The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-02-19
NUMBER Is.
BRIGHAM's CONCUBINEs.

rem is not known TO the gentle world
One report makes the number seventy
another gives one thirty. 1t is proba
bic that the larger number include
those who are sealed to Brigham fo
eternity 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 goodbye to Isaac, sh
became first concubine, and has added
eight children to the prophets house
hold.
Her younger sister Clara Decker ais,
aspired to be heavenly queen, and be
mother OF four children.
The third is Harriet Cook, mother o
one turbulent boy, who does pretty
much as he pleases, as so does the moth
er. When in her tansrums she does no
hesitate to send Brigham to the realn
of evil spirits.
Lucy Bigelow is said to be one of the
most lady-like of all the concubines.
Mrs, Waits, wife of one OF the U. s.
Judges of the Territory, who saw all Of
the ladies of the harem, describes her as
of middling stature, dark brown hair
mouth. She is pleasant and affable.
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 pro-
phet. She looks after his clothes, sews
buttons on his shirts, and acts the part
of housewife.
Martha Bowker isanother ofthe same
sort. quiet, neat in dress, motherless,
and therefore oflittle account.
Harriet Barney, like Lucy Decker,
left her husband and three children to
become a concubne that she might hay g
exaltation in Heaven, but has not
been honored in the harem, not hav-
ing added any children to the house.
hold.
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, aftervard married q
man by the name of Cole, who lett her
at Nauvoo, and went to California. =
Brigham, hearing of his departure, sent
for his wife, who obeyed the summons
and became aeoncubine, 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 ia the harem.
Emiline Free, as described by Mrs.
Waite, is the 'slight of the harem,'' tall,
graceful, mild, violet eyes, fair hair, in
clined to curl. She was Lively young
lady, and Brigham fell in love with her.
Her father and mother were opposed to
polygamy, but Emiline had ambitious
projects, accepted his proposal, and be-
came the favorite of the harem. The
favor shown her brought on a row, The
other eoncubines carried this jealousy to
such pitch that the prophet had a pri-
vate passage constructed from his bed
room to Emiline's room, SO that his Wis
its 80 her and hers to him could be
made without observation. She has
contributed greatly to his glory in the
future world by presenting him with
eight children in this.
The poetess of the church is Eliza
Snow, said to be quite intellectual. In
one fthe poems published in Brigham's
paper, the DeSeret Neics, she thus exalts
the Mormon religion:
ave have the ancient order,
To us by prophets given;
And here we lave the pattern
AS things exist in heaven
From which we are to understand
that there are harems in Heaven 4 SO
the Turks believe.
Zina Huntington also writes poetry
and acts as solt of governness to the
numerous children fthe prophet. Zina
came to Salt Lake with her lawfully
welded husband, DR.. Jacobs. Bng-
ham liked her; sent the doctor on mis-
sionary tour to England; took his wife
into the harem, and became the spiritu-
al father of her children-made her his
temporal coneubine that he might ex-
alt her TO be queen i'll heaven The
doctor returned from his mission, apos-
tatized, and went to California, where
he now resides.
Amelia Partridge has added four chill
dren to the prophets household. She
is said to be of sweet disposition and
is not Jealous when the prophet turns
his attention to the other concubines.
Mrs. Augusta Cobb was formerly
Bostonian, became converted to Nor
monism eighteen Years ago, left her
home and accepted position in the ha-
rem.
Mrs. Smith, a devout Mormon wished
to be sealed to Brigham for eternity,
but the prophet did not care to make
her heavenly queen. He sealed her
to Joseph Smith for eternity and to
himself for time.
One s'poor unfortunate" Clara Chase,
became a maniac, and has gone to
where the wicked cease from troubling.
Amelia Folsom, native of Ports
N. H., is the mistress of the ha-
rem. She entered it on the 10th of j an
uary, 1868. She is about 30, and the
prophet SO. She has things pretty
much her own way-private box at the
theatre, carriage of her own, silks, sat
ins, piano, parlor elegantly furnished.
If the prophet Sights her, she pays him
in his own coin,
Such is an outline OF this sanity
household-thirty women or more, and
seventy or eighty children. Unless hui
man nature isvastly different in Utah
from what it is in other places, there
must be many family jars. The out
ward appearance is of a peaceable and
orderly community, but if there is
fraction of truth in common report, it is
one of the saddest communities in the
world. Brigham comprehends the fact
that life under polygamy, is a weari-
some burden, and has taken measures
to amuse the members of his church.
THE AREA OF CITIES.
1t is stated that Cincinnati is about
enlaroino her hnnndarieS Her nnnilIn-