Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-23
WHOLE NUMBER 1898.


from that Of the Prophet. Mrs. Young
is woman Of 25, who was once hand
some, but whose beauty has been shat
tered by mental and physical suffering.
She was born at Nauvoo, Of Mormon
parents, and her first marriage was an
unhappy one. She married Brigham
partly because she was afraid to refuse
and partly to help her brother. who
had contract with Young to put up
some telegraph poles, and had been un-
able TO collect the money. She and her
parents lived at Little Cottonwood, and
one day Brigham was down there at
tending meeting. After the meeting
he asked If he might walk home with
her, and she answered, as many maid
en- has before: ~ have no objection"
On the way he asked her whether she
thought of marrying again; to which
she replied that she had had two or
three offers, and refused them, Just as
gentle maidens often cautiously guard
themselves when they find themselves
approaching delicate ground. The next
day Brigham came to dinner, and after
dinner he took her father aside and prot
posed to marry her. This gay deceiver,
with sixteen wives already, professed
that he had always loved Ann Eliza, and
as All inducement, he promised to give
her house and lot and good support,
with 81 900 a year for pocket-money.-
Ann Eliza's father jumped at the bait
and shortly after Ann Eliza did the
same, and found herself hooked 1t is
probable that she then commenced to
look down upon the other girls and TO
give herself airs, but they were of short
duration. She soon found out that her
husband was both false and tickle, and
that there were sixteen other she's to re-
ceive bis favors before her. She never
saw the house and lot, nor the good sup
port, nor the thousand year.
Whenever he saw her he used very in
sulting and vulgar language to her. He
never took her to the theatre. He never
ate with her. He never allowed her to
go to the stores and run up bill. She
was obliged to witness his affection for
his favorites and not open her mouth.
He no longer walked home from meet
ing with her. In a word she appeared
in the catalogue as No. II, and that was
| all. There was skeleton in her closet,
and in fifteen other closets also, and
that skeleton was Amelia, the favorite
wife. He showed attentions to Amelia.
He took Amelia to the theatre to see
the Gentle actors. He allowed Amelia
to run up bills in lions Cooperative
Mercantile Establishment. Amelia got
new gown or set of jewelry whenev-
er she wanted it. In fact, Amelia did
what she pleased, and the reason was
that Amelia had a will and way
of her own, and was virago who had
mysterious ways of convincing Brigham
that he had better humor her, if he had
any regard for his health, and who by
the same processes, also pursuaded the
other wives to sing very small, and stay
at home, and not bother the old gentle
man. Whenever it happened, as it
sometimes did, on rare occasions, that
Brigham refused her any little favor,
then she commenced systematic break
age of dishes and furniture which she
industriously kept up until the old gen
tleman was willing to come down. In
word Amelia monopolized him, and
thus made it very monotonous and unin
teresting for the rest, especially for Anr
Eliza, who not only had to make way
for Amelia, but also for the other fif
teen.
In view of all this, it is not surprising
that Ann Eliza should feel badly. One
may well ask, Of what use Brigham is
to Ann Eliza as husband? A husband
is supposed to provide his wife with a
home, to support her, to buy her bon
nets, and gowns, and rings, and pins, to
furnish her with pocket-money, to take
her to the theatre, to sit at the head of
the pew, and to love and cherish her and
take patcrnal interest in the children,
&c, &c. But as far as any of these
privileges are concerned, Ann Eliza
might as well have a husband living in
Kamschatka.
It is hard case. Ann Eliza is dis
appointed, miserable woman, no doubt,
/ and this old reprobate of 73 winters,
who stands in the nominal relations OF
husband to her, ought to be compelled
at least to make good his promise with
which he enticed her when they walked
home from meeting together at Little
Cottonwood. We do not see, howev
er, that the courts can afford any relic
in the premises, and she herself has vi
olated the laws of the land in marryin.
and cohabiting with Brigham Young
Her surest remedy is to follow the eX
ample of Amelia and break things. L
Amelia can have her own way by pre-
senting Brigham with broken crockery
Ann Eliza can also do the same. We
can see no other way out of her troab
les, especially as whatever Ann Eliza may
testify Brigham can produce cloud OF
witnesses who will swear to the contra
ry, and, in addition, convict her of al
the crimes in the calendar.