. Kings of the platform and pulpit ... : personal reminiscences and anecdotes of noted Americans. of ignoramuses so many writers havetold us they were. The valley in which they live is splendidly favored. They raiseimmense crops. They have mills of all kinds. They have coal, lead andsilver mines. All they eat, all they drink, all they wear they can pro-duce themselves, and still have a great abundance to sell to the goldregions of Idaho on the one hand and the silver regions of Nevada onthe other. The president of this remarkable community the head of the Mormon church is Brigham Young. He is
. Kings of the platform and pulpit ... : personal reminiscences and anecdotes of noted Americans. of ignoramuses so many writers havetold us they were. The valley in which they live is splendidly favored. They raiseimmense crops. They have mills of all kinds. They have coal, lead andsilver mines. All they eat, all they drink, all they wear they can pro-duce themselves, and still have a great abundance to sell to the goldregions of Idaho on the one hand and the silver regions of Nevada onthe other. The president of this remarkable community the head of the Mormon church is Brigham Young. He is called President Young — and Brother Brigham. He is about 54 years old, althohedoesnt look to be over 45. He has sandy hair and whiskers, is ofmedium height, and is a little inclined to corpulency. He was born inthe State of Vermont. His power is more absolute than that of any liv-ing sovereign. Yet he uses it with such consummate discretion that hispeople are almost madly devoted to him, and that they would cheerfullydie for him if they thought the sacrifice were demanded, I can not
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