Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-05-06

room, until she died. 1t Is furnished like
Emcline Frees, and is unoccupied.
No. 5. Has sitting-room and bedroom
attached. Rag carpets on the floor, com>
mon bedstead, stand, mirror, wardrobe,
chairs, cupboard, fireplace and red window
curtains. Here Lucy Decker lives with
her children.
No. 6. Rag carpet, bedroom recess, with
elegant carved bedstead, Venetian blinds
on the windows, and rich damask bed cur
taina, mahogany tables, chairs and sofa,
and fine oil painting Of Brigham on the
wall. This IS where Clara Decker, q favor.
lite wife of the Prophet lives.
No. 7. Lucy Bigelow's room. 1t is we'll
but plainly furnished.
No. 8. Emma Pa,ridge's room, and fur
nisbcd like Lucy Deckers.
No. TO-. Aunt Fanny's place. She was
Brgham's sister, and lie took excellent cale G
Of her, providing her with every comfort.
She is now dead.
Apartments from Nos. 10 to 2e are in the
basement.
Ascending to the third floor we come to
room No. 20, where Twlss, the servant girl,
lives. 1t is very neatly furnished, and has
snowy clean bed, with pretty white cur.
tains at the windows,
No. 80 is vacant, and is said to have
been intended tor Young's intended ,hirlie,h
wife, Mss Ursenback. No. 81. hall; No.
81, Mrs. Hampton's quarters No 80, Har-
riet Cooks room; No. 81, Mrs.. Weston's !;
No. 80, Eliza Shows; No. SO, vacant; No.
81, Margaret Pierce; No. 3s, hired girls /;
No. 80, Harriet Barney; No. 40, Eliza
Burgess; No. Al, Harriet Seeley; No. AZ,
Charlotte Cobb, daughter of Mrs. Cobb.
Charlotte is now married to worthy gen.
tleman. Nc. 43, Zina Huntington No. Al,
Martha Bowker; No. 45, spare room; No.
46, vacant; No. II, Ellen lockwood; No.
AZ, Susan Sniyely. These rooms are very
much alike, and furnished nearly alike.
They are plain but con Portable. The wo-
men live in them precisely as they do at a
hotel. Each lady has her own key. and
when she goes cut she locks her door,
There is little visiting back and forth, and
the ladies behave very much as guests do
at first class hotel.
Every morning and evening, at the ring
ing of the bell, the inmates Of the harem
meet in the great parlor, to attend prayers.
They sing a hymn and Young prays fer
vehtly. The Prophet used to eat at the
harem with his wives, but he seldom does
so now. In the morning, on rising, each
woman puts her room in order, ard if she
has children dresses them for breakfast.
After prayers they all 60 to breakfast. the
ladies with children sitting at little family
tables, and those without children at the
common table. The same food is given to
ALL and the bill of fare is by no means a
poor one. Brigham, from tiue to time,
desigrates some Of bis wives to take charge
Of the cooking, and they remain on duty
until relieved. During the day the women
walk out, sew, sing, play the piano in the
parlor, or walk with the children. Most OF
them spin, make cloth and color it. They
are very proud Of their cloth and embroi.
derry. In the evening all hands go to the
theatre, where every one Of Brigham S wives
has a reserred seat
1t is said that Young literally supplies
his wives with money, and on fine days they
drive out and 90 shopping. He employs a
music teacher, French teacher, and dancing
master, FOR the use of his household. Brig.
hams women are well dressed, but still they
have TO work hard, and he keeps up a
wholesome discipline over them.
Near the harem stands the Bee Hive
House, a handsome building that cost $685.
600, and in which Brigham's Oldest wife
and her children formerly lived, but which
is now used as a sort of boarding house for
the workmen, and is superintended by Lucy
Decker.
On the hill beyond the Bee Hive is the
White House, where Brghams first wife
now lives, with her sons and daughters.
Brigham's home is fair TO look upon, but
Anna Dickinson best describes it when she
says it is u "whiied sepulchre."
O. DITsoy.