The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-03-25
9ht Giptan Aavertiser, .
S1.ish fIPTON, IOWA:
..,......- MARCH rs, 1869
Tho Moruons.
ECHO Cry March S, 1856,

Editors Advertiser 1T is now past
<hree weeks since we have had mail
q Rom the East, or train through on tbs
road. To-day train came, but no mail
! - yet. The passengers that came say
that there are over 300 OF them on the
/ road who have been four. weeks out
since leaving Omaha. That they have
/ been all this time on an expense of two
dollars n meal, and two to three dollars
for lodgings. 1t has been quite pleasant
here al the time, but east of us in the
high mountain country, 1t has been
snowing continually, and it drifted in
thetrack as fast as shoveled out. The
track Is again blockaded with snow
and there Is no telling when it will be
opened. The passengers Oh their way
out have been auferlng terribly, and IL
etShem IS g SO per day u live, be-
49, Nf6sklng Ill day shoveling snow.
but this i not what / intend writing
aho1t, It Il Mormonism that COM
mao9S my respects THIS time. believe
II my last ! gave you . description Of
Salt Lake City, SO in this will speak
onlY of their religion, which as reli-
gion ] have no objections to. 1t is, IN
it, essential points, orthodox. They
believe in the Trinity, the orthodox
plan OF salvation, the mediation Of
Christ, the rewards and punishments,
conversion, aud ali that, but they are
particularly strong on baptism. They
require a regular "sousen down in the
water to cleanse them, and 1 think it
will require some soap even then, in
cases. In their Book of Mormons they
have an account that Christ appeared
on this continent after his cruciiiXion
and Instructed them that baptism must
be done by going down into the water
aud taking a complete immersiou.-
Their Book of Mormon is simply an ac-
count of the settlement of America. 1t
begins with the building of the tower of
Babel, and tells that after the confusion
of tongues Mulek took his tribe and
made his way by sea to North America
and settled it. That i'm the course of
time, these chosen people of the Lord,
just like all Jews, became wicked and
were destroyed, or persisted of their own
wars. and that afterwards, and Just be-
fore the destruction Of Jerusalem by the
Babylonians, some of the tribe escapcd
from the city and came to America in
two parties-one landed in Mexico and
the other in Chill. The rest of the book
Is made up Of history of the prophets,
wars and foolishness Of these people UNI
I'll they became Indians and dwinlled
away. They use the Old and New les
lament like all christian churches, and
sustain all their doctrine from it, even
including polygamy. They also teach
that the Almighty communicates with
aud directs his chosen people now, the
same Us He did in the time of the Old
Testament prophets, and from this they
get their revelations from time to time
through their president and apostles the
same rs they did through 10 Smith
when living. Polygamy is obtained
from one of those latter day revelations
and is firmly believed i'll by nearly al!
of them, but of their polysamy and its
workings will speak more fully in my
next. 1t is too much for one letter
The total population of Utah is about
10000. All Of them except few in
Salt Lake City are Mormons. There is
but little difference between Brigham
Young and the church. He is Pres-
dent of the whole outfit, and is elected
by the church twice each year. lie is
also Governor of the State of Deserct,-
SHETLAND and myself called on him
while in the city. We found him very
pleasant and agreeable man. We had
quite chat with him on the affairs of
his people and Utah He is IS wears
old, but is hale, hearty man, robust
and OF course very intelligent Has the
appearance of superiority possessed by
great men. The number of his wives
cannot be found out here, aud the num-
Der of his children he does not know
himself. 1t is told Of him in Salt Lake
City, that he met a little dirty boy Oh
the street and told the little boy he
ought not to be SO dirty Whose boy
are your said the president. Brig
ham loung's!n said the boy. lie lives
In splendid white stone house. where
he Keeps wife No. l, his office, telegraph
office lfor they have a telegraph of their
own to every part Of the territory. Now
this is his Lion House and Bee Hive.
which, in Turkey would be called seragl-
ious o. harems; but the plain spoken
Americans of gentle proclivitics, have
more expressive, but not SO elegant q
name for them.
Next to them are the Deselet Houses
and Corral, III which is Published The
Deserct Ectes. by double son-in law of
Young married two of his
daughters, both living with him. 1t is
the esrrall where all cnigrants are turn
ed in and locked up on their arrival from
Europe. and kept there until they sign
y otes for their passage and are assign,
place to live. All these building are
SURROUNDED by 3 stone wall ten fee, hig h
with atutment pillars built in. This
wall ia very .tlytrastixp pf n hra,, ,f