Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-07-05
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ced our trip through the Mormon city to
make drawings of such places as interested
US. Walking slowly we were overtaken
by a company that had just crossed the riv-
er from large passenger steamer at the
levee on the Iowa side. Thinking we might
perhaps pick up some rich notes by being
an outsider, We replied in expressive signs
with our fingers, eyebrows and lips Ito
questions propounded) that We were deaf
and dumb, and could only understand the
language Of the pencil. In this way the
communication was kept up for few min
utes, when one Of the company from Mis-
souri, exclaimed:
Il allow he is the deaf and dumb In
dian kept by Joe Smith, Jr, to take care
of his wives" 1--WE knew that the sun
had made sad work with our usual COM
plexion, but this compliment took us by
stormy
Joe Smith hain't got no wives" said
one of the party.
ayes, he has! he's got pile of 'eln!"
"You'd better go and get one of 'emp p'
exclaimed cequetish Miss, of seventeen.
81 would" laughed the awkard Missou-
rian. "only they say he's so dog-on stingy
with 'em."
1--WE made a minute of "dog-on' and
listened.l
"What's that big building!" inquired a
wrinkled old maid of forty, of boy who
was passing.
"That's Masonic Hall!' replied the lad,
turning corner and whistling, "Jordan is
a hard road TO travel"
swell !! amt that too bad ?" said the old
maid contemplating the old hall with feel
ings of awe and wonderment; 81 s'posc
many goat hos been rid in that buildin!"
Lots of 'en, Iii warrant" said man in
spectacles.
''Was the Mormons all masons? 2" eDqui-,
red the young Miss.
"Every dog-on one of 'em!" exclaimed
the Missourian; "Every dog on one of 'em,
and there couldn't nobody jine the Nor
mons that didn't jine the masons; and if,
when they jined the masons, they didn',
say yes to every dog-on question twas
asked 'em, they had red hot irons run clean
through 'em!"
The young maiden leaned languishingly
against the vest pattern of the Missouri Or
ator, looked up into his eyes with willing
expression, and breathed "Oh d-e-a-r!"
while we made some additional dog-en min
utes and continued to listen.
"What kind of animal haye they got
painted up there?" enquired the old maid,
looking at the faded sign of the VARIE-
TY STORE.
"This is where they kept the menagerie" !"
exclaimed the funny man of the party-he
having been watching for some time for a
chance to say something.
"Its only a sign" remarked the man in
specs, 'sto show that the society was one OF
game; that like the wild beasts of the for
ests they had strength and power!'
"a bird Of prey or a society of prey"
said the funny man, "to show that they net
only believed in praying, but-like the
beasts of prey-they preyed on all they
could get their hands onr
"Come, whoorar' exclaimed the Missou-
rian, "let every dog-on one of us go down
to see Joe Smith, Jr."
30 mop whispered the maiden; "rm
afraidw
"Twon'l do any good if we do go!" said
the old maid, striking back her rat-tail
curl. "Twon't do any good if We do go
l heard lot of Boston editors, and Thur
low Weed of New York, say last Wednes-
day that come clean out from Chicago to
see Joe, and then he wouldn't see emp
ayes; that's sop remarked the man in
specs, "they say he don't receive anybody
but travelling mormons"
We thought of Deak's remark the week
J before, that we looked like a trapelinq NOR.
mon, and we only concealed laugh by
, walking hastily away in the direction o.
. the Temple. .........
We now close the description of our Nau
! VOC visit, and of the large amount Of in.
, formation that we gathered thereby, with
} the remark that although Joe Smith Jr.
and his mother, are the only avowed de
> Tenders of Mormonism-in Nauvoo-a:
taught in the Book Of Mormon--viz: free
, from polygamy-still when Joseph, Jr
a shall sound the trumpet as be assuredl,