The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-08-19

yO0, u " 20 pei &c 70 them. hccoTuiu8Sy
.ars. foalterrr, good soul, was married Z
Brigham, he kindly acting as Joseph Smith
agent in the affair. She gave up her cntir'
| property to the ehurrh aud, a oasrre, m
soon much respected.
THE sIn.riS. ROOMS.
We bow In the ladies ami Brigham con
ducts US BY narrw passage into h's i's'
house. We enter upon eorri,ior with room
doors on each side lie opons one, and ~
peep IN ami see very icsfly, but piaini !,
furnished apartment We Notice that ever,
thing j. In the best order and daAxinIl,
clean. He opens another dcor, and we 90
serve this apartment /, the enact counter.
part Of the first. With slight gesture nnd
says he, Gentlemen. they asc all alike.
These are the sleeping apartments 81 h'e
w'Nc1. of which they have one each.
ritr wogkts. ROOM.
We are then conducted Ia nui,y part al
the house. Here. in husy work room, il n
bcyy of indu>triou> ladies s,,nc ut looms,
some ut spinning wheels, some nj guiltine
frames AMI high alu,r the clatter of bat
tens, -huttlc- AMI wheels, rises the sound OF
wnmcn> voicrs They hush into silence ON
seeing brother brigham. who then tells ~
how many pounds II wool they have spun,
knitted and we've the yards IL lin-c,, fiaH-
mel and csrpctins they have made. stock
ing> and q,ilt> are nj quite a premium In
tins private mandatory. Brigham makes
all his !sdic, work. The, have to he exam
pies to all the w.mei, al [ tab and Young 3
hobby cry j. There must hc no idlcrs IN
Zion
IIE ~ dfEn ~ BRi.iIAa> WIVES.
The number II women belonging tn brig
ham, - not really known Ia an, one except
himself. He has >oine twent, tive around
him. These live III hi~ two houses. and in
some adjacent cottages. lie intends to see
them all once ia, il possible; Il not, then
al lesst once week Should he Ire sick
however DESTROYS an, II hi. wiye. might b.
u attend him, &c course the, have a. bc OK.
ciudod. Twcnfy r five women IN .ieh cham
bct would be no tribe for irfang.,l nerve,
The, generally cat NJ one table in the dining
hal, and that dining hall i, a curt.us sight.
lie keeps no female servant >--his women
have O. be his servants and their own The
domestic labor Is shared among them cook
ine, washing, repairing and dairy work, arc
distributed nc s,rdine TO individual ability !;
or, ~ case 81 tiilcreaee, the absolute dictum
OF the prophet Is appealed TO, and that l.
final
~ course, Brigham docs not love all his
wives equally and necessarily thcy are
aware Of Il, but they all lo,. and believe il
hirn; and II they can not share his lpyc here,
they hops 10 bs able 10 participate in Ii,
glory hereafter, although distributed
among 40 many, II can come only in hom-
eolnthic doses To any on. of them That
'hpy arr sincere in thci, faith, their suffer
lngs and privations cvincc Ii can not be
RIGHTEOUSNESS that induces twenty women
To share one hu-band Ia have their wo-
mans love neglected. their woman's heart
crushed, their woman'- jealousy constantly
aroused, and vet continually sti.icd De
udcd-outrageously, monstrously deludcd
they arr, but their intentions aud their
conduct are pure
rnE sniIlATs.
Tie necessarily must have lad man,
children; but, for the number IL hi wives,
h's iainil, Is comparatively small Very
many OF his children are dead. Hardly onc
oi smiths childrea by his extra wives has
survived Ia was ~ viii. Mola,nmed, and
II - ~ With lounr II !, natures a.gn-
nent against polyvan.. Brigham's house.
arc titled with hi- children; their offspring
are IA their graves. OF those surviving, hc
has several married
Boys and girl, surrounded By such illus
triou- examples constant, hearing the
most shameless conversation and allusloii,.
cannot help hut bc prrcalous They hear
and see I'll they think, and think till the,
try 70 initiate. Seine remedy has a. Dr.
adopted. Brigham has adopted that ~ ear
~ marriages. "Bnss ought Ia bc married a,
fourteen ami fifteen, girl. at thirteen and
fourteen. says kimhall boy. should ,c
married and still live with their father"
says the patriarehai brigham. That neg
lee, "i offspring, inabili,, 10 provide Cor and
educate them, great morality among thu
children Of these Juvenile i-,lylami>,s ~hoail,l
tc found, Is not surprising They are the
inevitable re,ults-naturc'r penalties l,i
the lntract,nns II her laws