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cling clean. He opens another door, and We OBJ
serve this apartment s ths exact counterpart Of h
the first. With slight gesture and smile @ be =
indicates the rows Of doors, says he. ''GsntlsmeD
they are all Just AliksF' These are the sleeping
apartments Of bis wives, Of which they have 'ODs
each.
THE woRKIEo ROOM.
We are then conducted to DOisy part OF the
house. Here, in busy work room. ia . bevy Of
: ;.,.;..,as ladies--sOme at looms, some as spin
n;0r.whsal, some at sailting-framesi and high
above The chatter Of batOn. shutde', s;-d wheels
rises the sound Of womens voices They bush
into silence on seeing Brother Brigham. who then
tells US how many pounds of wool they have
spun, knitted and wove; the yards Of lnsey, fam
mel and carpetiug they have made. Stockings
and quilts are ct quite premium in this private
J factory. Brigham makes all bis ladies' work.
+ They have to be examples to all the women Of
. Utah; and YOung's hobby cry Is, "Tbsre must
be no idler in Zion|
He is a working man himself aud they must
{ become 90 likewise. "If a woman can't co more
than her share in sustaining herself. says this do
mestic economist, ''she amt Of no account -
Expensive though bis family might otherwise be.
they are thus made in reality, productive OF
wealth. Dressed in caIicOes, or on extraordinary
occasions. in musius and dslsiDs, they are not
verv expensive to their lord and master. Indeed,
;. Brigham has the conscience to preach that the
nronbeey of Isaiah should be literally fulfilled
:. See Isaiah, iv.,l.
THE NUMBER OF BRIcHAM's WIVES.
n. The number Of women belonging to Brigh an
er ia not really known by any one except himself
ID He has some taosnty five around him. Ines
Az live in two houses and in some adjacent cottages
in Ha intends to see them all once day, II possIbI
o. Il mt then at least once a week. Should be b
id sick. however desrous any of bis wives might b
Of to attend on him, of course they have to be ea
,u. cluded. Twenty-Five women 10 a sick ehamh'
vss would be no triAe for deraugsd nerves! The
b. generally eat at one table in the dining hail. an
IL that dining hall is acuriOus sight. He Keeps
~. e.male servants: bis own women have to be
n,d servants. and their own. The domestic labor
nav shared among them cooking, washing. nepairiI
tes and dairy work, is distributed according to inc
y;dual ability; D case of difference, the Absou
dtctum of the Prophet is appealed to. and that
oors final.
= OF course, Brigham does not love all his wis
equally, and necessarily they ere aware OF It
~ tbev all love and believe in him; and If they ca
: not share his love here, they hope to be able
. . naticiuate in bis 'glory" hereafter; athOu
distributed among so many. it ran come only
~. homoputhic doses to any one of thea. That Il
= are sincere IN their faith, their suferings and
. vs,;ous eyipce It cannot be eeneiousness
induces twenty women to share one husband;
have their womau's love neglected, their wont
~ heart crushed their woman's Jealousy consta
- aroused, and vet continually stiaed. DeIude
S.. outrapeously, monstrously deluded--they are'
us y ,bs;r intentions and their conduct are pure.
.;. THE CHILDREN.
rty TO Henecessarily must nave nao many sn s
/ "a. hr. for the number of bis wives, bis famll
comnarstissly small Very many Of his chill
ara dead. Hardly one Of Smiths children By
,e,son sxtra wives has survived. 1t was SO with
moth bammed and it is so with Young. 1t is nat
,tures. argument against polygamy. R:;;SSasm's be
ought are filed With bis women; their offspring 81
ng to their graves, OF fthose surviving, be has sew
igham married.
,arried Rows and girls surrounded by such ilu't
lst as examples. constantly hearing the most sham
knot conversations and alusions can not help Ou
pOlyg- proeoco GUS. They hear and see till they t
such and think till they try to imitste' Some rel
has to be adopted. Brigham hes adopted
to set. Of early marriages. sBovs ought to be mi
ire the At fourteen or sen girls at thirteen or four
Abra saws Kimball. "Boys should be married
her TO still live with their father" says The pasr
lot con- Brigham. That neglect of offspring inaO'
orce IN provide for and educate them, great mS
and he among the children of these Juvenile pOlyg
be wish should be found, is not surprising. The
livorced the inevitable results-natures penalties fc
romise. ;nf,actious of her lava.
faithful SLAVERY.
be com Ashe not only initiates but far exceeds
retemps. lam in uoveamy, so Brigham attempts to I
nsnepce Judaism in adopting the institution Of neg
he will very. On this subject be i pointed and
. large ,s,;ste Isaac, q very smart aolOred ma
oss not ons das holding faVorite horse of BsG
remem' whO remarked, "Thers's mg horse. and
inc her my uigger, the horse Is mins. and Ike d
too; and would just IS frss'y shoot the
NJ" who attempted to persuade Tie to run Otf
sfused. !, would II b. were to attempt running