East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-11-29
ARENAS Ward Visits brigham Youig z.

1t is now goin on too (2) yeros, as l
very well remember, since | crossed the
Planes for Kali.orny, the Brite land Of
Jold. While crossin the Planes all SO
bold, | fell in with sum noble red men Of
the forest. (N. b. This is rotc Sarcasti-
cul. Injins is Pizin, whar ever found),
which they Sed | was their Brother, &
wantid for to smoke the Calomel Of
Peace with me, Thay then stole my
icrkt beef, hlankits, etsettery, skalpt my
origin grinder, 81 Scooted with Wild
Hoop. Durin the Cheats teching speech
he sed he shood meet me in the Happy
Huntin Grounds. If he duz, tharc will
be fife, But enuff of this ere Rerea
Moose NatOns, as our skoolmaster, who
has got Talent into him, cussycally OBJ
sarves.
arrove at Salt Lake in doc time
At Camp Scott thare was lot Of Z. S.
sojers, hosstensbly sent out thare to
smash the mormins, but really to eat
Salt vittles Il play poker and other beau
tful but sumwhat onsartin games. |
got acquainted with sum of the officers.
'rhay lookt putty scrumpshus in their
Bloc coats with brass huttings onto um,
and ware very talented drinkers; but, so
far as Gtin is consarned, Ide wiliinly put
my wax figgers agn the hull party.
My desire was To exhibit my crate
show in Salt Lake City, so called ON
Brigham Yung, the CRATE mogull among
the mormins, and axed his pennishun to
pitch my tent and onfurl my banner to
the ientle breezis. He loolt at me in a
austcer manner for few minits, and
sed
DO you bleeve in solomon, Saint
Paul, the ilnmaculateness Of the Mornlin
Church and the Latterday Revela-
shuns ?'
SEE /, line on it !" Imake it a pint
to git along plesunt, tho didn't know
what under tho Son the oil feller was
drivin at He sed mite show.
Ion air married man, Mistur
Young, bleeve Z" sez !, preparin to rite
him sum free parsis.
hev eighty wives, Mister Ward
| sertainly am married"
How do you like it as far as you .hev
got - sed |.
He scd "Niddlin," and axed me
wouldn't | like to see lis famerly, to
which rcplide that wouldn't mind
minglin with the fair Seek & Barskin in
the winnin smiles of his nterestin wives.
lie accordingly tux me TO his Scarem.
The house is powerful big & in exceed.
IN LARGE room was his wives and children, 4
which larst was squakin and hollerin
enuif to take the roof rite orf the house.
The wimin was Of all sizes and ages
Sum was pretty and sum was pl,nc-
sun was healthy & sum was on the
Wayne-which is verses, tho sich was
not my intenshuns, as | don't prove Of
putin verses in Proze ritins, tho ef occa
Shum requires eau jerk Poim ekal to I
any OF them Atlantic Munthly fellers.
Ny wives, Mister Ward" sed Yung
Your servant, marms,' sed ], as sot
down in a cheer which red-heded female
brawt ne.
"Besiles these wives You sec here,
Mister Ward" sed Yung, Il have eighty
more in varis parts of this consecrated |
land which air Sealed to me-"
Which ?' sez |, gittin p& starein
at him.
Sealed, Sir, sealed"
"Whnre bowts ~ seq |. @
/ sed, Sir, that they was sealed :"
lie spoke in traggerdy voice.
"Will they probly continue on in that
stilc to and great extent, Sis?' Iaxed.
SIR sed he turning as red a. billed !
beet, "don't you know that the rules Of
our Church is that I, the Profit, may hcv
as mcny wives as | want? ?"
Ics So" l scd. "You air old pie,
amt you~
"Them as is Sealed to me-that is to
say, to be mine when wantc um--air
at present my sperretooul wives" scd
Mister Young. ..r
"Long may they, wave" sez I, secin
| should git into a scrape eff | dident
look out.
In privit conversashun with Brigham
/ lernt the iollerin fax 1t takes him
six weeks to kiss his wives. lie don't
DO it oul y once ycre, and sez it is wuSs
nor clcanin house. He don't pretend to
know his children, thare is so many of |
um, tho they all know him. lie SEE
about every child he meats calls him Par,
81 he takes it for granted it is SO. His
wives air very expensiv. They alters
want suthn, & eff he don't buy it for um
thay set the house in uproar. lie SEE
he don't have a minnits peace. His
wives lito amung themselves so much that
he has bilt ftin room for thare speshul
benefit, s. when too Of um git into a row
he has um turned loose into that place,
WHARF the dispoot is settled accordin to
the rules Of the London prizo ring
Samtimes thay aboose his-self indiyidooal-
ly. They hcve pulled the most of his
hair out at the roots, and he wares meny
a horrible scar upon his body, inflicted
with mop-handlcs, broom.stcks 81 sich.
0ccashunly thay git mad & seald him
with bilin hot water When ne got cny
waze cranky thay'd shut him up in
dark closi, previsly whippia him in The
stile OF muthers when thare orlsprings
git onruly. Sumtimes when he went in
swimmin thay'd go to the banks of the
Lake IL steal all has close, thereby con-
pelin him To sneels home by circootius