Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-08
ARTEMAS WARDS TRIALS AT SALT
LAKE.-HD VISITS BRIGHAM YOUNG.

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AH.EmAS WAhD,5 IKlALS AT SAIL
- IlA.NA' III VAoAIo bHlohAM HooNa'
IL Is now goin on Uoo) yeres, as |, very
well remember, since crossed the planes for
!Na'llornf' the brlte iand OF goid. WINE cross
III ,hc lIaneS so Doiu ieli Ill with sum noOie
rcu men OF tne iofest ~ d. Inns is rote oar-
cIStle"l; NUNS Is pNln, whar ever iound,(
Wh'ch thay oea was thelr Brothef, wanted
i ior 10 smoke the calomel OF Peace with me-
may theh stole my lerkt DGet' blankets, etset-
tcIy3 Sfa'Pt my Origin grinder ocooted with
wlld hoop; Dufin the Cheafs tcchn speech
ne said he s93od Se meei me IN M. ihe happy huntin
grounds. IL nc duz thare VIII be lte. But
enu'l Oh tms ere. here"' Noo%c, Mmfons as
our skoolmas'er' VINO mas got talent into him,
cuSsycally observes;
arroNe at oalI Lake IN 400 tline' AT camp
og9'' 'larc was lot oil u o., soJers' hossteh-
sioii sem out r. ',"rc 10 SMASH the Mormons put
Tealiy 70 cat oalt Vlttles play poker x other
oeuu'ilui 9ut sulhwhal onsartalh games !, got
iHoqu''n.eu .''. WIN sum o' 'ie olhcGrS' may
looH' putty scfumpshus III their Bloo coats
WIN oIasS outings onto um a ware very tai
fiteu u:liNeis, oul 80 iar Us n''lh Is consarheu
iue Wiilh! put III! wax hgSers agin the nun
parry ,,.
ny uts'te CN was 70 eNIioiV my grate snow IN
n"l' l'uke OH! SO l caileu on brigham fung,
.nc Sll'c nlosull u'nuiis the mormohs, ana
eHGu ei MS perhshun TO pitch my tent ana on
iaiI my o"'lnef 70 .he Jchl'e oreezis' lie lookt
"' me III " "us'eef manner lor lew mihits
sea
~. ~ ;Uu "ioc'I III "o5oi'lo.'' Sant uui tne
I'il.li"cuiateIlesS 1i the Mor'nih Ohurch ana the
H"s'er-p"y i.eNelasnunS .,
oe% l, Il me on IL make II pint to ga
si aLong plesIuht mo e,, / didn't know what under
.ne con tie oiu 'ei'cr was ufiVlh at lie seq
n'ite SHOW
,l loe u, are moriio man Mister iung, L
oieete' se% Il PreParih 10 rte MN sum Tree
parSis
~ nave cignIy "iVes' Mister ward, SER
Hn.{ am lIarrlu' -,
HoW 90 you ike IL as lar as You hev Sot!"
sed |.
lie sed "middln." ayed me- wouldn't 7 like
to see his famerIy, to which | repIed tbat T
wouldn't mind minGlin with tbe fa;r secI e,
Barskin.in the winnin smiles of his intcrestin
wives. He accordinly TUX me TO his Scareum.
The house is uoweriul bir & in a evcoed;n
large room was his wives and children. which
larst was souakin and holerin enuff to take
the roof rite OFF the house. The wimmin was
of all sizes and ages. sum was pretty & sum
was planc-sum was helthy & sum was on the
Wayne-which is verses. tho such was NOT INV
intenshuns. as don't prove Of nuttin verses IN
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Jerk a Poim ekal TO anv of them Atlantic
Munthly fellers.
"NIy wives, Mister Ward" sed Yupp.
"Your servant. marms" sed l. as | sot down
in cheer which a red -heeled female brawt mo
"Besides these wives Won sec here. Mister
Ward" sed Yung 81 bey' eighty more in voris
parts of this consecrated land which are Sealed
to me-"
"Which?" sez |. eittin nm &, startin ot him.
"Whare bowts P" sez /.
81 sed. sur. that thav was seoled,, He spoke
in Tragedy voice.
"Will thay nroblv continue on in that st;e
TO any crate extent sir 81 oxod
"Sir.r sed he. turning ne rcd as b;led beet
uT". 2Va niIo" riat lie rules Of uui ci,urc,i
IS that 4, ., tho Profit "'-. A--- -- :--
wants
"Jes So sed. "fou air old pie, amt
you
lhem as is sealed to me-that is to say, to
he mine when want unfair at present my
sperre'oouai wives' sed Mr. 1ung
Long may thay wave sez l, seem shood
GIT INTO scrape ef dldn look out.
III priVll conVersaShun win brigham L
lernt the iollerln fax 1t takes him six weeks
TO KISS his wives lie don't do 1t only onct
yere, sez 1t is wuss nor cleanin house. He
don't pertendlto know his children, thare is so
-! Y. u".' ~ ''i"! "ii NM" MN I1e seH
about every child he meats calls him Par, 4
ne taxes II Tor Srantld 1t Is so. His wives air
very eXpgnsiv. 1hay alters want suthin, x eft
ne don't buy 1t Tor um thay set the house In an
uproar. lie SEE he don't hey minits peace.
ii'S wives ilte amunS themselves so much that
ne mas hit min roomior thare speshul benefit,&
when too of en- git into a row he has um turned
loose INTO that place, WHARF the dispoot is set
tied accordin to the rules OF the London prize
ring Sumtimes thay 9booze hisself individoo-
ally; lhay hey pulld the most Of his hair out
at the roots, he wares meny horrible scar
/ upon his body, inflicted with mop handles,
broomStick, X sch. OCCASIONALLY thay git mad
u scald him with bln hot water When he
got eny waze cranky thay'd shut him up in
dark cioslt' previsiy whippln him arter the stile
OF mnthers when thare orfsprngS git onruly.-
Sumtimes when ne went IN swimmin thayd go
to the banks OF the Lake steal all his close,
thereby compellin HIM to sneek home by sir
eootlus rowt, dresst in the scanderlus stile of
the Greek Slaiv, 81 find that the keers of a
marrd HE way heyy onto me-" sed the Profit,
* sumtlmes wish ide renamed singeL" Ii left
the Profit and started Tor the tavern WHARF, |