The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-10-03
An Interesting and instructive View Of the Coun.
try on the Home Trip.
A Peep at the Wards Of the Nation.
And Other Peeps at Peaks and Points
that Make Your Head swim.
AT HOME, SWEET HOME.

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AT HOME, SWEET HOME.
Special corr of the New DOMINION:
CONCLUDED FROM LAST WEEK.
HELENA, Montana, Sept. 25.-Sunday
afternoon, by invitation, we attended
Mormon services at the great Nor
mon Tabernacle. They hold annu
ally what they call Conferences Of
the Stakes of Zion," and it was this
conference which was now in session
Their church methods are some.
what like those of the NJ. +. Church
A hymn was sung, then prayer
was offered by one who thanked God
for the many inspired men that had
been sent to their succor. After that
came the reading of the sermon on
the Mount by George @. Cannon
formerly delegate to Congress and
a discourse on the same, by the same
In front Of the chancel stood long
table upon which were ranged doz.
ems of silver baskets, heaped with
bread crumbs, these were fanked bv
silver water pitchers and drinking
cups Twice during the sermon there
was pause when the stewards tive
or three dozen) gathered round the
table and blessed the bread and
later on the water, then Cannon went
on with his bombardment and they
circulated among the vast throng
with the bread as in the NJ E. cere-
monial called Love feast" After
that each man took pitcher and q
cup with two handles and gave water
to each Saint" present There was
none of the hushed solemnity one ex-
poets to see on such an occasion.
SORRY LOOKING WOMEN AND WORSE
LOOKING MEN.
There were fully 5000 people
present, large majority being wo-
men dressed in clothes which look
ed as if they had come out of the
ark. Amid that vast sea of hui
mainly intelligent, bright looking
faces were few and far between.
The middle aged and old, looked
as if they had been spewed out of the
slums and sewers of Europe, so far
down in the scale of humanity and
intelligence did they seem. On the
faces of the men there was look of
stupid, slavish, subservience; on
those of the women one of joyless,
hopeless apathy. All had that pc
culiar, set, automatic look, found
among communities when dominated
by one idea and domineered over by
few stronger minds
ONE OILY SPECIMEN RULES THE RoosT.
MILFORD Woodruff is called Presi-
dent and ostensibly rules the Nor
mon church, but George O. Cannon
rules MILFORD Woodruff and the
whole Mormon world. He is the
power behind the throne and has all
the brains in the outfit. And what
a bland, humble, smiling, oily, unc-
tious, crafty. persuasive creature he
is! He is Uriah Heap, Quilp and
Turveydrop all in one. Those two
occupied the highest seats in the
Synagogue. There were a few lesser
lights occupying sliding scale of
seats and Importance below them.
On either side Of the chancel sat the
Elders by 70's and such mouldy,
NANCY, measley looking set of men
| never saw before
There was a mixed choir, of nearly
three hundred voices. There was
one solo well sung, but the remainder
of the music was indifferent. The
organ is very large and handsome
and has 81 stops.
1t rolled out most tremendous
volume of sound as occasional
while that mighty building was be-
ing emptied of its host without jar
or jostle. 1t is simply a monster
oval dome set up on pillars and the
spaces between are doors, with large
transoms above. All this can be
thrown open in warm weather and
gives excellent ventilation and free
ingress and egress.
From the Tabernacle the tourists
repaired to conveyances for an ex-
cursion to Fort Douglass where we
were treated to a military concert at
P. NJ.
This Fort is built on a broad bench
of land east of the city from red sand
stone quarried from Red Butte Can
yon only few hundred yards away.
The water from this canyon fur
nishes means for growing luxuriant
wealth of flowers, vines, shrubbery,
fruits and vegetables, which makes
out of the place a veritable oasis.
The buildings are very handsome
and tasteful. The view from the
parapet is superb, giving as it does
birds eye view of the valley and
city of Salt Lake. The electric cars
run every half honr, between the
Post and the city. The down trip
tries ones nerves severely, especially
if they begin to reflect on the posi-
BILE consequences of broken break
rod.
AT night all were invited to attend
concert at Calder's Park, one of the
most beautiful suburbs of Salt Lake
City, where a special musical pro-
gramme had been prepared in honor
of the guests.
ONCE A POOR IRISH BOY NOW MULTI
MILLIONAIRE.
During my stay in the city of
the Saints Il millionaire mine own
er called and proffered me the use of
his carriage in which to see the town.
Like a good many other good people
he grew up in Garrett county, Nd.
His parents were poor but honest
lrlsh peasants who tenanted for a
time my own ancestral acres there,
hut his mothers methods of house
keeping did not coincide with my
grandma's tidy, New England
habits of cleanliness, particularly az
ter she found sick cow domicilled
in the kitchen and litter of pigs
very much at home in one of the
closets, so the contract soon termina-
ted. One of my earliest rccollections
ia Of The old lady singing out in her