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Show Vol. I. EphraimCity, San Pete County, Utah, Thursday, Jan. 15.1891. No. 33. Four Stores New goods in Every Department Dry Goods in latest design and sty Us Clothing (i Special Depaatment For aflVf.r children . Shoes unsurpassed in Style and Prises 1 ggIIardware and orockeryggjgj ; J and all classes of Reasonable Goods. S P t b a s d b L Main - - street Salt Lake Oity . fa Store, fLw Cabi Jos. F. DORIUS & Co JDEALER INJ CENTS and LADIES Furnishing Goods. BOOK SELLEPS AND STATION-ER-We Mak A Specialty In HATS Silvr, G.ilem and Lake View Brands. We guarantee every Hat we Sell. Our Price! are Cheaper tlian any in the County, ant) (lie only Huus doing a strict CASH BUSINESS We Buy for Cash and Sell (or CASH EPHRAIM, UTAH. I. F DoFitfs, Go, Eptipaim 1 ' . A TEST OF INSTINCT. Remember the story of the Queen of Shcba's test of the wisdom of v a Solomon. In one of them the Queen B placed side by side some artificial V B flowers and some that were real, and , invited the King to say which were g j the false flowers. "Open the lattice," ffsEs cried the wise king. A bee came buiring over the flowers a moment, ifeh " it settled down on the real ones. xlflKAi "There is your answer," said the AiilVi wise man. But we think that if the K M.LtfiiJ. V. artificial flowers had been chosen st53J5fc from the new millinery stock ofMrs. jpwjrpSSi vpm Hanson, Ephraim.even the bee might hwt.Mil!iaLAfl have been deceived in its choice, so perfect are they in form and color. ,f. . MILLINERY SHOP.J V Christine Peterson, dealer in al w , jZ kinds of Ladie's Misses' and Chil 'vg-.'- hi I ii iii ii tier,'1 ii.ii.iiih . i.ifi 'jgsg.irt. stock. The latest forms and best Tl' models only, are u.ed. A Tery choice assortment f Ladies goods also on hand. Centre Street, two doors east of City HalL Ephraia , Utak. Closing oui SALE! Don't forget it! Cheap for ca h! JJVERYTHIG Going cheap tor Cash at the Closing Out Sale of 11, Q. HANSON'S STOCK JF. DORIUS, Jr Register --t Mphraim. C.Andrews &Co. Highest Trices Paid IN CASH For Grain, "Wool, Hides nd Pelts. We are also Agents for the Three Best Wagons in the Mar-ke- t THE BAIN. THE MITCHEL, THE COOPER All It Salt Lake Prices. 22o " CAndrws&Co NEPHI ft EPHRAIM. Standard-n& :;;;;-A 'M1 p.,.. .JjirjRS 0 ! , . c, jWESTE&NS ' , D.C.DODGE, fS& V'' M . . H. BENNETT, I Tf XX .V 1- --. Gtn.Frt tPs(it.Att V3 ,w(M Time Table, in Effeot, January 1, 1S91. Ea.tBonnd West Bound. ?. V?... Pcific Mtll Pwific Eiprm 'HoTm "pmLv Ofdert Ar 3.00 a 6,oo p m o'lo " o;s " SidtLake Lv a;oo 4J45 " I'To " io o5 " Lv ' Ar i;4S " 4!30 " ii'-a- " " Lv Provo Lv 12520 " y,to " 'ODn Si35m" Green River " 6;topm 8;So a m " o 45 a niAr Grand Junction 2jiS 4i4o " i:ioam i;oopm " Glenwood Springs io;4o am 12,52 " 6 20 " 8 o " " Leadville " SiSS " T,S p m. rsopm a;25am " Pueblo 11525 pm i;3S " x' " ' Colo Springs " it;io 12520 ' ' 4J3S " MS " " Denver . -- 8515 " W ' Local Service ot mi., Bingham &Ogden Lv Ogden Ar ia;jo Ocean -- Leuve Salt Lake4.5S p. m. te tVis ' Ephraim 554S tufnine Uke i!4S Ar Salt Lake " tijos 5,3o p. m 55 Lv " " Lv 11515 Bingham. Lv. Salt Lake 8.25 a m ', o'i8 " MtPleasant. " 6;28 Ar Bingham 10520 p m Lv Bingham ' V toiss Ar Manti Lv S;3o 3;So p m Ar Salt Lake s.jo P m NOTICE! Send your orders to J. 1 JOR-GENSE-Ephraim, Utah, by teU gram or letter whenyou an in want ty a conveyance, to take you U any flat-- , in, or outside of th.' County, at ten ; ' low Trices. Ephratm, Utmh. ROBERT RODEN. Dealer in, and manulacturer of, Monumenta, Headstonea iTahlete and Vault. Stone Trimmings for Build iuga a Speciality. NEPHI ,SAVINGS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY Capital 150,000 Surplus 4,ooo Geo. C.Whitmore.Pres, W. I. Brown, Vice-Pre- s. Jonas H. Erickson, James E. Clinton, Directors. James E. Farshee, j L. S. Hills, Jas. H. Peterson, Alma Hague.Cashier. General Banking Business. Interes paid on Savings Deposits, money to oao on eI estate 4 Iron Fence, Building Stone Etc 4-- 24 Depot Street, Nd,- - San Pete Valley Railway J Time Table No. 5. To take effect, December 34,5890. Going North Going South JV. t, a 9;ooam' Lv. Chester Ar 2:17 pm - 9:1a " Ar iloroni Lv 2505 " ""V i 9;3o " Lv " Ar 1:55 " 9:45 I.v Draper " 4S io:io " ' Fountain Green " 1:25 jr n:i Ar Nephi Lv A SERMON. Extended synopsis cf a discourse delivered at Moroni, Saturday, Nov. 14th, 1890, by Apostle F. L). Rich-- 1 ards, to the people of the San Pete Stake, in conference assembled: Reported by Ellen Jauemaq Brethren and Sisters; I feel a pe-culiar pleasure in meeting with the saints of the San Pete Stake here in Moroni, and realize the fact that this beautiful building, just completed, adds greatly to our enjoyment. It is so sweet.and clean, and new, that pure thoughts and holy desires nat-urally arise. 'I he large congrega-tion which I see before me, proves that the ideas of those who planned and laid out this building were none too extensive, and if we are favored with the usual increase in numbers, we will certainly find it none too large. The matter of holding conferences in the various towns ofa Stakejmeets my approval, and cannot but be productive of the greatest good. Those who could not possibly attend a conference at Manti, are by this arrangement en- - once a year.and en-joy the blessings of meeting together in conference; and so with Mt. ' Pleasant, and Ephraim. The people of Manti are peculiar-ly blessed, living as they do under the droppings of the sanctuary. Kithout entering into details, the people of this Stake are exeeedingly blessed, in having the Temple of God in their midst, and the means of receiving knowledge; the knowl- - " edge which we came from the four quarters of the earth to learn, how to walk in His ways, and keep His commandments.- When I attend conference in the remote Stakes, I like to listen to the reports of the Bishops; to hear them represent the needs, and peculiar difficulties under which the various wards are laboring. It makes me Acquainted with their peculiar na-tures, and I am apprised of their peculiar needs and I rejoice in it. In this way we are able to assist each other in our work, that is why I asked that we should first be fav-ored with some representation by the various bishops. .. ; If a physician is going to per scribe for a sick person, he first I feels his pulse and looks at his tongue; knowing th it if there is any- - '" " tfi injuriously wong the' wil1 in-- i dicate it, andUoits extent, and nature. Thus it is with the reports. I am aware that the pple in this favored Stake are very hifoa. taught; jf' that from the teachings of the Tem-m-pie they receive a class of instruc- - linn; that are not of the most com- - educated; and those who gather at Washington in fashionable attire on pleasure bent, whom the gospel had nevter reached, and whose atten-tion we were not likely to be able to secure, - There were nine judges oa the beach of the Supreme Court, and no common folks are appointed to that post of honor I can assure you; the whole country is searched and the brightest intellects are secured to serve the people in this highest tribunal of American Jurisprudence. These men have proven their honor; that they could neither, be bought nor bribed, that they were above all other men in those special virtues which make the perfect Judge. Why are they thus scrupuously selected? because their decisions be come common law, and the decis-ions and rulings through the various states, and even ia England is large-ly based upon their researches and conclusions. Here then we have nine of the choicest Men of America to whom the gospel had not been preached. Do you suppose that an Apostle could have reached them if he had declared that he had the only true light;and that direct from heaven? Do you suppose Pres. Woodruff himself would havtbeen permitted to occupy their time f '' a single hour to explain the plan of salvation? Certainly not. In proof of this there is the fact that Br ). Cannon lived among them on term s of intimacy for years, and was never asked a serious honest ques-tion on the subject. But a case of unlawful cohabitation came up, and our Utah courts found an indictment and procured convictian on the evi-dence that Uiewnan had been guilty of shaking ha,tds with one of hi wives, and thd'ease was carried to Supreme CouO, they were obliged to enquire into it. In doing this all the evidence given before the lower courts wa' reviewed; the testimony of wives as to how they had all tried to obey the law, and regulat-ed their conduct accordingly, and the peculiar condition this law left the families of polygamists in. Especially those still needing the maintainance, and advice of the Father. - Th;y were called upon to decide private affairs' for these peo-ple.au- d decide how men might live under the law without violating it. lhir een cases in all were carried up for offences committed under the Edmonds Tucker law,, for this investigate.' ofOoaue point I do I rmCn?J here in Utah were so determined to put down Morraonism.that they en-tered upon the work with missionary zeal, and in a wholesale manner. ments of war, the Lord so over-rul-- 1 ed circumstances that they were giad to dwell among us in peace, We were encompassed with bayo-- nets, but the Lord gave evidence of His power to protect us, and we were not evtn maurauded upon. ; When they became irritable and inclined to be aggressive, they were imperitively called hence," and per-mitted no longer to dwell among us. In going, they left behind them much valuable material, peculiarly valu-able to an isolated, and agricultural communitjvwhich may not be count ed as one of the least of His mercies toward this people. Again we are witnessing the terri-ble destructions that are abroad in the nations, while we rest in peace, building our Temples.enj oying their benefits, doing a great work both for the living and the dead, and to me it is all very wonderful. We have three Temples now, and anoth-er almost completed. What a High sense of gratitude should animate us for this learning so freely bestowed that lifts us to a higher plane; for the privilege of being occupied in the services of God and His work. This property He has given us should always be held unreservedly, tof use it, and let it be used , whenever necessary. In these mountains, with ail the hardships we have been called upon to endure, we have not had to en-dure what we did at Nauvoo. There our Prophet was taken from us, and the 7einple,which we knew we must abandon, was finished at a great sacrifice, and under circumstances of great hardship, and extreme dan-ger. Hut we had been told.to fin-ish it, and we were obedient, we had been promised that we should receive our endowments, if we were faithful. I was one of that solemn assembly. All we had was ready to be laid upon the altar of sacrifice, and we received our endowments as promised. That very month we started to leave, but we felt that God had accepted our sacrifice and spared us. Did we feel that it was well to serve the Lord? That it was well we had pressed on in the face of thfeatning, and difficulties? Certainly, the precious s truths we had learned1; ' the comforting pres-ence and approval of the holy spirit, made sacrifice and suffering a pleas-ure; the trial was very severe but in-describably precious to us. We got away in time to escape the de-struction xfrttt d bi-c- i. yiim.J for us: ' ..' 1 ''t"rT-- ' At the present time we have ur peculiar trials. Our brethern are sent to prison and fined; those who escape this, (of a certain class) mon place matters. I hope that have gone on the underground. most of the people have a realizing sense of the necessity of receiving such knowledge; and a great desire to grow in grace, and a knowledge of the truth. If we keep in the right i way that is easily extended, and a i'ius growth made in the g7acend wisdom that belongs by right to the Latter-Da- Saints, and the Latter-Da- y work. A sense of this high teaching, ad-- f monishes me that I have a great ne- - cesity for a measure of the holy spirit to inspire, and direct me aright, that the proper thing shall be said. A speaker must indeed be filled with the Holy Ghost, to be able to edify whole congreatio-is- ; all of diversified characters, and of different spirits and natures; but it I is the office of the Holy Spirit to " treasure up for U3 the words of good ! instruction that we hear from time. to time, and bring it to min i whe i we need it. By this spirit it is pOs"-- sible form with all .nirdiffjre.itte.w--perameni- s. neeJs and desires, to be ''' ' come filled at the same fountain.and go away rojoicing. God instructs us not only bv His word, but by provi dences. So'lomon.wao is said to be the wisest man says: "Teach me by Thy providences, as well as by 1 hy. Six indictments were found against Apostle Lorenzo Snow, on the seg-regation theory, and his conviction procured. There were o e hundred and twenty three of our brahern who were accused and from one to six indidments secured against them. The case of Lorenzo Snow was carried before' the supreme court.and they gave a just.intelligent and equitable decision. The benefit of this decision extended to all Israel, and set free all those on segregation bills, except for one offense. While all this was going on, and the very heart strings of the wives of these men were torn; while the brethren were in prison wearing the stripes of the convict, and associat-ing with criminials of every grade, and living lives from " which their whole souls revoltedjfor, it seemed, living to the best of their ability the lives of Latter-Da- y Saints, the Gospel was being preached through their sufferings, to these Judges, Law yers, Congressmen, Senators and a great concourse of the highest Ameri can intelligence. If they did not understsnd, how could they be judged. But they do understand; for what 4hy failed to learn in turning Utah wrong side out, and scanning as with a micro- - Like the king who sought the life of the young child,' and Joseph was told to take him and flee into Egypt, until the word came saying, "they who sought the lite of the young child are dead." All this goes to show that in "all ages of the world, truth has been a costly thing. An-ciently its disciples were massacred, and tortured to deatbin various ways which only evil could devise. Even the Savior was put to a cruel death, with a form of law, and the consent of the people. How thankful we should be that we aie spared these terrible ordeals.. Sometimes we think our trials are pretty severe when we think that one thousand of our brethern have been sent to pri-son, and more than a thousand of our sisters have suffered from indig-nities heaped upon them in the name of the law; have been obliged "t furnish the evidence that sent their s to jail the father of their xhEWren whom they tenderly loved. The young bride has been obliged to secrete herself, and had not the privilege of looking upon the face of her husband, could not enjoy fcis presence;, all this has sunk deep-ly into our hearts but it did not draw blood.i''wai-oo- t one of that .v..r Kw snmr mistake. work." , - Ve, as arJrch, are being taught at the present trtne by the provi-dences of God. We are making im-portant history, and 1 believe that not fully aware o rainy of us are the great moment these events will b to succeeding gene a,ions,--hn-to- ry quite different to what . we read in the scriptures, and yet con-taining many grand parallels. A hen 1 the gospel was revealed, the evil IIUItlUL., vj - At the last General Conference Pres. Woodruff brought forth the Aanifesto. There were some who said they knew it would have to come to this sooner or later, and thought it should have been done sooner, and the brethern and sisters saved these great trials. The brethern have borne this persecu ion well but the sisters, who have certainly had the most trying and difficult part to bear, have ben scope all our domestic affairs, other circumstances have arisen to give them a through doctrinal knowledge of Mormonism. When this decision was rendered, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court dissented and that, too, the highest but one. When asked what he thought ought to be done, then; he replied: " "In my opinion these Mormons ought to be put to the sword." In Washington our influence gave vent to its displeasure : - in mob violence; our brethren have been slain, robbed.and driven into I, the wilderness. They do not com. nrehend their own acts; and they Vk still less understand us, our work I or the real feelings attending those who really are laboring for it. God 1 has graciously given us a great A work to perform for Him, and has 'l "' enabled us through all these trials V to accomplish his designs; and it seems that from the very hour of our "1 ' refuge in this desert, He had deter mine I that if this people would terve I Hm tiieyshould begin to prevail jl ajanst their anemies- - j f Wtv,ave here before us a series of f providces. Our propeit- - has I been sat no armed mobs could ; comeup aa;nstui to burn or de- - y4 ' stroy ;to accie and arrestjor to issue tsrrorizing ec-t- Although there 111 ca-n- e an army th all the accouter- - a little more heroic.and if the mani-festo had been issued years ago, ac-cording to some, it would have sav-ed allthis. I can tell you one rea-son why the manifesto was not issu-ed sooner, God did not direct President Wcodruff to issue it soon-er. If anybody-presen- t can give a better reason why it shohld have been issued, than this is that - it should not have been issued sooner, I would like to hear it. . .There is another reason, that perhaps many have never thought of. We have been commanded to preach the gospel to every kindred, , nation, tongue and people, nd we have gone forth and have reached many of the honest in heart, preaching tc the poor, the common people, inc! evenreachiLg the tar of the middlt classes, tut there is still anothei class, those who make laws; tin case is thoroughly understooa, uiese men have had this revelation on polygamy read to them; our articles of faith; Church laws and organiza-tions explained to them; sermons have been readjto them and numer-ous extracts from the Journal of dis-courses; they have asked questions which have been answered; and they are without excuse.. When the Supreme Judge made the remark quoted above, that the Mor-mons should in his opinion be put to the sword, it made it possible for our attorney tb.ere,F, S. Richards.to go outside of the matter, of the low-- 1 er courts; and he gave them a solid hours testimony. , In speaking of it ! to me afterward,' he said that he would dare after that, to : meet them before the Judg-- r f (Continued on second page) |