Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-09-22

OEncn PIlol.

Yesterday when the IrD,o, p..,so
tram arrived, bringing fifteen carloads
OF Mormon emigrants. there was much
oustle' and people were seen running
hither and thither in search Of eTnect,
ed friends. Many scenes of interest
were witnessed, where relatives met
ana shed tears together. after n sena.
ration OF many years. But there were
otner meetings less affectionate and
more in the shape of business One
case VIII illustrate how the old po,y0-
amlsts enter INTO the business Of baI-
tering Tor the transportation and mr.
chase OF young girls TO become addi-
ions 10 their hsrems, and enter into
p0lygamy and life of wretcbedn,.ss
IN the name OF religion. NIissioraries
are sent by Tie church to proselyte i'm
Europe Tor converts to the shrine of
Mormonism. When sufficient nun.
Der are persuaded to leave the low
walks OF their native homes and come
TO Utah, where they are promised an
earthly paradise. they are gathered to-
gether and st0wed away in n vessel and
sail for America. Their trim across the
ocean, and thence 10y cars from New
YORK 10 Utah, is made under the direc.
ton OF some of these missionaries. who
look after the matter of TRANSCRIPTION
and keep, If possible, the members of
the crowd from straying. These mis-
sionarles arc of the shrewd class. and
know how to act the part of shepherd
over the flock and ut the same time
make the most out of the business.
They. too. are very accommodating and
ready to take charge of special cargoes
OF girls. When the train arrived YES.
terday that old reprobate polypamist
living down Weber river had no trouble
IN finding the returning missionary
who could point out TO him the four
teen-year-old Swedish girl who had
been imported especially as an add.
ton To the harem of this old gray-head-
cd saint. Going up to the girl he greet.
ed her in very business-like manner
and taking her by the hand went wan.
dering among the crowd and around the
depot. The girl was not especially
pleased with his appearance and pre.
ferred not to accept him rs her frac-
tiOnal husband; but then her fare had
been paid all the way from Sweden by
lllm ahh she had been shipped on con.
dition Of being his upon her arrival
and she felt that she was bound and
must accept the situation; the old brute
IN u = attempts to console her and make
the situation pleasant, put his arm
about her waist. This was too much
for the young girl, and in her innocence
she broke down in sobs and tears. The
las seen of her she was in a wagon
with n motley crowd, and by the side
OF the Old sinner, travelling toward his
home, and we presume she is TO-DAY
more of n slave than ever was any OF
the cOlored race i'm the South, for the
breaking of whose chains came the
long aud bloody war of the rebellion
Such cases as this. we presume, are far
from being uncommon, but the actors
in most of them possess too much dis
erection to permit a public expose
When girls are selected in Europe in
the same manner that fine stock is to
be shipped to America, as was the case
in this instance, il is time that the ma.
ton should arise and crush out the
hellish system which carries on its dis
gushing business in the name of re
ligion.