, 1879-03-14
ANN ELIZA YOUNG.

HlI6s AaIH FsIEA OuG VI HutHEtUuA
widows of The lasc Mormon apostle. prophet,
pricat, md King, Brigham Young, delivered d
lecture before fatr.sizcd aud cultured audience
nt tho Wahast Aycnuc Methodist Church last
evening. A group of hnlf dozen Mormon
leaders wns represented by cnrraslngs upon the
stage. A seloctton was sung by tic choir OF the
church.
Promptly at 8 o'clock one Of the leaders
Of the: church introduced tho speaker to
thc audicncc, and Immediately there arose
esfGte tsa osef !e % %Pe0s.s se.;rc n fs's' .is iTns and
modest toilet OF blaek silk aud velvet. hhe took
ller atatlon by tho sido oi tile Diblc-re,t, folded
ler hands before fer ai'1 soerssd y, !, her eet.
gestures during hrr discourse, ,resor,ed to no
stage oiTctts, ind cssaYcd no tlo1ueuec; Yet
It IL scldbm that an, audience In thla
city has Eono nwhv with such MI Impression
upon their intt,'ts as was proueed by ihc sin.
pic, earnest wor,is uf cntrcaty which escaped
from tier lips Many times during the lecture
wcra lIa1,tlkcrchiefs raised to tic eyes Of tic
wera only stiacrs Of cmution., sfe spike in nm
easy, rap1d manner, unl with little hesitation.
Her speaking has improved slco she first enter-
I'd Tie lecture field, md she has the peculiar
faculty OF cnlEst[ng tho s,mpathy Of all who Sit
She commenced With mn apolory for spcakIng
upon personal subject. ,aiid referring To mat:
ters which wero necessarily, painful nut only to
4Gf 10 uEf GEuTEIos l1DHEtCt1 kllEf WEFQ
vivid before her, and the memory q The dark
days she bad apent in misery could never 10
oiraccd, Iier oily, motive in narrowing her
own soul nnd tho hearts Of those WHO
nst ss"ea to nss ns T' has an Fss1' cress q
might br awakened in the minds Of tl,e people
OF tic States In the CAUSE which sho had
cspouscd, for to them she looked for the SALIVA
aud auolnitt,.g to slavery verse than death,
prompted by tho lust, a''d vanity, and greed OF
1l.nn.
lier parents wcre born in New York: Her
cmlCratrd to Nauyou, III. iler mother wns a
uativu of Kirkland, o.. where aho was
herself born. 8lu remembered her n,other Is
her trncst aud best friend, from whom n sho
She H was % barn Sept Is, isiI, which would tnake
her 81 years Of age last September.
1larins settled her identity Mrs. Young Pro.
cccdcd TO give history OF tle manner In which
description Of the ccreulonics attending the nd
vent Ut u new convert. She said It WINS
surt Of dramatic proceeding, combining
Q. portion Of Scripture with the ceremonies ot
words, and gcnuaexio,s, which she WAS told
wcrc copied from tho Masons. An oatll as dirk
nId startling ns human Ingenuity gould devise
was required % art ts thaty ;t q trsak a Il
Imagined. And yet hundreds Of women were de-
ludrd intu the belief that In following tic instruc-
ttons Of these monster ,nd'i IN Utah, the will of
1sa Ta nsS VIZ ogS{Sd % BE sd 9 sy sa 99wsa FIVE Wet s
carrying out Divine mandate, which required
thai they should bp hunlblcl nnl removed from
nil Joy md peace Of mini IN this HE, In order
10 meet with the reward hereafter which was
Tic speaker: was marileI, at the age Of 10 10
Mormon. aiad, although ,sllc wus Ills only wife,
she lived In constant 1eur ma dread lest
A. {nrfrtf1 'f1r h1tattnut1 fTrnr
brutal! an, abused her 8rh her children to aucl,
an cxtrnt that she fearea tor their lives, unt bv
tie assistance of ler faiiHbs atd t!cnls size was
as9 ss opaned Hi yoico cr By ts
SS %o 81 was nssa no@ hsS ce"ssssss usSsss
She was at this time llYioE ~ smnll town In
aanouuced .sa Hut Brigham, \ jung was to prearI!
tlmt tho eyes Of tllo p161he. wcre fixed upun
her during the greater. ,portlon Of tho serviec,
e n {ss i"oss os. eo3a Il s @ ssssa
Ing that lit presumed lSl!ght CLAIM, thu prlvi-'
leEo Of wa!kinK hGms Kitn nes As THIS re-, Re-.
way way homo M ' he }p!ir,i cEwith questions. lis lis
asked l.er Il she had 5rees cd any proposals Of
marrase s!1eo ger ;'l1grec: sno tcplls ,l!at
swertl III tic negative. llo Then eo1llzelrd llcr
never to marry again for a|oye, hut advised hcr
to marry sonle good brp{hcr OF tic church, to
whom sig. cou!d look for counsel and gopd
Mt this point ~ saying tlnt the only counsel she
f'EEa Te tsSH asst aay her fa,er told her TINT Brig
hla vile, aud Ind cosnln4ndca him to use all his
influence to have her ayfopt, with the intna-
ton tlsat u he did not he WINS liable to be cut
lauguage which shs i,ad often heard among thy
| Mormuns, being '.cutI oil buck OF the cars"
The speaker snid she would not 70 through tho
| narrative describing her feeltHgs OF repugunnco
q sa aesss!s eossams ss vii %s thought III tat If H. H.
word implied, tur would stc dctatn her hearers
by an account of Tho feelings Of duty, inrll1la-
tion. religious sra!nng and bcl!et, etc., which
| prompted her tn hur nvti0D,-bnt 6uillca II to
say, that sAo iuaI!y consented to tuurry the
| prophet.
Sic was mnrrlcd to brigham Young April 7,
| 1SiS, in what was CALLED the = Endowment
WIN scaled tllem both to everlasting lie, md
they were 70 bo klug md Queen IN t.r lrreAftor,
Ono Ut the pledges was to swear eternal entnity
To l,e authorities OF the United 6tutca. md they
| The ceremony was q series Of b!asphemous
DISSERTATIONS, Fl, the midst OF which shu heard
yolcu cxclal.n, !" | a,n Jesus Christ.
After the ceremony, asha went directly to the
mouth, whslu her husband WIS preparing a
| house for her. Flually, she was takcI, to
her nov hume, whfcs, was tile mennest
and pooEcstfarniscd house that could wetl bo
plictl With tte bare ,cecsanrlcs OF lite. Aud It
Wns in this rlaCc ti1ut She spout her honeymoon
Tl!e Morlnons bud whit they cailcl "rat'on
bled, and each one WINS allowed ono pound Of
| sugar, one lmr VI sUap, one pound OF c4ndtcs,
arii ono po1 Of matcl,os. And all the time