Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-06-16

another vile is added. Each OF tho
Prophets wives, We found, occupied
separate apartments in The Lion
House, or small houses by themselves
The meals Of all the f,nli-
lies in the Lion House arc taken in
the same large room. In eases where
a Mormon marrics sisters, which is
Il very frequent occurrence, The sisters
generally live together. 1t is thus
with Two Of Hiram Clauscn's wives,
daughters Of Brigham Young. Mr..
Clanscn's third wife has house by
herself Brigham''s Ycung's wife
Amelia also has a separate house by
herself, and exercises great influ-
chce over the Prophet. She is the
favoritc Of the Proph cts younger
wives.
It is considered a very fortunate
thing among Salt Lake young ladies
when two sisters can marry thc same
husband. 1T: prevents any Jealousy,
and such lan,i'ics. sccm to move on
very happily; In order to get at the
true inwar'lncss'' Of the Mormon
family relationship We questioned
several Of the Prophets small child
rem
is that little girl oyer there your
sister," | asked Of one ol'the Pro
phct's little boys.
mo, shes my half sister, lie re-
Piled.
"Is not her mother your mother o.
l-cohtinuctl. I t i
"No, her mother is my aunt"
"Then you only have one mother 2"
That's all. All the rest arc aunts."
" And Still at tic hotel, when We ask
cd a little Mormon boy how many
mothers lie had, he replied:
-Four, sir.'
''What +. four mothers and only one
i;.,hcr:' i.
lcs. sir; but next week | shall
lave fivc,' said The liltlc fellow, with
an airoipridc .
This little boy, thought, beats the
orthodox New Englandcrs. They.
saa i nf lheig fore!a!hers but hero is
Il boy who boasts ofhis four mothers
We found that the younger daught-
crs Oft Prophet arc opposed 10 the
doubA-wilc system. One beautiful
daughter Of the Prophet recently mar
ricd Mr.. Harris, the handsome nan.
agcr OF the Mormon theatre. We
heard her play one night, and she
showed rs ;Duch talent rs any OF. our
rising actresses. Mrs. Harris, when
She married, stipulated that Ilcr hus
band should never take Il second
wife. Another younger sistcr-a
beautiful golden haired blonde, rs
Swcc,, and ladylikc rs any yonng
ladies you will sec walking up Fifth
avenue told us that she would die
before she woIld marry man who
would divide his love With II second
wife. 50, rs the Mormons become
cultivated, ind the prejudice against
po'ygany increases. Cultivation and
refinement will eventually Kill poly
gamy.
The furniture OF The Lion House IS
such as any wrlltoylo farmer i'll cen
tral New York woul, have simple
lngrunl carpets and rcdbacll chairs.
During our visit the l'rophtt occupied
his time in taking ii, Il random, sc;li-
philosophical manner to The grown
people, and shaking hand; ina pltri-
arclial manner with the children.
Lets sec, what is your name q he
would say, taking hold Of Il grand
IN name is Nathaniel, SIR.
"Oh. this is daughter Mary's little
BOY, isn't it?'the Prophet would say,
looking, at Mr.. Clauscn9 II seems
that Brigham cannot remember his
grandchildren. lie says he ,Dn't try
to any more.
While We were talking a brother in
the church called and said (:
"Brolhcr Brigham, l called to get
your carriage for my sons funeral"