The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-21

Vol. 23, No. 40
I'm AoRMoM 0MIuF IS
, agAAn Ys.as.s wivss ~ OAs,as,...
- e1.oe q sAs SsesDes aaA 0ixty-eigA
4 tCofrespondencs C,ncsnnsti Commercial,
! asked The Elder how many wiye
Brigham had, 50 a to get some au
thority upon that disputed point,
"1iving with him here in the house.
replied the Elder, s3hc only has six
teen but then there are d humber o
Others. I really don't know how
many. married to him all over IN,
Territory, many Of whom he has no
even secn since the hour they wer.
married ~~s,.', ~ -
"Whats the use. OF that sort of
| marriage r asked him. with .,
| eye 70 the practical az well az the Rpir
itual. u s = '-
These marriages are for the mex,
world they are spiritual MARRIAGE
We believe that marriages arc for time
and eternity. Because / marry ! NO.
man y Is no sign that am going "a
Hive With her. She ID scaled % - for
enternity. For instance, d lady whem.
perhaps, l have revae seen before,
comes to me with Z letter Of introdnc..
tt0n nom some Of our church of3cers.
saytng that che was . good, deserving
lady, and desires to be united to q
man for eternity, why 1 would cousid-
er Il my duty 70 marry that lsdy. Il !
though / might nsver zee her again In
But suppose the lady already has a
Fhusbaud I" added.
cThat don't make any difference !.
she can be sealed d No iust the same !.
perhaps her husband Ia q worthless
fellow, and In every way unworthy Of
aWouidnt your wivss object r
4Oh, mo- We understand al thst !:
thcre Isn't 30 much ohjeCsinG goin9 on
. ron think, whether we marry to
cohahst or simply for the next world.
didn't marry my second wife until
my Arst hads consented. i seid I
wanted some more children--sOme
sons - bear my nn1Ae. It was the
Lord's win that / should have them.
Ny 6rst Wife consented, and told me-
% de- the Lords win, and I married
again, selecting q much younger Wo-
man than my Ars4 wife, aud she bore
me some 1no boys.n Nm
Igive this - specimen Of the sort
Of talk one win hcar among the Ed
err and those high In authority in the
Norman Chnrch. They talk as freely
shout thar families . thcy voui;l
about their Oxen Ands u tAis wick
ed9eos, these brutal pracsices, this deg
s1dA4Son of women has nothtng for ifs
feundati0n but pretendod revelation
of JeesQh &3nftk 1bom Heaven. OF al !
the the haEnhug and boahs supssstifion
and clerical qnackery that was ever
pumped into any creed or sect. the
AormOns have Il. Yet their diabOlical |
creed IL no more marvellous than their
perfect sincerity.
All Of Bsigham's eixteen wives with
whom he lives, have borne him chill
dren except one, called Amelia. Anne.
lis is his most noted wife, spirited,
pleasant and Of American birth. She |
10 only thirty-two, lacking some years |
Of being half - old - her husband.
HbA ytFHa sss I Ct ~ assgs sgss II his Z last txo
when they married him. asked 4
Gentle acquaintance why they should |
be such fools rs to want to marry an
DID man with over q dozen ALREADY.
Was It for love2 aNo, indeed, ssid
he, .for ! know they did not love I
him" m
Were they compelled to marry
aim7 n I
s4Oh, no, they did it OF their own
hee win, - they thought it certain
way to 60 to Heaven, 5I
Brigham has sixty-eight children.
.bout forty Of whom are females.
they arc Of all ages fi,om three wears
o thirty. Several Of his older sons
.re young men Of promise and posi-
ION. He is the father Of good deal
u talent, and some Of his children will
" heard Of in the world hereafter.
l.sst night, at the theatre, was partic-
llAr struck with the good, l might say
uperb, acting Of young looking
Ady, and quite handsome. wifhal. II,
made inquiry and learned that she was | !.
he daughter of Brigham. and one of
he wives of II. R.Claweon. Claw. ,
on being man Of wealth and stand
ng, and dev0ut Mormon. has mar. !
led two of Brigham's daughters, in
ddition to his other three wives. Isn't |
hat curious way 10 do? 1t certainly {
; to Us Gentiles; but 10 the Mormons
10 all perfectly correct and proper, |
q several Of the States man Is pro- |
ltbited from marrying his dead wife's /
lister, but here in Utah il ID much the
fyIe to marry two sisters at once. be.
tdes having several other wives. But
8 long as 1t IL necessary to have two
r more wives, / think be is Q Wise
nam who would marry sisters. ii pos
ible. 81
Many Of Rrdgham's children are
'Andsome and lovable. Those by one I
{ his wives. Ars Decker, are particu- .
lrso. Ia
He provides well for his num- :
rous sons-in-law, and takes great (
'leasure in seeing his children well a
asrTied OF and happy, If there can be i
ny happiness in the Mormon married \
hate, which ! doubt A marriage /
akes place in his family now very Of G
en, ~ his dock are rapidly maturing. d
,ne Of his daughters married last
unday. l hear of one who had TO /
nm away to marry, Brigham being d
pposed to the match because the .
oung man who loved his daughter n
leo liked lager beer. Brigham tried
0 break of the match, and keen his r
aughter at home, but his home has so h
many doors 70 it that he could not n
vatch them all ct once, and she got /
way. II
Ii this teaches any moral ut all. it is II
ither TO have fewer daughters or few q
T doors. In
~ pastxiAgs Shs Assssnaturist's
YSieoa
Alta meeting Of horticulturists in Illi-
Iois, strong ground was taken against I
he destruction of these birds. To
how how useful this bird is, ii was {,
lated that = hOck Of partridges were I
cen running alongs the rows Of confi
ust sprouting, and seeing them en- !
aged in something which was believ- .
4 10 be pulling up the Young plants.
me of them was killed and is scrop"l ,
which was found TO contain
cutworm, twenty-onc striped bugs i
nd over one hundred ohfnch bugs. !
mother member related that he had
dOpted measures to protect the bird,
nd that they had become so numer. ,
md so ZANE that hundreds of them, j