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Show I THE JV privalegc and their ,duty to suggest the marriage of a man to jnore than one wife, in cases where the first wife does not object, and where it is made evident that the man is able to support the burden laid upon his resources. It is far from the design of yor peli tioners te atk legislation in beihalf of free lore or any loosening of tkei mar riage bond. We ask that the marriage of the second (third or fourth? wife shall be mads as permanent and binding as that of the first, and tha.t all children of the household shr.ll have equal brnor. And in asking this, we believe that we have done away with founding asylums, preventing ante-:nat- al murders, and lessening the vagabond child population of our large dies For the reasons enumerated your petitioners respectfully ask the pas sage of a law permitting plural marriages in the cases above enumerated, and under such other conditions as to your judge-raenmay seem wise and proper. TERPRlsE. JOS.W. CARPENTER, Ediler If Proprittor. TERMS IN ADVANCE, . I MONTHLY. 6n Copy year 75c.nt MAY, 1873frw.'d ':r- -' - si: -- ji, vm, 7 HE MODOC INDIANS. There seems to be ' a great deal of talk about the Modoc Indians. Some of our exchanges say clean them out Thats quite sensible. use item up, and some say make isace with them, We think that peace would be, by i far, more preferable than fighting, and I HE 13 (iONi. doing no good to either Whites or i H-Natives. E Respectfully dedicated to Wa. J thei of deatlx on the The news comes that the soldiers Marmora Carpenter, who wae Boro March 16, 187 Infant Son, are trying to kill diem, but failing and died May 151873. to do so. i dead! hes dead! 1 hear them say. If the Lord does not see fit to let the Hes His spirit baa fled to anothor sphere Soldiers hill them, He will be on tlieir To rest, til the Reserrection day, side, and they will use up the Soldier8 I And then with Christ he will appear. in spite of all they can dd. But now free from all pain an woe, ; their time has come to die, he will give I Hes And free from all the worldly strife, the soldiers power over them so they Of which he might be ensnared you know if he had remained in this mortal life. may be destroyed; but we doubt very much about its being their time, now, f trore all faithful to the end, to die; ergo we say make pease. In heavan thers we will meet Him, and the jest of your friends, Tnere the bitterll be made swfcet. a hade trees when thou leaveth. Thou shouldst never read the copy on the printers type c ie, or the sharp and hooked container thereof, or he o mav knock thee down. Never require thou r the EtfiioV for the news, for behold, nt tho appointed E.J 1 time he will give it thee without asking, When thou dofest enter into his ofixcdT0 take heed unto thyself that thou dostfj? not loefc at what may le lying open, an concerneth thee not, for that is no meet in sigliq of good breeding. Neith 1 er ex imine thou the proof sheet,' for itfp is not ready to meet thine th&tgfr thou nnyest understand. Prefer thine own town paper fo any! a other, and subscribe for it immediately! Pay for it in advance, and it shall be IA well with thee and thine. . Pi t !f EDITORS' m i POLYGAMY, Polygamy, ere long will not be the Mormons only, but will be, sooner or later, in other states of the union, if the women can have their way. The women of massachusetts have got up a petition to send to the Legislative assembly of that state, in favor of Polygamy. We extract the following from the petition In the book which lies at the foundation of all law re cognized in this country, there is no injunction against a plurality of wives, while there are many examples therein recorded in its favor. Men s wi7es appear to hava increased in number, in prt portion with their 'flocks and riches. They (the women) deem it their a-m- ong Mother, Father, now do not ween, Brother, and Sister, dry yotff tears; For he has only gone to sleep, To rise again iu future years. J. W. Carpenter, St. George, May 15, 1S73. A Quaker Printers Proverbs. Never sendeat thou an article for pub lication without giving the Editor thy name for thy name oftentimes secure s publication to worthless articles. Thou shouldst not rap at the door of a printing office, for he that answereth the rap aneereth in his sleeves and loos-et- h time. Neither d thou loaf about, asking questions, or knoek down type, or the boys will love thee like they do A rs 1 The gilt Wee Serai weekly Hera is cue of the best papers published. I$flin always full of interesting matter. Has! 32 long columns and is 04: per annaol1 in advance. Subscribe for it. ( The Pacific Coast Mercantile Dijp rector, is changed to- iton Francisci T Journal of Commerce and Mercanti! st Director, and is greatly enlarged. 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