The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-08-14

Story Of Mrs. TIA Webb Young
Graphically Told by Herself
The Utah Prophet as Il Lover
Inside View Of Brigham's House.
hold.
His Evident Preference for
Amelia.
The Utah Prophet as a Lover
Jealousy Of His Other Wives
From the New York Herald. I

This morning | went to the Walker
House and sent up my card to this now in
| ierc'ting lady, Mrs. Ann Eliza Webb Young
| With an in,imation that ] had called upoI
her attorneys, and, if agreeable and con
| venient, | should I've pleased to see her. I'm
meiiateiy the pIcOH returned with the in
vitlion 10 Please walk up" The room
door OF 10, ON the third hoor. was opeI
when reached it. ard with pleasant Wort
! | was invited To be- sealed.
THE ArPEsRASCE OF THE LADY.
Mr.. Young was in healih ipdisposed, an,
! begged her no, To deprive herself 81 TIA
| comfort and aid OF the pillow, which | ~"
she had jus: used Oh The couch, ~ | Ia,
come with the intention OF interviewing he
and should he sorry to Cause her any IA
tisue.
In person Mrs. Young il tall AMI slender
with a remarkably sweet face, features regi
lar and soft, ewes dark blue, hair very darn
brown and thrown loosely behind after tn
fashion of the school miss of fifteen. Ii j
| not always safe to Judge by appearances, bu
nature never gave that cOuntenance 10
hedgehog of IA virago. The frs, thought wa
that the Prophet was intensely stupid I,
have driven that beauty from the harem.
At the present time the lady is twenty
eight years of aye, hut her i'll health I'M
paris a languid expression TO her counte-
nance that might suggest to the mind that sh'
was few years older 1t was in remarkins
upon her health that saw the feeling Of hel
soul upon rolvgmy. She said that heI
health had been failing for the las, foui
years. The mental suffering that she bad
endured in her polygamic lie had affected
her to such a degree that she had become
utterly Indifferent to life iiself, and would
rather have died than lived.
The reporter after some preliminary Iues-
tions, listened TO the following statement
from the lady:
was living on my fathers farm in
Little Cottonwood. when, in the summer o;
1867, Brigham Young informed my fathe.
that he wanted me for wife. Brigham,
with Il number of the apostles and elders
from this city, was visiting Co.;C,wood on a
Snniiav a.,. held two meetings ,oc preach
ing. IL was al the ciosc of the forenoon
service on that occasion that re walked M 10
ME and said. Had | not better accompany
you home" said, Certainly, if you wish
to-" Ga the way to my fathers house
Brigham asked me if | had had AIRY propo-
sails Of marriage since / had obtained d.
vorce from nv first husband / answered
him, "Yes, that had had several proposals"
He then asked if there was any one of then,
that Il wished to accept. l said, "No."
on which he said that he would like to give
ME little advice.
BRIGHAM GIVES ADVICE.
lie advised mo TO wal, and TO marry some
good man whom could respec; and look mp
10 and receive good counsel from.
| thanked him for his counsel, and by
home was 50 near to the place OF meeting the
conversation abruptly terminated.
lie GOES SPARKLING.
a, the close OF the afternoon service he
went up To my father, took him aside ana
talked for at least two hour- 10 hun about
ne. ard told him how that he had watched
me from ms infancy, saw NEE grow up 10
womanhood, he'd always loved me and in
tended 10 marry me, but having taken
Amelia just after the Law was passed in Con-
gress prohibiting polygamy, he feared to take
another wife soon after, lest it should make
trouble, or he would have taken me then.
My marriage 70 a Young ruaa was unlocked
for to him, and when he Was made ac-
quaintad with It he did not Just like to stop
II, he said, and ~ he let it go on, but al
ways hoped that the time would cone when
he would lave me.
THE OLD SINNER SET- HIS TRAP.
He vented father aud mother To ,ise all
their influence with ne, a. i, would he the
best thing cuuid do. fl asked father il IA
good house, Well furnished, anil - 900 4
year poke; money would be enon2h for NE,
ard added ihii ii it wa' not enough ! should
have more. Fr,her answered ;l,a, .,e thousht
Il would hr sufficient.
HORRiFIED AT THE PROPOSAL.
When father cane hognr he told mother
by her-eii; then they told mP. ! cannot
describe my feelings: ! was frightened. The
thought of II was a perfect h1'rJr ! thonght
father he'd gone crazy. and w"u!d not he
.irye hi+ statement ibf hours. When |
reliiz II tn II 1t was FAC:
COULD DO NOTHING EUr CRY.
When father saw that took it SO badly
IL, toll me tirat ! wUuld not he forced into
it, hu, il cpuid bfin. NV feelings to it and
ACCEPT Brigham it would ne pleasing to him,
and mother i.vG- q il IN the same way.
Alb'ai ~ VS. siii'i 'ils- tn 'iss
with an in,imste liiy fri M, and ~ we were
walking ne,r tn E'Isham'' house, me came
Ia the gate and waited Tor ,Hr arrival. Wien
Jaw him thought wrni. g., ny courage
to tell him that | world not marry him, hut
could no: 1ay it. That
PECULIAR INFLUESC
that he throws over everybody when he has
u purpose TO effect completely overcome me
He dill M! aliude 10 the subject nj all.
shook hands and passed on. lie became
very kind to my paren's, aud saw father fire.
qIently. lie sent for me To come to the city
on several occasions and met me at my faith
er's city residence, anil t,kei To nc about
marriage; told me
HOW PURE Ills FEELINGS WERE,
and tina, his only motive was TO do me good,
save D.e ia the Kingdom and mike me a
queen. All tina, had no effect upon me; it
only Disguised me the more, and the fear
that | dared not resist him never left me-.
This continued tor nearly year. My eldest
brother had had some business transactions
with Brigham and one OF his sons, which re-
suited in trouble and ultimately in financial
injury To My trother. Brigham had been
very angry with him ana threatened to cut
him off from the Church. | heard vi those
threats, and believing at that time in Nor
monism, ! heard them with deep sorrow,
and confess that, in hopes OF turning
Brighani's anger away from my brother,
| heaan 10 entertain the though. uhst ! wOuld
yield to his request. l urged "a many mex
perienced persons do, that IA | had sor-
-owful life my heart was crushed, my future
life was nothing. and if l could saclfce
myself for my bro'her's interest and please
NV parents | would at last subniii. Finally
BRIGHAM NAMED THE MARRIAGE DAY
md informed me, through my father, that
what required in preparation for my mar
riage he would furnish; but | would accept
nothing. 4 day before the marriage he
brought to me three dress patterns silk
md two meriro-and handed 10 me a purse
With $50 bill.
On the - April, 1868. WAS married
% him in the Endowment, House, by Heber
:. Kimball. his First Counsellor. My father
md mother we're present and others. Brig
lsm's brother J seph also took to himselfa
wife at the same time. After the ceremony
walked over with him to the conference,
md in the evening returned to my f,,her's
house and remained there for month. -
rHE PROPHETS LOVE OF SHORT DURATION
For the firs, few months had con-idera-
,le Of his attention; his visits were frequent; |
lfrsr that his busine-a cares 30 occupied him,
he said, lhst he eould oaiy call ai.out once |,
n three months. After that he came just |
u it happened"