The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-28
Two Of Brigham's Sons.
The Good Luck Which Befen the One who wa
at West Point

The Good Luck Which Befen the One who
at Yves, Point
Within the space of five minutes I
was introduced to two of the sons of the
late Brigham Young. named, respect
ivoly, Brigham and Willard. The
former is the issue of the first and legal
marriage of Brigham Young to Mary
Ann Angel, who survived her husband
and lies buried by his side in a new
made grave. She died at 80, neglected
and almost forgotten by the people
whom her husband had made prosper
Gus. There was a streak of decency in
old Brigham. even in his last days, for
he willed it that his wife should be
buried by his side. His eldest son and
namesake has but little of his fathers
appearance, and none of his fathers
brains. Standing in his presence one
cannot help thinking of the old Latin
proverb: "stot Dsagns nonai,sts un,5ra''
-''he stands the shadow of mighty
name" The name of Brigham Young
was, indeed, mighty in its day and gen
Grafton, and it represented a personal
force and power as q leader and an Or
ganizer such as have been owned by
few men of modern times. Brigham
Jr., has the name and the chief vice of
the old man, but no more. He is
Brigham Young, and he is polyga-
mist, dividing his parental and marital
love by four. When introduced to him,
I said that 1 had come West to see how
''the bad people included in the Ed
munds bill were getting along."-
We'll" said he, trying to straighten
himself into the proportions of the old
man, 'tif the United States tries to take
away our rights they'll find that we are
very bad people. We don't intend to
be trampled upon. My idea Is to go
right ahead and do what we believe to
be right, and take all the consequences
The gentleman became SO demonstra-
tive that felt called upon to assure him
that was not commissioner Of either
peace or war. But" said l, eff Uncle
Sam makes up his mind to trample on
Utah he'll put on o big pair of boots
and stamp the whole thing out mighty
quick Brigham, Jr., then recited the
woes of Utah, and soon disappeared
with friend
Here's another of Brigham's boys"
said Mr.. Hooper, as fine-looking young
fellow Of about thirty approached, and
shook hands with him. This" said
he, 'is Lieutenant Young Willard
Young. of West Point" The acquaint-
ance was pleasant one to make.
Lieutenant Young is graduate Of the
Engineer Corps at West Point, and now
teacher there. He is one of the polyg-
amous sons of .'the old man." and has
married the daughter of Mr.. Hooper.
Whatever his views may be on the sub
feet, he is not likely to .'go into polyga-
N.Y. during the lifetime Of his mother
in-law. His father-in-law viii vouch
for that He was at West Point when
his fathers estate was being settled up,
and when the litigation began his agents
wrote to him to Know what thcy should
DO. He replied that he didn't care about
quarreling over the matter; that he had
o profession that would give him liv-
ing, and that he would take what the
others didn't want. So lot of railroad
stock, supposed TO be nearly worthless,
was assigned to him. He took it, and the
development of the Territory has since
made him one Of the richest of the old
pan's heirs, SAT- Lake Correspondence
ST. Louis Globe Democrat