The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-22


 territory. there is no denying the fact there are a large number of saints living in poiygamy. A flew years ago mum Der Of the prominent Mormons in Mesa Valley were arrested and sentenced to Yuma. After serving their terms they ali came back and took up life just where. they left off and under the same cundi- tions as when they left off. There Is l one break in the uniformity with which l the olive branches rise as regularly as q | flight of steps, but that is all.
 When H s. Phelps, who is accounted | the best all around farmer on the Mesa, | left the penitentiary, he announced plain 1 ly that he was going home to care for his wives and he has done so Mrs. Phelps No lives in neat frame cot tage with wide veranda. with her nine or ten children, and Mrs. Phelps No. ,, who is called Aunt Carrie" by courte- sy. occupies with her flock of equal num- Der more pretentious brick dwelling next door. Both farms and houses are admirably kept. When MT. Phelps was at Yuma, his children as we'll as all oth- CTS of the saints under correction, when asked. Where is your fatherg' were trained to say: Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies"
 Nor are these sporadic instances. The proprietor of the creamery at Mesa has two wives. as well as many others Some distance from Mesa in another | Mormon settlement lives Grandma Bra I dy. most delightful old woman, whose "reminiscences and coHent on life in gen. eral are perpetual joy. When she and a sister wife were each about 80 years ' old, Grandfather Brady took unto him | self young swife--a Swedish gFl-- l brought over by one of the elders.
 f xuit a l tile neighbor Grandmother Brady said: .l says.to Matilda, I says. Now if hus- l band can't get but one of us three new shawl an bunnit this winter, which of us do you think will get 'em?' Me, promptly replied the young woman. You two are old an tough an I'm young an delicate
 One of Grandma Brady's thrifty habits peculiar to herself. Is in the matter of white aprons, When her apron is quite fresh she wears it outside her dress skirt after the manner of aprons-but as soon as it gets little soiied 1t Is tied un- derneath her dress to serve out its sap- pointed time as a pocket handkerchief. While the Mormons are uniformly courteous to their Gentile neighbors, the general opinion seems to be that they are taught from infancy to do a Gentle when they can.' It must be borne in | mind however, that just in other sects | there are Mormons and Mormons. As
 usual thing they are we'll liked and have 1 their full share in running things. They | elect members of their church to the | Territorial Legislature, and many of tho | county officers all over Arizona are Nor 1 mons, although they do not dominate the | politics.
 l While they do not go into mining them selves. they reap the benefit in the ex- | cellent market for their produce offered | by the proximity of the mining towns, l Any Mormon who has twenty to forty | acres of land in alfalfa with water enough to irrigate, may be assured Of a | comfortable living, as people live in Ari- I zona. When that is supplemented by | chickens, cattle, horses, bees or fruit, they become well to do. Living is cheap; and their food is wholesome and suffi- cient. They have law of diet prescribed l by their prophet Joseph Smith. It IS
 called the Word of Wisdom" and It prohibits not only alcoholic drinks and tobacco but tea and coffee as well. If | limits the eating of meat to temperate I allowance. and prescribes lasts at inter
 vals. which are not weakening but n.y. Il gienic. They have profited by the exam ple of their Mexican neighbors. and the
 fragile or black bean is one of their sta
 pIe dishes. Milk, eggs and honey are all
 eaten in abundance. and the children are
 ali as round and fat as butter balls. and
 much the same color.
 While the Mormons farm as rule ir
 a way that the Eastern farmers would
 call shiftless it gives them living and
 suits the condition of country where
 manana is the law of living. This, crude ly translated. means never 'do today
 what YOU can put off until tomorrow" | irrhaz nf
 fall year, no barns are necessary. The
 farming implements lie just where they
 were dropped last with no fear of rust
 the alfalfa goes on growing. harvest af-
 ter harvest, and the stock multiplying
 while the farmer takes his ease and sen-
 iovs the various "doins' and merry
 rnakings at the hall of his ward or al a private house. The amusement hall
 goes up with the Tabernacle in Mor
 mon community. antedating the school
 house. They are extremely fond of anna
 teur theatricals while every social func-
 ton ends with a dance All the elders and generally the bishop and other dig
 nitaries attend these dances. and taks
 mart in them. Fifty cents admission Is
 charged to the dances. which occur us l ually several times a week. The pro-
 ceeds go to the mutual improvement as | sociation of the church. All their mer- | rymakings begin with prayer. The boys
 and girls are encouraged to pair on
 while their habit as people of goins 1 about in family and community groups | leaves small chance of any going astray
 They marry very young, and set Ill
 their individual roof trees of palms. uin'
 brellas or peppers over the tiniest shacks
 imaginable Most of the little houses are
 of adobe or wood. though few severely
 plain brick structures, blindless and ve'
 randahless look more enterprising bu' less homelike.
 They are a very superstitious people tht
 women especially clinging to many be-
 liefs, usually connected with savagery
 If the butter fails to come, hot tror
 dropped in the churn is thought to ous'
 the evil spirits. A few years ago one o'
 the women had a vision in which she say
 fire coming up all around, as if iron
 holes fin the earth. This was told to tho
 Quorum of Seventies, who held meet
 ing and decided that the world was com ing to an end, and the elders were sen
 ont to preach that fact to the people.
 There is only one Nigger in de Can
 Patch Syrup, put up by W. B. Rod ! dauherv Ask vour grocer for 1t, O