A TOUR ACROSS THE STATES, AND ROUND THEM
WITH
THREE MONTHS AMONG THE MORMONS
BY PHIL ROBINSON
AUTHOR OF "IN MY INDIAN GARDEN," "UNDER THE PUNKAH," "NOAH'S ARK,'"ETC., ETC.
NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION
LONDON
1892
Inscribed,
WITH AUTHOR'S GRATITUDE, TO A FRIEND, JOHN STUART DOWNING.
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FROM NEW YORK TO CHICAGO.
By the Pennsylvania Limited—Her Majesty's swine—Glimpses ofAfrica and India—"Eligible sites for Kingdoms"—The Phoenixcity—Street scenes—From pig to pork—The Sparrow line—ChicagoMountain—Melancholy merry-makers.
FROM CHICAGO TO DENVER.
Fathers of Waters—"Rich Lands lie Flat"—The Misery River—CouncilBluffs—A "Live" town, sir—Two murders: a contrast—Omaha—Theimmorality of "writing up"—On the prairies—The modesty of"Wish-ton-Wish"—The antelope's tower of refuge—Out of Nebraska intoColorado—Man-eating Tiger.
IN LEADVILLE.
The South Park line—Oscar Wilde on sunflowers as food—In awash-hand basin—Anti-Vigilance Committees—Leadville the city ofthe carbonates—"Busted" millionaires—The philosophy of thickboots—Colorado miners—National competition in lions—Abuse of theterms "gentleman" and "lady"—Up at the mines—Under the pine-trees.
FROM LEADVILLE TO SALT LAKE CITY.
What is the conductor of a Pullman car?—Cannibalism fatal to lastingfriendships—Starving Peter to feed Paul—Connexion between Irishcookery and Parnellism—Americans not smokers—In Denver—"The QueenCity of the Plains"—Over the Rockies—Pride in a cow, and what cameof it—Sage-brush—Would ostriches pay in the West?—Echo Canyon—TheMormons' fortifications—Great Salt Lake in sight.
THE CITY OF THE HONEY-BEE.
Zion—Deseret—A City Of Two Peoples—"Work" the watch-word ofMormonism—A few facts to the credit of the Saints—The text of theEdmunds Bill—In the Mormon Tabernacle—The closing scene of theConference.
LEGISLATION AGAINST PLURALITY.
A people under a ban—What the Mormon men think of the Anti-PolygamyBill—And what the Mormon women say of polygamy—Puzzlingconfidences—Practical plurality a very dull affair—But theoreticallya hedge-hog problem—Matrimonial eccentricities—The fashionablemilliner fatal to plurality—Absurdity of comparing Moslem polygamywith Mormon plurality—Are the women of Utah happy?—Their enthusiasmfor Women's Rights.
SUA SI BONA NORINT.
A Special Correspondent's lot—Hypothecated wits—The Daughters ofZion—Their modest demeanour—Under the banner of Woman's Rights—Thediscoverer discovered—Turning the tables—"By Jove, sir, you shallhave mustard with your beefsteak!"
COULD THE MORMONS FIGHT?
An unfulfilled prophecy—Had Brigham Young been stillalive?—The hierarchy of Mormonism—The fig