Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1860-12-06
Artsmus Ward Visits Brigham Youug

| While crossin the Plains all so bold, fell
in with some noble red men Of the forest
IN. b. This is rote Sarcasticul. Injins is
Pizin, whar ever found which they Sed
| was their Brother, & waniid for to smoke
the Calomel Of Peace with me. They then
stole my jerkt beef, blankiis, etsetterry.
skalpt my origin grinder, & Scooted with a
Wild Hoop. Durin the Cheats techin
speech, he speech, he sed he shood meet
me in the Happy Huntin Grounds. If he
duz, thare will be fte. But enuff Of this
ere. Rsyen Moose Muttons, as our skool-
master, who has got Talent into him, cus-
sycally obsurves. ...
arrove in Salt Lake IN doc time. At
Camp Scott thare was o lot ST u. S. soiers,
hosstensibly sent out thare to smash the
Inormons, but really to eat yiitles & play
poker & other buliful but somewhat onsar.
tin games. got acquainted with sum Of
the officers. They lookt putty scrumpshus
in their Bloc coats with brass buttings onto
I'm, s. were very talented drinkers; but, so
far as fitin is consarned, Ids willingly put
my wax ilggers agin the hull party. ''
My desire was to exhibit my CRATE show
in Salt Lake City, SO l called on Brigham
Young, the great mosul among the NOR.
mons, and asked his permishun TO pich my
tent and onfurl my banner to the jentls
breezis. He lookt at me in a austeer
manner for few minits g. sed:
DO you believe in Solomon, Saint Paul,
the immacula,eness of the Mormon Church
and the Latter Day RevelashunsP"
Sez, |, line on it! make it a pint 10
get along plesunt. tho I didn't know what
under the Son the old feler was drivin at
He sed mite show.
You air married man, Mister Yung,
bslseve?' sez l, preparin to rite him sum
free parsis.
4 hev eighty wives, Mister Ward.
seriinly en- married.
How do you like it as far as sod her
got?' said /.
He said 'middlin,' an axed me ii
would mt like 10 see his famerly, TO which l
replied that wouldn't mind minslin with
the fair Seek & Barskin in the winnin
smiles Of his intsrestin wives. He accord
:ngly tux me 10 his Scareup. The house
is powerful big s. in exceedln large room
was his wives and children, which lars
was squawkin and hollerin enuff to take
the roof rite orf the house. The wimmen
was Of ell sizes and ages. Sum was pretty
and some was plane-sum was heltliy and
some was OH the Wayne-which is verses,
the sich was not my intenshuns, as don't
prove Of putin verses in Prose ri,ins,
though ef Sccashun requires it can jerk a
Poem ekal 10 any of them Atlantic Mun,h.
ly fellers.
MY wives, Mister Ward said Yung.
Your sarvant, marms, as sot down up.
on cheer which red.heded female brawt
me.
Besides these wives you see here, Mis-
ter Ward sed Yung, 4 have eighty more
in varris parts Of this consekrated land
which are Sealed to me-
which, sez l. ge,tin up s. starsin at
him.
Sealed, sir, Sealed
'Whare bowts2' sez /.
4 sed sir, that they were Sealed! He
spoke in tragerdy voice.
will they probly continue long on in that
stie to any great exteut, sir?' axsd.
Sir said he turnin as red as a billed
beet, don't you know that the rules of our
Church is that l, the Profit may hev as
msney wives as wants9'
'Jes so,' l sed. You Dir old pie, amt
you?'
Them as is Sealed to me-that is TO say,
be mine when wants um-air at present
my sperretnoul wives, said Mister Yung.
Long may they waver sez I, seein /
shood git into q scrspe ell didn't look out.
In q privit ccnversashun with Brigham l
lernt The folowin fax: II takes him six
weeks to kiss his wives. He do il only
onct yers & seq it Is wuss nor cleanin
house. He don't pretend TO know bis chill
dren, thare is SO many Of EN-. tho they oil
know him. He srz about every child he
meets calls him Par, & he takes It for gran
lid it is SO. His wives air very expensiy.
They alters want sutbin & ef he don't buy
it for um they set the house in an uproar.-i
He seq he don't hev a minits peace. His
wives fite amung themselve so much that
he has bilt flin room for ,hare speshul
benefit & when loo of un git into row he
has um turned loose into that place. WHARF
The dispoot is settled accordin the rufes Of
The London prize ring. Sumtimes they
Abooz hissslf individooally: They hev