The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1866-01-20
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Notice has been made of the bold defiance
winch the Sal, Lake City Union l''lette bids
70 .hc host Of rolygamou, saints. y late
n4mb-r Jt ;ha; sheet gives TIE following
Synopsis of Mormon sermons preached by
tie Bishops Of the Saints on the preceding
sabbath, 4; the Thirteenth Ward Church in
that city:
Three b:saops-er tbe Latter Day Saints
annointment entertained tie iiitcrlte au>
dieuce as follows: Joseph Young, tbrother
to Brigham, said that there were good Nor
iagas here III the church, and there were
those who were 10. good Mornons; them
lc shoul1n. call Saints any more. but bias.
tarIs' Next followed brother Joseph ".
Young who assured them, that Brigham
Ycung's credit to>day was etter than Press
iGent JohusOns, or any Of the Congress-
mems, and that his signature could get more
goods than the whole L. s. Senators put
together. Next old Bishop Wool!ey graced
the pulpit, pretacing his text By telling the
congregation that three stray pigs were con-
fined in brother Josephs1 pen, and that
their owners were request ed to call, pay
pound rent, and pack the p4 4rkers home
The New York 7ribm.e q yes the following
statistical aud personal infor nation about the
Mcrmons:
brigham Youn. is said 10 be about send
! ing Mormon missionaries to Turkey, Syria,
| and Egypt; a trouble which he need not
take, considering that poygamy is far from
/ being as common in the East us generally
supposed. The great majority oil Moham~
medans have only one wife, and none but
great pashls or Eabobs are able to keep ex-
tensive harems. The Mormons, however,
seem determined to out,Turk the Turks, and
Brigham Young is reported to have enc
hundred and cghty-fve wives, Silas Roeder
one hundred and twenty>niue. Jeremiah
Stern one hundred and eleven, Job Billisen
ninety eight, Julius hoffman ninety>two,
Habakkuk Croatzy eighty>one, and Gideon
Rulin eighty four These gentlemen, we
suppose, are the notabi!tes of Salt Lake
p rticHlarly theslast named. Brigham's old
est wife is not over forty nine, and his young
est not over fourteen, while he is the survivor
of no flwer than twenty eight spouses. Silas
Roeder, the next in authority among the
Saints, as night be supposed, is so apt tC
forget the names of his wives that he has tC
call them by numbers. The masses in the
Mormon country have only one wife, and the
average does not exceed two or three apiece
: Dri yham Young is the reputed father of two
hundred and fIrty>Gve children, of whom
thirty>two are dead. The surviving balanc,
of two hundred and thirteen consists 0
eighty five boys and one hundred and twenty
eight girls. Slas Roeder is thrice and Jere
miah Stern nine times Brigham's brother-in
law, these worthless having respeciivel
married three and nine sisters of their chief
wives. The preponderatiug natioualit
among the male inhabitants is that o
Sweden, and the Danes come next. Th
Scotch, noted for their MT etaphysical propen
+ sities surviving all the whisky of the land O
e Burns, outnumber the Norwegians. Next It
e them are the Swiss, Germans and Americans
!, As for the French. there are only two in al
t the vast Mormon domains, and there are no
p more than three Italians, and only one Span
It lard, an isolated representative of Don Quiz
n ote, in Salt Lake. Az far as the femal
|. population is concerned, 1t is noteworth
II that there is not single Frenchwomar
d while there are eight Italians and two Spar
e ish women, and even one representative &
5 classic Greece. A French lady would b
: looked upon as the most precious of acquisi
e tions, and other Latin females are also i
d great demand. in propot tton to their grea
g scarcity. The majority of the women com
a from the United States, Scandinavia, Sw;.z
$, erland, Germany and Mexico. Not few
l. the settlers have been tailors, shoemaker
1t &c in the old country. The Mormon agent
h with keen appreciation of the influence
IS the occupation on the mind, ransack II