MORMON ARTISTS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1849, 24 May 1888, Page 3

MORMON ARTISTS

The fannlcrtt tiling m .Suit Lake City are tho piotur-ja on the ooiling of ihe Assembly Hall. A-.y inaa whj oan look witbout laughing at tho plolure of Joseph, m a, Bp;ko tail coat — hand carved, with a broad rolling ojllar — aad a pair o' c ippurrivotod pinUloona— aamo eiza all tho way down — kneeiinp vo reoaivo tho priesthood of Molchisodek fit the hand of I'oter and James and John, conld feel devout at n Salvation Array walk arouud. The artist has happily placed John, who waa tho moat florioaa-mlndud ol the three, In tbe rear of Joaoph This ia wolU Petor nevar could hnve g;zai upon that fea?fal and wondarfol coat und those lucoraprehensible troueera. without roaring. Oh, tie whole thbiir — Mormonhra — from firat to last, ia to > ridiculous to talk about. You oan't dlaouaa Buoh a thing oerioaaly. Its i,olygaraouß Bide is beastly and hoggish and should ba cruahad out with all thj fury and wrath tb;\t outraged law and decency oan feel, but m every other aspect it Is so asinine m its monumental imbecility that an attempt to discuss It aoberly is enough to make a snake laugh. The courts do wrong, perhaps, to Bend the erring Mormons to the penitentiary. What's the matter with the Sohool for the Feeble minded?—" Burlington Hawkeye.