Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-03

House. wcro tho best women over knew
Aud | must say that during my stay Their
never hoard Brigham speak harrhly u
nnn Ut he wives, We wnro really moro OF
happy family than tho outside uenille worlI
can Imagine. There were ton or hftcei
YOUNG girls IN the Lion House, all daughter
| ot brigham, and they rompcd played ant
had a most ENJOYABLE existence, llko othel
yollng people, They were lovely, rosy
checked girls, ranging from three 70 seven
! teen years OF age, ono OF hrlRhamH WiVrs
once said Of mo; We'll. sara hnowa how tt
mind hor own business That remark was
| tho Keynote TO my popularity With the wives
! OF The Prophet clara Decker Young one o.
brighama Wives, took charge Of mo ana
must say she was ono OF the lovollcsl ana
/ Hweotest w0mch on earth. | know ! loved
her. and shall mover forget her kindness
| to ne in tho days when | was Ia constant
! revolt against the Church and ito authorities
! ThHt President Young considered mo q
| iayorito daughter can be proved ny many
| iacls that J eau state, For Instance, was
| IN tho habit far several years OF hrraklaAt-
| lng In the beehive House. whero he had MS
favoflto wife, Lucy Decker Who was alter
| ward superseded by Amelia, who, " course,
| moved over and became the mistress OF tho
| beehive House. In this house hn Kept only
| one NJ his Wives. and she was his fayorlte.
| N was there that he chiefly lived aud hAd
| hla meals. and his desire that ! should
breakfast with rim ana bis faybtite wife
NATURALLY was proof positive Of MA regard
| for me-
II has been generally supposed that Young
In hla day Of power was hard aud tyfan'
meal lio may haye been to outsiders but
the testimony Of Miss Alexander Ia regard to
bis treatment Of his wives shows that hc
was not exactly llluabolrd In ihn gulao
% a prophet
''lto was an nustoro man at times" she
said, but = have often been witness to
hts iovlAl relaxation when surrounded by
hla large family In the Lion liousc. lie In
dulged In iohoa which often had humorous
point And another statement / Wish ~ rpf-
rect IN regard to him IL one that fro
qlrnly 800 publlHhed VIZ, That hu dll not
oven know Ne own children whom hc
CHANGED tu meet them on tho street. lilo
know every chid nf Bite by bis ur her name,
aud Cor ycard was dallt wilncsl 10 tho
truth NJ my assertion, In the Lion HOUSE
there was q lutgc prayer room, whore every
evening az 9 0pldnk an NJ his wives aud
chlldron, by hls command, mot Tor prayers,
and hn was always thcra In proprl poraOna
To pray Whenever q single ono of hla chill
dren WAS absent he would invariably aHlI
mo mother lhn reason, calling The child by
name II wlH an lrunaplad rulo that an Ut
hh children and wlyth should attend the
llily prayer meeting, and ! wan included
because ! was hlH adopted daughter Thrao
daily reunions certainly muilhnzcl him
with tho faco1 NJ tho children Of hIs nftren
ur twenty wivna"
II was LF thr chief arlresa Of nngbnm's
hCBtor that Sara Alexander became noipd
Aud be- II said No lirlrhnm'a credit. he never
he In tho study Of nor nrt
hut did Nll hc could 10 advance nor In nor
chosen prufnsHlfu Ito hntrd dancing as am
Invention NJ ihU devil aud an ahlmluatlun In
lh" alEht az ihr Lord. hut, pnraloxiral an II
adopted laughtrrH saliltorlal skin Al cpp
adorable cypanre h0 employed d urntile pro
lrWlr &c. truh tho beautiful SARA how ia
dauor fOr tho public and her graceful
auuuua rylluu1u4 AND thf dgplHy of nor
pulpbuUluuua chuIu. while Wwyur th,
rIcrl had GtruuIs aud hypuatto iuUuru,r
'pmt tho storm HurrOss0r OF pfhphr. joe
Smlth Whenever ouc OF ha wlvpa would
i,lndly lhf hun whether DE- Intended Ia al. |
tend lhr lhCltor that evening hla rgply hul !
liiep bern iu thc negative ana given win
ih emphasize which Denoted q sutf,lt W
.hlngh dltnlAUU and safety of thiur7 ti |
sunprll nu. De aruma thnt hlg Ngrr,nn
wives ppaaotari the arc NJ arouHIur mtpresi !
IN him and invoking au IuyAnon 10 ihn |
.he'tpr Tor tOr one who happened 10 mako |
mo inquiry ana receive lhe rguiy Nnuli |
.hy' "Oid YOU know that Sara win dnur,
tonight ut tho thultcr" The quayllop AL |
lnpc aroused hIm ana ho would Invariably |
'omtrlU "nh, we'll, if Hhn rs gatng 10 dauea !
guess VIZ VIII co.,
1he sad romance NJ MHa Alcyabdci's
llo hrguh WIN tho engagement NJ Julia
Dean llayho'A company ul lNlphnmu thu
brigham alho conceived q Violent fn,ry fnr
h0 gifted aetrogg Julia Uum. 1hs pTonb
lrs love for Julia Dean haa boon ,yritt,n
ihuut Ul length and "A rVuNr4tL.u noe, ~