The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-12-04
ARTEMUs WARD VISITS BRIGHAM
YOUNG.


Peace with ne. Then they s,oic my jcrkl
; beef, blankits, "tsetlcuy, skalpl uy origin
g'odor, & Scno,nI with 4 Wild Hoop. Du-
rim the Cheats tc"chia speech, he sci he
shood me lne in the Happy Iuntip Gronds
If he duz, there will be, fte But euufl
of this ere Re0ea Moose Mdtoas, AS our
skoolmastcr, VIII, h, got Talent i,Io him,
cus'ycaly obsarye,
| arrove at Salt Lake in doc time. At
Camp Scott there wa, lot of Z. 5. soers,
bostcnsbly sent out thprc to smash the NOR.
mons, but really 10 eat salt vittles t& play 30
kcr IL other butifu bI, onsartn games.
got acquainted with sum Of the officers. Thsy
lookL putty scrumpshus in Ihoir Bloc coats
with brass huttings onto AN, u ware very
talented drinkers, but, 81 far rs titln is con
'amcl, lde Nliinly put my wax figgers agin
The Whole puty.
Ny desire was To exhibit my CRATE show in
Salt Lake City, 50 | called on Brigham
and axcl his pcrmsshun to pitch my tent &
onflrl my banner to the jentle breezis. He
lookt at M in an au,teor manner for few
minnits, & sel
DO you bcleove in Solomon, Saint Paul.
the immaculateness o. tho Mormin Church
aud the Latter Day R,yaa,huusF
Sez |, 'lme on it" l mike it pint to git
along plesunt, tho didn't know what under
the Son tho old feller was dryin at. lie sad
mite show.
you sir, marril man, Mister Yung, |
believe" SEE preparrin to rite him sum frr c
passis.
Il hog eighty wives, Mister Ward. ser
tnly am married.
How do you like it as far as you hev gotr
sed |.
He sed 'Midlin,' aud axed me wouldn't |
like to see his famerly, to which | roplide
that wouldn't mind minglin with the fair
Seek d. Barskin in the winain smiles Of his
interostin wives. lie accordinly TUX mo to
lhs Scarcum, The house is powerful big g.
in an exceedin large room was his wives and
children, which larat was squawkin and hol.
lering enuf to take the roof rite orr the house.
The wim!n was Of all sizes and ages. Sum
was pretty and sum was plane-sum was
healthy sum was on the Wayne-which is
verses, tho sich was not my intenshuas, as l
don't prove Of putin verses in Prose rtins,
tho eff occashun requires it can Jerk n Poem
ekal to any ofthem Atlantic Munthly fellers.
My wives, Mister Ward said Yung
Your sarvant, marms,' sed as l sot down
in a cheer which rod.hedod female brawt
me-
Besides these wives you see here, Mr..
Ward sed Yuug, Il hev eighty moro in var
ris parts Of this consekrated land which air
Sealed to me-
Which, seq I, gttin up and staren at
him.
Sealed, sir, Sealod.'
'Whare bout.r s1z I.
Il sed, Sir, that they was sealed" lie
spoke in traggerdy voice.
will they probably continue on in that
s.ile to any great extent, sir?' I asked.
Sir" sed he turnin as red as a billed beet,
don't you know that the rules of our Church
is that 1, tho Profit, may hev as many wives
as wants?
.es So scd. You air old pie, arnt you p
Them as Isaaled to me-that is to say,
to be mine when I wants unfair at present
my spcrretuoul wives sed Mister Yung.
Long may they wave! sez l, seein I shod
get into scrape ef dident look out.
In privit conversashun with Yung I lernt
the follelin fax:
It takes him six weeks to kiss his wives |
He don't do it only 'onct yerc & sez it is |
wuss nor cleanin house. He don't pertend to
know his children, tharc is so many Of um, I
tho they all know him. lie scz about every !,
child he meets calls him par, IL he takes it
for granted it is 80. His wives air very ex-
pensiv. They alters want suthn & ef he dont
buy it for um they set the house in IA up
roar. lie sez he don't hev minuits pees;
they fte amung themselves Sd much that he
has bilt fitin room for their speshu benefit
loose into that place, where the dispoot is
settled accorlin to the rules of the London
prize ring Sumetimes they abooz hisself in.
dividooaly; they hev pulled the most Of his
hair ont at the roots aud he wares some hor.
rbe scarcs upon his b b'dy inflicted with mop
handles, broom-sticks and sicb. Occa,hunlv
they Git mad and scall him with billiu ho,
water.
When lie got eny ways cranky they'd shu,
him up in dark closet, previously whippu
him after the stilc of mutners when there
orfsprings git onruly, Sumtimes when he
went in swimmin they'd 60 to tho banks Of
the Lake & steel all his close, thereby com
peling him to sneek home by sircootius
rowt, dresst in the skanderlous stie of the
Greek Slaiv. Il find that the keers Of mar
fied life way hcvy onto me- sed tn, Profit
and sumtimes / wish Ide remained single
left the Profit and started for the tavern
WHARF I put up to. On my way I was over
tux by a large krowd of Mormins, when they
surrounded me & statid that they were goin
into the Show free.
WALL seq l. 'ef | find an indvidooul who
Is goin round Iettin folks into his show free,
lie lot you know
'We've had a Revolashun bi ldin us 90 in
10 A. Wards show without payin nothin
hay showtid
Yes holered a lot Of female Mormonas
es ceasin me 10y the cote tales d swinging
ne round very rapid, we're all goin in FREQ
90 scz the Revolashunp
What, Old Revolsshun got to do with my
how 7 sed | gettin pretty riley. Tell Mis-
er Revelation, sed drawin myself up to my
ull hitc, and lookin around upon the ornery
irowd with r prowd and defiant mean, tell
Ulster Revola,bun to mind lis own bsne'