Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-11-01
POLYGAMOUs MARRIAGES.
How They Are MRde-The Records OF
DOuhle UOurtshin.

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after dinner in tho old Townsend
House and in the very same room oc-
cupled by Arttmus Ward many years
ago. The superintendent sits in an
arm chair and talks, whilo lean for
ward Interested moro than can tell.
Our cigars arc unlt.
You have asked" he says, "abou'
tho 5ourtship for a second marriage,
and whether the suitor works over his
old love letters, improves on his old
methods, and whether, being q mar
ried man himself, he proceeds more
boldly, or in the light of new affcc
tion bushes, stammcrs and hesitatcs
as in his callow days. Well, am go.
ing TO tell you my own experience"
He is an Englishman, and | pass the
claret jug, which he lifts and then bO-
gins:
you see, was Mormon in Eng
laud before ! came here. In fact, |
was born n Mormon. In 1866, when
quite lad, came to Salt Lake City
and got n position in the stores. Brig
ham Young took fancy to me and
advanced me very rapidly, and in a
few years he was cashier, at n salary
of 800 u month. About that time
mot my first wife, herself the child Of
polygamous marriage and stanch
believer in polygamy. After n short
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Sort OF thlnSF
NOW, you never mlnd' | went down
stars ana met General NelIS ana
sald to mm' General II YOU are Wiling
m going to marry Belle. 'AIl right,
says he; You can have her erany other
daughter I've got or as many oi
them as You want, 4 only want one
OF them' says !. You had better tnlnk
it over about Belle, says he. 'lhlS is
only an infatuation between you and
will die out, and you don't want to
make any mistake at this stage. l
toldhim, No, itwasn'tany infatuation;
it meant business from the start lie
says, Go ahead. Belle is flighty and
perhaps tickle, but she is lovely girl
Mt heart, and perhaps it will turn out