Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1873-09-20

and / kept boarders from last March
Nv house was small, and the business
was not very lucrative. l consequent!
went to him, six weeks ago, and asked
him to aid me-to give me some assist
ance to make life tolerable. lie seemed
angry, and complained that he had sc
many expenses and that he wanted me
to keep myself-to keep the money
had saved to buy an organ for my sor
and keep myself and family with 1t.
got a stove out of him, but that was all
During the last year l only obtained
from him two calico dresses.
FELL SICK.
This interview made me sick, and
was in bed a week with heart sickness
One of the boarders, who was lawyer
and his wife asked what allied me, and
told the story of my troubles, and IN
quired if there was no redress. lie
said that he thought there was, and he
would consult with other lawyers and
see what could be done. During all my
sickness while l was his wife he showed
me the utmost indifference He would
hear what had to say, but make al
most no answer Last fall was attack
ed with plcurisy, and | managed to get
to his office to see him, TO tell him how
i'll | was, and that needed some few
things. lie appeared to comprehend
nothing, and finally called "John, the
commissiary for his family, and told him
to get me
TWO BITS WORTH OF FRESH MEAT.
He has not been inside of my house
for nearly year.
About five weeks ago l got very weak
! don't know what was the matter with
me-probably from grief and mental
suffering. My boarders, seeing my
condition aided me freely, and were
very kind to me.
I RESOLVED TO LEAVE Ills HOUSE,
packed up my clothes, and instructed
an auctioneer two weeks ago TO take
away the furniture and sell it, as a part
Of it was my own, and thought was
entitled to the rest The suit common
ced has been instituted by my attorneys
who have every confidence that / can
obtain alimony; but whether | do or
not, ! think the world should know
Brigham Young as he is, and my story
is a page of his biography.
Reporter-Do you still believe in
Mormonism
LADY, decidedly do not, and have
not for years; but never dared TO say SO
till within few months.
Reporter-Did any one induce you
to abandon the faith
Lady-No, sir, no one; my own good
sense and reason told me ii was false
hood.
Reporter-Does your father approve
of your course :
Lady-IIe is sorry that I have taken
this step, but he is very kind to me and
will protect me.
Reporter-Brigham Young laughs at
your course, and assers that he will al
low you no alimony.
Lady told my lawyers that wheth-
er / was defeated or not, | would do
what ! was doing to save other women
from falling into the same snare.
BRIGHAM's OTHER WIVES.
Reporter-How does he get along
with his other wives
Lady-He keeps them SO under his
thumb that they dare not say anything.
To their particular friends they com
plain. They are very much tried with
his course.
Reportcr-What do they complain Of
chiefly
Lady-They are mortified by his par
tiality to Amelia and his prodigal ex-
penditure of money to give her every
thing she wants, while they live in n
very plain way and are forced to earn a
good deal of their support.
Reporter-IIow has she obtained
such an influence over him. 1t certainly
cannot be her good looks, for she is not
a beauty
Lady-It puzzles everybody. The
other wives think he is afraid OF her
because she is such a virago. She has
threatened to leave him hundreds Of
times, ] suppose. 1t is said that she
trots him about everywhere that she
pleases, and when she gets into one of
her tantrums she smashes furniture and
everything around. She is the only one
in the family that he breads.
Reporter-Do any of the other wives
threaten to leave him :
LADY, think if the court compels
him to support one that the young wife
whom he married few months before
ME, would also leave.
Reporter-What does she complain
of
Lady-When this lady had daugh
ter to him Amelia was so enraged, as
she had been childless herself, that she
forbade Brigham ever to be husband
to that young wife again. This wife,
Mary is very miserable. She is young
and beautiful, and Brigham would visit
her, but he dare not.
Reporter-Why does he take young
wives and use them in this manner
Lady-It fiatters his vanity to let the
world see that he can get young women
to marry him.
Reporter-Do you think that he takes
these wives because his religion requires
him to do so !
Lady-In former times he had some
other passion to crafty; now it is yani-
ty. ! do not think that he believes in
his own religion.