Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-04-04

| ling 10 do so, as far as the termination o
their land interest, which proved to b
Cheyenne. For the rest, the generous
church in Roxbury. which gave the min
lister leave of absence, continued his sal
AIRY and paid the supplies, | knew wa
good as an English bank, and was de-
termined to 60. The material gather
ed for stories and sketches, not yet ex.
hausted, brought me more than a re-
turn for any cost Of the journey, and ii
the end justified my determination.
1t seemed to me | should quite die Of
despair in remaining behind, especially
if there happened to be silent day II
Nebraska. had known just one such,
and the ministers were away on that day
also. Duane was at school and Belle
was about her household cares. ! had
written all the letters | could think of,
and it seemed ss though the silence OF
utter extinction had settled over the town.
Not that the ministers made the familiar
noise. They talked. TO be sure, and
sometimes sang, and | missed them.
But the companion Of my life in Belevou
had been the wind. 1t blew and blew.
from morning until night. and through
the night Not in gusts like wind any
where else, but a steady blow, as though
il came across a continent. gathering
speed and power continually. Thisrush-
ing noise had become part of living
here, and when it ceased could hardly
persuade myself that the day Of doom had
not come. | tied on my hat, strong,
there was no need of i, at this time. and
went to the post office. saw nobody
on the way-not even bird or gopher.
The silence of night seemed all abon,
me. 1t was like walking in a dream.
The cost OF a journey TO Salt Lake City
was small, compared with my estimate
Of the endurance Of such another day.
And so went with the minister.
wrote about the journey afterwards fol
the Ladies Repository. bu, there was a
certain passage which wa. not then al
liberty to make known. The bands are
broken now, and break no faith in
what | am about TO relate We wanted
to see all we could of the action of the
institution, and therefore put up at q
Mormon Hotel. There we're evidently
three wives in the house hold, tho old
wife. and two who had been sealed &C
cording to the religion Of the Latter Day
Saints One of these women | saw as
she swep, the piazza while | fingered
out watching lovely sunset. She was
evidently the one whom the Col. took
with him from New Hampshire when he
wen, TO join the fortunes Of this snoma.
lOus people.
The hotel was at that time suffering
for lack of help, and the proprietor
with his wives and children were obliged
to do the work largely themselves. Thi:
necessity was doubtless the occasion oil
the glimPses on the piazza, and Of Wis
ion of youth and beauty which flashed
upon me the next morning as wai,eC
in my room, getting ready the inevi,abl,
daily letters. The young wife eviden,l!
took the place OF second girl and did the
chamber work. She excused herself and
IT treated at once when she saw the room
was occupied. II is probable the third
there were three women grouping
about the central figure on the parlo
wall,-was out on the farm. We learn
ed that il is the common arran ement to
leave the care of the farm work with on,
Of the wives.
AS soon as the letters were dispatched
we went out 10 see what we could see
Much of the domestic life here is shu
away from the cssusal observer. TIL
wall about the estate of Brigham Young
IS scarcely less impervious than that vel
of mystery which hangs over the com
mon Norman home. You see two from
doors indicating two families under tn
one roof, and no matter how long you
sojourn, you will be served by the mas
culine members of the household, Will,
the women are behind the scene. w,
looked through the egg-shaped taberna
Gle under the escort Of Mormon, ant
fingered in the yard where few work
men were hammering and chiselinl
amoug the foundation stones of the tenn
pie. II was then only few feet allow
the ground. They had been engaged
upon it nineteen years, and they expected
to lie forty in building. The coarse ant
glittering granite, native of the adjacen
hills, is not unlike New Hampshire ant
Quincy granite, but the workmen, an,
the tabnernrcle, the basin in which tn
city lies, the cool streams along tn,
streets and outlaying Wasatch mountain
made picture different from any we ha'