Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-09

When my accusers were done ]
turned round, dropped my head on my
breast, and said: cit is wonderful
what wisdom you display. You are
stupid to have been deceived so long.
The only wonder is, my brothers and
fathers, this, that you have at last
discovered. absolutely. my true char
acter."
My old father Strengthened himself
up and looked at me perfectly dumb
founded, dropped his eyes on the floor,
and did not dare to look at the others
opposite
My old brother looked around from
behind me and said: Beware of jok-
ing according to your usual way"
turned on him. Joking! Who is
joking?" said I; Clancy a lot Of people
so stupid, so foolish, so like cubs
whose eyes are not yet open, as to
have seen me come here, and not sus-
pect evil of it. Fancy a people, seeing
me article by article adopting their
dress, curing their children of disease,
one by one, smiling on every one,
giving Of my tobacco and food to all
who came to my house; eating with
one hand from single bowl with all
who invited me to eat or were invited
to eat with me, and still these brothers
and fathers of mine to be so stupid as
to think that 1 was a man thinking no
evil"
If there is any thing these people
hate it is the Mexican. They make
crusades against them, because the
Mexicans bring their sheep to eat up
all the grass on their ranges. But l
had been keeping the Mexicans off, so
1 said: Had any of you professed the
least ingenuity you would have seen
that when 1 headed parties of your
young men and drove the Mexicans
away was acting against you, though
you always gave me praise and said
was your friend; because the Mexicans
love you so well that they come here
not for day but for many days, and
in order that they may be comfortable
they bring thousands of sheep, that
they may settle close beside you and
be brothers and friends"
Then my father, sitting there on his
stool, with his head upon his breast,
raised his eyes and looking around
the semi-circle, saying: "Hearken,
hearken, yer'
Next touched upon the Mormons.
The most contemplate of mankind
that they know of is designated "a
weaver of brown canvas pipe-stems-
that is, the brown overalls that the
Mormons so much wear. $50 far as
as the truthfulness of the Mexicans is
concerned" / said, "we all know that
they never uttered any but truthful
words. Now, let us consider the
Americans. who wear the beautifully
decorated canvas pipe-stems. They
have said that l like only to aff1ict my
adopted people. There they tell the
TRUTH
The old man raised up his head
again. and all those on my side (only
three) exclaimed: Listen, listeni
Brothers, hearken!" Then the heads
on the other side began to drop one by
one, and so l went on in that strain
until all of those in the front row
raised their hands and put them before
their faces, saying: 1--WE are satisfied
of shamei We are heartily filled with
shame! We are covered with shame!"
Very soon they stretched out their
hands and cried: THAT is enough,
enough!' Then the old man, my
adopted father, in deep tone of voice,
said: "Oh, no! Oh, no! We are
wiser
The result was that finally stopped
and said:
n fof
friends I have, but they are not Nor
mons! Brothers, fathers, uncles and
friends I have, but they are not Mexi-
cans! Brothers, fathers, uncles and
friends I have, but they are not peo-
pie who love to disturb other peoples
thoughts! Brothers, fathers, uncles
and friends 1 have; they are in the
land of sunrise, and they are in the
land of sunset, and they are all around
me here tonight"
wonderfully good heart, little
brother!" the surrounding priests
cried, one and all, and with one accord
they embraced me, breathed upon my
hand as though / had been an extra
ordinary creature, and passed in a
cloud of smoke, having Immediately
begun to roll cigarettes.
When the priesthood of the bow find
man out Git may be year after he
has committed the crime for which he
is to be tried), they take plenty of
time, and if he is accused of sorcery
he is never seen again. Nobody knows
what becomes of him, and therein rests
the power of the priesthood. of the
bow. They take the criminal into the
chamber of death; they close all the
doors and curtain all the windows.
They all smoke, and give him a cigar
cite and drink of water. A man
stands outside guarding the door, an
other one little further in and again
two Others=four in all. The examine