Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-04-09
Brigham Young Interviewed.

Brigham Young Interviewed.
"Mark Twain" 10 his new book
"Roughing it," gives the following
account of one Of the party's inter
viewing the Mormon leader, Brig
ham Young. He said Mr.. Yount
told him several smart sayings o
certain of his "twooyear-olds," OBJ.
serving with some pride that fol
many years he had been the heavies
contributor in that line to one of the
eastern Magazines. He wanted tC
find one of the pets which had saiC
the last good thing, and searched the
faces of the children ia detail, but
could not decide which one 1t was
finally he gave it mp with sigh, and
said
81 thought would know tho cub
again, but | don't" Mr. Young OBJ
served further, that "Life was a
sad, sad thing, because the joy OF
every new marriage a man contract
ed wac so apt to be blighted by the
inopportune funeral of a less recent
bride" Just here one of the Mrs
US came in and demanded breast
pin remarking that she had found
out he had been giving a breastpin
to No. 6, and she, for one, did not
propose to let this partiality go on
without making q acknowledgements
Of trouble about it. Mr.. Young re-
minded her that there was a stranger
present Mrs. Young said that if the
state Of things in the house was not
agreeable to the stranger, he could
find room outside. Mr. Young prom.
Used the pin, and she went away
Within few minutes, twenty >eight
more Of the weird sisters, some sin.
ely, some in groups, came in, and
twenty-eight promised pins were re.
CURED to keep the peace.
"rhat is specimen" said Mr.
Young "you see how it is you see
what a life ! lead In needless
moment | gave my darling No. {
excuse me for calling her thus, al
her other name has escaped me fol
the moment) breastpin. 1t only
cost twenty-five dollars but its ul
innate cost was found to be a great
deal more, for | have wives all over
the territory of Utah, whose numbers
even | do rot know, without look,
ing into the family Bible; and, mark
you, every solitary one of them will
hear Of this breastpin, and every las
one Of them will have one or die
Then these creatures will compare
their pins together, and if one is 1
shade finer than the rest, they will
be thrown back on my hands, and
will have to order new lot to KEEP
peace in the family.
Once gentleman gave one of my
children a tin whistle, Ga veritablC
invention of Satan, sir, | knew
what the result was going to be, ane
| thirsted for vengeance. | ordered
ont q flock of Destroying Angels, but
they never caught him.
No; | am not cruel, sir, but if
had caught him, sir, 50 help me 10
seph Smith, | would have locked
him in the nursery until the brat'
whistled him to death knew who
gave the whistle to the child, but
could not make those Jealous moth
ers believe me. They believed | die
it, and the result was just what any
man Of reflection could have foreseen
| bad TO order one hundred and tel
of those shrieking things, and | wisI
| may never speak another word /
we have to talk on our fingers, en-
Lirely, from that time forth, till thu
children got tired Of whistles. AnC
if ever another man gives my chile
rem whistle, and | get my hands OF
him, will hang him higher thar
Hannah.
Bless my soul you dot know any
thing about married life. Is q per
feet dogs life. You can't economic
it ism possible Why, just the OF
item Of cradle s-think of it-and The
wash-biu, (cxcuse these tears) nine
hundred and eighty-four pieces {
week-and vermifuge and soothing
syrup! and teething rings JUS
think Of it once. Bless you, sir, a
the time had seventy-two wives il
this house ! groancd at the idea o
keeping thousands of dollars tied NJ
in seventy-twO bedsteads, when tn,
money ought to be out at interest
and Just sold the whole stock, sir
at Il sacrifice, and built bedsteaC
seven feet long and ninety-six ieet
wlde-but it was u failure, sir.
could not sleep; it seemed as if The
whole seventy-twO women snored al
once. The roar was deafening and
then, the danger Of it. That was
what | was looking at, They would
all draw in their breath at once, anC
you could actually see the walls suck
in. Then they would all exhale theil
breath at once, and you could see
the walls swell out, and hear the
rafters crack and the shingles grind
together. My friend, take an old
mans advice and don't cucumber
yourself with large family-mind,
| say, and don't do it. Take my
word for item or dozen wives is
enough never 90 over it.
Something made me set this mem-
bor OF our party down as unreliable
however, be was very entertaining
person, and doubt if some of the in
formation he gave US could have been
obtained from any other source.
E1'A new style Of watch is in the