A POLYGAMIST OUTWITTED.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1658, 10 November 1887, Page 3

A POLYGAMIST OUTWITTED.

The Carson [Register of September Ist relates the following : Andrew Smith, a Dane, abont 22 'years of age, a resident of Carson Valley, hearing that his sister was held in " durance vile " in Sanpete, Utah territory, by a Mormon, to whom she was " sealed," a man having two other wives, left Mottsville some three months since with the intention of rescuing his sister from the clutches of the " Lord's Annointed." Arriving ia Utah, he stopped at Sanpete some time, making believe his presence there was merely for the sake of paying his sister a visit in order to allay any suspicion that might be raised in regard to his real intentions. At the time the Mormon Conference was being held in Salt Lake City, he prevailed upon the man by whom his sister was held to let his three wiveß (so he called them) accompany him (Smith) to Salt Lake City to attend the conference. The polygamist consented, and the parties repaired to the " City of the Saints" by carriage. On reaching that place young Smith succeeded in getting the two wives of the man to stop at the hotel while he and his sister took a ride around the country, promising to return in a short time. Leaving the nnsuspectingfemales, and whenbeyond the city limits, Smith drove at a rapid rate until he reached Ogden, where he and his sister took the cars going west, leaving buggy and horses at Ogden for the owners to recover as best they could. The happy couple arrived here on Thursday lost, and proceeded to Carson Valley, where their parents reside. The young lady was glad to escape from the thraldom in which Bhe was held, and the brother's joy at effecting her freedom knew no bound*. Smith says if this should meet the eye of his sister's former mate, he hopes he will come out here to reclaim her, or send Brigham Young. Miss Smith, when married to the man, had just come to the country, and could not speak a word of English, and, being ignorant of the customs of the neople, was held an easy captive. This ia but one incident of the many abominations practised in that land of pollution, and the horrors that could be recited of the past acts of that people would fill a volume. In England, a child cannot be employed full time in a factory or workshop under 13 years of age, and if suck child has not pa««cd Staadard IV, or made the required number of attendances, he must attend school half time until te is 14 years old. The " Pilgrim's Progress " has been trans* lited into Japanese, and appears with—to European eyes—most comio illustratia ns by natire artists. " Christian" has a closesbftTen Mongolian head. "Vanity Fair" a feast of lanterns, with all the popular Japanese amusements. The dungeen of "Giant Despair" is one of those large wooden cages well known to Eastern criminals, and the angels waiting to receive the p'<lgrims on the further srde of the bridgelsss river are dressed after the latest Yokohama fashions. According to the Melbourne Daily Telegraph, one pair of rabbits, if left undisturbed, will, in three years, increase to 13,718,000, New South Wales is spending £IOO,OOO a year, and Victoria £200,000 a year, in fighting the pest. On one station in the former colony, 770,000 rabbits were destioyed last yeai at a cost of nearly £16,000 to the proprietor, .and the run is as thickly infested as ever. It is said by authorities that all methods to grapple with the evil hitherto adopted hare been utter failures. A great sensation hns been caused in scientific circles in America by the fall of an aerolite estimated to weigh about 70 toDu, which fell about 60 miles south of the capital of New Brunswick. In its fall it illuminated the landscape for miles round, and set fiie to a hut 20ft fron the spot where it struck the ground. A group of spectators narrowly escaped injury, On the same date, September 17,'a meteor weighmg from 50 to 100 tons on a farm three miles from Portland, Maine.