, 1873-07-22
D1tI(}HAM'9 DIVORCE.


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B1t1GHAM9 DIVORCE.
Nnnabor soventoon, 80 Bays the telegraph tir-
Ing Of ler fraotonal weldod lifo with Brigham
Young, llas sued in tho 0ontile courts for d.
yorco, a n,eusa Ct Moro, md asks for aiimony.
Without stopping to inquire why sho gats d.
vorco, or how nho viii got divorce by tho Con
tilo law, which docs not regard Number scvon-
toon us 1ogally-marrloa woman at oil, there
aro othcr features Of tho eaao Which aro worth
considering. Number 6oyoutoon desiring d.
yorce, 1t is fair to presume that Number 6ovon-
teen ia q lono, 1orn, dacontonted woman, who
laa failod to discover any Cupldn, roscs, OF rain
bows in hor cornor Of tho matrimonial paradise,
and is, therefore, determined to secure whole
man besoYc 1t is eyerlaatingly too lato, rathor
than pine away on tho functional section
Of ono any longer. It Ia to DO presumed, fur
thornoro, that Number sovontoon must hnyo
boon moro or less stubborn and recalcltrant
woman, who has boon aubjoctod to family da-
cipline. Perhaps sho waa Xantippo, who naado
1t 30 lively for Mr. Young that ho waa compelled
to banishAe from bod and board, whoroupon, NO
rrosume, she has got mad, and is striking out for
an increase Of privileges by q docroaao of her
marital rclationa. Whatovor may 10 the causc,
It is evident enough TINT thero Is row in tho
house, and that tho ono soul with 40 hearts,
which do not boat aB ono, has got m episode on
hand which ho Inns never dreamed Of bc(ore.
What ho will do renains to 10 soon. Ho must
do something, otherwise Numbers Ono to
| aovouteon and Numbora Eighteen to Forty
Six, inclusive, muy pick up thoir DO
carpct-bags md o. band-ho1ca somc flno morn
ing, md leave Mr.. Young to cat his bzcakfass
alone and take oare Of tho GO or 70 youngsters
during the day, Which Of itaolf Ia sufficiently
| appalling to contemplate without suggesting any
| further horrors. Tho Shah Of peraia could easily
so1vo tho difficulty by shortening his wives tho
length Of hond oaoh, or quietly dropping them
| into the pcreian Gulf, neatly aawo1 up In
Ca1nol's- -uair sl,awls, and thon ordering frosh
invoice. Had 11r. Young tho absolute powers OF
tho Shah, ho might drop thcm nil into the Salt
Lako, tho Balino properties Of which would for
over keep thom from spelling, mud there they
might float as o warning to future w{yes not to
turn baclz,-tho samo uso to which Lots vito
| wna put by similar procosa.
Tho action Of Number seyonteon shows that
she is not very proud of Mr. Young, and sho is
probably only ono Of DC othera who III
dulge in tho aamo feeling. The woman who can
ret up any interest In tho 1-4G part Of man, as
l al In n n n.
uaroabouts, and in most all communities loss
enlightened than Utah, it is c1trornoly difficult
to got woman Interested in d whole man, and
oTen after getting Interested, como of thom got
tircd aud want a change to relieve their e7a'lai.
It ta1os d great many rolaya Of mon horo before
woman gota thoroughly Interested in one man.
Whon Number Seventeen WIS signed, scaled, end
delivorod to hIr. Young, sho was not by an5
means mado II timos happy, but Hho was
only happy in tho ratio Of LII to !, and thif
email stook Of happinoss has since boon steadily
decreasing until it Is now Represented by tht
ratio Of Lie to /, with tho possibility OF still
further reductions. 4 woman who could DO aat.
tsiled with this infnitcsimai doao Of happinesE
would 20 into ecBtasies Of delight If alo had N
opportunity to bo hanged. Thea tt must bo ro
nomberod that, whom Number Two married hlr
Young Bho not only had to hayo tho consent o1
Mr.. Young but also tho consent Of Number Ono
and 30 on down, 80 that when Number soyon
toen promised to love, cherish, and oboy hol
fractional section Of tint gontloman If she die
80, sho not only had to havo his consont, but tht
consent Of Numbers Ono to Sixteen inclusive
This, as tho worthy Eccloa WAS wont 30 Offer
to romark, "ecs ard" What woman il
this free and enlightened community would oyo
Get married II she had to ask tho consent Of si1
teon other women? Aud how tho chance
diminish! Tho next woman who marrioa Mr
Young has got to ask 40 others, md rccoiv
40 derisiyo alternatives. Wo soy afirna
tive, for no presume not one Of thosn would 70
ply in tho negative. Having got caught thcnl
selvoa, We havo no doubt thoy desiro and contriv
also that all other women shall get caught, on til
auma principle that whom q man got int
tho Sons Of Malsa-that society which 80 wor
> zicl good DR.. Blanchnrd-ho was always cage
that ali Lia friends should got In Immediately
Such Is tho perGoraity Of human nature.
: We think that wo havo shown good ground
why Number Soyouteon should bo discontontc
. with LAG Of q mum, Lilo Of q table, LAG OF til
: pockot-monoy, LAG Of tho children, and at ha'
ing to find her 1-lG Of tho children among tn
r other A5-4G, Rll bearing n family resemblance
= mud all Young. 1t is another question, ho"oyo
=, whether Number soycuteen should haye 4
= yorco, and still another whothor Number Sever
4 toon can have ono if Hho ahoul'
When Number Bovonteon bestowed Ut
mailen affections upon n1r. Young, Numbt
n Bogeuteon know what Bho was doing. sho kno
that sixtoon othors lad boon through the aau
n coromony. she knew TINT many moro won
iu oil probability do lllsowlso, and sho know th'
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