Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-01-20

lhat o1 the ocean. n Othlrg. Car
live in tit is, if / mistake
not, one hundred and fifty miles
long by fifty wide. Two steam
boats are running across the
lake--the kate Conner" and
the Getty Of Corinne." There
is an island called ChuNNn IS
land in the lake-it has a fine
salt mine on it. The water is
so buoyant that person, while
bathing, will float like a cork.
The feet have a tendency to fly
up and the head to dip. After
a residence of six weeks, 1 left
Salt Lake City and took tour
through Utah. 1 found the
people kind and hospitable, but
ignorant in the extreme. The
women are opposed to polyga-
my-the men advocate it. Pro-
vo, fifty miles south Of Salt
Lake city, is beautiful town
situated on Utah Lake. Utah
Lake is formed by Provo river.
The outlet Of Utah Lake is Jor-
dan river, and it runs into Great
Salt Lake-the latter sheet of
water has no outlet. The Nor
mons are not farmers-they are
hOrticulturists and reside in
towns and villages. In each
town there is a bishop, who
holds the souls and their pur-
ses in bondage. Brigham has
destroying angels, or hired ruff
fans, scattered over the Terri
tory, who do his bidding. and
cut throats whenever requested
10 dc so. Woe be TO the Nor
mon who apostatizes from the
doctrines Of Mormonism his
throat is cut from ear to ear at
dead Of night by the much
dreaded destroying angels--his
innocent wife and little ones
are driven from the Territory
The Mormons believe III Blood
Atonement that is, if a man
quits the Church and a Destroy
ing angel cuts the throat Of the
apostate, he, the ruffian, SGUeS
his own soul by committing
mHder in the first degree, as
we'll as the soul of the man he
kills. From Provo, [ went to
the towns of Spanish Fork,
Payson, Salt Creek, Maroni, |
Fountain Green, and Manti-
the last distant 13S miles from
Salt Lake city. Utah contains
many beautiful towns-it fills
the traveller with amazemcnt to
see such improvements in wild
and deserted country. The des-
ert has indeed blossomed like
the rose. The inhabitants are
mostly Danes, Welsh, English
and American. ! saw some few
Tennessee Mormons--poor, shall
low creatures giving the tenth
of everything they made to
Brigham Young. The Nor
mons eat lite meat-thcy sub
sist on wheat bread, currant
pies, baked squashes and milk
and butter. Utah is a fine
country for fruit and vegeta-
blcs. How the head of tamil
ly can make a living on six a.
cres Of land after giving the
tenth to the Church, paying
his taxes, throwing in money to
pay passage for immigrants and
many other items, is quandary
to me, but they do it, and many
of them make money. Some
of our spendthrifts and shift
less vagabonds should be sent
to Utah to learn industry and
economy. Whatever. we may
say or think of the Mormons
or their religion, they are GER
tainly an industrious, economi-
cal people. They allow no vag-
in their Territory-eve-
ry one must work and every
body has u home and place to
.ay his head. Would that l +.
could say as much for every
State and Territory in the I'm
.on. They allow no licensed !
saloon where spirits are sold,
except weak wine and lager
beer. They claim that they
nave no houses Of prostitution
II the Territory, but l hold that !
every man, who has more than
Die wife has a licensed harem-
licensed by the Church of Lat
.er Day Saints--controlled by
Brigham Young and lis twelve
lpostles--the seventy elders
he bishops and all those in au-
-hority. How much longer are
he laws of the United States to t
be defed? Let us hear no more
Of our boasted civiIization--one
and eighty thousand j
people defying the laws of an {
established government-many ,
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