Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-01-15

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1t is now going on two yeres, as / very we'll
remember, sens | crossed the Planes for Kali
forny, the Brite land of gold. While crossm the
Planes all 50 bold, fell in with sum mob, rcd
men of the forest. N. d. This is the snrcasti-
eul. lpjins is psin, wherever found. They sed
| was their Bruther, and wanted to smoke the
CalOmel of Pence with me. They then stcle my
jerlt beef, blnnkits, etsettery, skalpt my organ
grinder, and secuted with wild Hoop. Durln
the chiefs techin speech, he sed he should meet
me in the happy huntin groun's, If he duz
there'll be tite. But enuff Of thus ere. Reven
Moose MuttOns, as our schoolmaster, who has got
Talents into him, classycally observes.
! arrived at Salt Lake iu doc time. AT Camp
Scott there was a lot Of U. S. sojers, hostensiby
sent out there to smash the NIormons, but really
toeat salt yittals and play poker aud other beau
tiful but somewhat onsartin games. l got ac-
quainted with some of the officers. They looked
pretty scrumpshus in their Bloc coats with brass
buttons on en-, and we're very talented drinkers;
but so fur as ftein is eonscerned, ia willingly
put my wax iiggers agin the hull party.
My desire was to exhibit my CRATE show in
Salt Luke City, so called on Brigham Young.
the CRATE mogull among the MormOns, and axed
his permishun to pitch my tent and Onfurl my
banner to jentle breezis. He lookt at ME in an
austere manner fora few minits, and then sed
E-bO luu blteAt III GUlVlnOug Ddlilt Ehuly lls
immaculateness of the Mormon Church and the
hitter day of the Revelashuns?"
SEE |, 'I'm on itn l make it pint to get along
pleasant, tho didn't know what under the sun
the old Teller was drivin at He sed 1 mite
show.
You are q married man Mister Young,
bleeve?' seq |, preparing to write him sum
passes
Il hav eighty wives, Mr.. Ward. l sertOinly
am married.
'Ilow do you like it as fur as you hev got p
sed l.
He sed 'Midderln,' and axed me wood like
to see his family, to which l replide that
wouldn't mind mingln with the fair Seek and
Barskin in the wipuin smiles Of his interestin
wives lie accordingly tuck me to his Scareum.
The house was powerful big, and in an exceed
ing large room was his wives and children, which
arst was hollerin enuff TO- take the ruff rite orf
the house. The wimn was of all sexs and ages.
Sum was pretty and SUN was plane-sum was
belthy aud sum on the wayne-which is verse,
tho sich was not my iutenshuns, as don't prove
of putting verses in prose ritns, tho eff occasion
requires, can Jerk Poim ekal to any of them
Atlantic Monthly fellers
My wives Mister Ward aed Young.
Your sarvent, marms,' sei l, as sot down in
cheer, which q red headed female brawt me.
hNeANuo elAeoD hANNa 1bu CIV hSAN1 NAAf HHAhs
sed Young, i hev eighty more in various parts
OF this consecrated land which are sealed to me.
which ? SEE l, getting up and starein at him
Sealed, sir, sealed,
'Whare bowts p seq I.
i sed, sir, that they was sealed = lie spoke
in Il traggefdy voice.
win they probably continue on in that siill
to my great extent, sir 2 A1ed ].
Sir sed ho, turning as red as a billed beet
don't you know that the rules of our church u
that !, tho Profit, may hev as many wives as
want%
'les so, sed 'You arc old pie, ain'l ou 2
Them rs is sealed to mo--that is to say, to be
mine when | want Unfair at present my sper
retooul wives, sed Mr.. Young.
'Long mny they wave = SEE |, seein shood
get in a scrapc ef didn't look out.
lu private conyersashun with Brigham
learnt the lollerin fax: II takes him nix weeks
to Kiss wives. lie don't do il only once year,
and SEE it is wuss than cleanin house. He don't
pur,eul to know his children, there is SO many
Of mn, tho they all know him, He se2 about
every child he NEE, calls him Par, and he take.
| 1t for granted that il is so. His wives are very
expensive. They alters want suthin and ef h,
don't buy it for um they set tho house in an up
roar. lie sez he don't have a minits peace. Hi,
wives fife among themselves so much that he hal
blt Il ietin room for there speshul benefit, ant
when two Of Gm get into u row he has um turned
loose into that place, where the dspoot is settled
accordn to the rules Of the London prize ring
Sometimes they abOo2 him Individually. They
haye pulled the most Of his hair out by the root
and he wares many horrible scars upon his body
inflicted with mop-handles, broom sticks anC
sch. Occasionally they ge. mad aud scald hin
| with bilin hot water. When he got any wazi
cranky they'd shut him up in dark closit, pre-
visly shippin him arter the stlle of muthers whel
thar otispringssget onruly. Sometimes when h'
went in swimii thay'd 60 to the banks and stea
his close, thereby compellin him to sneek hom
by eircootus rowt, dresst in the skandlous still
OF the Greek shiye. Il find that the keers Of I
marfid life way heavy onto him. says the Profit
'and sometimes wish lde renamed single
left the 2rofit and started for the tavern whRr
Ia poot up 10. On my way l was overlook
large krowd of Mormius, when they surrounde
me and started that they was goin into the sho'
free.
WAL sez |, 'of find an individooal who
going round ettin folks into his show free, II
let you know
'Nn've had a Revelashun biddin US go into
Wnrd's show without payin nothiu,' thay showti'
Yes hoerd lot Of female Mormonesse
ceasin me by the coat tale and swinging n
round very rapid, we're all goin in free
says he Revelashuns'
| what's Old Revelafhun got to do with n
show 2 sez l, drawin myself up to my full hi
and looking on the onery krowd with prov
and defyant mean, 'tell Mr.. Revelashun to mil
bis own business subject only to the konstit'
ton Of the United states?'
%, now let US in, that's sweet man. 8