Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1860-12-14

down in cheer which rsdhodsd female
brswt me.
"Bssides these wives you see here Mis-
Ter Ward" sed Yung, ~ have eighty more
in varispsrts Of this oonsccrated land which
are Sealed to me"
him.
"Sealsd, sir scala.
"Whare bowts?" sex I.
"I sed, Sir, that they were scsledr' He
spoke in traggerdy voice.
"WIll they prObly continue on IN that
stie to any great extent, Sir?n axed.
"Sir," sed he turnin as red as billed beet
"don't you know that the rules Of our
Church is that I, the Profit, may hev as
meny wives as / wants?"
"Jes SO, sed "You afr old pie, ain's
you?"
"Them rs is soald to me--that is TO say
to be mine when | wants unfair at pres-
ent my sperrOtooul wives sed Mister
Yung.
"Long may they wagel" soz I, seeing
shood git into a sorapc Of | didnt lock
out.
In privit conversashun with Brigham I
lernt the following fax: II takes him six
weeks TO Kiss his wives. He don't do it
only onot ycre h sez it is wus nor cleanin
house. He don't pretend to know his chill
dren, there is 80 many of um, tho they all
know him. He sez about every child he
meats calls him Par; Il he take il for grant
id it is so. His wives air very expensiy.
Thay alters want suthin & eff he don't buy
it for um they set the house in uproar.
He ser he don't hev a minits peace. His
wives ftc amopg themselves so much that
he has bilt ftin roem for thare speshul
benift 4 whom too Of um git into row he
has nm turned loose into that place. whare
the dispoot is settled accordin to the rules
of the London prize ring Sumtimes they
Abooz hisself indiyilooaly. They hev
pulled the most OF his hair out at the roots
& be wares many horrible scar upon his
body, inflicted with mop-hsndlos, broom
sticks & sich. OccSshunly they git mad
h scald him with bilin hot water When
he got eny waze cranky thsy'd shut him
up in dark closit previsly whipping him
arter the style Of muthers when thare orr
spring git onruly. Sumtimes when he
went in swimmin thay'd go to the banks
Of the lake & steal his close thereby COM
Ipeling him to snoek home by siecootius
lrowt, dresst in the skanderlus stile Of tho
Greek Slaiv 1 find that the keers of
married life way hevy onto me-" said the
Profit, land sumtimes / wish Ide romain-
ed singal" I left the Profit and startid
for ths tavern WHARF put up to. On my
way was overtuk by . largo kroud Of
Mormins, which thay surrounded me &
stated that thay was going into the show
free.
Il "Wall, sex l, "ef / find individooal
who is going round lettin folks into his
show free, lie let you know.
| We've had Revelashun hidden us 90 in
to A. Wards Show without pay nothingr
they showtid
eyes" hollered lot Of female Nor
monesses, ceasin mo by the cote tales and
swinging me round very rapid, "we'rs all
goin in free so seq the Revelashunl''
whats Old Revelashun got to do with
my show3" seq |, gettin putty riley. "Tell
Mister Revelsshun," seq [, drawing myself
up to my full bite und lookin round upon
tho ornery krowd with prowd & defiant
mean, "tel Mister Revslsshun to mind HIS
own bisnsss subjeck to the Constitution Of
the United Ststisr'
"Oh let us in, that's sweet man," sod
several females, putting thare armes rownd
; me in luvin stio "Beoum of us. Re
cum Preest. q hev wives sealed 10 you"
"Not a Seall' sez |, starting back in hor-
ror at tho idee.
"Oh; stay, sir, stay" sed tall, gawnt To-
maile, ore whoos he'd 27 summairs mus. hcv
parsed, "stsy and lie be your Jentle
Gazelle."
"Not Of I know 1t, you WON'T seq I.
"Awa, you sksnderlous female, avail Go
Il be Nunneryl" That's what l scd,
jest so.
~ l." sed fat chunky female, who
must hcv wade more than two hundred lbs,
II will be your sweet gidin starI''
"Sez /, lille bet two dollars and half
you wont" Where ere Rome lie still
be troo 2 thee, oh Betsy Jnnel N. B.
Betsy Jane is my wife Sir name
Whilst thou not tsrry here in the Prom
ist Landl' sed several Of the misorabil
critters.
ole see you oil essenshoily cussed bc 4
wiltist" roared |, as mad as / ceod be at
thare internal nonsents, l girdid up my
Lions h fed the seen, packed up my duds
& left Salt Lake, which is 2nd SODIUM Il
Germorrer, inhabited by as theavin & on
priScipuld SGT of recthes 20 ever drew
Broth in ony spot on the glebO.
ARTENAs WARD.
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