Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-05-27

and the poor Gentiles had to camp IN snow
three feet deep, or risk repetition of this
treatment. This is a fact; 1 heard the case
brought up in the meeting. The judgment
was passed by Bishop L. w Hardy's
first councillor. The next morning l saw
the house pulled down. This is only one
case out of some dozen familiar cases that
occurred in the winter of 1867. Each
ward in eyery city has its school house, or
rather. meeting house-for the authorizes,
who, with the exception of ill-conducted
Sunday schools, never allow schools to be
held, but when the snow is too deep for the
children to get there; any how, it was man
aged so in 1867.
Ia every settlement of any size there is
theater. The one in Salt Lake city is the
best. The stock company, who are all am
ateurs, are generally better up in their parts
than in many places of greater preten-
sions. The great defect is their want Of
stars Theaters in Utah are conducted on
al improved and entirely novel principle.
The actors find their own dresses, DC,
and get nothing whatever in the shape of
pay. The best actor. one that ''does" Vir-
ginius, Othello, &C., star Of questionable
brilliancy, gets one benefit during the sea
son. With this exception, the gross re-
ceipts Of the house 90 to the church brig
hams Golfers, and the actors take it as
high privilege to be allowed to play.
The population is generally supported by
agriculture. There being no rains of con-
sequence, tho land has to be irrigated by
the mountain streams, which, in the spring.
afford copious supply of water. There
are many good mechanics; but as a gener-
al rule, they do not find any suitable EN-
ployment, or. if they do. find it extremely
diScult TO get the pay. There is no spe-
Gle in circulation, and the only money is
the Territorial and city scrip. The former
goes at par, and the latter at depreciation
of 40 per cent. There are some factories
for the manufacture of WOODEN cloth, sim
liar article to Kentucky jeans.
A large sugar factory is at Kanyon creek,
a ward four miles from Salt Lake city
Its total cost has amounted to nearly half
million dollars. The machinery was
made in England, after the pattern of the
French machinery for making sugar from
beets. 1t was bought up with moneys rails
ed out of the Saints" in different places,
as we'll as large sums from persons desig
mated stockholders. A certain Mr. ]. w.
Coward, Liverpool merchant, became a
victim to this swindle to the extent Of $50
600. After the machinery had arrived at
Salt Lake, Elder John Taylor, Mr.. Craw-
ford and others, were notified that it be-
longed to the church. Since then several
men, French sugar maker and Mr.. Looa
among the rest, have tried 10 make sugar,
bat the saleratus in the beets would not al
low it to crystalize, SO thai up to this time
they have been able to make nothing but a
miserable article of molasses. Mr.. Loba,
in 1856, introduced the raising of hemp
and French rope oil plants. They both
thrived very well, the oil plants yielding
more than the average of those growing in
France, but no attempt to cultivate them
has since been made.
There are several small distileries in
Utah. The article prodEced is generally
from bad vegetables, and it is wretched
trash, but sells readily at six and eight dol
lars per gallon. 1t is the only thing be-
sides cash, cattle and butter that will pur
chase groceries and dry goods.
The mountain benches are well adapted
to grazing stock, consequently cattle are
plenty, but the prices rule high. except for
cash, in which case they are as cheap as in
Missouri. But few hogs are raised, and
sheep are only raised for wool. The wild
mountain sheep are coarser than the COM
mon. The flesh is a medium between beef
and mutton. In the winter The country
abounds in hares and rabbits, which, with
an occasional grizzly bear. help out the
poorer families. Fish are plentiful in the |
Weber and Jordon rivers and Utah Lake,
as well as in several of the smaller rivers
and streams.
Groceries are out of the reach Of al the |
classes; tea 50 per pound; coffee 4Oc.. cam
dies 50c., dried fruit 50c., and so on with |
every article, and only cash, OF cattle. will
buy them; aud these things but few of them
have. Their main subsistence is -four,
corn meal and vegetables, and not always
enough Of them. The grist mills are driv-
en- by water power, and owned by the au-
thorities, who grind for one tenth. The
church also takes one tenth of what a man
makes, or one-tenth of his time. Add to
this the heavy property-tax, even if the
persons property be not worth fifty dollars,
a watch, gun, stove, a COW, a hog-all
taxed separately; and when all these de-
mands are paid. as well as the free offerings
they are obliged to make, there is but a
small margin for man TO support one wife
and family.
As for polygamy. Mr. Loba has given
you. a picture of Orson Pratt's family
This description holds pretty good with
plenty of others. So rife are vice and deg
radiation among them, that young girls of
twelve or thirteen years of age are fire.
quently solicited for wives, and marry.
Brigham has the best conducted harem
in the place. His wives have all lheir sep
arate duties assigned them. One is a
teacher of all the children, others do the
housework, others work at weaving in his
factory, while the original Mrs. Brig
ham superinteuds the destinies of The !.
mansion. Brigham has wives and female (
of bis family in other parts of T,