The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-14
COOLER FOR COOLEY.
r,a Reverend Talks Bosh to
lp' the SUN"
.np rEHI PEOPLE AROUSED.
,n1;c Meeting and a Public
! answer to the Minister'S
Assertions.
riitnr Of Tne HERALD:

ofIate. caused by an article in the
49, York Sun, of April %, 1885, in the
10 Of = letter from this place of date,
S .lil 10 1885, said letter claiming to give
~ aocount of life in Mormon town as
a. .. by minister employed by the
NV yTono Missionary Society. In reality
- letter consists of collection of all
@s gossips and scandals the place has
s.sr afflicted With for the past thirty
ears. and nothing mentioned that
mos within the dates of residence and
.b.tvas really seen by the Reverend
siding here. The matter was referred
ala public meeting, and public re-
1yv vas voted, and last Wednesday
,,sning appointed as the time, and
rs.sr,. ]. Woodhouse and J. Webb,
Tso we're requested to make the reply.
Is the article in the San sufficiently
5..eriked each residence referred to,
oniie an interest was manifested. and
tbs buiIding was crowded to its utmost
capacity early at the time set for the
ieR FIRST letter was read by Bishop
CntIer written that day by the rev.
.ron6 and addressed to the bishop. The
Liter stated that when the article in
question was written, the writer had no
;dea INIT that the circumstances referred
lin It we're true, and that they would
h. admitted by all. But subsequent IN
On;rv had convinced him differently,
and If the later information had been
received at an earlier date, either the
.rticle would not have been written at
all or it would have been materially
different.
After Introductory remarks by the
chairman and first speaker, the follow
inc items in the article were
referred to (which will give as briefly
IS possible) The writer supposes
syisitor to have arrived by the D. & r.
G., and to have alighted at their depot
and travelled east along the main street.
He Grst calls attention to the beauties
Of the town and surroundings, and i'm
mediately SAYS, Certain it is, the people
have no eye for beauty" He also gives
them credit for industry and then says,
AL gil VI oA4ALklCoo41Oeo pei ehACS ONCA
thing"
Query: How came people with no
eve for beauty, to build the beautiful
towns, or how can shiftlessness and in
dustry both be apparent in the same
people. He next states that the two
stores, one on each side of the depot.
are both kept by polygamists. The facts
are that none of the store-keeperS are
pOlygamists, two are Ronogamists and
one unmarried.
Hrs next is to refer to a grass widow,
shaving left her husband with an
ather man in her eye, but who. gave
herthe slip and went off with another
woman before this one was ready The
only truth in it is, the woman and her
husband amicably agreed to separate,
the husband settling on her the property
she occupies and where she has made
her living. The rest is nothing but idle
gossip, without foul lation. As no man
and woman have run away. or, at least,
none have been missed, kind of muir
der is charged without a corpse. His
next reference is that to a house where
liquor is sold on the sly. In such in
Stances some one has general, to go on
the sly to find out what is done. The !
speaker denied having been there. The |
inference was the reverend had been.
His next is an attack on the dead. He |
says if the words of apostate Mormons !
can be taken, Bishop Evans went to |
bis grave full of years and full of crimes |
The facts are, that during the life of |
Bishop Evans, he never was accused of !
any crime and his life was before the |
people Of Lehi for over thirty years.
His next reference is to the |
bishops six wives and forty-one chill |
disn. Of his wives and children
Nshop Evans was very proud
auHng his life time, and labored hard
o raise and educate them well, and !
succeeded to a remarkable degree, and |
Shan he died he left them reasonably
Pio1ded for. OF course, his views and
IDEAS On that subject was widely different
LION the average minister. Brother
HVans was great believer in the Scrip |
Jug, which says. 10. children, the
mai eometh from the Lord, &C., and
sileeming them in that light he valued
sem, and vas generally fortunate in
I len, having but little trouble with
s LEI, although the number was large
saa ms life long. But with the aver |
sSe minister it is different. If there is
Say class of men that do not need chill !
%se IS the minister class. As they |
AZ ~ Panpers from their birth it natur |
follows, the less of them the better. |
Tnefiea is afflicted with ministers. |
Ts rsie are twice too many, too many |
ueues, and too many of each variety. [
,a nc says, next, Certain it is that moth |
T.S, oat a runaway in the night pre- |
pHS sea nm 1.-THE bishop from laying |
Ia hands on second daughter of
es ,S same woman" But the facts in the |
ere are; as before, unfortunate for the
vbo ote ~ 1t is trdeBrot Evans wanted /
sbs @ az me reverend calls the second, but |
b., Ie not want him, and she went at /
did .eSnre and married the man she /
The hnaht, and many years afterwards /
csIlo O,SSther married what the reverend
tso eae trst. His next is to accuse
AOnn N,en OF being concerned IN the |
lis t'dih Meadow massacre. But ike /
bin turner efforts. unfortunate for
ibirIr ohe of the men was not within
rbe5 4. miles of the place at any time
and y, mat lamentable affair occurred,
otbeSS VI winch proof has been made The
lectiio une. whose name appeared in con-
Be ip inn with all the others supposed to /
snta3p I.eated, was published and Ere,
aud sr 70 the Grand Jury empanelied !
be NOV s"urn to indict the guilty, and as
aipta. not indicted it is but reasonable
. the eo ne was not guilty, the reverend
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