The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-18
MINOR MENTION.

WHILE the good church members of this re-
gion snuggle complacently down into their pews
this crisp wintry day, confident that the Lords
work is going forward in every way satisfactor-
lily, an emissary of the Mormon Church. no w in
St Louis is equally confident that polygamy is
the coming religion That must eventually over
run the United States. The name of this apos-
tie of Latter-day Saints is John Morgan, super
intendent of the Salt Lake district schools, and
seventh president of the Council of Seventy,
which has entire charge of the missionary work
of the church Mr. Morgans field of missionary
labors includes the Southern States of the
United States, and he is now on his way to CHAT
tanooga, Tenn. to meet party of $50 emigrants
and converts who intend settling in Utah, Mr.
Morgan expresses himself as highly pleased with
the treatment which his people receive through
out the country and at the rapidity with which
the Mormons are increasing in numbers
every fall and spring" said he Il
return from the South with one
hundred and fifty to two hundred converts, while
our European accession will average as high as
1000 annually. They begin coming across in par
ties of 200 and 800 every two weeks from the mid
die of November to the latter part of February.
Arizona and Colorado, in which States we have
number of settlements and one or two flourish
ing towns. Oh / think that ultimately we will
spread all over the country, and that our rehgion
will be universal so far as these United States
are concerned. Our greatest struggle is with
the COMPOUNDED carpet baggers, which the nation
al government place over as rulers Bad
enough at any time, they are making themselves
particularly obnoxious just at present, in the
hope that their excess Of zeal will be taken into
consideration by the new administration in max
ing the new appointments, for, despite civil serv
| ice, they have little hope of being retained
unless, as have just remarked, they can base
their claims upon their 'untring efforts to
squelch out Mormonism which, by the way
/ they will never succeed in doing"
FRED NEWTON SCoTT, in the last Current,
| takes UP the discussion of the need of an indef-
mite or ambiguous pronoun for use in cases
where the gender of the person is unknown, and
where pronoun is wanted to refer to two of diff
ferent genders Replying to the suggestion that
a new pronoun be coined to meet the demand, and
the rendered words ''hesh," 'thon,' and &C. he
says better one is already in use by millions of
| English speaking people, which gives it q
practical precedent that will be difficult, if not
| impossible to overcome. He illustrates on the
following plan:
! There is friend of mine sitting on the oppo-
| site side of the table at which am writing. He
| is man of good education college graduate
| careful user of the Presidents English
/ open conversation with him.
/ | say: / had letter to-day that was signed
Arba l.. Smith and can't tell whether to begin
IA1~1 1T ~ IA
He says: Can't you tell from their writing9
| / say No. They wrote in that sexIess back
hand.
He says: Well, write and ask them their
| gender.
/ say; But must begin with Dear some
thing They might not like it.
He says: Write Dear Sir" and draw your
pen through it; then write. Dear Madam, !"
and scratch that out Then they can take their
choice.
say A friend of mine has written me about
them, but he manages to speak of them with
out indicating whether they are man or woman
He says: Pshawi How can he mention them
without giving some hint as to their sexg
say: Why, he's vulgar uneducated fellow
| who always says they, their, and them when
he wishes to leave the gender ambiguous
de says (sott0 yocel Some people are so in
formally smart"
He answers the objection that "theyn is irree,,-
lar and ungrammatical by saying that the En-
| g'ish language is full of irregularities AS for
its grammar, it will be grammatical enough
the moment it is adopted
WHILE base ball was an amusement of the
players as well as the spectators, and an occupa-
ton of nobody but an exceptional trai7.ar. one
could feel the same interest in club and its
feats that he does in the efforts of dramatic
club or skating match of friends and neighbors.
The reports of either were proper matters OF
social interest. and il was we'll enough for the