Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-10-31

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lground in corn and vegetables for the sup
port Of his family. The houses are of
alI sorts, shapes and sizes. Some. very
1manY, arc fine brick dwellings, Others
are quite respectable looking frames
fOihefs, again, are more shsnlees, some
LOG, some tnrf, and some mere sheds OF
Eboards, There aTevery few stores nee
chsnic Shops, or business houses, aiid no
Il trade going ON. There is nothing 70 ex
port, aud no sbiliIy 10 import. Every
body seems engaged in putting up hous-
es. taking care Of saFdens, and getting 10
BAY from the prairies. As crowds ofem
n grants are flockingin daily, the whole
community is employed inprov;ding shell
Ter, and in procuring The baTest necessa \
sries Cor existence 4tis bard 10 estimate
the number oftthe population, 1T is scat
tered over so large space, sand several
families are frequently crowded into one
i.house The prophetsststed TO- me, that
be estimated theirnumber at l2,OOO.-
+ tIe said he could muster, in half day,
5000 able bodied men, ft to bear arms,
who could whip any Eve Thousand Mss
soutians sTtisabought there are at least
25,000 Morm0ns IN the county. They
|, have majority 0fthe votes, and hold
NEARLY all'the county Offices.
There must be great deal Of suffering
|, in the winter season, from cold and hun
{ fger; and there is considerable sickness
z inl ahe community at this tine. One sees
many palegfaees about the streets, As
} weapproachedalie city, we meta mourn
3 full scavalcade conveying a human hslng
) to- its last resting place Fttst came a
N commDRgWagon 10y, ,-hoFsesin which
i wasth coffin,a roneh4ooking box, with
three men. sitting aupon itt in their shirt
s1sleeves. Behind this came a rough wa
y gon, drawn by oxen, in whichswss a large
., family of children, ,roE all agSs, q young
n womansef sabOdt l6 appearing as CHEZ
I, ,ItmourRef, hercbeeks wetswith tears, prob
; labiy burying her, fasher No prophet or
q priest, gorreldeS,soF prucession of neigh
q bofs accompanied the remaiDssto therlasl
s resting placer Sssgse sf
n But Fmust hasten to same account
: ofthe Temple, ,sand then bringthis long
d and TieaF dry epissle tO@a close. This
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a modern structure, which isto revive the
g depatted gI6ries Of the temple OfJeruss'
i lem, which is asapparenily deartoseve-
~ M0tmoh heart, as. was that venerated
h house to the devout Jew, is building. as
h we stated befote, ,oI5tIe bluff, and is in
IL deed sbeaulifulIy ssituated.' Itis about
3 jI20 feet long by90 broad. When 6n-
,ra fshedi tits 10 consist of "a basement, and
I'll two tweniv-fiye feet stories. The base,
lei meIteand one twenty-five feet story Is up,
d. ana the Fenainderi in process of romple.
IL ton. tsTheabdsemeut story is about IL
II i-tlFeet4in the clear, the half Of which is
ori under ground. sItis divided off into va
o. fious sized rooms running along, eacE
Ie5 side with large hall lsor room IN tie
It centFes TnstBs large rOoms stands the
Il consecratcd laser, supported by aS oxen
a carved with great fidelity to lhe living
r original -Four Of tie oxen(ace thenoFth,
sc four the south, and two each, east ane
" west.ie They, as we'll as the laver are
Ell composed Of WOOD, and are to beOverlalt
in with gold. # @Ssd ru% 7o@t@ IL g
10 The Iaver is of oblong shape, sOmt
70 four or five. feet adeep, and large enoust
e, for two priests 10 oficiate at the rite o
m bapiismy for rwbichsiti tisintendeds satonce
OF A pan1p sta0dsaby tosupply ltswith' wa
ne ter.s Stairs approach it from either side
= I walked up and ioOked'in. lIcontaih
Y, led Iiothiha nna fewifnches Of water
1d The laver, oxen, dc. are at present pro
4; tecteGp fToaa the weather bV,a Temporary
70 roof Whap the aanumerous rooms y
Ethis basement aresintelded fort did ua
.et TEAM. The wal Is are exceedingly stfant
Ity aad faassyS even the partition wells arr
ne generally from two TO three feet thick
,pi Inc. basement il lighted BY numetoa'
a windows about Sfive feet high, and q
lin Emsn ywides archgd fOEer the tops Be
", awesB these windows are very heavy plI
ir- asters. on the Top ofwhich rests The base
81, Observation-Disclosures heavy -pilasler
III. between the windows Of tbs upper sto
u. krIssH rOReach side Of these basemer
nd fstencs is cArVed.a a crescent figure Of tn
40 Ebew moon,w with The profile Ofa mans facs
nd al seen in oldoAImanacs.nsTheqwindo
u of the upper stories are some fifteen O
le eighteen feet high; arched over the 10
MI in q perfect semi circle The first stor
or, above the basement is divided into spar
IT, ments, called the outer and tue inn'
le' courts. The walls between these cohr
he are three feet thick, Of solid mason wor
We. with Two immense doors of passage b
tween them The outer court is son
Ill. twenty five feet wide, by ninety feet loE
q, 1.-The inner court is about ninety te
i'm. square. These facts about the dime
on. sions of the building obtained from j.
ms, himself. All the Work IS |" goou ).
oks stone, almost white, aud it will present
uiltl fine appearance when fioished. How Il
Ben second twenty-five feet story is to
!. a. finished did not learn. i have be'