The New York herald., 1874-07-07
JOLLY MORMONS.
Arrival OF 7SO Latter.
Day Saints.
A Curious and Picturesque Scene
in Castle Garden.
WHAT THEY SAY OF P0LYGAMY.

The Mormons form a very interesting class OF
emgrants. They are for the greater part Swedes
ana Danes and their religious peculiarlties,
added to their quaint national characteristics
render them especially worthy or study. They are
generally ignorant, but hardy strong and OF the
most healthy appearance. Yesterday some $50
Mormons arrived here in the Idaho, OF the VIII
ams Guon stea mshp line Their feelings as
they first stepped on the shore OF the 'qand OF the
free and the home OF the braven must have
been sublime; but yet they were all en-
gagged in disposing OF huge chunks OF
bread and butter after they had been
half an hour in Castle Garden From physical
point Of view, better class OF emigrants probably
never landed here than these $50 Mormons. the
thickest rouge could not equal the brilliant color
of their rough checks, and no artificial means
were necessary to enhance
THE BEAUTY OF THEIR FORMS.
Some of the women and children were particu-
lary fine looking. They were not neat, perhaps
but that added only to their picturesque appear
ance. Raphaels little cherubs are proverbially
too fat, but there were boys and girls here who
really came up to them, or even surpassed them
real cherubs with such monstrous little arms and
legs, as one would never find in Madison avenue
or in the first rate hotels of Saratoga. Tho
women had pretty light hair, but the
little girls it was delight 10 look at
their sweet golden hair so rich and soft, SO ex-
quis,ely beautiful. One reads In novels a great
deal of 'golden hair" but Castle Garden is the
place TO find it. But thessSre not the only hgures
which the eye encounters. There are old decrepit
and old men with gray boards and tiny babies re-
posing happily on the laps OF their mothers. Their
dress Is picturesque IN the extreme baXter he
Baxter street dress IS highly fashionable COM
pared to the extraordinary gear III 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 nave been handed
FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER,
until they now resemble DID, dilapidated f0ur
sacks Sometimes Ihey appear rsv TO pe maze ia OF OF
being pasted on the backs of the wearers with
mucilage, so sticky do they seem shirts are un; m,
known, and as to cuffs, why, they would spoil all
the effect. The womens dresses batle descrip-
ton. They resemble more the competitors in the
sack races at the uippodrome than any other per-
academican, q guard OF honor OF infantry was
sons in New York. The stains in these homespun
a hundred years constant use has wrought such
of complete metamorphOss in the material that 1t
Gasea o anV othsr could te
/ The Mormons looked rather happy. The married
men had each only one wife with them, reservng
for the uture the joys of poygamy. There were
| great many girls who aspired to the honor OF be-
coming some great saints sixteenth or seven.
among them. Mr.. Christensen and Mr.. Nelson's,
the missionaries who brought them over, and who
WELL DRESSED, STURDY NEW WORKERS.
told him tnat about out OF the $50 were Danes,
| 200 Swedes GAO being from Stockholm, so Nor
wegian and 70 English. They left Copenhagen,
where they all met. on the 10th, went to Hull,
thence to Liverpool. and, after stormy ana DIS
! agreeable passage, 70 New YORK. They VIII leave
! to-day by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Many OF
| them were sent for by their relatives living In
! Utan. The trip cost them SO, and they brought
! but very little money.
What IS 1t that induces them to leave their
! native land and go TO Utahr'
.'Why,n replied MI Christensen, with smile.
"because they believe that there Is the place
days"
"would they like to marry more womens Is that
"No, no,n Mr. Nelson said. "why, / have lived
one wife. However, we believe that II a man IS
married to several women. Why should man
not nave two wives honorably instead OF having
fifteen dishonoraby, ehY'
Such was the shrewd argument or these willy
MOrmOns, ana their followers stood around
GAZING At THEM WITH ADMIRATION.
There rather gOod-lOoking Danish
woman, ruddy and strong, who said, Ia her native
language :-"We go TO Utah In order TO i've there
peacefully and happily. Our men don't go because
they want to marry more women. on, no! am
satisfied with my one husband and he Is contented
with me. Our religion is good. That Is the main
point. The people TO whom we go don't smoke,
don't chew, don't drinK-they don't even drink
81 suppose you would not like it If your husband
took hall dozen more wives ?"
80, no." the honest woman replied. with q
by and overheard the conversation LOUD smack.
az WOULDN'T STAND THAT, OH, N0n'
There was girl from Wales, O bright. rosy,
i plump lass, who had been drinking great deai Oi
Utah TO md q husband, as didn't succeed IN
! WaeSv