St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-12-18

and if any of the readers of the Con-
want to do missionary
work in this direction they will sub
scribe for the weekly Tribune and cir
culate it ameng their friends.
The people of the East need expand
ing. My trip across the continent
taught me to be an American, knowing
no East, West. North or South. Utah
is at the back-door of Massachusetts,.
a Pullman car leaving Boston on Mon
day will arrive ut Salt Lake City on
the following Thursday or Friday. 1t
is time that the East awOke ia the
awful truth that, when the Rocky
sea board must call the doctor This
attempt at sitting conscience, by say
ing that Utah is so far off that what
its people do is of no concern to MS, is
frIught with fearful danger to the
whole country. | bear no i'll will TO
the Mormon people. Some of them |
like very much. They are good and
kind in many ways. | consider them
victims of unprincipled leaders. My
Mormon friends dropped me the
moment began to uphold Governor
Murray, who is against them"
OF polygamy Miss Field had much
to say. She affirms that Mormon
women are not happy in it, and she
related some stories of great path0s
and infinite suggestion. The grant
ing of Woman Suffrage in 1871 WAS
ii comp fetot of Brigham Young, for
the purpose of strengthening Nor
moniSm. and circumventing the en-
envy, that is, the Gentiles. The state
ment is universally made by MOrmons
that all the vice in Utah emanates
from Christians but Zion, which
is controlled by Mormons. permits an
more horrible, old miners declare, than
they ever saw i'll mining camps.
As to the blood atonemcnt, which
Mormons generally deny, Miss Field
says you may he sure it is still prac-
ticed. One day of the week there are
rites at the Endowment House, an all
day performance. Here each Mormon
is invested with an Adamantic costume
"a garment made ali in one piece, high
uecI>cd and with long sleeves) and re-
ccivcs grips, tokens and Il new name ;
and if he does not forget the grips and
hard his lot may be on earth. A Sa-
cred drama forms part OF these cere-
monies. and the man who plays the
role of devil in them, is also ianitOr OF
the temple. passes the bread and wine
AT the celebration of communion, and
leads the orchestra in the church thea
ter.
| Polygamy, with all its horrors, is
not the greatest evil of MOrmonism, il
/ Miss Fields estimation. 1t is theil
| treason 10 the government and lis lars
/ They have an oath of vengeance
against the United States government
/ for the death of Joseph and Hiram
/ Smith, and they take an oath of i'm
1 plicit obedience to the priesthood
/ Under these oaths how is it possibl,
for them to he loyal to the govern
mcnt? The man is Il Serf TO the
/ Church, the woman a slave to her hus
band. Their form of government is /;
thcocracy divincly established, 50 theil
/ leaders preach, and all others are
! Illegal and unauthorized The Nor
mons vote as Il unit and the Gentle.
are in hopeless minority. An aPOs
tate from Mormonism has recently salt
that the whole of Utah ought to b,
rooted over and turned into a lunati'
asylum, as it is the refuge of cranks.
In closing this talk, she had some
yerts to Mormouism. They have 30'
missionaries in various parts Of The
world to-daV-I00 in the Southern
states Five thousand converts CONF
from the Old World every year. Tn,
missionaries teach that the only sal
walton for Saints is to flee to Utah,
land flowing with milk and honey
These nen aIe not l-educated, bu
have the arguments of the Bible. so f
speak. at their fngcr-tips. No on
can refuse mission. The ambition
and the too inquiring have found tn
mission place Of exile; and 1t ha
been asked of men thus sent oil
"What have they done ~ a Mormon
missionary starts off without scrip q
purse he is professional beggar, an
is forced to he on his good behavior
He gains admittance TO families an
works upon the Susceptibilities {
women. How are these men to b
met ? Like the pest of the Canad
thistlc-by Il universal uprooting.
To-day, there are $4,000 polyga
mists. There are 100000 Mormon
cursing the stars and stripes. Ohedien
to John Taylor, breaking the laws an
defving the government, acceptin
polygamy us a revelation from Coo
There are 10000 Gentiles in Utai
They can no more mix than oil an
water 1t is the duty of the govern
ment to defend its authority and pun
| ish treason.
The ViruIence OF DiphIheri:l
DIR. James Il. Taylor, physician :
rho head of the New York health lt