The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-02-09

pTuEa and aHa hU accepted tsa
4sssat.es g! JeHU suh She lives
~ large ,oat balhlauS af ~
Go haFu gtsu dasa ae otu
VISIT u0 sau
HaaHfMs g5NtaiNs
Iaf Hag H guHgusuts IS tHe
6aaa uat au0au ta He Guntaa
vll.3 eupati.uate Sc usmh5f
ee aaalae eyp oaly thirty n
probable .b. tas IarA number a
glI8 wha All es.e4D8 Brigham
ias eternity and aai tnr ume
h ts gauWUue Is Luf Decker
She ig lawful wife lvsue Secly
mother 81 two children bat Brigham
oaid makr her lgeeH u heateu. and
sa bt1dng faed byo g l@ae she be
came Lrst coboubtuc. aud bBs added
eight children to the prophets house
hold
Her younger SISTER, Clara Dtcku Il.
So aspircd 10 bo a heavenly queen, and
became h,s second taugub,ne, and il
tht moiheg q iour children
lb yhr3 4 Hauiu, Cock moshOr Of
one turbulent boy, who does pretty
much as he pleases, as 50 does The
mother When ia her tantrnms sho
does not hesitate 10 send Brigham to
tie realm II evil spirits
Lncy Bigolow Is said To BE- one OF tho
most lady ike ol all the coueuhinos.
Mrs Waite, Elie oi one oi the United
States Judges oi the Territory, who saw
al Of the ladies 81 the harcm describes
her as ot middIing stature, dark brown
hair, blue eyes, squilino nose. and
pretty mouth. She is pleasant aud aila.
ble
Miss Tviss has sandy hair, round
features, blue eyes, low forehead, frock-
led face, but AZ she has no children, Is
not Of much account in the eyes Of the
prophet She looks after his clothes
sows buttons on bis shirts, and acts the
part Of housewife
Martha Boaker Is another az The
same sort, quiet, neat IN dress, mother
less, aud therefore 81 little account
Harriet Barney hike Luey Decker
left her husband and tlroe children tu
become Il concnbine that she might
have e1almton in heaven, bat has not
been honored in the hurem, not having
added any children 20 the household
Eliza Burgess ia the ouly English
woman IN the harem, small Of stature
black eyes, quick tempered, bat mother
Of several children.
Ellen lockwood, daughter Of the
jail-keeperis another Of the unfortunats
women not having any chilGren
Mrs Hampton, whose first husband
died ut Nauyoo, afterward married n
man by the name Of Cole, who loft her
at Nauyoo and went 10 California
Brigham hearing of his departure, sent
for bis wife, who obeycl the summons
and became eoncubiuo, lived in the
harem eight years, then was cast ont by
Brlghnm. She now hives at Ogdeu CITY
with her n, Nephi Hampton
Mary Blgelow Is another castnway
She liSed ia the hurcm several years,
but Brigham became tired 81 her and
sent hei away
Margaret Pierce is another xho. not
having added to the glory u the proph
ct BY bcinga mother isol l''tle account,
though still ID thc harem.
Emelrue Free, rs described b. Mrs
Waite, the light Of Tho harenl, tall
/ graceful mill violet eyes, far bair, IN
chnoG 20 curl She was lively young
lady AMI Brigham fell III love with her
! Her fathor and mother were opposed 10
/ polygamy, but Emelne had ambito, +
/ projects accepted his proposal, and be
came tho fayorite Of the harem. Tho
favor shown her brought on row.
/ The other concubiues carried this ieal
ousy to such q pitch that tho propha.
/ had q private passage constructed from
his bedroom to Emelinos room, 50 that
his visits to 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 III this.
the poetess Of the church is Eizt
Snow, said to be quite intellectual, In
one OF the poems published IN Brig
hams paper the Desert Netrs. she thus
eXalts the Mormon religion
"Wo have The ancient ordcr.
TO us bY prophets given
And here We have tho pattern
Az things ezist IA Heaven.
From which wo are b understand
| that there are har6ms il Heaven So
the Turk believes
Zina Huntington also writes poetry
and acts as a sort Of goyerness TO the
numerous children Of the prophet Vi
1 ma came to Salt Lake with her lawfully
/ welded husband, DR. Jacobs. Brigham
/ liked her, sent the doctor on a mission
AIRY tour to England took his wife into
/ the harem, and became the spiritual
/ father Of her children made ber his
temporal concubine that he might ex
/ alt her 10 be q queen 10 heaven The
doctor returned from his mission, apos-
tatizcd and went 70 California, wherc
/ he nov resides
Amelia Partridge has added -four
children to the prophets household.
i She Is said 10 be Of a sweet disposition
/ and is not jealous when the prophet
I turns bis attention 10 the other concu
bipes
NIB Au1Anta A9hp Hhh l3ilAbitg y
BosiOuiau, became converted 10 Moi
monIs.n eighteen years ago, left hcr
home aud accepted a position 10 the
harem
Mrs Smith, degout Mormon, wish
f "a 20 Oe sealed b Brigham Tor eteru
ty, but the prophet dad not care T.,
make her heavenly queen He aeale
her to Joseph Smith for eternity and 10
/ himself iof time
one poor unf ortunate Clara Chafe