The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-10-05

the unfaithfulness OF Gentle husbands.
/ have often had them say to me How
selfish are you GENTLE wives You get
married to one man. You find him o
! good husband, a good provider, and q
| good father. You know that the women
in the world outnumber the men, so that
there are no longer men enough to go
round, and yet you viii not share that
| good proVider with another woman, al
/ though you know he would make her as
happy as he has you, and so many poor
woman has to go without any husband
at ali, because you are too selfish to di-
vide him up.
+" Neither falsehood nor concealment
is necessary TO d Mormon. Number /
is taken into his confidence from the be-
ginning, and her consent respectfully
requested to every subsequent marriage
is formality never dispensed with.
| Until she is too old to hold her own at
all, she is the head and ruler of the bevy
of wives. Every wife is given SO much
and no more Of the husbands time and
money, thus preventing jealousy and
dispute. He spends week with one,
week with another, or less time if his
wives be many. If he takes fancy to
remain longer than the allotted time woe
be to him, for all the other wives rise
up as one united injured woman, and
make it lively for him. You see, it may
not always be practicable for one wife to
make 8 husband toe the mark, but
dozen, more or less, find it no trouble
whatever. .sr
''I was in Salt Lake City during the
whole Ann Eliza episode. have since
heard her lecture, and was amused at the
way she distorted facts. She was q
thorough Mormon, ambitious and in
trigling for power. She wanted the
glory OF being one of Brigham's wives,
supposing TINT as she was young and
prep0ssessing she could win his Oft-Won
heart and reign supreme over his vast
estates and many wives. She therefore
made him propOsals-strictly honorable,
l am bound to say, since she divorced
her husband to do so-but, after having
been sealed to countless women, and
having led to the altar eighteen blush
ing brides, to wed the fair Eliza did not
have for Brigham the charm of novelty.
Besides he was enanlorcd of Amelia, and
was wooing her.
"They havea sort of confessional, in
the sacred precincts of which they may
safely contide their desire to marry a
certain man, who is thereupon informed
of the wish by the pious go-betwaen,
and the gentleman can hardly refuse.
OF all men Brigham was bound to prac-
tice what he preached, and, as Ann
Eliza would not take no for an answer
and "nO he did say to her l know for
a certainty-she became the nineteenth
wife. At this time all the remnants of
love the poor old man had to give were
laYished on Amelia, who had not wanted
him, but had been talked into the mat
ter by her relatives. He made Elias
honeymoon as brief as possible, and
hurried to Amelia. Eliza says In her
lecture that she was banished to a
wretched little place in the country, or
words to that effect. The truth is that,
like all the rest of his wives, she was
given choice of residence. She Sc
lected a pretty, little, well-stocked farm
about four miles from Salt Lake
City. There's not lady in New York
but would be pleased to own such a
place. 1--- @.-
+" Ann Eliza made great complaint
of never having anything to wear but
calico dress. I never saw lSer In any
but silk of the best make anA material.
In Utah, as elsewhere, ladies wear calico
when about their work. There are no
drones in the great Mormon hive. Eliza
hard for thO office Of queen
bee, but there is no such siuecure, She
was so nettled at Brigham's infrequent
and quite ceremonious calls that she
took a dislike to her farm, and thought
that If she were to get within the city
limits she would get more chance at
him, so she teased and tortured him un-
til he gave her house in town. It was
q very comfortable, commodioUs dwell
ing, very roomy, and well adapted for a
boarding house. sH.-4.f 4
run the Mormon Businesses, and where (
the American goes there the boarding
house follows. The nineteenth wife
could not become the power behind the
throne, so she resolved to open board |
ing house. Brigham thought it beneath
the dignity of his wife, Enthusiastically |
speaking, to keep boarding house, but |
she pestered him so he consented. He |
had married her to get rid of her, and,
not succeeding, he thought the boarding |
house would quiet her.. She took in |
some Gentiles who backed her in open |
wrote her lecture, and started |
ler lecturing. This was the inner life /
If Brigham and Eliza. Could she have /
stepped into Amelia's place, she would /
nave done as that very long-headed lady |
has done, and the world would never
nave heard either her wrongs or her
ecture. sl-
" AS g. general thing women are wooed |
II Utah the same as elsewhere At the
ame time there Is q class of girls who
asst about and pick up a husband for
themselves. When I say husband I
mean husband, for they prefer to see
low man treats his wife and the style
n which he supports her before they
marry him. They don't care to expert
nent with a single man. They select a
nan of wealth, and by means of the con-
of which I have spoken, or
therwise, it is made known to him that
le must marry certain girl. 1t is only
ust to the Mormon women at large to
ay that this sort of girl is in the minori-
Y. Polygamy conapels her to remain |
in spite of herself, for no.
There is lapse from virtue more con-
emned than among the Mormons, and
he infdelity of a wife is punished by
he loss of caste and complete social
anishment. A woman can only be
aarried to one man at q time. Divorce
within easy reach, but to the husband
,e tacto and pro tenn. she must remain
rue. A case occurred within my knowl- |
dge which, though painful, had its
musing side. arI b.Asfl a5i ~ g4
ffA man had a wife, Both believed
olygamy was right, but when the hus-
and put it into practice and brought
ONE a youn ger and handsomer bride,
be first VIE found it hard to bear.
here are certain things very CALLING
bout this Mormon custom. The first
life. IS lpet'ted to treat the newcomer
5 a v elconle guest, and if not In good
ircul, stances she must resign her Sleep /
lg-s partlnent to herAthere's no ihumik-i
IT'D spared the supplanted wife. She
III. St noi naly get down from her throne.
~ fue nluaC place ner rival upon IL al
which tile wife did of whom tell yUii
he'set her Teeth so hard that no muir
mn escaped them, aud became what
Lormon women all think the Lord III