The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17
JOLLY MCRMCf.G,
Arrival Of $50 Iatter-Day Sa;z-s-A Gu
ricus and Picturesque Scene IN Castle
Garden What They Saw Of Polygamy


greater part. $wrjc- aud Danes. and
their religious pecu!iarit.e-. added 10
their quaint national characteristics.
render JErm specially worthy Of study.
They are generally ignorant. but hardy,
| strong. and Of the most healthy appear
I inre. Yesterday some 10 NOruuuS
arrived here on the Idaho. uf the Vii
liamS i GuiOn Steamship Line. Their
feelings a. they first stepped on the shore
| Of the LAND OF the free and the home
Of the brave must have been sublim-:
! but Yet they wer- all engaged in di>pa--
I ing Of huge chunks Of bread and butter
! after they had been half an hour in Gas
/ tie Garden. From a physical point Of
I view. q better class OF emigrantS prui,.5-
! bly, never landed here than these 80
/ MCTmOnS. The thickes5 rouge could not
! equal the brilliant color of their rough
| cheeks, and no artificial means We're
l necessary 10 enhance tie beauty of their
/ forms.
/ Some Of the women and children were
| particularly fine looking. They We're
not neat. perhaps. but that only added
/ 10 their picturesque appearance. Ia
/ p,ael'S little cherUbS are prOvcrbialiy too
fat, but there We're boys and girls here
who really came up To them, or even
surpass them-real cherubS. with such
monstrous little arms and legs as one
would never find in Madison avenue. or
in the iirst-rate hotels Of Saratoga. The
women had pretty light hair; but the
little girls-ir was a delight To look at
their sweet golden hair, 50 rich and soft.
so eNquiSitely beautiful. One reads in
novels of great deal of golden hair"
but Castle Garden is the only place TO
find it.
But these are not the only figures
which the eye encounters There are
old decrepit women. with wrinkled faces.
hobbling to and fro, and old men with
grey boards. and tiny babies IepO>in@
happily in the laps of their mothers
Their dress Is picturesque in the ex-
treme. Baxter street Is rather pooh
poohed by our plutocraey, but Baxter
street dress is highly fashionable com
pared TO the extraordinary gear in which
these human beings are so effectively
disguised. Coats which must have seen
the light Of the tailOr'S shop in Luther'S
time, and since been handed down from
One generation to another until they
now resemble old. diIapi,luJed flour
sacks. Sometimes they appear 10 Ec
mad" Of thick leather. and in ali eases
they have "a TOOL, of being pasted on the
backs OF the wearers with nucilaea, 50
sticky DO they seem. Shirts are un-
known. and a. forcuiIS, why they would
spoil all the effect The wOinen'S drpS>v:;
battle description They resemble more
tie competitors IN the sack races at tie
iiippodroIur than any other persons in
New York The stains in these. home
spun garments belong to no particular
epoch in history. \ hundred wears has
wrought such Il complete cEIrtamuTpLu-iS
in tine material that it Is 10 longer dis
tingjisIIabIe IL might DE cloth. or
leather. or any other lHhric; who could
tell:
The MoruoHs looked rather happy.
The married men bad each only one wife.
with them, reserying for the fu:ure the
joys of polygimy. There were Il great
many girls who aSpirrd To the honor of |
becoming some great saint sixteenth or
seventeenth spouse in Utah. y reporter |
circulated among them. Mr.. Christensen |
and Mr. Nelson's, the missionaries who |
brought them over, and who looked like |
we'll dressed sturdy New lorkrrs, told |
him that about 400 out Of $50 were
Danes, POO Swcdes IlO being from
StockhOiInj. 50 Norwegian, and 20 Eli
glislI. They left Copenhagen. where they |
to Liverpool, and. after IL stormy and
disagreeable passage, 10 New York.
They will leave to-day by the PcnnSyI
vania Railroad. Many of them were sent |
for by their relatives in Utah. The trip
cost them $50, and they brought but /
very little money.
What Is il that induces them to leave /
their native land and 90 to Utah!'
WHY, replied Mr.. Christensen, with |
Il smile, because they believe that there |
is the place where the Lord will gather |
His people in the last days"
Would they like to marry more Wo- !
men, Is that the reasOnl'
No. no. Mr. Nelson's said. ''W'ny. !
/ have lived among the MormOnS all my |
life, and have only one wife Howev- |
er, we believe that If Il man Is worthy, |
and circumstances permit. he may mar
ry several women. Why should Il man /
not have two wives hOnorably instead Uf
fifteen dishonorably, eh:'
Such was the shrcw,i argument of
these willy MormOns, and their followers
stood around gazing at them with admi-
ration.
There was one rather goOd-loOking
Danish woman, rudiy and strong who
said. in iIcr native laug!:agr: We 20 10
Utah in order to live there peacefully
and happy. Our men don't 90 there be-
cause they want TO marry more women.
OH. no. | am satisfied with my husband
and lie is contented with me. Our re-
ligion is good That is the main point
Tie people to whom we 90 don't smoke.
don't chew, don't drink-they don't even
drink coffee.
Il suppose you would not like it il
Your husband took half a dozen more
wiveSE'
80. no. the honest woman repii H.
with q hearty laugh. and giving her hu.'-
band, who stood by and overheard the
conversation, II loud smack, Il wouldn't
stand that, oh, no
There was a girl from Wales, bright,
rosy. plump lass, who had been drinking
Il great deal Of beer. and She said iUcOSc-
Is. 80, am going out to Utah to find a
husband, a. didn't succeed ia Wales"
WY Is IT NECESSARY To EMPLOY
LAWYERS Il merchant in New iU:.l.
stopped ia front ol a furniture store on
LIS way 10 dinner to look at "a bedroom
set worth 50, and remarked to the
dealer that hr admired it very much,
and asked if $50 WAS the lowest price.
which WAS found To be tine ca-,.. The
merchant went home and mentioned the
fact to his wife On his return home
again at night. he found the bedroom
set had been put up at las house in his
absence his wife ~IpPJ-iu, that he had
sent it as surprise. But hr deaiet
ever buying it.
X occurred to him. however. that
iawver might b. Of some service. and hr
remembered Il needy little fellow uOwn
town. whom he called on and stated his
case. The lawyer said. cry we'll keep
the goods and leave it with Inc" Not long
after. a summons wa served on the
merchant for the price Oi the ST this he
took to the lawyer and asked what else
should be done.
oh. norhing" said tie attorney,
leave il all u IIe.
But don't yod want Inr a. a wit
ness
No. leave il all To me p.
Trial day came and passed, and the
merchant. not Il little anxious cull-l To
learn the result. asking lis legal friend
how it came our.
All right. said young Blackstone;
all right. the furniture j. yOur-.
But what do | nave % pay for 1t:
.'NUthin..
How came that
..EaSy enough: he pu- one wiif">~ "n
the stand 10 swear yOu bought the goods