Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-04

himself kingdom wherein his will would
be as unquestioned as that of the Infinite.
His subjects must be fanatical, supersti.
tious and ignorant, to render them fitting
material to compass the hight of his am.
bition. Those that really believed in his
pretensions and embraced the so called re.
hgion in earnestness possessed those quail
tiles and those who shrewdly saw the
chance to crafty their greed for gold aud
lust for power were placed in prominent
positions near the throne, thus insuring
their cooperation and silence when neces-
sary. The education of the masses was
FRowNED UPON
And quietly suppressed, that the progeny of
his menials might imbibe the revelated doc
trine the more readily. Schools were not
established until the coming of the Gentle
missionaries with their charity schools
fairly drove him to it in self-defense.
Thirst for knowledge is SO much an instinct
that the self-nominated President dared
not trust to the obedience OF his subjects
when commanded not TO send their children
to a free school. There are in different
parts of the city small buildings called as
sembly rooms, where religious services are
held during the winter, and in these the
children are now taught to read and write,
as they deem it safer to teach them a little
under the eye of the church than to allow
them to mingle with the young Gentiles,
where perhaps they might learn too much.
Statistics show that less than forty per
cent. of the children of suitable age are
getting any schooling. The majority of
the young men and women of Mormon
parentage, born in Utah, can scarcely sign
their names or blunder through the SIM
plest piece of printed matter. Their ig-
of affairs outside of this Territory is
SOMETHING STARTLING
To people who expect 10 year-old boy to
be able to give clear idea of the form OF
governmental the United States and the
passing events of the day. Literature is
unheard of in the homes of those who are
above the grade of servitude-the well-to.
do class. A young woman belonging to a
polygamous father of the latter order
picked up Mark Twain's latest work, and
catching glimpse of the authors name,
exclaimed, "Oh, yes, I've heard of him.
read story once in the New York Ledger
about Mark Train, or the Prairie Scout
/ guess he's an awful uice man." Alas, for
fame |! This absence of system of free
public schools works hardship upon the
Gentle laboring man who settles here. The
Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Methodists,
Congregationalists and Catholics have es-
tablished schools which are excellent and
in tiourishing condition, with reasonable
terms of admission but any amount, how
ever small, may be above the capacity of
working man with many little bodies to
clothe and mouths to fill and he would he
POOR INDEED
Before he would subject his child to the
teachings of the Mormon Church schools,
after witnessing the actual results of the
superstition-it is sacrilege
to name it religion. Apostates from that
church are plenty. Converts to its doc
trines are never heard of except among the
negroes. Nearly all negroes become Nor
mons very soon after reaching this sanity
city. The pretended revelations border so
strongly upon the supernatural that they
appeal to the superstitious instincts of the
colored race, while the several practices
upon the devotees are natural at.
trloutes OF a people directly descended
from the savage tribes of Africa. The
"Jack Mormon is a by brid not often
heard of outside of Utah. but occupying an
position here. He is a party
trying to be agreeable and inoffensive to
bolh Gentle and Mormon simultaneously,
and succeeds in being despised by both.
The Mormon recognizes no man as friend
who Is not incased in the unsightly endow-
ment robe. They say" it is rather difficult
to recognize even ones friends when plen.
teously oiled and attired for the first tina
in those garments, and funny mistakes have
occurred in that same Endowment House
when the man, representing Adam, tries
to select his particular Eve from fif-
teen or twenty greasy, lank. locked women
dressed in combination of shirt and
pants, and doubtless looking decidedly I'M
and forlorn in the impromptu
GARDEN oy EDEN,
As they timidly extend the traditional ap-
pie. If the sticky, miserable Adam were
20 snatch the apple from the wrong Eve,
The devil would have an extra job on hand
70 unmarry them, that being the critical
part of the ceremony.
When child is eight days old it is sol.
emily dedicated to the service of God as
in the Book of Mormon and by
subsequent revelation. At S wears it is
baptized and rededicated, and later in life
IS further dedicated to the holy Priesthood,
# boy. The girls are tau ht that mar
rage and motherhood are their only means
Of salvation. What hard headed old
ghost st. Peter must have become pushing
back all the female spirits that are NOT
hanging On to some good man-angels
celestial endowment robe Fearing they
will miss the way If any time is lost the
little girls In pinafores begin to piece patch
quilts and sew carpet-rags, that their
dover may be ready at moments warn.
ing. They marry young, as a rule, and
often never see the man until they meet at
the door of the Endowment House, the
Bishop having arranged the preliminaries
Many servant girls marry their masters
and directly assume all the airs OF the
favorite of the harem. The first wife.
instead of ruling her house, finds herself
20 tyrannized over by sister Mary Ann"
that life becomes more intolerable, if pos.
,ible, than the ordinary Mormon servant
girl makes it for the hapless Gentle who
tarries in Zion.
ON ONE OCCASION
The Mormon cook for Gentle family an.
her intention to ego in fourth
wife" on the following Thursday, the day
set apart in each week for the endowment
ceremonies. When asked if she knew the
man she said mo; that would make no
difference. The day came, and with it
The man. led by two of his wives. He was
IS years old, and totally blind. The kind.
hearted lady called her aside and inquired
i she knew Mr.. M. was 65-old enough 10
be her grandfather? eyes; that was al
right" And blinds "Yes, she had heart
70 but he was Bishop, and could take
ner high up in Gods kingdom, for he had
three wives and many children and one
must marry" Then appeared upon the
scene Gentle maiden who had arrived at
that period in life's journey where the near.
EST friends never mention birthdays or hunt
over the family records, who contemptu.
ously remarked to the blooming younp
Mormon, Why, Susan, you don't want
TO have the fourth part of man9n aPd