Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-02-08
W. 9. 4. u. COLUMN
MRS. &. F. FENNEI.. Editor.
NarmoM Domestic Life
JeMsSe Foselt1 Wlllsslg
mslnued fr0tn last week ]


TAbet nacas. turned ID my sest rid
looked back 81 woman, 10 see II they
were mol brighter 10 their sunday
dress, resting from work, and making
No attempt at worship pray Gsd
may never look into such faces again,
unsess He serbs M To them with a
me ssage 81 mercy and hope
brigham Young said In one 81 his
speeches. My wlll i law il every
Thing, ffam tha setGspg npn 81 slock.
ing u the ribbons on wolnans bon
neI 2 He and his subordinates were
ultimate authority.
10 one of their outppsis, The bishup
TIA 4 man who came with complaint
OF his wsfe's diAobediensc. To rope her
10 4 tree and put her little baby on the
ground inss ont 81 her reach. and
leave her Is her medilasions. Aida
tue womaR Struggled with the rope.
under The agony 81 the baby's crying.
She VAS ready ii yield When her mas
| ter came back
Mormons hold the power ~ lifeand
death over their wives. The law does
not inquire into - unimportans aihing
Is man Killing bis wife la Utah /
wAs d i Of au Old Mormon who lived
up Iii the back country wilh mob OF
wives and children. For chance he
vent 90 on proseIsting lonr The
lAst addition I'd bis harem Was girl
goung enough 70 be his granddaughter
! Tie o aAr women we're Jealous be-
cause he gave her so much time, and
il rnany presents When he came
back they gave him 1he details OF a
lltsle handkerchief Ilirlati0n she had
carried on with Gentle boy during
bis absence. The story was wsll
embplsIshed, and aroused his jealousy
and wrath. Calling his wives ana
children together, he took that silly,
yonrg Thing on his knee and told Der
thai he bad heard OF her wrong doing.
and & wAs hislnty 10 save her s1ul III
all eosts The poor child knew what
he meant, Ill certainly ali The prisoner
II III bar knows whas the Judge means
when he pr0nounces upon him SEN
Hence Of death. There was no appeal
hardIn Inns for Wild cry to God ID
have mercy on her poor careless soul,
when tie LOOK ont his hunting knife.
and blood atoneda her, cutting her
tar0at from ear 10 ear He took her
bod out Into the orchard, dug hole,
threw ID III. put back the dirt, stamped
Is down. and that was the last 81 that
young life. That Was here Ia America,
nader government that guarantees
to All certain inalienahIe rights, among
which IRE lie, liberty, and the pur-
aaia Of happiness.
1 PclggaIny unhInges the entire social
AMI domestic machinery. Mormous
have MOI only plurality 81 wives. bur
also III husbands II u man converts
bis nelehbor's vile. or wives, he gets
The other sent q 4 90 mission. and he
takes his place ii the household dur
Ing hls absence. Il woman ii shrewd
enous b and there are plenty Of them
who are he can gat rid oi one man
and bs sealed 10 another. A woman
may ANmve q layman Tor an elder, Of nm
slider Tor 4 bishop. i he wants her 10
40 ~, She mass look out FOR her
eternal interests: and her grade 10 the
next world depends on her husbands
rank here.
IN tho outlying regions little A.
tenflon Is paid 70 cpnsanguiniiy. In
"a IL ii common There il no law on
the statute books Of Utah for its pan
ishmAns. a mAn has been known IL
marry girl, her nolher aud grand .
mother; and another man was sealed
70 lhree sisters il one day.
BF Refinement 0l cruelty that
would do credit 10 lbs heather, when 4
man takes new wife, his iirst or real
wife, has - 90 through the endow
ment house with them, ana but the
woman's hand II thai Of her husband.
| wAs told q one woman, Who, with her
husband, came 10 Utah as Latter nav
Saints put knowing nothing of polggs
amy She did har best 10 keep him
tfao ~ hNfaalI bot she failed TIe sat
Up Anefhef home and spent most Of
hss time wish Number the love 81
the real " I'd turned Il. tfa a.. Ii ~ txa.