The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-03-31

fallen madly in love with each other. So
matters went on until the return of tho mu-
tual husband. Wife number found con-
fession obligatory. The husband could not
have been more astonished if the heavens
had fallen, and raved more abouta wife's
shame and a husbands honor Ian Othello
himself. What was to be done? A hus-
bands honor must not be furnished, wife's
faithfu1ness must be avenged. With grim
smile wife No. l saw wife No. 2 driven
from home disgraced: for though the
outraged husband speedily divor-
ced her. the inferior gentleman re-
fused to make an honest woman of one who
had been publicly pronounced the reverse,
and driven from pillar to post, the poor
creature became an outcast, and SO contin-
ued until her child became q beautiful and
sturdy boy. Taking him by the hand ono
day she went to wife number l, and implor-
ed her to take him. and rear him properly;
but do not separate u.s. she said: e i've me
shelter too, and will be your servant, your
willing, accomplishing slave. until death
And so they all live together, the mother in
the kitchen, the son in the parlor, hardly
daring to speak tc each other, the divorced
wife the hard-driven mental of the woman
whose equal she once was, and the hus-
band, though tolerating her presence
for humanitys sake, never permitted her to
speak to him.
TWO FRIENDS UNITED FOR LIFE.
1.-Two schoolmates vowed that nothing
should ever part them-neither marriage
nor death. When one received an eligible
offer of marriage she would not accept it
only on condition that her husband should
marry her friend before the honeymoon was
over. He promised, hoping that she would
change her mind, but she did not, and in
three weeks time there was second we'd
ding. The two friends were thus happily
united for life. Truly the ways of Mormon
women pass all understanding. knew ono
man who married two sisters at the same
time, one ceremony sufficient to make him
the husband of both.
Notwithstanding the books which pur-
port to reveal these mysteries and miseries
Of Mormonism the secret rites of this sim
gular religion have never yet been made
Endowment House. Like the secrets of
even by renegrades. One part of
their religion speciously appeals to the
superstitious. credulous element in woman's
nature It is that no woman Can enter the
kingdom of heaven unless as the wife of
some man, hence old maids are scarce IN
Utah. If woman is resolutely opposed to
matrimony, and especially polNgamy, seal
ing oyercomes the difficulty. Sealing con-
stitutes a nominal marriage, and also helps
woman fnan cially for husband is bound
to do something for every one OF his sealed
wives il it is but to send her pound OF tea
weekly. I know three old maids-the old
est is about 80. They weave rag carpets
for living. and are all sealed to the same
man. who furnishes their groceries and in
sures their entrance into heaven. If an old
maid has neglected to be sealed, and she is
Oh her death bed. some neighbor will be
hurriec}y sent for to be sealed to her. The
ceremony is simple, consisting OF few
words and a little amounting with OIL
"Step- sisters and brothers marry,' she
continued, "but false impressions get abroad
concerning these persons from their OWL
lack of percision in defining ties. For ex-
ample, was walking some years ago with a
Mormon gentleman, We met a handsome
young man and WOMAN arm in arm. See;;'
WHISPERED my friend to the journalist, see
that Young man. He's q grandson of the
prophet, ard he's going to marry his aunt
the lady he's with That Brigham grand
sou was going to marry his aunt was duly
reported among the horrors of Mormonism.
In reality they were not kin at all, for the
Young girl was born of another father be-
fore brigham married her mother. AS the
Mormons are a most prolific people, every
divorced woman having two OF three chill
dren by different husband, and the hus
band having 50 many children By different
wives, their relations sometimes get so
mixed that no one could understand
them. One man I was acquainted with
married a divorced woman with three little
girls, all under the age of seven. When
the girls grew up ne married all three, thus
becoming the husband Of four women,
though he had but one mother Law, that
mother law being his own wife. But
this is easy compared to some Of their prob
! lens of relationship, which they almost go
crazy themselves trying to work out. Here
for example: A man married woman
with daughter nearly grown. When she
reached womanhood, she was married to the
the father of her mothers husband: making
him his STEP daughters step son, and when
son was born to the father, the mothers
husband, became half brother to his own
grandchild. The original pair also had a
child-but this is getting SO mixed like
everything else in Utah, that l leave it to
wiser heads than mine to make out
"While cd men invariable select young
women as wives, they often make con.
cession to daughter and marry her moth
er at the same time, SO as not to separate
them, and young man will often take
mother and grandmother along with the
daughter. Literally in Utah men frequently
marry whole family. A wife getting old
is often glad to have her husband marry
her daughter by another husband, SO that
the original wife may not be ousted from
her privileges and comfortable home.
EDUCATION.
The first emigrant women were grossly
ignorant. Those born in Utah in the pres
ent generation are educated and refined,
naitn canahla of THINKING and acting for