The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-11-20
A DREAM.
That Was Not All a Dream-A
Thanksgiving Proc
lamatiOn.
SALT LAKE CITY. Nov. 10, 1884.

CALI LAKE NOV. IL. 1cCt-
Editors Herald:
1 had dream as the result of cham
payne. beer, oysters and political disap-
pointment, and l will briefly relate it,
1 thought that lived on large contin-
ent, and that on the western part of it
there lived a community of Catholics.
For certain general, and some specific
reasons, there was much prejudice
against them, and on account of my
radical Professionalism, ] had been
selected by the great ruler of the realm
10 take charge Of these followers Of the
Pope.
l went there, and after while they
had an election, and as | found that the
man they elected was member of the
Catholic Church, l determined to win
their love and respect SO | counted
brother Protestant. OF course this
sas all right, but the internal
Catholics did not seem to appreciate it.
Now l did nothing 10 create any i'll
| feeling among these devilish Catholics
| loved them, in fact | had proven to
them that they were a lot of idiots,
which was true, and also | had told
them they were dislOyal; in fact that
they were slaves. Some way, the more
| repeated these truths, the less they
respected me. 1t was outrageous.
proceeded To show them that their bar
| barous religion was beyond all endur-
ance, but the more labOred the more
| they seemed to believe in their insane
! folly. Now, you see, they went to the
confessional, and they accepted the
Il of b. ffof1 d
opposed to divorces, and they seemed TO
mink more of their leading men than
| they did of me- although it was every
where acknowledged that my claims
were vastly superior. Rhis made me
| hot, and / kept at it. / tried to
make them love me, by every means
! in my power. For instance, /
/ joined with men who were their sworn
enemies, and gave my endorsement TO
plans for their destruction, but still they
would not appreciate the great gener-
crosby which led me to refrain from
asking the great Ruler to send an army
TO kill every one OF them.
After thus preserving their lives,
they could not appreciate me. But to
the point:
wrote Thanksgiving Proclamation
as follows:
9
and in obedience to the pronunciamentO
of the great Ruler. | hereby set aside
the day known as the 9th of November
for public prayer and thanksgiving
The people of this Catholic community
have been blest with health and pros
perity during the past year. The gov
eminent has protected the homes OF all
citizens, and everywhere in this section
you Catholic folks have in peace enjoyed
the enlarged blessings of that civil and
religious liberty guaranteed by the In
Stituhon.
Now, in grateful recognition of these
blessings. and grateful for the hope of q
continuation of them in the year to
come; praying for the thorough eStab-
Gshment of fraternal fellow hip between
} neighbOrs, and all citizens of common
country; for the absolute adjustment
of every hatred. This is the dog that
killed the rat" and for the plugging w
of ali SANDER, "that ate the malt
that lay in the house that JaeI
+, built; this is the COW with q
: crump-" that all may zealoUsly labor to
: build up the country, in the spread OF
: intelligence, and for the led horn
that tossed the maiden all fOrlOTn
: that married the priest all shaVen and
shOrn, Tin the marriage relatiOn). Now
: therefore, l recommend the people 70
: turn aside and about their homes and
! in their houses of public worship render
grateful homage and praise. Chapter
l, verse 6, Greenleaf on Evidence"
In testimony whereof. ! have here
unto set my hand and caused the sea
to be tagged on, this 18th day of NOyem
Der, 1887.
ALFONSO THE BRAVE ]. -
: The bigoted Catholics laughed at me
for my style, and it made me so mad
aWoke. V. GREEN
22d Ward.