Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-29
NERvY MISS COULTER
Practicing With . six-Shooter i'm Order to
Hold Her Own With Mormon Saints.

Practicing With . Six-Shooter i'm Order To
Hold Her Own With Mormon Saints.
From the St. Louis Globe Democrat
Miss Jennie Coulter, the Presbyterian school
teacher who furnished the press Of the country
with true accounts Of the miserable life of the
Mormon laity, has returned to Utah and has
already felt the first effect of Mormon persecu-
ton. The Saints were particularly angry be-
cause Miss Coulter said they lived on dried fish
and burned sage brush, just as they do in the
rural communities, and demanded a retraction.
which has not been made
Her most unpleasant experience since her
return was at the village of American Forks,
about thirty-three miles south of this CITY.
When the intrepid school teacher arrived Of
the town where she formerly kept school to
visit her successor, Mrs. Brush, the Mormone
became very much excited and demanded that
she take back all she had said about them, say.
ing it would 60 hard with her unless she did.
1t is claimed that DR.. Brush, the husband OF
Mrs; Crush: was the instigator of the attack, as
ne claims Miss Coulter's remarks have ruined
his practice Mrs. Brush succeeded, however.
in getting her friend out of town safely
The doctor and Mrs. Brush were established
In the town through Miss Coulters good Offices.
and her friends cannot understand his recent
Saints would have dared to resort to open VIC
lence, as American Forks is on two lines of
railway, and only thirty-three miles south OF
this city and Fort Douglas. The entire United
States garrison could be thrown into the town
in two hours, and they would be only too glad
to make short work of mob who would attack
woman. Moreover, the Saints have a whole
some dread of martial law, and they know Utah
has an executive in Gov. Thomas who does not
fear the Mormon church.
Miss Coulter's friends in Salt Lake have pre-
sented her with a handsome six-shOOter. which
she is learning to be handy with. There is, of
course, no danger in this, but the young mis-
sionary proposes to resume her teaching, this
time at Fillmore City, the county seat of Mill
ard county, and veritable hotbed of Mormon
ism. So it is just as well that she takes her
slx-shooter with her and goes prepared to use
it II the Latter Day Saints attempt to make her
life burden to her. Miss Coulter will travel
by rail from this city to Juab on the Union
Pacific, and from thence goes by stage 50 miles
to Fillmore. Some Of her friends advise that
an armed United States deputy marshal should
quietly accompany the stage, ready for bust
ness II the brethren assail her. She will be
subjected more or less to insults but the
piucky little woman says she is ready for them.
She will go on with her work undeterred by
anything the Saints may say.
The Saints have at times very original WAYS
of showing their dislike to the Philistines. II
Is only few years ago that a noble band of
them out in Tuilla county frescoed the entire
front of a Methodist minister's house with the
contents OF cattle pen. This they called
using the weapons Of the spirit, pouring out
the Walls Of Gods wrath upon the enemies of
his chosen people. Up in Kaysville gang of
the chosen" tried to blow up a Presbyterian
school house on finding inside after school the
young woman who was teaching there. These
incidents cause the Gentiles to smile when they
hear Mormon leaders talking about the law
abiding qualities of their flock.