The Republican journal., 1876-11-30
Erigha,n's Successor.

brigham oung ha, finally defined hi~ policy
for the future OF The Mormon thIrrh IN srri-
ing iur his first coGn~r|or the youngest sen ot
his first family. John W. Dung. This noW-t"-
be-prominent NounG man is Mell Known IN IN,
city especially among capitalists. In itl'>onai
apptarunce he is very attractive to ll' i:iif ~''N
and in his manner aud habits he would pas
anywhere lor ''man of the world who Was
pretty wen satisfied with thi> terrestrial globe
and in no hurry whatever to set on TO thr ~
per regions. tpto the Building Of the Pacific
Railroad ~ Dung ,)ohnny. aS he was familiar
ly called. was IN excellent Mormon, and gave
early evidence of being Il first class patriarch.
lie had hardly GOT through His teens when his
ewes fell kindly upon young Saintc1>, and the
baked meats Of the marriage feast had hardly
cooled before he fell desperately IN love with
another Younger Saintess and married her
The Prophet thought Johnny should see Il httie
more of the world before proceeding further III
that line, and he was, consequently, sent to
England on tour of pleasure, III company
with his brother, "Briggy Junior These two
sconS of Mormon royalty travelled All over
Europe. spending laVishly the funds OF the poor
couti,line Saints. On lohnnN'> return to the
United States his first wife pressed upon him To
call upon her relatives IN Philadelphia, and. to
CRAFTY her wishes, the young man hHstehrd 1"
| the City of Brothery Love- and before ht was
| tWerty-lour hours ncuuaiuttu WIN MS ul>l
| wlc's family he fell desperately In love WI Ii
| the cousin, WHO had only been recently lflIi-
| rie,l, but who was not happily mated. She a.
| ccpted the invitation to visit tab, the IIahH
were soon Travelled over, the cousin became
converted, and III Il ieW weeks afterwards Nhe
| WA, Mrs johnny No. g." Time passes rapid
| ly. and no 3 gains the aScendancy over the
| Young mans heart. The first wife gains ~
| vorce, and the second IS put aside WIN IAN a.
| lowance." No. > is the lady who came lrtqicll-
| " TO san Francisco and was received IN our
best society as Mrs. Young. With her the
! Youngest son Of the Prophet drank deeply Of
! the ways of the Worl and was turlou>ly captl-
waited by its fashions. For several years he has
| lived so little in Utah-preicrrlnS San franF>v"
| and New York to the CllN OF Salnls-lhiit ne
| has been regarded rs an apos!Ate from TIE illh,
| and thus, unexpectedly to every body, he rt-
turned to Utah and the Prophet. in utter dis
regard to the sentiments OF the Mormon nto-
pie places him next to his throne, ana makes
| him by that act the next Prophet of the Nor
mon Church. But it is probably expecting too
much TO look for any commotion amon% me
| Mormone over this sudden conversion OF II
splendid scapegrare into iull-iledEcd Prophet,
| seer and reyelator.
Peoplr at the frontier write home that the
Sioux practice IL mode of healing almost exact
" like the Turkish BATH and that in 1850 VA
| ther Henncpin was cured OF fever by the MIN
nesota Indians by sweating in an all-tIght oven,
covered with buttalo-skins and heated with red
hot stones 1t has been said by some OF the
early settlers in this state, that TINS treatment
| by sweating was always resorted to by the IN
uians here. in an desperate case. me patent
| was placed in small Wi9Wam which was made
as hot As possible, and after he had been nearly
| roasted the coverings were suddenly removed
and he was exposed to the open air. Tradition
says-anl it is to he feared that i'll this case ira
ditinn tells truth - that when long ago, the
white man cast coyctouS eyes on the beautiful
interyales of the Sandy river, in Franklin coun-
ty he bethoueht himself OF cheaper method
of obtaining them than buying. 1t Is doubtful
if the Indians would have voluntarily parted
with the region at any price, since there, "llli-
in A beautiful sweep oI the lovely river, hau
been the burial ground OF the section tor Senel-
ations. So it occurred 10 the ingenious white
man to introduce smallpox among the ignorant
natives. This, it is said, was accordingly done,
and the terrified Indians, puzzled by this new
and dreadful aiment, tried on it their most po-
tent sweating treatment with the cold-ar bath
fatality was terrible, and the covered slopes
were 50 nearly cleared of Indians that the
white man had little trouble i'll taking posses
sion. Up to within few years, whenever
| ii new cellar was dug in the neighporhood, the
crmbing bones of the ancient landowners
with fragments of birch bark still rln%m2
about them, used to be thrown up by the shoN
ell. exciting the brief comment of the workman
and the Wile-eyed and Wonuer-strlcken horror
of the children, many of whom remeinber TO
this day the fascinated awe which held lheil
: ewes to those brown relies of a wrongrd an'
eNterminated race. Portland ADV.
The woman who neglects her husband
I.