The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-12-20
Miarrllaurulls Rrahina.
Artemas Ward Visits Brigh q m
-,-.s Young. - -

81, .-.,...,., -, 1oung.
II is now goin on Qoo) years, a. I
very well remember, since I crossed the
Planes for Kaliforay. the Brite land Of
Jo)d. While crossin the Planes III so
bold I fell in with sum roLIe red men
Of the fore.t IN. B. This is wrote Ssrcas
,icnl. Injuns is Pizen, wl,ar ever found J
which they Sed | wss their brother, d
wantid to smoke tile Calomel Of Peace
with me. They then stole my Jerk
beet, blankits, etsettery, skalpt my origin
grinder & Scooted with a Wild Hoop.
During the Cheats techin speech he said
he shood meet me in the Happy Huntin
Grounds. II lie duz thare will be a fite.
l'nt Snuf Of. this sre. Repen IFoose
Matfons rs onr skoolinaster, who has
got ta'en; into him, cussycally obsarves.
l arruve nj Salt Lake in doc time. Al
Camp Scott thre WAS lct Of q. S.
scjers. hoss,ensibly sent out ,hare to
smash the mor:,ons but really to eat salt
ri'tles IL play porker and other sum~ha;
beautiful but onsar'in games. got
acquitted With sum Of the officers. They
lookt putty scrumpshus in their Bloc
coats with brass outings onto um e.
ware very talented drinkers, bnt 80 far
rs fitin Us consarned lde willinlv put my
wax figgers again the whole party.
My desire was to exhibit my gratc
show at Salt Lake City, so called on
brigham fung, the grate MogulI ainung
the mormins and axed his perinisshun
to pitch my tent and onfurl my bonner
10 the jenlle breezis. lie Iookt ut me
in an austeer manner for few minits d
sed
"Do you bleeve in Solomon. Saint
Paul, the immacula,nsss Of the Mormin
Church, and the Lalter-day ReveIs-
shuns 7"
Sez I, I'm on ilw make il pint
to get along pleasant, tho ! didn't know
what under the Son the old fe,le. was
drivin At. lie Fed mite show.
You air married man Mister Yung
I bleavel" sez !, preparin TO write him
sum free parsis.
II hev eighty wives, Mister Ward. 1
Sertiniy attn marrid."
allow do YOU like it as far as you
hev got y ser ].
lie sed middlin," and axed me
wouldn't | like to see his atmerly, TO
which | replile that wouldn't mind
ningling with the fair reck & Barsking
in the winnin smiles of his interestin
wives.
lie accordingly took me to his Sea-
reum. The house is powerful big & in
u exceedin large room was his wives and
children, which larst was sQuawkin and
hollerin enuff to take the roof rite OFF
The house. The winin was Of all sizes
and ages. Sum was pretty and sum
was plane-sum was healthy & sum on
the Wayne-which is verses, tho ,ich
was not my intenshuns, as don't prove
Of putin re SEES in Proze rilins, tho ef
occa.hun requires ken Jerk Poim
ekal 10 any Of them Atlantic Munlhly
My wives, Mr.. Ward" Sed Yung.
s" Your saryant. lnarms." sed ], us
sot down in a cheer which n red .heded
female brawt me. .,...-. .T..E
Besides these wives You see here,
Mister Ward" s.d Yung. "I hev eighty
more in varis parts Of this conscrecaled
land which are Sealed To me-"
Which 7" sez |, gillin up and starein
at him. .-.
SEALED, Sir, sealL."
"Whare bowts T. seq I.
| sed, Sir, that they was sealed r.
lie spoke in II ,raggerly voice.
"Will thay prohly continue on in that
style 10 any great extent, sir {" axed.
"Sir," sed h., turnin' as red as billed
beet, don't you know that The rules of
our Church is. that !, the Profit, may
liev as meny wives rs wants 2"
"Jes so," sed. You are an old
pie, aint you I" .... &c.,. -.
Them as is Sealed to ine-that is to
say, 10 Le mine, when want .um--nre
at present my sperre,tooul wives" sed
Mister. .Yung. .- .s -
Long may they wave" sez I, seein
| shood git into scrape ef d;dent look
out. '.-@ Co.,
In n private. conversashun with BRte.
HAM lernt the follerin fax: 1t takes
him siy weeks to kiss his wives. He
don't do IL Oh onct year Il seq il is
wuss than cleanin house. lie don't pre-.
tend TO know his children, tharo is so
many of um, tho they all know him.
lie seq about every child he meets calls
him Par. and he takes il for grapsad it
is so. His wives are very sxptnsiys.-.--
They alters want sathing, aad cf ne don,
buy it for um they set the mouse in m
uproar. lie seq he dot hev a minits
peace. His wives fi,e among lheirselvss
90 much that he has builI filing room
Tor 'har.s speshul benefit. and when too
OF am GIT into row he has um turned
loose into that place, WHARF the dispoot
| is settled accordin 10 the rules OF the
London prize ring. Sumiimes they
abooz hisself Individually. They hey
pulled the most OF his hair ont at the
roots & he wars many horrible scar
upon his body. inflicted with mop-ban
dies. broom sticks; Il sich
Occashunly they git mad & scald him