The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-03-10
BISHOP POTTS OF UTAH.


His Trials at Christmas Time.
Bishop Potts of salt Lake CITY was
the husband of three wives and the han.
nv father Of fifteen interesting oLillron.
Early in the winter the bisHon deter.
mined tllat his little ones sl,ould have n
good time on Christmas, so he concluded
TO take n trim down to San Francisco to
see what he could find in the sLape Of
toys 10 Uratify nnd nmusc them. rhe
good bishop nackel His carnet.bao. on,.
braced Mrs. Potts ono by enc and
kissed each of her aiTectionately. and
started upon Ills tourney.
Ho waS zone n littlc moro tbar n wcok
when hc came bock with fiftcen beonti,
fnl mouth.orpans in his yaliss for his
ilarlinrs. He rot ont Of tLo train Mt
Salt Lake. Thinking how ioyous nnd cx.
hilnratinn It would be nj home Christ.
mas morning when tbe whole of those
mouth organs shouli be in operation
upon different tunes at Tho same mo.
ment. But inst as he entered tledepot
he saw n group Of women standing in
the ladies room apparently waitinr for
him. Az soon rs ho npproachod' tho
Whole twenty of them rushed mn. threw
their nrms alont bis neck and kissed
him. exclniminp:
WOh. Theodore we are 1870 ulad
Won have come back Welcome home /
Welcome. dear. dear Theodore wei.
come once more 10 tho bosom Of yonr
family u and then the entire score Of
them fcll nnon his neck and cried over
Ills shirt md mussed him.
The bishop was surprised and confus.
cd struvgfing to disenpa0e himself
ho blnshe1 and said:
"Really. Indies. This kind Of thing ia
well enonuhMit Il interesting and md all
that, but there must be some Kind Of n
flat Ia mn awkward sort Of a-exouso
me. ladies. ID bnt there IS. seems to be, Sj as Il
were n slirht misunderstanding about
the-T nm Bisbon pottsn
eve know Il we know it dearest ("
thew exclaimed in cborns "and wa are
Glad to see Won safe. safe at home. We
have all been right well while YOU were
away, love"
at gratifies me- remarketl the bish.
on. 0to learn Tint none of Won have
been n prev to disease. / nm filled with
blissf1l serenity when l contemplate
the fact butreally / do not understand
why yoti should rush into this railway
station and ling mo because your liyers
are active and your digestion good. The
precedent is bad Il Is dangerous n
"Oh, but we didn't theyexclaimel
in cllori,sI eve came here 10 welcome
Won because Won are our husband.n
Pardon me. but there must be some
lttletbSt x to Sv sav ' asit werc ' fshonIJ "a S
think not. Women. Won must have ma.
taken yonr man."
"O6 no dearest /" they sbouted
"We were married to yoii while yo,,
were awny i"
UWhat w exclaimed thebishop. 1you
don't mean TO say that
eyes love. Onr husband William
Brown iiefl on Monday. and nm Tnes.
lay brigham Ind vision in which ho
wns direete,l 10 Eeal ma 10 Won and 40
he performed tle ceremony al once by
nroyyn ~ " N'
acknowledgements II, obsorvod tho
bishon in n general sort Of n wsy
WAnd dari;ny wo nre Mi living with
Won now nowNWe % and tho Jear cbiIdrep' " v"
"Childrenl children +, exclaimed
Bishop Potts, turning pale. Gyou don't
mean to say that there 4 n nnck oi
children. too pH =" pS'A "
"Yes. loyc. but only ono bundrcd md
twenty-five. not coiintinp lie eight
twins and the triplets."
"Wha-wha.wha.what d. Won say po
gasped the bishop, in a cold prcspira.
ton zone hundred and twenty-five /
One hundred aud twenty-five children
and twenty more wives It is too much
it is awfull' and the bishop sat down
and groaned, while the late Mrs. Brown,
the bride, stood round in a semi.circle
and famed him with her bonnets, all
except the red.haired one, and sho in
her trepidation made futile effort to
fan him with the coal scuttle.
After q while the bishop became rec
oneiled to his new alliance, knowing
well that his pSe protests So would an Se NAVAL.