Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-13

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SALT LAKE, June 10.
EDITOR BEE:
The sun is shining brightly OF
this beautiful town, regardless o
whether it strikes friend or foe, Jew
or Gentle, and the streets are full
of loungers. Shopkeepers are busy
watching them they have little
else to do just now. Conference
week brought with it a rush which,
lasting a few days, subsidized into
the quiet of q MOrmOn's blissIsit-
ting in the shade, smoking his pipe
while his wives take in washing.
Who hlames men for believing in
polygamy, when they take so much
comfort in it. don't.
To say that they do not govern
this city well, is not to tell the
truth. Omaha with Judge Wilbur
and Marshall Spowden collecting
fines from prostitutes at IL O'Clock
after shutdown, can take q seat i'm
the shade.
Old Peter Clinton, all the way
from Missouri, who played poker all
day with Elder Tobias Smith, twen-
ty-seven years ago, to see whether
be would join the Mormons or not,
and was beaten, has nearly ever
that time dealt out Mormon
to the wayfaring sinner.
With a grim and gastly smile play.
lng over his rotund visage, he COM
ailments his victim upon his or her
PERSONAL appearance, moral worth
" illustriOus virtues, till the flatter-
d wretch thinks the portly form
,efOre him q mountain of mercy,
Hope rises higher, scars over time
md space the heart beats light as
.ir and swells with gratitude toward
Justice, majestically enthrowned in
"biled" shirt and Provs' home
pun. But alas for the frailty of
hopes! With a bland and
canning cOuntenance "Peter" puts
'rth his hand, the prisoner grasps
and bows his head to receive the
Id mans blessing.
Does he get it? No. "Twenty
ollars if you please ;" or "Accom-
an the marshal, il you please,
} the hospital in the rear, he will
guard you from temptation
n thirty days."
1t Is done in such a cool and gra-
Gus way that you instinctively feel
lat you are donating the twenty
'llars, or the thirty days service to
circus or to q charitable fund.
No saloons are allowed to he open
ter 10 O'Clock at night on week
lys, and not at all on Sundays.
however, you had been out in
e country, or attending prayer
until late at night, and
ould meet q fellOw-man going
'wn q back alley, you can safely
K him "Where did you get yours?"
D gambling houses are allowed
t If you are at leisure and will
Xix down Main street, on the
ady side, you a count fifteen or
enty Of the fraternity i'm the !
ace of one block. Their names
E not painted IN gilt letters on q
but ii is not at all difficult .
find where they roost. During J
. same jaunt daintily dressed sla- !
Tit by, who walk up to the Z
'aptain's office" occasionally. to
INK down their 500, for the bene- ,
Of the church fund. Their light s
not hid under q bushel either. {
The staid old Mormon, uncle Jim. 4
Townsend, In order, e. he saws, q
, keep up with the requirements d
. flrst-class hotel" attaches to his a
use q billiard room and bar. e
Z, some time, when stragRiinp
me at night, you happen to e s. =,
or 8 ''dignitaries" march In sol. .
n procession out ofa whisky mill q
by a brother In good standing. o
not be surprised, for II do YOU II
! often open your mouth and eyes :.
wonder. RI
his does not, however, 20 to y
that this Is not well ordered Oh
!. If you find one more 80, YOU
travel a longs ways. m
's q volcano though, slumbering V
7 It may be, but II the re-estab. OF
ment ofJudge Mexican as Chief lii
ice, and the passage Of the Po- al
! bill does not set the pot to boil th
we miss our guess. b. IT