The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-20

J mas borne her down so long and acte,
| as a total check upon her progress
abreast of the rest o. the world. Tn
most serious question which remain,
concerning the wisdom of The present
admIssio of Utah To Statehood Is no
Dase1 however, upon a 81 spic m3u of in.
sincerity In the young men who tayo,
the abandonment of po'y2amy, bu
upon doubt as to whether the anti
poIygamlst5, who are now evidentl,
given full swing by the polygam,sts
VIII be founo the controlling elem n
10 the new State when it is once admit
ted. Admitting the anti-polygamisi
tendency among the Mormon youth
and hoping that through this tendency
POI 9amy will IN time be eXtirpated
from the Un ted States, many person
retain the suspicion that the polygs-
mist leaders among the Mormons car
silu mould the community at pleasu e
though Tor The present they may Iml-
lale crafty Br'er Rabbit, and lay low )
HIS FAITH SHAKEN.
One of the most popular Presbyte rian
pastors IN this city has less faith in the
honesty OF mankind than he had q few
weeks since, but it was only day or
so ago that he saw fl TO give to a few
friends The reasons which caused h1u
10 so suddenly lose that thiidllke, trus :
ing confidence that has hitherto been 2
marked feature IN his character. The
somewhat amusing facts are esfo!loys:
One evening in the early sprlng, man
called at the PASTORS residence aud
introduced himself as a waI-to-do
merchant from the south. He was in
washington on business, he said, but
there was another string to his bow.
and he straightforwardly told the
m MISTER that before he returned 10 HIS
southern nome he Wanted to he
married. lie was stranger but had
been faVorably impressed with the
preachers reputation, of which he had
heard much, aud 50 had come to aim
Tor advice, trusting that be would give
MIN an introduction to some good
young lady who would make him
suitable wife. The reverend gentle
man said he felt highly hOnored
at the confidence reposed in
aim aad promised to do tho
best be could for his trusting visitor,
A few hours later. stimulated. perhaps,
by the offer of a 1900 gratuity, tie pas
torlntroduced the young man to one of
the bellies OF his church, yery pretty
young lady-and in little while the
pair were apparently much pleased with
each other. On the following dav the
lady's mother consented to board the
young man, not mercy because the
pastor thought he was sincere, but be
cause the matron was rather pleased
at the idea of having such nice
pleasant gentleman for a son-in-Iaw.
Three weeks passed away. during
which the young man either comm1ued |
solemnly with bis clerical friend or
cooed to his lady lore in the sec'usion |
OF mammals back paIlor. and then the |
prosps Give bridegroom had to tear
himself away for brief visit to Nor |
folk, where certain business interests |
had to be atteu ded to. When he went |
to the wharf, on his way to the Viz
sinia seaport, he was accompanied by |
the preacher. and to whom the young |
man explained the nature of the bust |
ness and then said that i'm
N diately on his return he would |
marry the young lady to whom Ibis
dear friend had so kindly iutroduc |
him." TO show more clearly the extent |
Of his satisfaction with the pastors |
choice. he declared himself ready to !
settle up at once. Unfortunately it !
was after banking hours, SO he would |
be compelled to pay him with a check |
and he thereupon made out and pre- |
sented his benefaCtor with slip of |
paper that called for $500. There was !
a great crowd on the wharf and for fear |
thieves were present the young man |
did not care TO take his roll of bills from |
his pocket to buy ticket, because it |
might attract the attention OF dishonest |
men and cause him trouble on the boat. |
SO he requested the loan of $40 ard the |
clerical gentleman straightway cCm- |
piled. The next morning u postal card |
was received at the "manse." 1t was |
from the young man and had been |
mailed in Alexandria on the previous |
evening. He asked the pastor to take |
great care of his Darling Carrie until |
be returned. Suspeehlg no evil, the
minister went to the bank to casa the |
check and was Mortified to learn that il
vas bogus. The scene that took place |
y hen the news was broken to the Girl |
and the excessive griei OF |
the girls mother (Iho was |
out" for three weeks b0ard) cau /
be better imag me- than described, The |
confidence mfn got clean away; he
1ion't take as much money as he
night have secured, but he had a good |
zeal of fun. Strangers making that
preachers acquaintance now, Lave to |
present unexceptionaily straight Gre
ientlals.