THE MORMONS.
The vitality of the Mormon delusion is very remarkable. There is a constant Btream of immigrants pasßing. through / New York bound for Salt Lake City.' A They are a very.poor and ignorant peoole, but they are generally in the prime of life.' They come in families, and thore are rather more men than. women. The Mormons seem to; have the missionary spirit more largely developed than any other aeot. Brigham Young is dead, but they seem to thrive quite as well under the guidance of. his apostles. By an ingenious system of laws they are enabled to keep the Gontiles out of the farming lands of Utah. Although, that territory is full of valuable mines the Mormons refuse to labor for the precious metals, but confine themselves to agriculture and manufacturing in a small way. Their ma erial prosperity shows that gold and silver miningare poor industries compared with wheat growing and potato culture. But some time or other the Mormon must go; the spirit of the age is against polygamy and faiths founded upon illusions, and enthusiasm cannot ltat long in this epoch of the world's history,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1001, 16 February 1882, Page 2
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190THE MORMONS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1001, 16 February 1882, Page 2
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