That influence the town. j1 Good Lord! the pit and gallery like mad, Are How can I ever hope to meet Their fury? ItTs too bad! ' To keep the boxes waiting, though So anxious, is a sin, And now theyve rung the seventh bell It's time I should begin. cat-calli- d, Engliih-Lnglish-ma- ng n, cob-we- ba a there! e By Jovei how cloee they eit And sure as Im a living men I twig dad in the pit. If he should recognise my voice, Farewell all hopes of cash! By this last caper I should lose Ten thousand at one dash. 4 While in the preparation vartisement we nad an opportunity of studying the man a study which revealed nothing satisfactory, save that individbefore us sat a square-bui- lt middle-ageual, healthy, very intela ligent, and very with the fogs and of London barely brushed off his very respectable clothes. mormon! he said, was his first visit to This, the county since 1845. Then, he was a resident of Nauvoo and a confident of the Prophet Smith. With the commencement of serioua difficulties he had returned to his native land in charge of a sacred trust. Here he paused, and indulged a gentle reflective sigh. This county had greatly changed, he said, since then. Ahl how changed. He spoke of Nauvoo as the inheritance which God promised to his saints; it dont look much likcqt now, does it? But God will reveal himself iu power, and this promise will be redeemed in the fullness of time! The conversation took a historical turn. Is Brigham Young the true successor of Smith? No. Ahl Joseph Smith, Jr:, is that successor? No. Simple questions, indeed ; but what a revelation they revoked. THE CHISHOLMS. In the number of these, said the Look through the peep-hol- e, 'good iny lord:' stranger, who composed the colony out the folks, upon Peep in which I came to Nauvoo, was a And tell me if they seem inclined family by the name of Chrisholm, To practice any jokes. youve taken a survey, So tell me whatfc the caic Oh! Sir I gueoa ae how there aint A single frieadly face. Make haste .vft consisting of a father, mother, two boys and three girls, two of the latter being aged respectively 15 and 17. All the other children were younger, Edward Chrisholm being the youngest. The Ohrisholms .were in England small farmers; a tenure or rental which had passetf in the fam- iiy for several generations, and which was originally owned in fee by. Ike ancestors of that family, a lord of manor, and an officer in the household of the reigning sovereign. The transfer of the title of the estate to its subsequent owner was obtainev through a system of kingly prerogative long since ignored by the laws and usages of England, and must have been the result ef loyal favoritism. The emigration of the Chrisholm family to the United States neceisi tated an abandonment of the farm tenure to a distant relative. Shortly after their arrival at Nau-tothese emigrants became identified in industrial pursuits with the great hive of workers around them. The elder Chrisholm feund a remunerWith ative return in agriculture. meana he brought from England he reserved enough from gifts to the Lord to build for himself and family a comfortable dwelling not far from the centre of the city. Here this interesting family settled themselves happily to the routine of their domestic duties, and absorbing the general atmosphere of contentment around them. - i o, MIRIAM CHRISHOLM. The elder cf the Chrisholm girls, Miriam Jjy name, was the acknowledged pet of the family. Her age was 17. In form she was faultless; in features exceedingly fair. Of a truth, in all that great city of 30,000 soula there wasio be found no maiden that in beauty of person, intelligence of mind, mildness and courtesy cf manner, or modesty of character, that could carry away the palm oF so many virtues and graces from Miriam ChrUhoIm. In childhood she had received nn education auch as the most intelligent English gentlemen were in the habit of bestowing upen their children. Added to her own extraordinary natural talent, the best of instructors spared no pains to store her mind with such information as would render her an ornament to the cirales of the and an honor to her family and sex. Miriam was, therefore, lovely in person and demeanor, and charming in her wealth of mind and education. In all the vast throng that on the day of rest flecked to the shady greves and othor places of meetings, (for the great temple was not ysfi dedicated to worship, none were more conspicuous for stately beauty, cr less conscious of the tributes ef admiration she received than Miriam. It is no wonder, therefore, that the homage of many hearts was laid at her feet by the comely youths of the city. well-inform- THE PROPHET : ' Mi. MOVED BT A VISION. Thcr prophet hearing many thiagB fatherly Ioyc and trust in her did ha bestow. Such was the faith of this family in the prophets prerogative pileadxr and teacher that they nailed with joy his condescensions to thus honor their beloved Miriam. In these hours of communion with the gentle maiden, the prophet1 failed not to impress upon her mind the interpretation, of the visions' he had received concerning the purposes which the Lord was minded to work through her; the fulness whereof should be tmr.de manifest in such time' as he should be pleased to reveal , in further visions. . THE SUMMONS. Miriam sat at eventide beneath the shada of a vine her own hand had reared, when a messenger from the prohept appeared unto her and said, "Arisel oh, maiden, for the prophet of the Lord hath summoned thee for tha fulfilment of prophecy concerning the saints." With joy and yet with trembling, Miriam hastened to prepare herself for this unexplained missies. A THRILLING . J.h V1 v gt VISION. Upon arriving at the door of the council chamber she was ushered imo the presence of the prophet, who, commanding the attendants to retire, proceeded to unfold to her the great mystery which had bean revealed in a vision of unusal splendor and power, in which it was made manifest that the handmaiden Miriam should bear & ion, in whose person comeliness of manhood and powers of mind should dwell as the true heir and successor of God's apostle end prophet over the chruch of his chosen saints throughout the world, and particularly at Nauvoo, the city of their final habitation A STAR FALLS FROM HEAVEN: Tho announcement of this revelation, so unexpected in its character and import, filled the soul of Miriam with such awe and trembling that aha sank to the floor in helpless amassment For a moment the prophet gated upon the prostrate form of the maiden, and then, kneeling beside her, whispered words of comfort into her half uncon scious ears. "Give yourself, my daugh- ter," said he, wholly to the wil of the Lord; he will bless you abundantly. Miriam faintly replied, "The Lord's will bo done." To So cieludti ia ANTIQUITY OF u noztj "YANKEE DLE. Mr. William C. Bryant, lately travel ing in Spain, relatoa that tome timer since, when Mr. Ferry, Secretary of tha Amerioan Legation at Madrid, was in one of the Basque provinces, hq heard a band playing their old national "aire;-- .. Tho Basques have preserved whatever ie peouliar to them, their language, their oustoms, and many of their political rights, from thee&rfiest period m which they ore known in history; their national music is ol&imed to be of the same antiquity. After the band had played several other airs, it strode up Yankee Doodle, the very tune, in every note, which is so familiar te American ears. ; Mr Perry immediately daimsd it as oUr.ua-tion- al air. It is one of our old tunes," said a gentleman to whom ho' fcpbka, "and I e&n convince you of the fact. For hundreds of years it has been a popular air among us." Tho gentleman afterwards made good his assertion by" showing Mr. Perry a manuscript great antiquity which contains! thj identical nuuicai Tftuktt Qt concerning the comeliness of psrson and gracss of mind of this maiden, and moved by a vision which commanded him to seek out from among the daughters of men one In whom the pleasure of the Lord concerning his church should bo made manifest, straightway revealed himself unto her with many words of apostolic admonition and kindly advice, the which Miriam received with modest thankfulness. Many missions of morey to the poor and afflicted gave he unto her to fulfil; and other toktm of hit Doodle.1 vwVgg1 "g V--' ed No. 5. -- r, nr &- - imrr a |
