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so many of our own people will believe 

 a sensational story rather than listen 

 to reason. # 



In regard to the polygamy question, it 

 has always been more of a bngaboo in 

 people's imaginations, than anything 

 else. While people were free to practice 

 it or not, they never kindly took to it. I 

 never knew a time in the last 30 years 

 that more than 5 per cent, of the people 

 practiced it, and when the church and 

 the people voluntarily abandoned it in 

 the fall of 1891, I do not think there 

 was one per cent, of the people that 

 practiced it. 



Of course, if a man died, if he left one 

 or more wives, they were free to marry 

 again. They did not have to wait until 

 he died ; if they were not satisfied, they 

 could get a divorce and marry again. 

 Some do this even now, when there is 

 no polygamy, but they are few aad far 

 between. If people marry for love, and 

 are kind and sincere in their married 

 life, they need no divorce, as they live 

 above the law. The people here seem 

 much relieved, now that they are rid of 

 this question. There have been a few 

 rabid agitators that have kept the coun- 

 try in a perpetual boil or ferment, but it 

 is pleasant to reflect that their occupa- 

 tion is gone ; and as the people in Utah 

 are sociable and industrious, the more 

 they become known the more they will 

 be appreciated. 



In answer to the question whether 

 more than one wife lived happily to- 

 gether in the same house, I can say that 

 I have known several instances of the 

 kind, where they lived happier than the 

 general run of people with one wife ; 

 but in some instances it was the oppo- 

 site. Could you expect it otherwise ? 

 As it is not natural, therefore it did not 

 always bring happiness in the home. 

 Some people say that the people here 

 are not happy. This is incorrect. They 

 have as much cause to be contented and 

 happy as any people. There are more 

 people here who own their own homes 

 than in any other place in the Union. 

 We do not have very many rich people, 

 neither have wo many very poor folks. 



All over Utah, as the people came 

 here and settled the country, each valley 

 and stream was surveyed, and an esti- 

 mate made as to how many families 

 could live on, or occupy, the land and 

 water. Each family received 20 to 25 

 acres, and the people each took their 

 pick to the limited amount until the 

 whole of it was occupied. Through this 

 system being inaugurated, most of the 

 people own their own homes. This is 

 one reason why the people of Utah, if 



they are not moderately happy, ought 

 to be. Many places are bought, sold 

 and exchanged, and there is some land 

 that is not settled yet. As a rule, the 

 land is fertile, and the climate good. In 

 the north, the soil is good for grain and 

 roots, and in the south tropical fruits 

 can be grown. 



The authorities of the Mormon church, 

 and the great Mormon choir, start to 

 Chicago this week, to attend the World's 

 Fair, and to compete for the grand 

 musical prize of $5,000, which is ofifered 

 by the Fair. I think it is possible that 

 this trip will be productive of some good 

 — it may have a tendency to dismiss 

 some prejudice that may still linger in 

 the minds of some people, and perhaps, 

 after a while, some of the people may be 

 led to believe that those who live in 

 Utah are not so barbarous a lot as they 

 have been led to believe we are. Many 

 people are astonished when they come 

 here, and visit the large tabernacle and 

 hear this choir. They are very cheerful 

 and pleasant people. There is another 

 good choir of 1,000 young people led 

 bv the same leader, Mr. Evan Stevens. 

 'Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 29, 1893. 



The Cure of Foul Brood Still 

 more Fully Explained. 



Written for the American BeeJoximal 



BY WM. M'EVOY. 



In the honey season of 1875 I took 

 out the diseased combs, and let the bees 

 build new combs in many colonies. In 

 some of these it was a successful cure, 

 and in others it was a complete failure, 

 although they were all done at the same 

 time. The honey-flow was good at the 

 time, and the bees made combs very 

 fast, and soon had larviB in them. The 

 colonies that were bad tvhen I took the 

 diseased combs from, them ivere the ones 

 that it failed on. I then let the bees 

 build combs for four days, and then took 

 them away, and let the bees build new 

 combs the second time ; in every case 

 this made a complete cure. 



In the American Bee Journal of 

 Sept. 7th, page 307, under the head of 

 "Some Hits and Misses," I saw a big 

 mistake about half way down the col- 

 umn. It reads: "The colonies that 

 were not bad when I took the diseased 

 combs from them, were the ones that it 

 failed on." It should read the colonies 

 that were had when 1 took the diseased 

 combs from them were the ones that it 



