Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1873-01-24
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BISHOP POTTS.

Dlsnop GottS, OF Salt Lake City, was
the husband of three wives, and the hap
ply father of fifteen children. Early in
the winter the bishop determined that
his little ones should have good time
on Christmas, so he concluded to take a
trip down to San Francisco to see what
he could find in the shape of toys, with
which to crafty and amuse them. The
good bishop packed his carpet-bag, en-
braced Mrs. Potts one by one, and kiss
ing each one of them affectionately,
started upon his journey.
He was gone little more than week,
when he came back with fifteen bcauti-
full mouth-organs in his valise for his
darlings. He got out of the train at
Salt Lake, thinking how joyous and ex-
hilarating it would be at home on Christ
mas morning, when the whole fifteen of
those mouth-organs should be in opera
ton upon different tunes at the same
moment. But just as he entered the
depot he saw group of women standing
in the ladies' room apparently waiting
for him. AS soon as he approached, the
whole twenty of them rushed up, threw
their arms about his neck and kissed
him, exclaimiug
"Oh, Theodore we are 500 glad
you have come back Welcome home !!
Welcome dear Theodore Welcome once
more to the bosom of your familyl" and
then the entire score of them fell upon
his neck and cried over his shirt front
and musscd him
The bishop seemed surprised and en-
barrassed. Struggling to disengage him
self, he blushed and said
Really, ladies', this kind of thing is
well enough-it is interesting and all
that; but there must be some kind of "a
that is, an awkward sort of Accuse
me ladies, but there seems to be, as it
were, slight misunderstanding about
the-I am Bishop Potts"
I'VE know it, we know it, dearest"
they exclaimed in chorus, "and we are
so glad to see you safe, safe at home -
We have all been right well while you
were away, love-"
1t gratifes me-" remarked the bish-
OPP, ''to learn that none Of you have been a
prey to disease. am filled with bliss
full serenity when contemplate the fact;
but really 1 do not understand why you
should rush into this railway station and
hug me because your livers are active and
your digestion good. The precedent is
bad; it is dangerous w
"Oh, but we didn'tp' they exclaimed
in chorus "We came here to welcome
you because you are our husband"
Pardon me, but there must be some
little-that is to say, as it were, should
think not Women, you have mistaken
your manw
"Oh, no, dearest" they shouted,
eve were married to you while you were
away"
" What~ exclaimed the bishop, "you
don't mean to say that"
&c Yes love. Our husband, William
Brown, died on Monday, and on Thurs
day Brigham had vision in which he
was directed to seal us to you; and so
he performed the ceremony at once by
proxy"
Th-th-th-th-under )" observed the
bishop, in general sort of way.
"And darling, we are all living with
you now-we and the dear children"
{" Children! children !" exclaimed the
Bishop turning pale, "you don't mean
to say that there is pack of children
tooY'
Z" Yes, love, but only ono hundred
and twenty-five, not counting the eight
twins and the triplets."
Wha-wha wha-what d'you say ?"
gasped tue bishop, in a cold perspira-
ton; lone hundred and twenty-five