MORMON FASHIONS.
We find the following paragraph in the Deseret News, published in Utah Territory. Such an ex- ample as that here recorded is worthy of commen- dation, whether found in Mormon or Moslem, pa- gan or Christian. By the way, if Gov. Young has "an omnibus-load of wives" as has been confident- ly reported, it would seem from the News that he has but one "lady :"—
"We understand that Gov. Young has a loom in his sitting-room, in which has been wove by his family more than 500 yards of cloth the present season. If there are any poor folks among us, they need not be ashamed to work ; if they are, go and live awhile with the Governor and they will get cured of their laziness. We also under-stand that the Governor's lady has offered the use of her loom to her neighbors who have none, to weave their cloth, and board them while weaving.
"If all follow this example, we shall not need to write much longer about home manufacture, or Lady Washington. Lady Young is the example of the day for Deseret."
The News, in giving an account of a grand Leg-islative Festival, held at the Capitol on the 4th of March, describes another Mormon novelty, which will astonish the uninitiated still more than the above. A prominent feature of the festival was a dance, which was introduced by prayer. "The venerable patriarch and chaplain of the Legisla-tive Council, John Smith, having addressed the Eternal Father on behalf of the company present; of his people in the mountains ; of the President of the United States, and for an end to war and contention, and that peace might be established on the earth," the Governor "led off in the dance, and was followed by the Hon. Heber C. Kimball and other gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly. The time- honored patriarch and the trouble- ripened stripling danced side by side. There balanced the statesman to the bride of the young student ; and there swung the weather-worn young warrior with the widow of the scar-be-laureled veteran. Cotillon succeeded reel, and the contra-dance fol-lowed the money musk ; and yet no jar was heard." Whereupon the News declares that "the prayer of the grey-headed patriarch was indeed answered, for the halo of a heavenly embassy seemed to be I spread over the whole." After the dance came a sumptuous supper, followed by an address of some length from the Governor, in which he exhorted the company to "a recollection of their duties to God, in the midst of the feast and the dance."
