The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-11-29
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A Train Load 0f PisiAbIs ohjscis ON
Their war Ia salt LAKE.

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Nas immediately despatched "a iits de-
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On one Of the numerous tracks si,oi
Train Awaiting Ia '.piill out" lar Ctsy-
ennf The depoi police officer, Mr..
Mel tin, Ia i the reporter "a Iwa al the
forward cars, where slight " ~ prts+nt,
Ell which WIS any thing bat pleasing.
Aad an odor encountered which Rgilnted
the st0mAch and caused IL tu alternately
neage aad swell and Contract in any
thing but delightful mann.r.
Look al 'em,' said Inc officer, ss his
nose hogan 81 elevate: e n ice lot, eh =
These two cars beat any emlgFant train
! ever saw Ph-r-wr' ami he beat a
pfecIpitste retFest
The reporter wished to follow. but
curiosity prompted him 10 remain The
tao cars were OF the emIgFant style.
with hunks hard seats and The accom-
panying odar, Occupying lie hunks
aud seAIs, awake and asleep.
lying, sitting and standing. were men,
women and children. Scattered pruulis-
euousIy all ut them weie tin Cans and
pots, blankets anti holsters.
old oilcloth satchels and rude hampers
The human contents Of the car were 1t
tired in q careless msnner and all bore
an air of Seglige-not of the poetic, ORR
ental kind, however, but of the squalid,
had q batch .in-six month order. It was
sight which windy brought 10 mind
the scenes Of crowded tenement in q
filthy city. On the floors Of the cara
were coffee grounds. biscuit crumbs and
refuse of every kind from the lunch-ta-
BILE. These scraps added TO the aroma.
The travellers were converts on their
way TO MormOndOm. and were good
specimens of the victims OF the proselyt-
ing agents who are now working in
every state in the union.
"Where are you going? ?" asked the re-
porter OF big, lOng-haired fellow who
was pulling al the stem of very rank
pipe. Taking his pipe from his mouth
and splitting against window pane.
perhaps under the impression the win
dow Was open. he answered:
stranger" with the broad accent on
the q. Were gOin' to the Garden of
Eden"
"Can that be possible?
"Yes, sab. We're goin' 10 the land o.
milk and honey and bread fruit. We're
goin' to live alongside the Jordan
We're saints we are''
"Nog'
1--WE are Latter Day Saints--thal's the
| right name, Amt it Minerva" turning
/ to q woman who WAS not entitled To the
name 50 far as appearances went; Ewes
Latter Day SAINTS. We're tired o. toIlin'
and sweetin' and wOFkin' Tor ROthin'
but a livin'. We are goin' To settle down
where the best things In the land will
come to us without effort"
"MOrmOns, Ell? Where did you come
irOm?''
"Oh, from the south Most OF us from
Tennessee. Kentucky and Virginia.
allow were you converted to Mormon
ISM"
"Oh, an apostle came along our way
and told Us of the good things that are
waiTin' for US in Utah. It's the true
church, and lie located right In an earth
lY paradise, where there Is little work
to be done and that mostly by the wo
men," The reporters sympathies went
| out TO Minerva, who was then engaged
in arranging her bunk preparatory to
turning in.
"What did the Mormon missionaries
promise your"
"Oh, plenty of land and horses and
cows, and lots Of Scandinavian girls to
choose wives from" Minerva was not
allowed to hear the last remark. 1--WE
get everything for nothing and are sure
of salvation when we die, they SAID"
as that all?"
"Bless yer eyes, no. We are promised
mOre'n that, but we must keep it Sc
cret."
Have you Joined the church yes?''
"No, not exactly. We've made prom
Uses and VOWS and things of that sort,
but we won't be anointed until we reach
| Gods chosen people-they're in Salt
Lake, where the gorgeous temple Is, you
know"
The reporter left the enthusiastic con-
vert TO Mormonism and made an Obseva-
ton trip through the two cars. He
found that the party consisted of seven
ty-elght men and women, besides few
children. The women predominated
and nearly all were young, though by
no means comedy. Very few we're mar
RED, and were evidently only on the
lockout for husbands. The married
women were the only unhappy persons
In the cars. They perhaps realized that
they we're going 20 life of slavery and
degradation, and more than one had
tear-stained eyes and were losk of alb
jeet misery. The reporter addressed
OnC VI SucccS Uub GOutOs HUI CHko8O scE Al
conversation. Her story was PLAIN.
The women loved her husband and
rather than abandon him she determin-
ed to bear the shame and accompany
HIM.
The party came from the sOuth--Lhe
mountainous regiOns--where ignorance
reigns supreme and where converts for
Mormonism are most easily acquired.
Others parties will follow shortly.
When the reporter left the train he en-
countered the police officer. "Great
gang, eh ?" said "Mac" "The railroads
would rather handle live stock than
them. More money and less filth in