Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-07-26

and earnestly reform this evil-it is a
strong point against the dominant party, |
and weak point in the welfare of the
territory. 1t is good and encouraging
sign to learn from intelligent sources that
as the young girls, daughters of Mormons,
grow up to womanhood, they are indispos-
ed to polygamy, and seek their husbands
among the Gentiles rather than among
their own faith.
The soldiers at Camp Douglas. near
this city, are illustrating one of the ways
in which polygamy will fade away b.fore
the popular principle. Two companies
who went home to California last fall took
about 25 wives with them, recruited from
the Mormon focks. There are now some
so or more women in the camp who have
fled thither from town for protection, or
been seduced away from unhappy homes
and fractional husbands; and all or near
| ly all find new husbands among the SOL
diers. Only today a man with three
daughters, living in the city, applied to
Col George for leave to move up to the
camp for residence. in order, as he said,
to save his children from polygamy, into
which the bishops and elders of the church
were urging them. The camp authori-
ties tell many like stories also of sadder
applications, if possible, for relief from
= actual poverty and from persecution in
= town. The Mormons have no poor-house
E and say they have no poor, permitting
n nohe by relieving all through work or
gifts. But the last winter was so long
and SO severe with wood at $50 and $40 a
cord, that there was much real suffering,
i and the soldiers yielded to extensive de-
It mands upon the charity, that the church
: authorities had neglected to fulfil, or ah-
S solutely denied.
!; Your readers are aware, l suppose, that
: large proportion, perhaps the majority
: of the people of Utah are foreigners
e cruits by missionaries sent out over the
: whole world. The larger proportion are
;, English, from the factory towns of Great
l. Britain. But Germans. Sweeds, Firms,
e Scotch, Icelanders, and even East Indians
Il are here. Mr.. Young boasts that fifty
!, different nationalties are represented
d among his people. The bulk of them all
is of the peasantry, the lower classes Of
e working people at home and SO the con-
Is gregations of the Mormons do not exhibit
b the marks of high acuteness and intelli
y gence The audiences at the Tabneracl,
e, to-day and last Sunday, and at the thea
l. ter last night, were what would be called
re commonlooking people. The handsome
l. girls were few; and fne-looking womer
II fewer; intelligent, strong headed mer
e, we're more numerous but the great mass
= both in size, looks and dress, was below
20 the poorest, hardest working and most ig
1t norant classes of our eastern large towns
t. The gatherings and the services, botl
N speaking and singing, reminded me o.
Is the Methodist camp meetings fifteen o.
s. twenty years ago. The singing, as on th
8. latter occasions, was the best part of tn
ID exercises, simple, sweet and fervent
D, Daughters of Zion," as sung by the larg
,e choir last Sunday, was prayer, sermon
st song and all. The preaching last Sabbatl
y, was by Mr.. Samuel W. Richards, who va
ne of Massachusetts origin, but has beef
ID Mormon leader and missionary fo
of many years. Beyond setting forth the su
nc periorty of the Mormon church system
is through its presidents, councils. bishops
ID elders and seventies, for the work mad
n, incumbent upon Christians. and cloimini
er that its preachers were inspired like thos
ls of old, his discourse was rambling. un
H. impressive exhortation, such as you hea
Oh from a tonguey deacon in any countr.
n Baptist or Methodist meeting house. Th
he Bible, both old and new testament is use
On with the same authority as by all Protes
g, tants the Mormon scriptures are simpl
I'd new and added books, confirming and sur
on plementing the teachings Of the origina
IL Scriptures. The rite Of the sacrament
no administered every Sunday, water bein
It's used instead Of wine, and the distribu
&c ton proceeding among the whole congrt
~ CATION, men, women and children. an
~ numbering from three to FIVE thousand
ed while the singing and the preaching ar