Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-04-02
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Brigham Young's Harem,
AND WHO ARE ITS OCCUPANTS.

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sage leads from the ground floor to an
other building east, in which is the gen
eral business Office of Brigham Young
and from which telegraph wires run t.
every hamlet in the territory Another
passage leads to the private office Of
Brigham, back of which is his private
bedroom, where his concubines wait up
on him-Amelia to-day, EmeIine to.
morrow, Lucy the day after.
Brigham's lawfully welded wife was
Mary Ann Angel, a native of New
York, the mother of i've children, Jo
seph or joe" as he is called at Salt
Lake, Brigham A., John, Alice, and
Luna. She married the prophet while
he was a young man, before he was a
prophet, and with him accepted the rev.
elations of Joseph Smith. She lives in a
large stone building in the rear of his
harem. Brigham does not often visit
her now.
The number of concubines in the ha-
rem is not known to the GENTLE world.
One report makes the number seventy
another gives only thirty. 1t is proba-
bic that the larger number includes
those who are sealed to Brigham for
eternity and not for time.
His first concubine is Lucy Decker
She is the lawful wife of Isaac Seely,
mother of two children but Brigham
could make her queen in heaven, and
so, bidding good bye to Isaac, she be-
came first concubine, and has added
eight children to the prophets house
hold. Her younger sister, Clara Deck
er also aspired to be heavenly queen
and became his second concubine, and is
the mother of four children.
The third is Harriet Cook, mother of
one turbulent boy, who does pretty much
as he pleases, and so does the mother
When in her tantrums she does not hes
itate to send Brigham to the realm of
evil spirits.
Lucy Bigelow is said to be one of the
most lady-like of all the concubines.
She is of middling stature, dark brown
hair, blue eyes, aquiline nose, and a
pretty mouth; pleasant and afable.
Miss Twiss has sandy hair, round fea-
lures, blue eyes, low forehead, freckled
face; but as she has no children, is not
of much account in the eyes of the
prophet. She looks after his clothes,
sews buttons on his shirts, and acts the
part of a housewife.
Martha Bowker is another of the
same sort, quiet, neat in dress, childless,
and therefore of little account.
Harriet Barney, like Lucy Decker,
left her husband and three children to
become concubine that she might have
exaltation in heaven, but has not been
honored in the harem, not having added
any children to the household.
Eliza Burgess is the only English wo-
man in the harem, small of stature,
black eyes, quick tempered, but mother
of several children.
Ellen lockwood, daughter of the Jail
keeper, is another of the unfortunate
women, not having had children.
Mrs. Hampton, whose first husband |
died at Nauvoo, afterward married a |
man by the name of Cole, who left her
at Nauvoo and went to California;
Brigham, hearing of his departure, sent
for the wife, who obeyed the summons,
and became concubine, lived in the ha>
rem eight years, then was cast out by
Brigham. She now lives at Ogden City |
with her son, Nephi Hampton.
Mary Bigelow is another castaway.-
She lived in the harem several years
but Brigham became tired of her and
sent her away.
Margaret Pierce is another who, not
having added to the glory of the proph-
ct by being mother, is of little account,
though still in the harem.
Emeline Free is the light of the ha-
rem, tall, graceful, mild, violet eyes,
fair hair, inclined to curl. She was a
lively young lady, and Brigham fell in
love with her. Her father and mother
were opposed to polygamy, but Emeline
had ambitious projects, accepted his pro-
posal, and became the favorite of the ha-
rem. The favor shown her brought on
4 row. The other concubines carried |
this Jealousy to such a pitch that the
prophet had private passage construct
ID from his bedroom to Emelines room.
80 that his visits to her and hers to him
could be made without observation. She
has contributed greatly to his glory in
he future world by presenting him with
eight children in this.
The poetess of the church is Eliza
Snow, said to be quite intellectual. Zina
Huntington also writes poetry and acts
Is sort of governess to the numerous
children of the prophet. Zina came to