MORMON GIRLS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2547, 20 May 1881, Page 3

MORMON GIRLS.

Alluding to the report that Brigham Young, the son of the Mormon prophet, has been indicted for bigamy before the Federal Court at Salt lake City, a contemporary observes ;—Polygamy, from being a cheap arrangement, has become so costly that only rich men can afford to have a number of wives. These ladies will no longer toil like Indian squaws, and fine clothing are quite as costly in Utah as they are elsewhere. The Mormon girls now decline to be anybody’s second or third wife, and are beginning to prefer the whole of a humble Gentile’s hearty to the fifteenth part of an elder’s jaded affections. Moreover, there are secessions from the faith. Joe Smith’s sons have pronounced against polygamy, and when the children of the first and only legal marriage,’claim the sole estate of an intestate Mormon father, the system will receive such a shock that its final collapse cannot be far off. Of late years it has gained no American recruits, while the European emigrants are invariably the poorest, most ignor ant, and undesii’able which can be picked up by specious promises in Scandinavia, Wales, and Lancashire. It is therefore clear that though Mormonism may, for many years to come, exist as a faith, as a semi-political organization its day is over.

In a discussion with a temperance lecturer a toper asked: “If water rots your boots, what effect must it have on the coats of your stomach ? The man wh - has his sisters and hi; cousins cannot be too careful of his haunts. ;Men are like pins. Oae with a little head may be just as sharp as one with a big bead. The head of a troupe of Bohemian glass-blowers lately exhibited in Washington, U.S., a dress made of flint glass that had required 100,000 miles of spun glass thread to weave its materials. It was of the texture of fine silk, and took nearly six months to complete.

The enquiry into the wreck of the Tararua is still proceeding at Dunedin. The Post Office will be closed on Tuesday (he 21th inst., (Queen’s Birthday). Mails usually despatched on that day, will close at 8 p.m., on Monday the 23rd. The office will be open for the delivery of letter from 8.30 to 9.30 p.m, Mr Macandrew addressed the electors f t Port Chalmers last night, when a vote of thanks and confidence was carried unanimously. At the R.M. Court to-day before R. Beetham Esq. R.M., an inebriate was cautioned and discharged. Two civil cases were adjourned, and the defendants evidence in a third one was taken for transmission to Christchurch. Mr Olivier, Minister of Public Works,has res'gntd owing to his private affairs haying been disorganised by recent occurrences. We bob'eve that this has happened through the death of a relative, who had the management of the business. The following appeared in this m rning’s " Press ” from its Wellington correspondent :—lt was currently reported this evening that the Cabinet decided on a course of action in regard to the Inspector of Lunatic Asylum, and the result is believed to be adverse to Dr Skae, but on this head nothing is definitely known. In view, however, of the views understood to be he'd by the majority of the Government, it is deemed certain that his services will not be retained. Nothing, however, is officially known as to the resolution arrived at by the Cabi net. One of our reporters who recently visited Dunedin inspected the Coffee Palace in Moray street. The Palace is .owned by a company, and conducted on temperance principles. It is a spacious building intended to suit all classes of the community. There are over seventy bedrooms and twelve private sitting rooms and saloons, fitted up in first-class style and handsomely furnished, in fact, the entire establishment is a credit to the city of Dunedin. The means provided for escape in caso of fire are of the most improved kind, there being safe egress from the building in all directions in alarm of danger. The electric light was exhibited in front of the building on Wednesday night. The establishment was to be opened last night by the Mayor of Dunedin. A number of the most prominent citizens had signified their intention to be present at the opening.

Mr Herman’s Consultation is expected to close to-morrow evening.

Ba r on Puck, a rival to Tom Thumb, and one of the smallest dwarfs in the world, is to be seen at Mr Turnbull’s late store, adjoining the Theatre Royal. Mrs Diamond, of the Globe Hotel, Princess street, Dunedin, is prepared to accommodate visitors, boarders,or families. The Globe is a comfortable house and the terms are reasonable.

Mr J J. Pryor, importer wholesale and retail seedsman and fruiterer, George street, Dunedin, is a purchaser of provincial grown produce. Patterson, Burke and Co., Maclaggan street, Dunedin, are prepared to supply Venetian blinds at moderate prices. The railway arrangements in connection with the Grand National Steeplechases, on the Queen's Birthday, May 21, appears in another column. Attention is directed to Messrs Cowan and Foster’s announcement, contained in our extra with this evening’s issue.