The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-12-07
FROM SALT LAKE CITY.
What Utah Is-The Mormons ~
They sre-The Poverty Strick-
Many and tho Fat and
Healthy Few-Mur.
der and Robbery.

SALT LAKE CITY. Nov. Fl.
received request from the chief. OF
the ADVERTISERS, by letter yesterday.
requesting an occasional letter from
Utah. l ais" received . copy Of the pa
per i'self-the frst one have seen in n
t"nR time. II brought to mind many
"Reminiscences Of by gone days, and car
ried my mind back 10 the days when
the ADVERTISER was first started, car
~ ing a, its mast head the names Of
Charles Swe,Iand. H. g. Pia,t and the
subscriber. Charley Swet's lnhors are
all over with; Piatt. suppose. still Ia.
hOrs ~ hard ~ he always did; and the
suh.crih-r does no, do any. more than
he used to. 1t ais" presented me, in its
columns. with many familiar names. es
vnciatly among the ads, such ~ " A
shaw ala A. B"elry" 0ity those boys
have nm Christian nnn,es, and have L"
he distinguished 10y the indefinite article
- A.') But this i. hot what you want
LI~ to write abnu,-it i. U.aI. sou wan,
T." hear from. Well, to begin with, if
you want my mature opinion ot what
Utah is, will ray that il IL the grand
est huml ug the world ever saw, and the
only rrnapect ahead for 1t is that j: viii.
be In all future time the best mining
country on top Of earth. IF these mines
.h"uld fail. then turn it into Holy Land
or Dead Sea Country for innocen nts and
suIsraniiate to travel to aud write about.
Al present even the grsssh"ppers and
cricket- that swarm will get "hilked :,
That il the shortest, mott concise aud
truthful setting up / can give the coun
try-as the boys say here-a "l,oo,ioo"
1t has now been settled almost the same
length Of time that Iowa has, and
while Iowa has over y million Of peo-
pie and billions of wealth. Utah has
only 50. 600 people aud not To exceed ten
wealthy men within its confines, and
yet we hear enthusiasts talking and
writing about the industry and sohrieiy
Of tho Mormons, making the desert
blossom NJ the rose-a big joke on roses.
The fact il, the people are about ~
shiftless ~ any on the American conti-
nent. aud such ~ have worked aud
spent their strength building Tat,er-
nacles, temples, snd cobbiestons walls
around the Presidents aud Bishops
houses and in paying ,ilhing to keep
the leaders fat aud healthy.
Things are undergoing u rapid change
here, and this city. called Zion" by
the saints, 10 not the Zion Of other days.
The Mormon church. you know is
cslied In the church books and records
"The Church of Jesus Christ Of Later
Day Saints"-for short ! will call it the
church "of J. T.. Of late days" The
entire population. belong tn this church,
save aud except about 500 Gcntiies
who have got into the country aud are
leading astrAy the children Of Zion in
the land II Zersh. mala Chats Mormon
scriptures.) When l first came here.
three years ago. nearly, l Was told that
! must not talk against the leaders nor
| the institution here. Now the boys go
through the streets singing
Oh where IL Brother brigham:
Where now IL the hurley Brigham
| safe In kanab.
! BY and by we'll 20 and keteh him.
BY and by we'll 60 and fetch him.
! Away from Kanab.
The Mormon people reverence Brig
han, Young ~ much ~ thry ever did,
but liberty IT speech is h~'Ag freely ex
| s.r.isa..i hura aud fh> suints .,f ~ ~,
late days await the wrath Of the Lord
/" d~si roy their enemies. ..-....
One Of the curses of Utah here,ofrr,
has been United Stuit.s officials. Now
| W. have ach,ict >. lection, ctief among
whom are ,nr Units.i States Judges, ons
Of whom in Judge Hsv'~y, Of thica9"
VIII" WIS with mr. ~ Pintnn y hong time
| ng", trying Case against our old irisn.