Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-10-17
AMONG THE HOPEFUL
VISITORS TO THE FAIR HAVE QUIT
TALKING ABOUT HARD TIMES.

TALKING ABOUT HARD TIMES.
Spicy Remarks efths syrssthinksrs-Utsh's
Exhibit In Litsrasurs-A Kansss haa
Frees HE Mind-A Lack Of SNOW In De.
teta-Inspirins risurs@
WORLDS FAIR. Oct. ii.-tSpecial.l-
When the parliament Of religions closed.
We naturally expected . few comments,
some criticism and then lull. but Il looks
Just now a. II II were to be the great theme
Of discussion for the winter. First the mis-
sionaries gave II whack. then the evolu.
tionists-whose congress followeS-tr sated
Il with the dry sarcasm Of science. and final.
ly the freethinksrs fell on II with cantan-
kerous fury. Having been refused hall In
the Art institute, they met at 5iI West
Madison street. and when called there for
bill Of particulars was surprised to find
how many Of them were old acQusintances.
Their presiding officer. Judge c. II. Waite,
was long ago sort OF colaborer with us In
Utah, and he gave me his statement with
Extra judicial vigor. I Twill not detail II,
- he was heated, but the gist OF II was
that the managers at the Art institute had
treated him and his fellow committeeman
With frank discourtesy."
lie has history, and, still more, has his
wife. and part Of it IL old enough to he new.
IN the winter OF is6l-2 the Mormons con.
cluded that the United States was failure
and the Caucasian played out. Sothey ran
Governor Dawson out Of the territory and
set up the theocracy again. President Lin.
coin therefore ordered General r. +. Con.
nor and the California and Nevada volun.
teers to Salt Lake City and sent new gov.
ernor and judges, who ran the territory In
the semimilitary style Of those times till
1885.
One OF the judges was c. B. Waite. and
his wife, Caroline v. Waite. was the first
Gentle woman to yet right on the insidsof
polygamy. Her facile pen sLo, Il up In
all Its dips, spurs, angles, variations and
sinuosities, a. the mining claims say. Now,
unless u Gentle is very thoroughly rooted
and grounded In bis faith. three years In
Utah will knock all the religion out OF
him. 20 the waites left there not only AZ.
nostics, but with q feeling Of hostility TO
ecclesiastical power. which IL one OF the
unhappy effects OF living under Q theoo-
racy. The Judge Is the author OF an able
and learned but rather dry work on the
origin and date OF the gospels and IL Just
the man to preside over such congress a.
this.
Literary Lights of Utah.
The old times In Utah beiDg freshly
called to mind. went from the congress TO
the Utah building aud was agr,ably sur
prised TO find what progress those people
have made I'm art and literature. II L. qucs-
tionable II any other territory las proslucei
90 many really able writers, taking both
Saint and GENTLE, though Of cOurse many
Of them were horn elsewhere. The poems
OF Sarah T.. Carmichael lborn and rared
Mormon) rank very high. and those Of
Mrs. Eliza X. Snow Ia spiritual wife Of Brig.
ham Young have merit.
The Apology II I may call 1t such. Of
Elder Rich Is n able defense Of Mormon.
ism as can he made, and Elder c. W. Pen.
rose has risen to real sublimity. especially
In his battle hymn. which has all the FIRE
Of Julia Ward Howe's production OF that
title. Two OF the books deserve special no.
tice-HollisteT's Life Of Collar" and Can.
mons Life Of Joseph Smith"
u. j. IIollister was born In Columbia
county, n. Y, reached Colorado among the
pioneers and located In Utah In 1850, where
he was collector OF internal revenue for
many years. Having married half sister
Of Vice President Colfax. he Made the study
OF that statesman's life labor Of love. and
as the work comes out after the animosites
OF the old era have passed away II IL dis.
passionate and valuable book.
E....o. n rannnn lor,, In h. tsla ~
Man. was brought to Nauvoo In boyhood
and has been intimately acquainted with
every Mormon leader from Joseph Smith
down, being now but one remove from the
head Of the church In Office. His book isa
curiosity and well worth the attention Of
one interested in religious phenomena. It
Is written In elegant English, and not
one Of the early apostles ever spoke or
wrote Of Jesus with more loving enthusiasm
than he writes Of Joseph Smith. Penn's
and Barclays remarks on George Fox are
cold criticism In comparison.
They Talk Sor Their states
As for the rest. popular interest In the
minor religious congresses has about ceased,
as they are little more than denominational
conferences. In the Worlds fair. however.
enthusiasm seems to increase as we draw
near the Close. loften have occasion to note
the happy, joyous hopefulness for the future
which nearly all visitors express, and am
o little amused to find II most ardently sx.
pressed in the Kansas state building.
Talk about bad times for our farmerr,"
said one Kansan to me this morning. "its
bo,h! In two-thiris Of the state the crops
are good. and mortgages are being paid OF
faster than Ia any other state. Fat hogs
on foot cents u pound right at the homo
depot, and that means 90 cent corn at .
profit. You know how that runs-for
every dollar u hundred In the hog IL pays
to feed corn at 10 cents-all the way up.
Hay Is pretty near worth Its weight In sil.
yer. About those dry oountiest oh. well,
that isn't farming country out tbere-ws
don't count IL. There Is land enough for
3,OOO,OOO farmers In that part Of the state
where rain l. plenty. but new fellows from
the eas, have 10 learn how to farm. Then
as for stock-why, Kansas hasn't shown the
tenth of what she can do, and there IL al
ways money In good stock"
was glad To hear this man talk. lie
was such pleasant contrast To those woo
ful fellows who talk for Kansas nc some
conventions. lie admitted that wheat Is
low and good riding horses can now be
bought for to0 apiece. but thought IL all
the better--too much wheat raised anyhow,
and cheap horsss are just tue making of .
people. 'Co,Re out, John. and ride all over
la Funston's district (meaning the con.
gre,sman) aud yet some sand In your craw.
IN let YOU have the best horse la my herd
and I've gOt 30-fOr sl week. They'll
charge you r. at the stables. When you've
rid him month. you won't be 10 pale be-
hind the gills"
trsw not have ridden those Kansas
horses and realized the necessity for = new
edition Of Gall on abnormal develop
ments"
More SNOW. More Grain.
4 also like to hear the Canadians and
North Dakota people talk. They can prove
that the more snow there 10, and the longer
10 lies on. the bigger the crops will be. IL
sounded funny ohear Mr. Dickey, agent for
North Dakota, sayi "The chief drawback In
our section Is there isn't enough snow, and
II sometimes gets too dry for good sleigh.
ing. II we could have every winter the
heavy SHOWS Of upper New York, don't
know Of anything that would be lacking
Fifty-ssvsn Ysars In Government Service.
Richard Z. White IL the longest time
man In the department service. lIe isa
clerk In the sixth auditors Office In the
postofiice building. and he has been coming
TO bis desk for 81 years, since lsod. Mr..
White is ~ years old. He has had fam