Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-09-26
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3s 1ssnsaisn Illustrated.
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q address from prssidenE BatcHAx Yocscs
1pon tbs. law Of conservation, surplus prep
my and tithing. The iaw Of conservation
vas revealed in February, 1881. u seems
hi. eonsecrasion for church purposes, waste
the extent Of the surplus property Of the
brethren, the, beins The judges. We extract
from, the address:
CONSIDERATION ssovER THE LEFT.
man smoke to me last Summer, as l was
riding in nv carriage; be shook hands With
me. and kept a firm hold Of the carriage
with his other hand. and said, Br. Brigham
how do you do2 am going TO consecrase
all nv property, could YOU not buy me
farm? / 90, nv hand out Of his, and the
other of the wheel, and he went Keeling with
drunkenness, and told him did not want
any thing to do with such men. Another
saws, Br. Brigham. l want to consecrate
ali have, but you must build me house
for it.
WHAT A SURPLUS PROPERTY?
found the people said they were willing
to do about as they were counseled, but upon
asking than about their surp Us property,
most of the men who owned land and cattle
would say, 81 have got so many hundred
acres Of land, and have got so many boys,
and want each one Of taem to have eighty
acres. therefore this is not surplus property
Agnin: 81 have got so many girls. and do
not believe that shall be able to give them
more than forty acres each" well, you
have rot two or three hundred acres LETT
s.Yes, hut / have brother in-law coming
on, and he will depend on me for living
my wife's nephew is also coming on, he Is
poor, and shall have to furnish him farm
after be arrives here" would 60 on to thu
| next one, and he would have more land anl
| cattle than he could make use of to advan
| tage.
| COUNTING CHICKENS BEFORE THEY ARE HATcHED
It is a laushable idea, but is nevertheless.
| true, men would tell INC they were young AM
| beginning the world, and would say, s'w
have no children, but our prospects are good
and we think We shall have family of chill
dren, and if we do we want to give then
| eighty acres Of land each; we have no sur
plus property" elbow many cattle hav,
you?'' $50 many" elbow many horses
&c. ?'' ESQ many, but have made provi
sons for all these, and have use for ever.
thing l have got.''
THIS IS SURPLUS PROPERTY.
Some were disposed to do right with the
surplus property, and once in awhile yo'
find man who had a COW which he consid
cred surp us. but generally size was of tn
class that would kick PERSONS hat OF, o
eyes out, or the wolves had eaten off he
teats. You would once in while fnd
man who had horse th#t he considered sur
plus, but Mt the same time he had the ring
bone, was broken winded, spawned IN bot
legs, had the pole evil at one end of the nee
and fistula at the other, and both knee
sprung.
HOW TO PAY FITTINGS. ag
They would come to me and say, s'Bl
Brigham, want to pay my tithing; pleas
come out here, wish to show you horse
have got. want to raise fifty dollars on thi
horse. and the balance am willing to tur
in on tithing. If you will pay me twent
dollars in money, ten in store pay, and
much on another mans tith;ng, and so muc
on nv own, you shall have the horse fc
ghty dollars" when could get as good
one for forty mike no such trades
Some of our brethren would actually take
Horse worth no more than forty dollars
pay fifty, and give credit on tithng IL
thirty.
GRAssHoPPERs TURNED BARRIERS.
How leng have we got to live before v
find out that we have nothing to consecra
to the Lord-that all belongs to the Father
Heaven; that these mountains are his; tt
valleys, the timber, the water, the soil
fine, the earth and its fullness? You no
see one of his armies passing through her
sweeping every thing before them. Has
nothing to DO with these grasshopperrs thu
are destroying our crops? Yes, as he h;
with every thing else on the earth. Has
anything to do with the locus's of Egypt
Yes; but they are not satisfied with eatir
the vegetation, but will eat mans sho
from off his feet, and the beard from his fac
for when man lies down to sleep, he is
danger of loosing his mustache.