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round up your shoulders to walk up to the mark, 

 without any grunting." 



From this it would appear that perfect har- 

 mony does not always prevail in the Prophet's 

 seraglio. In fact it is high time that this 

 gigantic swindle should be suppressed ; there is 

 no doubt, however, that the days of Mormonism 

 are numbered. Brigham Young, by repudiating 

 his wives, has done more to effect this than any 

 amount of oppression could have brought about. 

 The women are decidedly plain, and are evidently 

 of the servant-girl class ; most of them are 

 brought out from Europe, especially from Wales, 

 Sweden, and Norway, under false pretences, 

 and, I quite believe, would gladly return to their 

 native countries if they could. 



Leaving Salt Lake City, we returned to Ogden 

 in time to catch the train going east. 



To the westward of Ogden the best money to 

 have with one is American gold, or eagle dollars, 

 as one loses by the exchange in California on all 

 other coin ; even on English sovereigns there is 

 considerable discount. To the eastward of 



