The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-06-12
MORMoNDOM.
An Apostle Family-An Alkaline Phe-
nOmenon.
Az APnSTATE FANIILY

AN APOSTATE FAMILY.
An apOState Is u man who asserts that
lie has seen the error of his ways, and
has accordingly renOunced the Mormon
faith. Sometimes you will find him sin
cere, sometimes not
Among the apOstates pOlygamy is of
course supposed to be discarded, and so
When | rode up to my friend Simmons
door, | anticipated the welcome of a
quiet little Gentle Christian family.
What was my surprise. then, at behold
ing a perfect beehive, | was first in
troduced to Mrs. ). No. l. and then TO
Mrs. =. No. 3, the intermediate lady
having been lost TO the family year or
two since. Then there were a number
OF boys and girls approaching to the in
Vulnerable. Mr.. S., who takes a count
OF them occasionally, said the last cen
sTS gave eleven boys and twelve girls
'tiood gracious, Simmons" | ex-
claimed, Il thought you had been an
apostate for sixteen years. Whose little
four-year-OId is thisI' 'sWhy, he's
mime, of course" he replied, ''and
that's his mother, pointing to Il comely.
smiling young woman who stood leaning
aifectiOnately on the shoulder of the el-
der Mr.. :. You see how it was. - con-
tinued the head of the family; ''when
| apoStatiZed had three wives. What
was ! going to do! Were we going to
turn two of 'em adrift on the cold char
ity of the world. Could we do that my
dear" The elder Mrs. s who was
thus appealed to, said Certainly not"
and the younger Mrs. S. Just had the
merriest twinkle in her eye, and they
all laughed, and | laughed too. Well,
rs Mr. Simmons was cOntented, and the
two Mrs. ). were contented, and the
twenty-three children were contented, |
did not think their little family arrange
ment was any business of mime SIM
mons did not say so, but his circum-
stancesan surroundings clearly evinced
that, so t n from eonsi lering polygamy
as the damning spot in the texture of
his former religion, he thought it the
only piece of the whole cloth worth saw
ing.
AN ALKALINE PHENOMENON.
The Captain and a mountaineer are
riding in the neighbOrhoOd of Soda |
Springs. Passing over one of the ele-
Yations, my companion pointed out on
our left narrow valley, through which |
ran a sluggish stream among the thick |
he, Il shall never forget; for there it
was we fit the Injuns in the biggest kind
of fight. They ambushed us in them
willows. Every shot of them told on
some of us, and some of us couldn't git
at 'em, they was slowed away so close
i'll the brush. We lost twenty men. but
we finally drove 'eu. | tell you twas
worse than fighting with bars! Jest as
the Scrimnagt. WIS about over moor
Gus Mellish was shot down close by me.
l knowed Gus well. We'd been pard-
nerS in Californy. He wus one of the
best fellers | ever knowed, and we WIS
always gettin' sells on one another.
But Gus got the heaviest thing ON me
when he diedl As soon as he was shot,
| see he was a goner. / helped him up
on the bank, and eased him off all /
could, sayin' over all the Bible l know
ed, and promisin' to give his watch and
gun to his folks But Gus wanted me
to agree to send him to Frisca, where |
his folks lived. Sol promised, and he
died happy Well. | buried him on the |
spot temporary. Three years after, when |
| callated he was about eat up, / went |
for his bones. Now what do you think |
Gus had been and gone and done! Why, |
as he was buried in alkali, he'd gone |
and turned himself into solid stone. and |
then he expected ME to pay freight on |
him all the way to Frisco l did it, |
though, but that was the last load Gus |
ever got on mer' When jeff, had con
cluded this touching "reminiscences of |
his departed friend he stopped his horse
and took n drink to his memory.-THe
Mormon Country.