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Tin. JAMES 8. .YOKES. J. P. JOSES.
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CQMHII3SIQH feIERCIiAITSj
THOMSON, GA.
Having gone* into the sale of
! SUpIQ and Faiify (jfcocomm, tf»ki> pleasure
! in announceiug t.o llieir friends and the
public generally that they now have and
will constantly keep on hand a
FULL AND WELL SELECTED -TOOK OF
Staple and Fancy Groceries, principal
among wriuch uifl£ be found ilacou, Fkmt.
Sugar. Coffee, Mackerel, of the finest grades
Syrup. Molasses of eveyy grade, Cheese.
Crackers. Pearl Grits. Hominy, Rice, Lard,
pnre Liverpool Salt, Goalien. and country
butter. In their line of
FANCY GROCERIES
they do not hesitate to say that they have
the finest variety ever exhibited in this mar
ket. In the selection may always be found
O .VIVTV I >
Lima Beans. Green Com, Fresh Salmon.
Fresh Mackerel, Fresh Peaches, Pine Apples,
Pears. Apricots, Oysters. Mince Meats.
Pickles, both domestic and imported
• JIG2TS ./I IGM,
Preserved Plums. Damsons, Raspberries,
Blackberries, Lime. Pepper Hash, Pepper
and Worcestershire Sauce,
Candies, Chocolate,
both in drops and for the table, Condensed
Milk, extracts of all kinds. Apples, Oranges,
t'oeoanuts. AJmonds, Pecans, Brazil nuts,
English Walnuts (to.
They also have a tine assortment of To
baccos. Segars, I‘ipes. Smoking Tobacco,
Tea. Soap, l’lain and Toilet Lunch Baskets,
Cream Tarter, Soda. Yeast I’owders, all of
which th. y are offering as low cash prices
that cannot fail to suit all.
Our motto is still “Quick Sales and Small
ITofits. ”
JAMES 8. JONES A SON.
[mr l-'iyl] dec 11 Thomson, Ga.
A. J. CL ARK,
DEALER IN
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
Spectacles, Eye-Glasses, Etc.
Watches <fc Clocks Repaired A Warranted
JEWELRY MADE AND REPAIRED
ALL KINDS OF HAIR BRAIDING DONE.
CaT* 184 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. — j
Next to the Telegraph Office.
Ang. 12 1874. Gfli
Wonders Never Cease.
I 1
1 HAT beautiful Plantation so abundantly
and conveniently improved and adorned,
containing four hundred and seven acres
Oak and Hickory
land, situated in Columbia county, on Big
Kiokee Creek, five miles, from Saw Dust,
on the Georgia Rail Road, is offered
FOR SALE
upon terms for any length of time, with
interest, at 10 per centum per annum, with
approved security. Apply to
THUS. H. BEVENS,
Nov. 20, 1874 ts Saw Dust, Ga. R. R.
JT>«3IT
I)R. ALBERT HAPE offers his profes
sional services to the citizens of Thomson
and vicinity. His office for the present will
be at the residence of MR. W. E. SPIER, !
where he may be found from the Ist to the
10th of each month.
July 8, 1871. ts I
I*OET lACL.
Are We!
BY ETHEL L^NN.
* -» ' >
Are M e to ‘*old folks r
Are we tender, every day ?
Will we think so. that to-morrow
That is not so far away ?
When the trailing of their garments
Trips their own impatient feet,
Do we Jhide them that they linger
On Life’ upward sloping street ?
Wken they fail cnir speech to answer,
I)o we call them rudely back
From Youth’s dreamland, where they linger
i o the rough and dusty track ?
For the real groweth dream-like,
And the dream-like real grown.
When the show is well-nigh ended,
And the drama nears its close.
They are list’ning to the echoes
Os the feet that come no more,
For the children’s voices calling
Through Time’s barred and bolted door.
For the summons may be near them,
That is softly drawing nigh :
Do we never call them roughly
From that fair land, you and I?
When the eye-light groweth dimmer,
v And the smoke of battle o’er,
0 Still beclouds the crystal mirror,
Left to light Life's latest score.
Do we lend our clearer vision,
Patiently their needs to meet,
twilight hours beguiling,
Counting loving service sweet ?
Let us all bo truly kinder;
Life may bring us friendships new,
But the heads so white beside us,
They, alas, are all too few.
Newer loves may meet us, maybe,
Coming with to-inorrow s dawn,
But they cannot till the places
Os the “old folks” dead and gone.
! SELECT Jllst l ELLA .VI .
i TO BE LET—FURNISHED.
“Anything over to-day ?” asked, with
| a significant and ironical emphasis, a
j young and briefless lawyer, named Kit
Mmnmertim, of another equally young
j anil briefless “limb,” Bill Bellenden, as
lie saunteicd into the latter's rooms in
I Court street, which rooms hud a very
, professional air—a rusty grate filled with
scraps of paper and cigar ends, a tablo
j littered with law-books, sheets of fools
! cap, floor ditto, leather-bottomed arm
j chairs, very crazy and truculent looking
window-panes that looked like thick
cobwebs—all ns it should bo, mimi; a
: client. “Anything over ?” he repeated.
“Over head ami ears lii love and debtj”
answered Belicuded, “that’s all. Oh, I
forgot, tw ■ dimes and a smooth quarter
in the wafer box.”
■ “And the governor ?”
“ITas departed for Jew York and
i Philadelphia, to be gpne for three!
! months. lie has let his town house, yon
j know, and was preparing to,reside at his
j country sent at B——, was looking
j around for servants, in fnet.. The
grounds are taken care of by his next
1 door neighbor, a gardener. He thinks
! now he shall not be back till fall. ”
“Os course he came down handsomely
before he left ?” remarked Kit, whittling
the table with his pen knife,
j “He gave me a check for my quarter’s
allowance in advance, answered Bellen
, den.
j “Have you drawn the money?’’
; “My dear fellow, I require it all to
I consolidate my debts.”
“What a st ipid proceeding!”
“A necessary sacrafice. My creditors
were pressing. I had to compound with
them for the credit of the bar.”
“And I think you told me that, not
daring to confide the state of your af
fairs to your father, you had taken up
your lodgings on the sofa here, and
dined at a ch-.ap eating-house.”
“Exactly so, Kit.”
“Urnpb, a pleasant way of passing the
next three months, certainly.”
“I shall live like a nabob for the next
three months, and have a little cash to
boot,” said Bellendeu, triumphantly.
.“Ah, how ?”
“Yon know just now everybody is
moving out of town.”
“Yes, and you’re obliged, thanks to
your want of forethought and extrava
; gance, to swelter liete during the hot
I months."
! “Listen, will you ?” cried Bellenden,
I “Hear what I have written. ” And, tak
ing up a sheet of foolscap, he read as
; follows:
“To be let furnished- A genteel
country residence four miles from State
street, with fourleui rooms, furnished in
modern style, stable, granary, and large
garden stocked with the choicest kinds
of fruit—near a railroad and omnibus
station. Part of the rent will be taken
out in board by the advertiser. Terms
made known on application to W. Bel
lenden, No. buildings, Court street. ”
“Zounds!” cried Hit, his eyes starting
out of his head. “You aren’t going to
let your owu father’s house ?”
“That wag my plan,” replied Bellen
den, cooly. “Why should the house re
main empty for a whole quarter ?”
“But the new furniture will be
spoiled. ”
“I shall only let it to a respectable
tenant.”
Kit remonstrated, but in vain. Bel
lenden assured him that stern necessity
compelled him to act, and begged to in-
THOMSON, GA, JANUARY 13,1875.
form him that liSpfeofhtion was so un
alterably fixed Hint no power on earth
could shake jt. That evening the adver
tisement was put in the “Transcript.”
The modest' tap at Bel
leudeu’s office produced an invita
tion to enter, asd a highly respectable
gentleman availed himself of the per
mission. He was dressed in black, with
a white neckcloth, wore a heavy gold
chain and sqfiarp, old-fashioned watch
key, aud polished shoes aud white stdfck
ings, and carried a buff cane, with an
ivory head, the very beau ideal of an old
Boston merchant.
“I called, sir, in consequence of your
advertisement in the ‘Transcript,’ last
evening.” *
“Pray be seated. You have an idea of
moving out of town ?”
“Yes, for three months only. I will
drive- out and see your
house, and if I like it, and the, terms arc
not too high, I think we can manage to
make au agree pent."
What fun)ib”have you, sir?” asked
Be louden, witl the air of a practical
landlord. |
“Only my .Jriie, daughter aud self,”
replied the old gentleman.
“And you have no objection to take
mb to board I’m not much trouble iu
a house,” said Bellenden.
‘‘None whatever. Pray, what arc
your terms ?” j
“One hundrofi and fifty dollars for tlio
season—that is sbree mouths. I will al
low you five ijuJlars a week for my
board—that taker, off sixty!”
“Balance ninety,” replied tlie old gen
tlom, rising. “Very well,-sir ;if I like
the house, I will call to-morrow, and pay
you iu advance, ’!y* -
“A you please, sir.”
“My name,” said tho old gentleman,
as ho took leave* “is Grayling—Godfrey
GreJling & Cos., India wharf. Good
morning, sir.”
‘ ‘Grey 1 jug! <jue daughter!” cried Bel
lenden, as he patted the room. “What if
he should be th.t» father of the glorious
creature I met ijd Gloucester last sum
mer ? The idea of being under the
same roof with her almost drives me
mad, ami atoned.for mueh that I have
suffered aud am still suffering— Grey
ling! Grey ling!’*.
Ilia conjectures were correct. G.-e,y
liug called next day, paid the rent, and,
received the key, and the evening after,
when ho went tinlm *ap, he discovered
to his delight thr Julia (;•■, ,'n,. , .
other tine* gif'-' whom hi.'
had casualty at Cape Ann
the previous tteaabu. fe was then vis
iting tho place wltlT her aunt, and
whether slie was conscious of a nascent
penchant for <>ur hero, or for some other
reason, she had forborne mentioning to
her mother having met a young gentle
man at the seaside, “with such a dear
corsair expression, and such a sweet
moustache!”
Oi course Bellenden did not come into
town any mofe. Why should be? He
had no client there—and a suit here
which must not be suffered to go bv de
fault. What duets at the piano! wha‘
strolls in the garden! what walks by
moonlight! what rides at sunset! It was
a fairy existence. But in the sweetest
cup of pleasure —luryit arnari, Miquid
—and coiling the bottom of his beak
er of bliss, lay a serpent thought that all
this fairy scene would soon vanish like a
summer day-dream. With the birds and
flowers the Gteylings would be gone—
he had three months of enjoyment be
fore him. Three months! ho had not
twenty-four hours.
The next morning Bellenden was
strolling iu the garden, waiting for Miss
Greyling to join him, when the omnibus
stopped at tin door, and out of that om
nibus—a vision of (head—alighted Mr.
Bellenden, senior.
“You here, sir?” exclaimed the young
man.
“You here, sir ?” exclaimed the father,
“How came you to think of opening the
house ? Did you get word that I was
coming ?”
“No, sir, but I thought you wouldn’t
dislike it.i l
“Not at all. You’ve saved mo a deal
of trouble. Servants here ?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Well, well, let’s get riijt of the sun,”
replied Mr. Bellemlen, impatiently.
“One moment, sir. I have some
friends staying with me—very respecta
ble people, I ass u iv you, sir—the Grey
lings—do yon know them?” lie added
anxiously.
“I’ve waiting,” cried Miss
Greyling, running down the steps of the
piazza in a charming walklwg dress, but
am quite ready now. ” She stopped sud
denly and blushed on perceiving a stran-
ger.
“My fa/iier, Miss Greyling.”
“I am happy to see you, sir. Won’t
you walk iu ?”
“Hospitable,” muttered Bellenden,
“seeing that it’s my own house.”
“Miss Greyling,” said young Bellen
den, nervously, “I am very sorry that I
must deny myself the pleasure of walk
ing with you, but my father—l—pray
excuse me.”
“Oh, certainly, certainly ! Don’t
make any apologies. I couldn’t think of
going now. Fray walk in, sir. You'll
dine with us, I hape, sir ?”
“I rather think I shall, young lady,”
answered Bellenden, senior, coolly.
“You’re dusty and tired, father,” said
young Bellenden, who dreaded a discov
ery. “Won’t you walk up into my
room ?”
“No, sir,” replied Bellenden, senior,
peremptorily. “I want to see how the
drawing-room looks. With what taste
your poor mother, had she been alive,
would have furnished it.”
Aud tossing his hat on the tablo, he
walked into the long drawing-room, fol
lowed by his son and Miss Greyliug.
“My father and mother, Mr. Bellen
den,” said the young lady, getting be
fore him, aud performing the ceremony
of introduction.
Mr. Greyliug had fallen asleep uncon
sciously on the ottoman, and sank from
a sitting to a recumbent position. He
started up, rubbing his eyes.
“Bless me, what a solecism! T’m
afraid I was vulgar enough to dose. Mr.
Bellenden, I’m very happy to see you.
My wife. Pray sit down, sir.”
.“Thank you, .sir, I prefer walking
about,” replied Mr. Bellenden, senior.
“Curse his impudence,” he muttered to
his son; “sleeping with his boots on my
cut-velvet ottoman, asking me to be
seated iu my own house!”
“He’s rather eccentric,” whispered
young Bellenden, “but most amiable of
men.”
“My father, he said in a low tone, ad
dressing Greyling, “is odd; very pecu
liar—but you nmsn’t miud him.”
“Y'otvjfill dins with us e» famille,"
said Greyling—a very amiable aud
polished old lady, by tho way.
“I intend to, madam, certainly,” re
plied Bellenden,'senior, who was stroll
ing about tho room, examining the fur
niture, and occasionally changing the
■place of a chair, a card-table, or a vase.
“Travelling makes one hungry, and as
the country probably produces the same
effect on you, I shall make no apology
for ordering dinner.” Aud lie rang the
boll. A smart man-servant answered it.
“Dinner directly, Sam,” said Mr. Bel
lenden, senior.
“James;, sir,” replied the man with
dignffy, aud looking with au enquiring
air to Air. Greyling.
“Serve tho dinner if it ic ready,
James,” said Air. Greyliug, smothering
his indignation.-
“Confound his impudence!” said he to
himself. “Does he presume to give or
ders to my servants V”
“Hang liis iuttpliiice!” whispered Mr.
Bellendeu to his sA. “Mils/ he tell my
people what to do ?”
Dinner was soon aiinouuced. Mr.
Bellenden, senior, offered liis arm to
Mrs. Greyling. Young Bellenden sailed
with Julia, and Air. Greyling brought
up in the rear. Mr. Bellenden, senior,
handl'd the old lady to her place with
great gallantry, and seated himself op
posite to her to tho astonishment, indig-
| nation and disgust of old Greyling, who
would have broken out iu remonstrances
if his daughter had not restrained him.
Young Belleuden clutched his napkin in
agony. Mr. Bellenden, senior, did the
honors of the table with easy noncha
lance, but all the other members r.f the
family labored under asingular restraint,
aud tiio ladies sought the cariiest oppor
tunity of retiring.
“Now, James,” said Mr. Bellenden,
senior, “the champagne!”
“Reidly, Mr. Bellenden,” stammered
Greyling, but the words fairly choked
him; he leaned buck in his chair and un
loosed his cravat. The poor man looked
I uite apoplectic.
James handed Mr. Bellendeu a bottle,
the wire was cut, tho cork bounced out
perversely, ami arnote Mr. Greyliug on
his rather prominent Roman nose.
“A random shot. I beg a thousand
pardons,” said Mr. Bellenden, bowing.
And lie passed a foaming beaker to the
irritated merchant.
“I don’t drink champagne,” said
Greyling, testily. “James, give me
some claret.”
“That’s right, Mr. Greyling, call for
what you liko,” said Bellenden. “Noth
ing gives me greater pleasure than to see
people make themselves at home.”
“I should think so, sir,” replied Mr.
Greyling, dryly, as lie sipped his wine in
angry gulps.
“The cellar is pretty well stocked, eli.
William ?” pursued Mr. Bellenden, ad
dressing his son. “And I beg, Mr.
Greyling, you will name your favorites.
What do you say to Burgundy ?”
“If you desire Burgundy, Mr. Bclleu
den. ”
“Os course I do, ” replied Mr. Bellen
don. “Bottle of Burgundy, James.”
“You must excuse me, Mr. Bellenden,”
said Greyling, rising. "I would prefer
to join the ladies.”
“Do not place any restraint on your
self. Consider yourself perfectly at
home while you are here.”
“I do so consider myself, I assure
you,” answered Mr. Greyling, rising,
“and shall do so while I remain, which
will be until next September.” And he
slammed the door behind him in a pet.
Mr. James followed the example of his
master.
“What under the sun, William,” cried
Mr. Bellenden, when they were alone,
“could have induced you to invito such
a vulgar, ill-bred set here ? Talk of
staying till September,.too!”
“My dear eir,” stammered young Bel
lenden, “lie is a client and promises me
a large business.”
“And makes up for paying fees by
quartering himself and his family here
for months. The fellow’s impudeuce
beats everything I ever heard of.”
“He is certainly very eccentric,” said
young Bellenden. “But if you knew
him as I do, sir, you’d excuse his pecu
liarities.”
“Doubted,” said Bellendeu, senior.”
“But let ns join the ladies. The
daughter is pretty and attractive, though
not, I am constrained to say, over well
bred.”
The evening passed off well; the taste
ful performauc- of Miss Greyling on the
piano soothed the troubled spirits of her
auditors. But when the hour of retiring
arrived the unpleasant feelings of the
two seniors were revived..
“I trust you will pass the night with
us,” said Mi*. Greyliug, civilly.
“Why, where else should I pass it?”
“Very well, six-, said Greyliug, “when
you are ready, I will light you to your
room—the blue chamber.”
“I am very much obliged to you, sir,”
retorted Bellenden. “but if it’s all the
same to you, I prefer to select my own
sleeping apartment.”
“Sir, I wish you a very goq>l night!”
said Greyling, taking up a lamp and
sweeping out of the room, followed by
his wife and daughter.
“Extraordinary!” exclaimed Bellen
den. “Hang me, if I ever saw, read or
heard of such immeasurable impu
dence!”
The next morning Mr. Bellenden, sen
ior, was up betimes, and walking in his
garden. He was soon joined by Mr.
Greyling, who appeared to have passed a
feverish night. The two old gentleman
saluted each other, stiffly.
“I hope you have passed a goodnight,
sir,” said Mr. Bellenden.
“I didn’t sleep a wink,” said Mr.
Greyliug.
‘ ‘lndeed ? I am distressed to learn it. ”
“Mr. Bellenden, sir, it is very evi-
, .-.j - - *
dent that, although your son and I agree
very well together, you and I cannot ex
ist under the same roof.”
“Indeed! And I presumo,” said Mr.
Bellenden, ironically, “that you are
about to suggest the expediency of my
taking up my quarters elsewhere. From
what I saw of your conduct yesterday, I
should judge you to be quite capable of
such a proposition.”
“Mr. Hellene’ -o, uslawyer must
he aware that I have a right to make it.”
“A right to make it!”
“ies, sir, but I scorn to do so, and
merely came to gfve yon notfoe that I
shall vacate your premises to-day, leav
ing it to your sense of justice to accord
me reasonable damages. ”
“Seasonable damages!” cried Bellen
den, furiously. “Haven’t you taken up
your quarters here, bag and baggage, or
dered my servants about, appropriated
what rooms you saw fit to your own use,
cut boquets out of my garden, sent
presents of fruit and vegetables to your
friends in tqwij, acted, in a word, as if
3’ou were master hero?—and now you
talk of damages!”
“Well, sir! ’ roared Mr. Greyling,
“haven’t I paid the rent iu advance?”
The rent iu advance! You are crazy
old fellow!”
But at this crisis appeared yoimg Bel
lenden, alarmed, abashed and penitent.
He made a full confession of the trick he
had perpetrated, and then stood, culprit
like, trembling and covered with confu
sion. The two old gentlemen eyed each
other for a moment, then burst into a
hearty fit of laughter, and shook hands
cordially. The young scapegrace who
had occasioned all the trouble was par
doned, and his father agreed to discharge
his debts on his pledge of .making a
good husband to Julia Greyling. The
young couple took up their abode in the
Belleudcu villa, preferring its luxuries
and comforts to the chanee of advertis
ing for lodgings to be let—furnished.
BISHOP PIERCE IN UTAH.
SALT LAKE CITY—INTERVIEW WITH BRIO
HAM YOUNG—GLIMPSES OP MOBMONDOM.
[From The iou heru Christian Advoca‘6 ]
Mr. Editor:
Skipping over the scenes and objects
of interest on the way, we will halt for
supper at Ogden, and take the cars for
Salt Lake City. Soon affer leaving the
station we come into full view of that
wonderful sheet of water—Salt Lake.—
The Lake is said to be one hundred
miles in length, and from forty to sixty
miles wide. Mountains rise from its
bosom, and from some points of observa
tion, the rocks, and craigs resemble
houses and castles, and some of them
are of such fantastic shape as to suggest
the idea of genii presiding over the mys
tery of nature. I asked a Mormon lady
sitting near me, if they made salt of the
watex "Oh, yes,” said she, “awful lots
of it”
On our way down, at a little station,
the cars were invaded by a crowd of.
young people, all “merry as a marriage
bell.” Iu the scramble for seats, an old
lady located by Dr. MoFerrin and my
self, and seemed quite disposed to make
herself agreeable. I asked what all of
these people were about ? She answered
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that “they came iu the morning from
the city, fur a little jollification, ami
were now returning.” “How have yort
spent the day?” “Mostly in dancing.
“What, do you Mormons dance?” “Yes,
sir, but we always open and close with
prayer, and we \>ehnvo ourselves.” “Do
you let the Gentiles dance with yoot'
“Yes, if they behave well.” “Are yotl
Mormons all poligamists?” “No, we
believe iu it—we think it right— but do
not require a man to have more one wife;
we can do as we please about that. X
came here eleven years ago, from Eng
land ; I was a widow then, and I am a
widow yet.” So we chatted on, and I
picked up many scraps of information ,
about this strange people.
On our arrival, we went to a hotel and
found it a first class house. Early in
the morning, we went forth to see aud
make our obsevutious. Tlie town is reg
ularly laid out, the streets are at right
angles to each other, and by the curb
stones on either side, there runs a beauti
ful stream of clear, cool water. Along
the side,walks, trees have been planted ;
on every open lot fruit trees abound, and
the trees and the water give to the place
a peculiar charm—an air of coolness and
sepose. The pnb'.c buildings are impos
ing, as to style—some beautiful private
residences—but the common habitations
of the people are of a very bumble de
scription >
“The. Tabernacle” is a wonderful
structure—a modle auditorium. An el
lipse, with an egg-shaped roof— doors of
entrance at each end and on either side—
two hundred and fifty feet in length—
one hundred and fifty iu width— a wide
gallery uearly around the entire circuit—
two pulpits, the first on a low narrow
platform; the second, two wjeps higher,
of more elaborate workmanship— in the
rear of it, an organ made of Utah mate
rial and by Utah artisans, at a cost of
one thousand daliars—on the right and
left, numerous seats for the choir— the
whole building will comfortably seat
thirteen thousand people.
Dr. McF. stood iu the pulpit and I
went back to the last pew, aud we carried
on a donversation in a common colloquial
tone, each hearing distinctly. The
breast-work of the gallery is panneled
and on each pannel there is a motto.
NO. 2.
We called on Brigham Young, and
were courteously recived. He is a nice,
clean, good-looking, well-dressed man—
-71 years of age. He looked fresh and
strong, erect and active. He lives in
! royal style as to the forms aud ettiquette
j with which he surrounds himself. He
j has his hours and his porter, and his re
ception room, and is approached through
many formalities. Ouee iu hispresenoe,
however, he is affable, easy in maimer,
intelligent iu conversation. I take him
to lie a. man of moderate mind, pretty
well posted by reading and contact with
strangers, iu the current facts of (State
and of bis churches. His position s
largely au accident, aud his influence the
sequence of the iguorance and supersti
tion of his people—investing him with a
sacred character. He has lieen shrewd
enough to make a good tliiug financially,
out of his prophetic office. Fabulous
statements are made as to his personal
fortune. I know nothing—l judge by
what js visible. All his buildings are
plaiu and all things considered, humble.
When he located here they were doubt
less considered fine in contrast with the
rest about him, but the town has im
proved, aud superior structures outshine
him. He has forty acres enclosed with
a high stone wall, (concrete) and within,
he has his printing offices, apartments
for himself and employees, and several
private residences—gardens, orchards,
and vinyards.—a right royal domain.
On the opposite side of the street, he is
erecting (now about complete) an elegaut
mansicc fo* his favorite wsfe. The story
is that the house and the outfit are to ex
ceed any private nrnngement on the con
tinent. Such a retreat will be very
pleasant for an old man* burdened with
nineteen wives and forty-nine children
especially as the intended occupant will
stand to him iu closer celestial affinity
than any one of his harem.
The temple is on the same lot with the
tabernacle. It is not fiuislxed, and pos
sibly, never will be. The design is
grand. It is to be built of the finest
granite—two hundred seet long, one
hundred feet wide—three stories high.
It is for the ceremonies—the arcana of
the church—and is not to be open for
the public. I asked the gentleman, who
very politely showed ns the buildings,
“How do you aud your people get mon
ey for such a magnificent structure as
this?” “Oh, very easily,” he said.
“Our treasury is never empty.” “Well,
how do you manage that?” “Every
Mormou,” he replied, “pays the tenth
of his income to the church. If he
makes oue huudred bushels of wheat the
church gets tea. Unless Trovidenceand
the seasons, and the eiirth, all fail, our
treasury will never be empty.” Let
Gentile Christians ponder that state
ment. This Mormon fact rebukes our
Methodism. How our missions would
multiply, our colleges flourish, our or
phans rejoice, if the church could com
mand the tenth of the income of her
people 1
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