Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-02-23
A Sad History.

We yesterday met a young and interest
ing girl at the house of an acquaintance,
who told US tale Of wrong and suffering
that would furnish material for good sized
novel,
One year ago this young lady left her
home in Pennsylvania home where all
the luxuries Of life were at her command.
Her parents were indulgent, and she, an
only child, was loved by them with all the
fondness Of parental affection. No wish of
hers remained ungratifed, for she was the
idol cf those parents and the light of
home made desolate by an act which will
forever cast shadow on her heart
In February, 1864, she became acquaint-
ed with a Mormon preacher, who painted to
her in glowing terms the glories of Utah
and the beauties of the Mormon religion.
He told her Of the lovely valleys of Utah,
fortified on all sides by giant mountains,
whose peaks, FURNISHED by eternal SHOWS,
looked down upon the valleys of perpetual
green, peopled by Gods own chosen kin
dred, who were as free as the mountain tor
rents that leap the rocks Of the lofty Tim
pangos range. He told her of the peace
and content reigning among the saints, and
assured her that the Mormons were Gods
own peculiar people, and so worked upon
her mag nation, that she finally consented
to leave friends, family and all the endear-
ments Of home, and go with him to the
Valley of the Saints.
Arriving at Chicago, he forced her to
marry him, the ceremonyubeing performed
by mock priest, without record or license.
On last April she left Wyoming, Nebraska,
with {. Mormon train, for the land of prom
Use, and finally arrived in the city Of the
Saints Here she found her husband had
four other wives, who regarded her with
no tender emotions, but heaped abuse and
contempt upon her guiltless head.
After few months her liese lord told
her he had concluded to sell her to another,
who had taken great fancy to hei; that in
fact his other wives were jealous, and de-
clared his last wife should live with him no
longer.
She declared she would die before she
would thus be put away and forced to live
as the wife Of man with whom SIZE had no
acquain tance, and had seen but once in
her life. Her husband told her it was
Brigham's order, and she must do so or
loose her life. Determined not to be thus
sacrificed, she started to run away with the
intention of making her way to Cedar Val
ley, then garrisoned by United States troops
and claim protection there. She started ON
foot and after travelling about ten miles,
was caught and brought back, placed in
dungeon, and thus kept for month, with
hardly enough food to sustain life. The
man whom she refused to live with fire.
quentiy visited her, and besought her to
change her resolution in order to save her
life
Through force of circumstances she at
last yielded, and was duly installed in his
family, as the sixth wife. Here she found,
as before, the iealousies and quarrels aris-
ing were intolerable, and she again deter
mined to escape or die in the attempt.
This time she succeeded in reaching the
Headquarters Of General Conner, to whom
she told her tale Of suffering. The General
treated her with kindness, gave her money,
and sent her through the States with gov
ernment train, bound for Fort Kearney,
which place she reached early last week.
She leaves this city tonight, repentant
and sorrowful child, for her home in Penn
sylvania-that home which she was pur-
suaded to desert through the misrepresenta-
ton and wies of a crafty scoundrel. What
Joy and gladness will swell up from the
hearts of those parents, when they again
behold the one they believed lost to them
forever. We drop the veil. Reader, this
is by no means an isolated case, but an
everyday occurance in this busy, sinful
world-St Joseph Herald.