Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1860-11-30


lie spoke in traggcrdy voice.
"Wil they probly continue on in tina
stilc to any CRATE extent, Sir?" | axed.
Sir" sed he turnin as red as billet
beef, :" don't you know that the rules o
our Church is that |, the Profit may hel
as many wives as | wants?"
"Jes So" l scd. :" You air old pie
amt you %
Them as is scaled to me--that is tt
say, to be mine when | wants um--air al
present my spirretooul wives" sed Brig
ham iung.
Long may they wave :" seq |, seein
shood git into scrape if didn't look
out.
In privit converslshun with Brigham
learnt the follerin fax: 1t takes him six
weeks to kiss his wives He don't do il
only onct yere & scz it is wuss nor clean
in house. He don't pretend to know his
children, thare is so many OF um, tho they
all know him. He sez about every child
he meats calls him Par, Il he takes it for
granted it is so. His wives air very ex-
pensivc. They alters want suthin & ef he
don't buy it for um they set the house in a
uproar. He scz he don't hev a minits
peace His wives fite amung themselves
so much that he has blt 6tin room for
tharc speshul befit Il when two of um git
into row he has um turned loose into
that place, WHARF, the dispoot is settled
accordin to the rules Of the London prize
ring. Sumtimcs they abooz hisself indi-
vidually. They hev pulld the most Of his
hair out at the roots Il he wares meny a
horrible scar upon his body, inflicted with
mop-handles, broom-sticks D. sich, Oc-
cashunly they cit mad 4 scald him with
bilin hot water. When he got eny wazc
cranky thay'd shut him up in dark clos
it, previshly whippin him arter the stile
OF muther when thare orfsprings git onru-
". Sumtimcs when he went in SWIM
min thay'd 90 to the banks Of the Lake Il
steal all his close, thereby compelling him
to sneok home by sircootus rowt, dresst
in the Scanderlus style of the Greek Slaiv.
- | find that the keers of marrid life way
hcvy onto me-" sed the Profit, "and sum-
times | wish lde remained singcl," | left
the Profit and started for the tavern
where put up to. On my way, [ was
ovcrtuk By large crowd of Mormins,
which they surrounded me 4 statid that
they was goin into the Show free
Wall, sez |, eff find a individool
who is going round lcttin folks into his
show free, He let you know.
We've had a Rcvelashun hiddin us 90
into \. Wards Show without payn moth
in :" thay showtid,
i" I cs,' hollerel lot of female Nor
moncsses, ceasin me by the cote tales ~
swinging me round very rapid, g we're all
roin in free, So seq the Revclashun :"
What's Old Rcvelashun got to do
with my Show" sez | ecttin putty riley
Tell Mister Revelashun," sez |, drawin
myself up to my fttll hitc andiookin round
upon the oruary krowd with a prowd 4
defiant mcan "tcl Mister ReveIashun
to mind his own bzniss suhieck on y to
the konstitushun Of the Ijnitid Stats -
& Oh now let us i'll, that's sweet man
scd several females, putin thare arms
rowna me in iuvin stile. g Becum | of
us. Bccum Preest, X hey wife sealed
to you.
Not a Seal :" sez [, starting back in
horrer at the idcc
"Oh stay, Sir, stay" sed tall, gawnt
female, ore whoos he'd 81 summairs must
hey parsd, " stay, 4 He be your Jentlc
Gazelle.
Not eff know it, you won't" scz L.
i" Ava You skanderlus female ava Go
Il be Nunnery!' That's what | sed
jes SO.
az y sed fat chunky female, who
must hev wade more than two hundred
lbs. :" | will be your sweet gidin Star ~
Sez |, " He bet two dollars and hall
YOU won't" WHARF ear | Rome lie still
be troo , thee, oh Betsy Jane! \, b
Betsy Jane is my witc's Sir naime.
" Whilst thou not tarry hear in the
Promst Land ," sed several of the mis-
erabi critters.
lie see you all essenshally cussed be 1
| Whilst ~ roarcd |, as mad as | Good be
at thare infernul noncents. | girded up
my Lions & fled the Seen. | packt up
my duds & left Salt Lake, which is a 2nd
Sodium 4 Germorrer, inhabitid by as
thcaym 4 onprncipuld set of retehis as
ever drew Breth in eny spot ON the globe
ARTEMUs WARD.