Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-14

- p'ol4 BIZ cuthuslasta 70 i".,l .i
Ill mrii male arc aware that the
IA 3 conn ma ia Identified WIN ~
u BE- % 80 .aort and that LOT 80,
~ me e,nmunlstic c0muu.iiill.g
~ ycai. an. portion OF inc uIllc
~ eii,,s clty limits. during the NJ,
Nfhln lhe W.. III the suburbs lhe
~ lriH ~ V9s branch OF the YneS
u imun5ig ,,dan colony. compos.,In ~
"A ~ ,,ie who. Disguised WIN W
N a,l "a life in their native eoun,
- wv, Il and came 20 A ,iiliiy 80 -
nj a. and Ideal state 1helt l 49,
NJ nl Nan once Of great pr9lil'',, -,
-,rh political cifcle.. Mho ~, aanv,isl
n .,tsr VI the nfaenp,lt, ~. -.
.ia Corsica aud hil heiu ut ~ "a,
X =. n honor and influence W W.. Icy
M,t. government. re wa ~, d,r.c' >
" srihusIaaL parueu quarry , ln IN ana
s s5rlafy and government anu
Mo- aA.s tsi, CADET wrote and pub
w i..,.res entitled Voyage en-
ia rhigh he described a journey
~ ig9sg'nafy country, where inc
49,. Ia ma wffc Ideally perfect.
a ~ .ftrtrted much attention, nhd
III ..,6sr Vas frequently approached
e,i.Bda with the suggestion that
y ls 4, ngf MO practice the theories
grt bTr0mu himself tho
ri .,f gugh q community. Little by
r,ir5h.r of his followers was
va m nraily. about the close 81
~ ~. fisrs ID the community as
l.frItr form. aud az the end OF
"A 80 an advance guard " sixty
.....ar was dispatched 20 New Or
is hsrin the proposed colony.
...rih iatfr CADET himself arrived
Il ,r5ibsr band OF recruits, ard an
~ ~ III ssttlemont was made In
" ibWe.isrn Texas. II was speedily
"A 80 by disaster. the uunccllmnted
H -irrsnis could not endure the eli
ysii5W fever appeared IN their
~ ani ln short time, hnding
. rlsit,s IN desperate straits. the Idea
~ lftInr 10 Texas was abandoned. and
III e5I1niHs returned 10 New orleans.
III his time a considerable number had
fte fnm France, though, on the
al Ia hanl. there had hcrn many de-
n flr The Proclamation OF %.
nj lbld Of France IN isis encouraged
nj a ieW N ihe omlsfe, To return 10
M 2 native country. Most. however,
III tihfred 90 theIr resolution of fol-
49, CIhet. and commissioners were
~ In yaH1uf directions 90 ascertain
nIffah1ut the country and discover "a
IA sable location cor settlement.
D. commissioners discovered the al
~ detffisd town % Nnuvuo H.. fr m
vi n thrsy years before the Nor
NJ hai he,n driven. and. reporting
~ dnl % CADET and the community.
M1ro0 was selected MS the proper point
10 found the ideal state, and the entire
a Hy removed thIthrr
D. next lew years constitute a period
N HIafy the story uf which Is ons OF
~ most pliiah'c pages ln the annals of
~ mumi history. An the money ~ the
,oI munliy had been expended tn trans
miii.0n and the support ~ lta mcm-
" and during 1879 and 1850 the col-
al Was reduced tn the aorcHt distress.
Nj iIeffc Loire. on hpnorcd citizen OF
n Louis, was at this time among It's
umbsu and gives wonderfully
a. rhlc description of the miscr|cs un-
3Frlne and tho sufferlngH endured by
NJ hapicu Immigrants To- 70 strange
olsty, ignorant af m, language. the
~ ioms and social Institutions " the
n BE BY whom they were surrounded.
! p cholera broke out among IA. and
" gefe afraid 10 let the fact b. known.
NJ tear N the people among whom We
.
oeiullY wrapped IN a sheet and buried
y rtly al nlFht IN garden or Held
u'hlli religious ceremony or gather
NJ N friends Tor We were afraid u the
al iaquenees should the Americans ind
81 nat he peatllence was among ua.
tNt were reduced to the dlreHt straits
"a food. a. that time the lmmlgrn-
VI 20 Callfc-'sa had begun 10 as
~ BE- enormous proportions. and there
n 40 Nauyop and la the neighhor-
n i large slaughter houses. where
N Do Quantities Of fresh pork and bn-
q were packed Tor the uHr OF tho Omi-
u nw y their long journey across the
llh We procured from the housca
" beads and feet and other portions
lhe clrplFsoH. a farmer OF the vicln-
" t1l1 uH for trihc large pile OF
hll widowed beans. and boiled
- head and beans was the daily
.l among ihe cmlgrva Tor a large
~ % one winter"
ltrneh Industry and thrift. however.
worked wonders In Improving The
, iulh " me col0nlEts, They rented
y worked hard az cultlyatlng them
= began the accumulation OF
n ihcy purchased the ruins OF
W MoImon'' temple at Nnuvoo.
~ az.
.lHhFs, some o. which still stnnd
witnesses 10 the energy and gkiii
Y lh' French builders. Al the end ~
~ lpar The society owned a min. a
H mouse, a dlstillery, various other
lsss Enterprises, bcfldes "a consid-
y wv amount Of real property. To All
Mahces the objects for which thc
II w was founded were In fair way
hs accomplished. ""s
pen dlHsenslnns arose. Tho en,rgettc
n Planned that although they worked
~ lpf me Interests OF the soeietv
"A Wohted no more BY their labnrs
certain idlers and drnncs who
lhe company. Healder this a
lAIW was organized In tho com
y Nv ih opposition 10 CADET. who VA.
rt, or being ambitious and of
Al A,ls ne society 20 promote bis avn
II Hnla' ~ there was CADET fac.
al v. 'Il ~ anu,Cahet faction, ana tho
IN ,hg,,'N,eh the two became 40 ylo-
n M, ~ one time II threatened 10
Is NJ, ul9olrhed, Fortunately, how
~ ,t.Ng' was avcrted by tho coun-
IA si W. M. cooler heads, but at meet
Al lnr entire community win an
n lthe' NJ about GOO. M th,t IT.
. wv strength " tho body cahet u,as
II l ieit Nauyoo and cnmo 10 81
nj An e ,n 'apse who remained faith.
Il M s.li "a according 10 tho rules
Al M NJ. w, me sccedeu could take
4 III o rloperly with them, tho 81.
NM h. ibs1,ny, numbering about 200.
NJ IN s,' N.Y.. guy a. poor as the whole
IN Z, N'alhI'i had been at their com-
al a. ~, One Of the principles
4 ma uIlel was that the membeys
n M, Ini The benefit OF each 9TH
pry We, Tor outsiders. but when the
Al s,,. illlel in g. Louis 10 berin ia
II, M. 4gsln u was necessary Ia ~
~ W" s ,9lg 80 their hendaunrters
u6u.. 'aeIahed at the Chnmbo,rg
II W nlMuu M uuhlL- wv. lNuuIN