Owyhee tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1869-1870, 1869-09-23
Letter from Joe.
''SANClsC0, Sep. IL, 1869.
fRxONlsM, ETC.

s,-.,,sc .. y. the other even
ing in his ely. 81 Ter little expe-
rience among she len. ale Saints. AS
far as she weuf, il vas interesting at
least, and perhaps nearer correct
than a man could be on such short |
acquaintance. Could Anaa have
such an opportunity as Mrs. Waite |
had, she could startle the world with
her story of the female slavery ex-
isting in Utah. But the manner in
which Mrs. Waite insinuated herself
into the affections OF the Saints and
then took advantage of it, is hardly
the nice thing she may think it, to
my notion f.; still, | guess she has
produced the best expose of the wo-
man side of Brigham's institution
extant. Mrs. Dickinson. though,
makes the woman question her spe-
ciality, and being person of extra
ordinary powers, natural and ae-
quired. she could do up the Mormon
question in such way that there
would be nothing left of it. On the
stage, she is a perfect torrent Of elo-
quence, sense and information. For
intense earnestness, she is regular
burningglass she can also express
scorn with a seven-fold vengeance.
She reviewed that feature of our no.
tables, TO which | alluded while at
Salt Lake, of United States law
makers against polygamy toadying
to the Saints.
Well. what about female Mormon
ism? By the way, though, does
anybody know what the word Nor
mon means, and what it is derived
FRONT Webster says the Greek of
it. in one sense, is she monster"
of some underlined sort. a learned
traveller and writer on the city OF
the Saints" (Burton). translates the
Greek of it into " female specter,
and also tells us that Joe Smith has
far different Interpretation of the
title, and one that ought to be ac-
eeptable to the Saints, but neverthe-
less they like to be called Mormons
inst about as much as the tribe OF
Israel like to be called Jews. Smith,
or his inspired commentators, say
the word is a compound OF the En-
plish word more and the Egyptian
mon good together, signifyine
more good, or Mormon. had some
thing to say about the origin OF the
Book of Mormon, &c. Since then
have obtained some practical inform
alton worthy of note right here
There have been a hundred book
for and against the ism published
one time or another. In the anti
Mormon works, the name of Spaul
ding is mentioned as that OF the rea
author of the Book of Mormon. Ii
Washington city there is living al
old gentleman by the name of r
/, Mckee, formerly of San Francisco
whose son is of the Associated Pres
and S. F. Bulletin of that city.
made their acquaintance while Their
last springs Young Mex. was il
,, San Francisco on a visit lately, whel
n we brought up the subject of Sal
s Lake. He happened to have IN hi
!. carpet-bag a number of a local pa
per published in Amity, Washington
n county, Pennsylvania, which con
tanned a letter from his father, wrl'
= ten last spring, on the subject OF tn
origin of the Book of Mormon. ]
! seems that about the year 1918, Nc
It Kee was. merchandising at Amity
; ETC.; during which time one Solomo
spaulding and wife came along an
set up in the hotel business, an
MaKnn hnnrded with them quite