Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-01-30
CEDAR FALLS IOWA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 80, Is


yet. 1t was showing on Saturday when
arrived, Sunday it raincd all day, and to-day
it has been sloppy but friend has kindly
placed his pony at my service while aiu in
the city, and I think of riding over the town
tomorrow, and in day or two out to Camp
Douglas, when I 1shall become better a. aouant.
cd wlth the dips, spurs, angles and yaria.
tons Of the great Mormon metropolis. |
have letter to Colonel Conner and several
OF his officers and anticipate good time at
the canp--at any rate shall have the pleas
ure of seeing good crowd of Uncle Sans
boys. The streets here are broad, lv>l and
gravelly, with rows Of trees and bitches of
iunn'ng water on either side The houses
are nearly all built Of adobes, which gives the
place, when viewed from distance rather n
*ombre appearance. However, on entering
the city you find many Of the larger build
'ngs succeed, of a cream or pink tinge, and
laid off in blocks in imitation of stone. This
is the case with most of Brigham Younc's
houses. Fruit trees of all kind are found on
almost every lot and apples are now on sale
throughout the city at prices much more
reasonable than I have been accustomed to
and indulge accordingly. Four very fine
apples can be had for a. half doliar-such
as would sell at four bits each in virginia
City. to-day visited the site of the great
temple the Saints are erecting. 1t is near
the center ofa large square inclosed by n
very high wall of adobes, with foundation
and caps of a species of red stone, smoothly
hewn. Only a portion of the foundation
walls of the temple arc as yet erected, but
enough has been done to show that the work
will beof the most stupendous character
The walls Of the temple will be built of hewn
granite, of the hardest and stu' borncst nature
and are to be eight feet thick. Many of the
granite blocks used are of immense weight
and very unwieldly in shape and size. An
this granite is hauled distance of TWEEN
ty miles--a terrible job Some sixty stone
cutters were at work about the building and
the click and ring Of so many hammers
most forchly reminded me oc the old
stories of nv chihlhorI, wh n good fa.
ries wer k .en 1ugl to erect, for the accom-
modation of their favor tes, splendid palaces
in single night, and OF the gnomes delvrnr
lahyrnthian passages through the rocky
heart OF some gray old mountain. All these
workmen draw their pay from the Tithinc
House. IL will require fifteen or twenty
years to finish this temple after the plan
on which it has been commtnced.-
Bingham thinks he will have it finished in
cighttor ten years. | was shown draw ing
OF the building as it would appear if finished,
and must say that, if built to the plan, it will
hn n,aopiticen. atr,Gt""e -.nni.,o. i..-..4-
haste did not get the dimensions of the
building, but will learn more about it before
leaving the city. see things here proving
the patience and untirng industry of these
people--thcr immense walls of cobbIe stone
d'tches, gardens, orchards and vast buildings
many things to commend, but this ab0m
nable, woman degrading doctrn-of polyg
amy | must most emphatlcally condemn
1t humbles woman in the dust gives man
a harem but no home, and j., TIE destruction
of all true social pleasures. The sad female
countcnanccs one meets on the street shows
plainly that the women deeply feel the des,
picable position they occupy-shows the
/ eayy load weighing down heir hearts. To
in some degree chase this gloom aud their
sad thoughts away, to keep them from the
constant contemplation Of their situation it
is absolutely necessary that they should be
amused. Brigham Young well knows this,
every thinking Mormon knows and sees it,
therefore fine theatre was built, therefore
balls are encouraged. Brigham himself sets
his people the example. He very frequently
attends balls and dancing parties and is said
to be most graceful dancer. Not night
passes (except Sundays) but there is ball
or dancing party in some part of the city
frequently half dozen. When man rs
married here his courting days are not by |
any means over-not at all. He leaves his |
wife at home rocking the cradle and goes off
and sits up with some charming young lady |
till the wee hours are chimed waits upon
the girls to balls and parties and has good |
time generally-no matter how loud little
Tommy, at home with his distracted ma, NAV
be screaming with the cholic, or how many
frightful wrrmfits he may take. A Mormon
wife cannot lay her hand on the shoulder Of
the man to whom she is mal.ied, cannot twinc |
her arms about his neck and say, ''My HUs. |
BAND!' for he is only our husJand, or rath !
er Our MASTER. For every true woman |
for every woman not led and blinded by |
one thing is enough to
cause her to shun and forever shrink from
polygamy as a thing--a hdeous soul devour- |
ing ghoul. more to be feared than death with
all placgcs and diseases combined. The /
Mormon women, at least very great ma. |
jority Of them, dress in homespun. are guilt. |
less of hoops and pass along the streets as
though intent upon business. One sees no