Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1873-09-20
THE STORY OF MRS. BRIGHAM
YOUNG.

IUUNG.
A correspondent of the New York
Herald, writing from Salt Lake City
under date Of August 2, gives an ac-
count of an interview with Mrs. Brig
ham Young No II, who has applied for
a divorce, from which we extract the
following:
APPEARANCE OF TIE LADY.
In person, Mrs. Young is tall and
slender, with a remarkable sweet face
features regular and soft,eyes dark blue,
hair very dark brown and thrown loose
" behind after the fashion of the school
miss of Is. 1t is not always safe to
Judge by appearances, but nature never
gave that countenance to hedgehog OF
a virago. The first thought was that
the Prophet was intensely stupidto have
driven that beauty from the harem.
AT the present time the lady Is 70
years of age, but illhealth imparts a
ianguid expression to her countenance
that might suggest to the mind that
she was few years older. 1t was in
remarking upon her health l saw the
feeling of her soul upon polygamy She
said that her health had been falling
her for the last four years The mental
suffering that she had endured in her
polygamic life had affected her to such
a degree that she had become utterly
indifferent to life itself, and would rath-
er have died than lived. Her life had
been blighted and all her ambition had
vanished With these general observa-
tions expressed, l asked her if it would
be agreeable to her for me to ask such
questions as would enable the world 10
learn truthful version Of poly gamic
life.
WANTS TIE WORLD TO KNOW PoLYGAMY.
Mrs. Young-I am willing that the
whole truth should be known. l have
nothing to conceal.
Reporter-IIow long have you been
Mormon, madam =?
Lady-NIy parents were Mormons
when | was born, and have conse-
quently never known anything but
Mormonism.
Reporter-1our parents still hive, L
am told
Lady-Yes; my father and mother
live about ten miles south of this city,
and ! have two brothers older than my
self in the Territory.
Reporter-Are your father and broth
eli polygamists 7
Iady-Father has three wives, and
had two more who are dead; my eldest
brother has two wives, but the youngest
has only one.
Reporter-You have, therefore, been
reared in polygamy
Lady-Yes. | seen it all my life.
Reporter-Did you prefer the poly
pamic married life to that Of the mon
ogamy?
Lady-No, sir; from my earliest rec
ollections of anything resolved never
to enter polygamy.
Reporter-Why, madam
Lady-It looked unnatural, and |
viewed it with adherence.
HOW SHE BECAME THE PROPHETS WIFE.
Reporter-I trust, madam, that you
will not think it impertinent if ask you
how YOU came to enter Brigham Young 8
family with your feelings so averse to
the polygamic institution !?
Lady-Nothing on this subject, sir,
can be impertinent, as | wish the facts
known to the world.
HER GRAPHIC STORY.
Here the lady, without further ques-
tioning, began her story, of the court
shin. the marriage, her life with the
Prophet, and finally her leaving him.
She said: -.
Twas living on my fathers farm in
Little Cottonwood, when, in the sum.
mer of 1867. Brigham Young informed
nv father that he wanted me for wife.
Brigham, with number Of his apostles
and elders from this city, was visiting
Cottonwood on Sunday and held two
meetings for preaching. 1t was at the
close of the forenoon service on that oc.
casion that he walked mp to me and
said aHad l not better accompany
you home !" ] said: "Certainly, If
Won wish to-" On the way to my faith,
er's house Brigham asked me if ] had
had any proposals of marriage since l
had obtained divorce from my hrst
husband. 1 answered him eyes that
I had had several proposals. He then
asked if there was any one of them that
wished to accept. ! said "No, on
which he said he would like to give me
little advice.
He advised me not to wait to marry
a person whom l loved, but TO marry
some good man whom l could respect
and look up to and receive good coun-
sci from.
At the close of the afternoon service
he went up to my father,took HIM aside,
and talked for at least two hours to HIM
about me, and told me how that he had