The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-11-11
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LOVES OF THE SAINTS.
Curious Revelations OF Mormon In.
ner Ltfe-ErrOneOus Opinions
About Getting Wives,

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There are thousands ofdeluded bach.
elors in the outside world who think
they have nothing to do but come to
Salt Lake, and the Mormons will
furnish them with ready-made wives
with the same facility that q clothing
merchant could furnish them ready
made clothing. This is serious mis-.
take, and the aforesaid bachelors will
find it out if they should ever come
here. Even professed Mormon has to
earn by hard work second wife before
he can get her. At conference time a
certain number Of Saints are called to
60 on missions to various parts of the
earth, to be absent generally about
three years. Some 60 to the Sandwich
Islands, others to Australia, some to
England, and others to different Euro
pean countries, chiefly Denmark, Nor
way and Sweden. Ifthese missionaries
are faithful and make converts, upon
their return to Salt Lake, il they desire
it, they can have an additional wife by
applying to the Prophet, Brigham. In
such case the missionaries usually
pick out some SISTER" whom they con-
verted during their absence, and be,
tween whom, according to the Spirit,
there is decided affinity" As to the
Gentle bachelor, this is the poorest
country in the world for him; should he
attempt to play the role of a seducer, or
even lover, to any Of the Mormon
girls, a thousand eyes are on him, and
his life is at stake every movement he
makes. Every Mormon is policeman,
ever watchful of the household of his
brother saint, aad woe to the intruder
who foolishly invades any sanity abode
with evil intent. Knowing this, the
Gentle bachelors are very cautious, and
they consider life even sweeter than
stolen sweets from Mormon maidens
HOW A DYING GIRL MARRIED AN EDITOR.
1t is the doctrine Of the Mormon
Church that no woman can get to heay
en- without the aid OF a man, except in
very special cases. To be married and
mother in Israel is eternal salvation
in heaven for the saintess. Without
this, in the other world, the deceased
saintess must serve as kitchen-girl or
waiting. maid to some resurected mother
in Israel. This strange doctrine is
thoroughly believed by the Mormon
women, and hence their eagerness to
be married, either in or out of polyga-
my. A case illustrating this has come
to our knowledge. A beautiful young
girl OF seventeen was on her death-bed,
and being unmarried she requested that
a certain well-known editor should be
sent for, to whom she wished to be
sealed" and thus gain eternal glory in
the kingdom of God. The elders COM
piled with her wish, the editor reached
the death-bed, and there, in the pres
ence of witnesses, the living and the
dying were united in holy bonds Of
matrimony. The editor was already
married man, but his religion made
him take the dying girl to wife. In
stances Of this kind are not rare. Such
marriage is considered doubly sancti-
fed, owing to the solemn surroundings.
| HOW WOMAN MARRIEs THE MAN SHE
LOVES.
When a saintess falls in love with
some brother in the church, whether
married or single, and she despairs Of
getting him through her own fascna-
tons, or he will not respond to her az
fectionate warnings, she goes to the
Prophet and makes known her wishes,
stating that "the spirit" (neither devil
nor wood.chuck) moves her to marry
Brother Smith or Brother Jones, as the
case may be, and that by him she wants
to be a mother in Israel and raise up
angels to the Lord. This might be
considered an indelicate movement If
attempted in the Gentle world; but
here the affairs is managed as a matter
of fact, and the man so platonlcally
chosen is rather envied than otherwise.
| Well, the Prophet sends for the chosen
one and makes known the facts IN the
case, usually slapping the brother on
the shoulder and good-naturedly re-
marking: "Ah! brother, you are a
happy man" This little sally Of pleas
antry meets the candidate chosen for
the slaughter matrimonial. Dear sister
Sarah Jane or Sophia Ann is sent for,
a mutual recognition takes place, prob
ably for the first time, and arrange,
ments are made to carry out the martial
programme. 1t oft n a2pens that the
candidate is already deep in polygamy,
but the addition is considered an extra
Jewel in the household crown. The
other wives are seldom consulted IN the
matter, and the harem may be IN
creased without their knowledge
Strange to say, young unmarried men
are seldom attacked in this manner
such women, strange to say, usually
preferring polygamists. Well there 8
no telling what woman will DO when
she takes a notion into her head.
MOTHERS WHO ADORE PoLyGAMIsTs.
Will it be believed that any woman
could so far forget her duty as to prefer
that her daughter would rather marry
AN old and grayheaded saint already
over head and ears in polygamy than a
single man? Such is the fact, how
ever OF our own knowledge we know
ofmothers who rail with fanatic fury II
their daughters keep company with
s;nole men, while old married men are
welcomed to the household with open
80 The fanaticism OF such mothers
ia Iamentable, but in nine cases out OF
ten a mother always carries her point.
II cannot be said that such mothers are
in the majority here, though there are
enough thus blinded by religious zea'
- sacrifice their daughters on the un,