The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-02-15

much sameneSS abOu6theSe surprises, so
he sat there with his hat pulled over
his eyes and considered the situation.
Finally, seeing there was no help for it,
be Went to the house, and forty-eight
Mrs. Potts rushed upon him, and told
him how the prophet had another Wis
ion, in which he was commanded to
seal Simpsons widow to Potts.
Then the Bishop stumbled around
among the cradles to his writing desk,
where he felt among the gum rings and
rattles for his le~tter-paper, and then
addressed a letter to Brigham, asking
him as q personal favor to keep awake
until after Christmas. "The man
must take me for a founding hospital"
he said. Then the Bishop saw clearly
enough that if he gave presents to the
other children and not to the late Simp-
sons, the bride (relic of Simpson, would
among his hair and make things warm
for him. So repacking his carpet
bag, he started again for San Francis
GO for siXty-fOur more mOuth-Or-
kgans, while Mrs. Potts gradually took
leave Of him in the entry-all but the
red-haired woman, who was up stairs,
and who had to be satisfied with a
screeching goodbye at the top Of her
voice.
On his way home, after his last visit
to San Francisco, the bishop sat in the
car by the side of a man who had left
Salt Lake the day before. The stran-
ger was communicative. In the course
Of the conversation he remarked to the
bishop:
"That was a mighty pretty little
affair up there at the city Monday"
"What affair" asked Potts.
why. that wedding. MrGr1th1S
widow, you knOw-married by proxy"
"YOu don't say replied the bishop.
II did not know that McGrath was
dead"
ayes; died on Sunday, and that night
Brigham had Il vision in which he was
ordered to seal her to the bishop.n
"BishOpm exclaimed Potts. "Bish-
Op, what bishOp?"
well, you see there were fifteen of
Mrs. McGrath and e~ighty-tWo children,
and they showed the whole lot off on
old Potts. PerhapsyOudOn't knOwhim?"
The bishop gave a wild unearthly
and wIithed upon the floor as if he had
hydrOphobia. When he recovered he
leaped from the train and walked back
to San Francisco. He aftcrWard took
the first steamer to Peru, where he en-
tered monastery and became a Celibate.
His carpet-bag was sent on to his
family. It contained the balance of the
mOuth-Organs. On Christmas morning
they were distributed, and in less than
an hour the entire two hundred and
eight children were sick from sucking
the paint off them. A doctor was called,
and he seemed so much interested i'll
the family that Brigham divorced the
whole concern from Potts and annexed
| If tn tho Hn0tn1 who i'm n0nHjatpIu lost
his reason and would have butchered
the entire family if the red-haired wo-
man and the oldest boy had not marched
him of to a lunatic asylum, where he
spent his time trying to arrive at an es-
| innate of the number. of his children
by cyphering with an impossible COM
bination of the multiplication table and
Observation-Disclosures To-day.
to be able to say the officers of the law
are displaying considerable diligence in
enforcing the law in regard to this con-
temptible practice. Now everybody
knows that it is unlawful, and most
everybody thinks that it should be
stopped; but instead of decreasing it
seems to be gaining ground among our
| citizens, and the muzzles of revOIvers
sticking out from under coat tails, and
the butts of young columbiads prOtrud-
ing from pockets, are to be seen upon
every hand. Now, this is unmanly as
well as unlawful, and every good Giti-
zen should discOuntenance such con
duct by example and precept, for this
practice combined with the habit of in
~t0XicatiOn, is the prime cause of more
crime, than all other evils together.
Our Grand JuFies shOuldabe more rigid
in ferriting out those who have violated
the statutes in this particular, and
bring offenders to justice. We cannot
see what motive a man has for always
going armed to his teeth, who lives in
a civilized country in a time Of pro-
found peace. Do our six-shooter and
deringer friends imagine it looks brave,
or do they desire to intimidate and
brighten the peaceable and less heroic.
When a sensible man sees a person
wearing out his constitution carrying
weapons when there is no danger, he is
very apt to question his courage, and
as a general rule, these self conceit-
ed knights of the belt, would be
the very last to hold the butt
of a weapon at a time that tried
mems nerve. Now, gentlemen, lay
away your arms, you have no use for
them at present, don't wreck your con-
stitutiOn by bearing such unnecessary
burdens, preserve your health, 80 that
you. will be able to show your manli-
ness and courage should circumstance
render 1t neeessary.-[Mansfield Re
porter. ..:..
TERRIBLE ACCIDENTAL fnrr;hIn o.