Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-05-10

/ Every morning and evening all gath
cred in the large parlor for prayers
| and here also my husband presided
| I afterward took up quarters at thu
Bee Hive House, but returned to tn.
Lion House later and remained there
until the death of President Young
August %, 1877"
"Was your married life generally
happy?"
Il should certainly dislike to thinl
| otherwise. Why not? We We're al
members Of the same family anC
treated each other as such. I would
sacrifice anything for the survivin:
wives of President Young, and thei
| feeling toward me, l think, is the
same"
How many times did your husband
marry after you became his wife?"
Twice afterward; don't know how
show that"
"Where did you reside after youl
husbands .leath?'
Il went 10 the Gardo House. This
building had been begun before Presi
dent Young's death. l planned the
structure myself. I also planned this
residence I now live in, which was
built in 1879, and I moved into this
house the same year. All Of President
Young's wives were treated alike IN
the distribution of the estate
you have the name Of being Brig
ham Youngs favorite wife|'
81 can't say that he had any favor
ties. He was equally kind and atten-
tive to all in his life time, and left
each surviving wife an equal legacy.
[ was absent from home at long in
tervals during the fifteen years of my
married life having visited several
times in the east, and having taken
an extensive tour of Europe"
do you still believe in polygamy?"
Certainly [ do. If polygamy was
once right it is still right. There is
no reason why a polygamous marriage
may not be as happy as the ordinary
marriage if it is entered understand
ingly"
what will be the future of the Nor
mon church on this question:
1.-THE same as the past, SO far as be-
lief in the doctrine of polygamy is con-
cerned. AS to it's practice, that has
been declared unlawful by the govern
ment, and the Mormon people have
promised to abstain from polygamy.
They will keep their promise, but they
can believe in the doctrine of polyg-
amy without practising it. 1t would
not radically different from those of
practise polygamy."
''The abolition of polygamy, then,
will not affect the strength of the
church p
mot in the least. Aside from poly
gamy, the doctrines of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are
not radically differnet from those of
other religious bodies. There is no
reason why the church should not con-
tinue to grow in strength. The recent
election clearly demonstrated the fact
that the Mormon people believe in the
separa zion of church and state, and
certainly there is no indication of any
desire on the part of the church to die
1.-THE i'll feeling that has heretofore
existed toward the Mormon church is
fast dying out, and the people of Utah
have learned to treat the NIormons
as any other religious body. AS old
prejudices disappear the good work of
the Mormon church becomes apparent.
Through the tithing house this church
n tY,i1 fn f1,n ,,aI,
year than any other church organiza-
ton, the amount in Salt Lake City
alone being 100000 annually. Homes
are built up, and cooperation practised
with beneficial results. The misrepre
sensations of the past are being sup
planted by the truths of the present.
which fact points to a bright future
for the church.
You have no children?"
Il regret to say [ have none. l am
constantly sensible of the fact that
children would have been an ines
Unable source of comfort and COM
pany to me at the present time. l am
living alone here, though visits back
and forth with the surviving wives Of
President Young add great pleasure to
my home life"
How many of President Young's
widows are liying?"
There are nine of us, and, named
in order, are as follows:-Zina D.
Young, Emily Partridge Young, Harriet
B. Young, Harriet Cook Young, Mama
G. 7. Young, Margaret 2. Young, Lucy
B. Young, Eliza B. Young and myself
We all held a reunion on Thanksgiving
Day, at the residence of one Of Presi-
dent Young's granddaughter, in this
city"
Amelia Folsom Young appears but
seldom in public since the death of her
husband, but is not on this account Il
recluse. She is still as popular in the
private gatherings in the older Nor
mon society circles as she once was
in the public events occurring in the
younger circles.
Her father William II. Folsom, lives
next door to Mrs. Folsom-Y oung, in
this city, hale and hearty at seventy
nine years Of age
THE BROWN WOMAN.