The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-11-03
Bill Nys On the Mormons.
[sslt Lake City Letter to the Laramie Boom
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: Walker House as Billy the Kid. Their
was nothing remarkab BILE about my tri
here, unless it was this: A man, VIII
had evidently been wrestling with
: lesther-covered bottle of lunch all dR
on board the sleeper, had his berth mad
, up early, and retired. Heleft the res
of US to talk among ourselves, wheneve
there was lull in the snoring SO this
we could make ourselves heard. AboU
10 O'Clock very glOomy-looking foe
WAS thrown out arcross the aisle of tn
car. Somehow q large, irregular
Shaped alabaster foot, when introduce
among a'group OF people unexpected.
that way, seems to change the curreh
of conversation to other things. /
young man from New York stepped t
the front and hung d valise on the ex
tended hoof, and that produced the de
sired effect. l met the man who mad
the regular autumn pun on my name
as usual. The question is autumn maj
to make a pun on another mans name
every time he sees him? Salt Lake las
evening presented a very beautiful
sight, and yet an affecting one. Th'
brilliancy of the electric light cOntrastet
strangely with the somber emblems o
mourning along the beautiful street. Il
is generally believed here by the Gen
tiles that the Mormon population, fol
the sake of policy, are carrying out the
| sem blance OF sorrow over the death oi
the president, but that, if the masses
were not well under the control of the
Mormon leaders, the genuine feeling OF
rejoicing would crop out. l went over
| to. the tabernacle to-day TO listen to the
remarks OF the Latter Day Saints
| Most every one knows all about the
temple and the tabernacle as well as l
| do. The latter looks on the outside like
= muG-turtle, and on the inside like a
Dig rink. 1t is claimed that this struct-
ure will, hold about II, 1000 people, and
to-day it was full. So were some of the
apostles. The entire end of the taber-
nacle in which are the galleries and the
organ was draped in deep mourning, all
the pulpits and desks being entirely
covered, and the mammoth organ itself
draped heavily with black crepe. L
wish | could describe the general ap
pearance of the congregation and the
different types of faces visible in the
crowd. There are three mammoth doors
at each side and several at each end, and
through these double doors the audience
came in, apparently all at once. 1 and
my friend were shown IA seat down
near the front among lot of old cast
off wives, where we could hear pretty
well. The odor of bogus sanctity and
Mormon pervaded the air. II is good
thing the tabernacle is large and well
ventilated, or no one could live there
while the services are gone through
with. A big, fat apostle, with the back
of his neck hanging over his collar like
a carbuncle, made few remarks after
the music. He paused occasionally and
ye1 fb ha Oh rrht fn
OF big word, and brother 6noozer
sat near him, in the holy of hOlies, and
ate gum drops out of a paper bag
They all played it that they were slowly
pining away over the death of the presi-
dent; but they were about as happy
looking Mormons as l ever saw. An
other apostle then turned loose with a
wall over the dead president, which for
bad grammar and general vacuity took
the cake. He was followed by George
Q. Cannon, who said that although
President Garfield had eXpr 9ssed him.
self rather severely toward the Latter
Day Saints, he was after all at heart
very friendly to this people. Accord
ing to his story, the dead president was
pretty near a Mormon in sentiment, and
had expressed great sympathy for the
polygamous outfit. The crowd sat and
suffered through it all without sppar-
emily knowing much what was said.
The elders and bishops occasionally
went to sleep, and bumped their noses
on their pulpits. About two thousand
babies walled at intervals through the
two hours, and manifested the only
grief that was shown. i
thought l had seen homely women
before, but to-day was reserved for me
a spectacle of Mormon hideousness that
viii haunt me always In my opinion,
poly ganiy carries its own punishment
along with it. 1t is sufficient punish
ment for the men to stay in the house
with the warty creatures they call their
wives, aud the women get enough
suffering out of living with their hus-
bands. / have said some mean things
about the Mormons, but the more |
know about them the more | despise |
myself for the weak and inefficient way
| have attended to this matter. One of
the features of Salt Lake City is the |
festive red man. The average red man
who visits Zion is not so handsome as
the steel engraving OF him that you had
on the greenback. He is not on the |
war path. l went among him with my
usual fearlessness and proud bearing. |
went up this morning and looked at
nv endowment robe along, and so l
didn't 90 in. If ever holiness to the
Lord was made a gigantic joke it is
here. The idea of vanishing woman
W ith oleomSrgarine and running her
Zion's rink with the sickly at
tempt to make it all impressive, is so
ridiculous and yet SO sacrilegious that l
am unable to do the subject justice. If
nv readers could have seen the array OF
bishops, elders, ETC., that congregSted
Yesterday in the main performing ring
of the hippOdrome, I know they would
agree with me that there isn't gravel
train on the Union Pacific that couldn't
produce bigger mass of intellect, take
the men as they average right through,
than did these old humpbacked patri-
archs, who claim that they are desig
mated by the Lord to lead his chosen /
people up out of darkness into light II
it be religious for brigade OF lecherous
old hogs TO ride over horde of ignOr-
ant people who are only one notch
above the animal creation, and to rob
them year after year in the name OF
God, | hope that may not be regarded
as strictly orthodox in this valley OF the
modern Jordan. These people point
with pride to the fact that prostitution
was for years unknown here in Salt
Lake, and that polygamy was the cause.
There is no doubt under heaven of the
truth OF this assertion. Regular prosti-
tuition would hide its head, and 90
away into the Bitter Creek country, and
hate itself TO death when met by the
Mormon style of social evil. In the
natural excitement of writisg a letter
like this, 1 may have unintentiOnally
conveyed some information. If so, |
hope that it will not be laid up against
me in the future, but overlooked in
charitable way.
Coussens' Honey of Tar will relieve
severe coughs of long standing, and
prove blessing to all who suffer with
affections of the throat and lungs, and is
confidently offered the public as the best
remedy in the world. In our rigorous
IL. oarnha and rOfda