The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-09-08

como to stay, uuL that | would preach
the new religion as long US my expen-
ses we're puid.
"Did you preach much in Kirt'
land 2"
"Ycs, every winter, painting and
glazing in the summer. Sometimes
| went off on missionary work. As
| said before, | glazed and painted our
Kirkland temple" "
"Whcn did you marry again -
"I married Mary Aun Angle, Of
Rhode Island, one Of our converts in
Kirkland We were married regularly
by clergyman. We did not prac.
tiso pOIygamy then POlygausy then
was established altcrward by u rcvcla.
to Joseph Smith in NauvOO."
"llow many children did you have
by your Legitimate Kirkland wife?
"'Yc had tiyc-JOsrph A., who had
twelve children; he is now dead
Brigham Young, Jr., with seventeen
children. now in town ALICE, who was
one Of Hiram Clawson's four wives.
now dead; Mary Anu, who married
George ". Thatcher, aud John W..
hero with US, now 80 years DID," aud
the prophet pointed to very baud.
some young mau, accomplished aud
refined, by his side, bis favorite boy.
"John W." said Brigham" has
three wives"
Since the interview John W. has
married fourth wife, tho widow Of his
dead brother Joseph. John W.'s
third wife was Miss Garfield, of Phil.
alelphia. beautiful young lady who
came TO Utah to visit her cousin. John
VS. first wife. While on the visit
she fell in love with John ". and
married him. She is a woman Of
power, and is tho favoritc wife Of the
man who Is to succeed Brigham Young
in the Mormon Presidency.
"Whcn did you 60 to Nauvoo?' !
asked the prophet.
81 went there with Brother Joseph
about 1885. In few years We be-
came very strong in NauTOo. This
made tue people jculOus. We built q
big temple, but were prosecuted on cv
cry side. One night mob came over
from Carthage, tue county.scat, and
threatened to kill us all Then they
arrested Brother Joseph, brother Tag.
Ior, ono Of the best men now living
here, an4 IIyrun Smith, and put them
in the Carthage Jail to be tried for tvcn'
son. While awaiting their trial-this
was in lS4l-l50 roughs broke in and
killed Brother Joseph uud lIyram, bu!
Brother Taylor escaped"
"W'hat did you do them
"WrIl, Nauvoo had $4,000 Nor
nous. We werc rich, but our prophet
vas dead. We hud u million dollar
temple, aud thousands Of acres Of beau
tifuI land. But they hal killed our
prophet. aud kept ou trying to destroy
Us. The Carthage mob burned our
buildings. General Ford said he could
not protect us, and we had to leave our
homes. We sacrificed our immcuSe
property, aud in 1916 We got together
l,0UO wagons, and started for the far
West. was chosen President to lead
our people forth. My idea was to 60
u thousand miles beyond any settle.
ment, aud open up new country"
"IlOw came you to think Of Utah:'
"Well, wC read an account of Ere.
mont's explorations, where he spoke Of
a great salt luke 10 the middle Of a fer
tile plain. We determined to 90 to
that spot and We did it. We travelled
a thousand uilps over an alkuli couu.
try, We werc pioneers. There had
never bccu q stage coach over tue
country. We didn't even have au 1n-
dian trail"
When did you arrive in Salt Lake?.
"Oa the 9th of July, 1911, We de-
fled down tue sides Of the Wasatcb
mountains, aud saw the plain cf our
new Jerusalem spread out before US. l
remember how We all sang hGl,clujRh
how wc screamed aud danced with
ioy when We came down into tho ST.
lent plain where you now SEQ 10000
people. Then how We oil went to
work! We hurried the seeds into the
ground, but, on account Of poor irFiga.
ton, We failed to get good crops the
first year. The next year We did bet
ter Aud 50 We went on iu crCasing
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