The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-04-06
JOB PRINTING.
From the st. Joseph Mo- Herald.
a Sad History,


We lately met young and interesting
girl at the house of an acquaintance who
told us tale of wrong and suffering that
would furnish material for a 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 with all the fondness
of true and parental affection. No wish
others remain ed ungratifed, for she was
the idol of those parents, and the light of
the home made desolatc by an act which
will forever cast Its shadows on her heart.
In February, 1864, she became acquain-
ted with mormon preacher, who painted
her in glowing terms the glorics of Utah
aud the Mormon religion. lie told her
of the beautiful valleys of Utah, fortified
on all sides by giant mountains, whose
peaks, FURNISHED by eternal SHOWS, looked
down upon the valleys of perpetual greens
pcopled by Gods own chosen kindred,
who were free as the mountain torrent.
that leap the rocks of the lofty Timpana
gos range. He told her of the content
and peace rcigning among the saints, and
assured her that the Mormons were Gods
own peculiar people, and so worked up
on her Imagination that she finally con
sented to leave friends, family, and all the
endearments of home, and go with him to
the Valley of the Saints.
Arriving at Chicago he forced her to
marry him, the ceremony being perform
ed by mock priest, without record or H. /
censc. On the last ef April she left Wy
oming. Nebraska, with Mormon train,
for the land of promise, and finally ar
rived in the city of the Saints Here
she found that her husband had four 9TH .
or wives, who regarded her with no ten
der emotions, but heaped abuse and con-
tumely upon her head.
After few months her liege lord told
her he had concluded to seal her to an
other, who had takea great fancy to her;
that his other wives were jealous, and
we're determined his last wife should live
with him no longer.
She declared that she would die before
she would be thus put away and forced to
live as the wife Of man with whom she
had no acquaintance, and had seen but
once iu her life. Her husband told her
it was Brigham Young's order and she
must do so or lose her life. Determined
not to be thus sacrificed, she started to
run away with the intention of making
her way to Camp Breckenridge, in Cedar
Valley, 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, or rather a cellar,
and kept there a month, with just enough !
food to sustain lie The man with whom
she refused to live frequently visited her, !
and besought her to change her resolu
ton in order to save her life.
Through force CT circumstances she at
last yielded, and Was duly installed in his
family, as the sixth wife. Here she found
as before, tie jealousics aud quarrels ari-
sing were intolerable, aud she again de-
termined to escape or die in the attempt.
This time she succeeded in reaching the
headquarters of Gen. Conner, to whom |,
she told her tale OF suffering. L ne Gen-
eral sent her through to the States with :
a government train bound for Fort Kcar-
ney, which place she reached early last !;
week
She leaves this city tonight, repent /,
ant sorrowful child, for her home in
Pcnnsylvania-that home which she was
persuaded to desert through the misrep-
rcseutation and wiles of a crafty scoun-
drel. 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 not an isolated case, but an
every day occurrencein this busy sinful
world.
The Story Of Tree.
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