Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-29
Brig ham and Anlclia.I

S N nile the 1orlty OF the ithfuk
are agitated and exciit over the turn
affairs have taken, and not asfew 81
them are packing up preparatory to
journeying to the new Mormon strong
hold, wherever that may be, Amelia
Young, the twenty third and last wife
tsof Brigham y Dung. goes quietly and
serenely about her household duties
las usual. She has no love for the
Mormons, and she takes no tronbleto
conceal tho fact. Her present resi-
dence is one of the most desirable and
handsome In the city, and yet it can
not compare with The palatial man
sion which old Brigham had built and
presented to her, and which still bears
the name sAmeia's palace" Old
John Taylor holds forth III it ut pres
emit. But his time, as we'll as that 81
the rest Of them, bids fair to be short.
The story OF Amelia 8 marriage to
Brigham and o few incidents Of after
life are very interesting. An old lady
who at one time was Amelia's school
teacher at Council Bluffs, a., tells the
following tale: s....s. ~ !. /. ..s,s
Upon one occasion when Brigham
Young was passing through Council
Bluffs, on his way to Salt Lake, he
caught sight Of Amelia's pretty face
and fine figure, and Immediately re-
solved to add another one to his har-
EN-. The girls parents weregood Nor.
mons and their consent to the union
was joyfully given. Not so with the
girl. She had stout will as we'll as a
handsome form and pretty face, and
she declared that she would not mar.
ry "the ugly old heathen." Her par
ents, however, were determined not to
lose the chance of getting SO near heav:
en- by such an alliance, and sternly
commanded Amelia to don her robes
and take the hand OF the all-powerful
Brigham. Seeing that she would be
compelled to marry him if she staid
at home, the grill made her way to a
neighbours, told them her story, and
received her sympathy and protection.
| Her parents instituted a search, dur
ing which Amelia hid in root-cellar,
over the door of which was wood
house. The kind people carried her
meals to her without attracting sus-
picion, until the third day one OF the
spies employed observed steam aris-
ing from a basket which the gentleman
was carrying to the woodhouse.
This led to her discovery, and, as
she was under age, her parents took
charge of her.
After a hard struggle Amelia finally
consented to marry the great Nor
mon, but declared: "1f do marry
him, Ill have my own way, and She
will find it out" He did.
! Several years after their marriage,
upon one occasion Amelia told Brig
ham to buy her a Singer sewing-ma-
chine. The old man promised to send
it up that day, and walked off with
his hand in his pocket, thinking, doubt
less, how many tithes it would take
to pay for it. By the time he got
downtown he forgot what kind of a.
mlchane was wanted, consequently it
was Wheeler & Wilson that the men
brought upstairs to Amelia's sitting
room. AS soon as that lady saw that
her orders had not been ODE eyed to the
letter she deliberately pulled the Of
fensive machine to the head of the
stairs, and, giving it push, down it
went, bumpty- bump, until it reached
the bottom, all broken to pieces.
The next day a "singer" stood in
the place allotted for it and nothing
more was said of the affair. Upon
another occasion, when Bril-, m had
number of distinguished guests,
Amelia, who was present at the din
ner-table, amused herself by hulling
some nuts that were on the table and
throwing the shells out of the window.
Brigham manifested his annoyance at
this proceeding without effect, when
he exclaimed: "Amelia, my dear,
wish you would not throw those shells
out upon the grass. They make such
| muss."
IF you don't like to have them
there you can pick them up" said the
hayward favorite, as she arose from
her chair and left the room.
When she had left Brigham turned
to his guests and said:
II hope you will excuse my wife.
She is so headstrong that I cannot
control her, :