The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-06-09
Letter from Helen Rushton.

Dear Universe A long month has
passed since looked upon your intelli-
gent face, and a still longer time since
sent you greeting.
Time and attention have been 80 fully
occupied with this Western country-its
novelties, wonders, and strange people
Il allude to Indians and Mormons. OF
course)--that 1 have only found leisure
to pen now and then chance epistle to
the ANXIOUS ones at home, who eagerly
search the papers for the latest Indian
news"-tremblingiy imagining that they
have a dear one exposed to frightful
dangers But since have now seen Salt
Lake, and still live,I hope to settle down
to less excited state of things.
Until arrived at this place, last Thurs
day, at p NJ, | was wholly exercised
over the mobile red man"-Mr. Lo the
poor Indian :" but as soon as | changed
tn, u. P r. r. for the U. G. R. r., and
got a sunset sniff of the delicious breeze
that blows across Salt Lake, the disease
took turn, and ever since | have been
up in arms over the lttter day Saints
and their peculiar religion, which insures
such holiness to the Lord"
took the P. NJ train last Thursday,
the 21st, which left this town for Salt
Lake City, arriving there about 8, and
remained three days only-giving me no
time to observe more than the whiteness
of Anna Dickinson's Sepuchres and e.
to that whiteness, must say | have no
fault to find with it. The outside of the
Mormon platter is cleanse much must
say for them for it were an impossiblity
l,or CT 4hos~ Il f,NF
me to discover any uncleanness or dead
mems bones
Of course, | came to Utah filled with
disgust. III the i.lea of Polygamy land my
preconceived notions were anything but
favorable toward my doing the peo-
pie any sort of justice. But as far as in
me lies, I mean not to exaggerate or mis-
represent what their reticence or exclu
siveness has permitted me to see.
attended their service Sunday and
&c, A. Smith, cousin of the Prophet 10
seph, eZhorted the strangers within their
ga Is not to go away and bear false wit
ness against their neighbors !" and, illus
trative of istext, hetold a hard story
of Rev. Todd, whom woman's rights wo-
men love-proving him whited sepul
chre indeed, 10 come to Salt Lake. accept
large hospitality of the people, even to
the privilege of speaking in their pulpit,
and then going his way and saying there
wa no liberty in Utah--that he felt
"bound up" there. They were very
bitter against the Rev Todd.
But how shall describe their bitter
ness toward our charming Anna have
taken notes and gathered items of inter
est right from headquarters. and Anna
must really forgive me if | use them 10
her dlsparagement somewhat--not with
her friends, perhaps, but with those dis
posed to be envious OF her accomplish
ments. Thinking people will weigh both
sides and so, methinks. Miss Dickinson
will not be found wanting But certain
it is, those whose hospitality she shared
here, say she abused it most unchristian-
ly C) The universal verdict is much to
her detriment.
l had some conversation with Mr.
Jennings himself, at whose house--the
finest in the city, not excepting the Pre-
sident's seraglio--she ate straw berries and
cream, and had her brother Nth her taking
notes. asked Mr.. G. if should use his
name; he answered, Yes, if / would
speak the truth" Anna has evidently
rendered them sore. But my opinion is,
that, no matter how truthful we are in
our reports, if it happen to sound derog
atory when printed, they areapt,to brand
US as falsifers. However, / shall put
down naught here that Mr.. G. did not
say! He said Miss Dickinson was not in
his house over three quarters of an hour,
and during that time she made herself so
obnoxious and impairment, that he and
his wives, or one Of his wives, actually
snubbed her. He himself, seeing her
gross breach of etiquette in permitting
her brother to make his
(Mr. G's) private parlor a reporters
gallery, only talked for talks sake, and
really said meaningless things. s He said
further, that she has entirely misrepre-
sented even what was said to her. She
begged his little girl of twelve to play
tor her. The child was reluctant, not
having taken many lessons ON account CT
delicate health; but Anna insisted, and
the child did her little best-only to
achieve an unenviable reputation at the
hands and tongue of that false woman"
The Salt Lake editors are Just as bitter
against her, and opine Brigham him
self has been stung; for on the occasion
of my introduction to him in his.own re-
ception-room of his harem, he deigned me
no sort of notice whatever-neyer address
ed one word to me from the time enter
ed until left; though one of our party
protests he kept ogling me out of cor
ner of his small yelled eye. confess
never have been SO ungallantly treated by
masculine before, and my preconceived
disgust of Brigham Young is not les
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