Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-04-26
MORMON DOMESTIC LIFE.
A Thrilling Narrative of Domestic
Woe in Utah.


Jennie Fowlcr-Wlling writes in the
Union Singal as follows:
The home is the one remnant of Eden
left in this world. Its cornerstone is the |
pcrmancncc of true marriage.
Frances Willard in her beautiful White |
Life for Two says: "rhc sweet bcauti-
tudcs of love, of rathcrhood and mother
mood ara God-ordaincd: and the faithful |
ness OF two each to the other, alone
makes possible the true Home. the pure
Church, the righteous Nation, the great |
kind brotherhood of Man
There is no stronger bond none that |
gives more unlloycd happiness tlan
that which binds two people WHOM the !
Lord has united in marriage. 1t is ALSO
lutely impossible in polyGamy. Thcy
who live together in poyglmous nerds.
know nothing of the tie that God has
used as typo Of Ills union with the
church, SO strong so holy, so uUsclnsh.
wrought hy Himself.
To soc European liCe ono must leave
tourists routes. 70 know Mormonism
one must study it In the country There
1T is the rule for - man to give each Of
his wives "A root to shelter hcr, ard the
rcst OF the living tor herself and hor
brood. lie lives while with one, and
then with another as a Iiiudno, or Mo-
hammodau is supposed to do. when there
are enough ot them, they do all tao fIrm
work, and he can act the ovcrsCcr, or
gentleman OF leisure. Thcy are his slaves
in every sense
Brigham Young said once TO his great
Tabernacle congregation, Mako your
wives work. They're a lazy set. What
If they do kick? lash 'em down TO it.
They won't hurt themselves. If one does
die now and then, there's no great harm
done. It's cheaper to get IL wife than a
COW That talk Of the great leader
was decent and elegant beside much that
lie has been known to say to men, women
and children, young ana old. No self-re-
speeding woman would listen to such vul-
garty. No man of any chlvalry or cour-
age would submit To- have his wife or
daughter addressed in that manner. 30
wonder that the women of Utah nave
such a dispiritcd look. When I won't
about the streets of Salt Lake City with
a missionary, she would say of one
woman whom We met. "Thats 1t Nor
mon" and of another. "That's a Gen
tile" How do you know them apart?"
asked. "WhY, can't you see? Just
look at their faces" | soon learned to
notice the difference between the free.
'opn countcnauce of the homogeneous
wife, aud the wrctchcd, degraded face
OF the woman of polygamy
When we went to Il service in the Tab
crnaclc, / turned in my seat and looked
back at the women to see if they were
not brighter in their Sunday dress. rest
ing from work, and making AN attempt
at worship. | pray God may never look
into such faces again, unless He sends
me to them with message of mercy
and hope.
Brigham Young said in one of ..s
speeches. MY will is law in everything,
from the setting up of Il stocking to the
ribbons ON a Womaus bonnet" iIe and
his subordnatcs were ultimate authority
In one of their outposts, the bishop
told a man vino come with a complaint
of his w.tcs diSobcdicnc". to rope her
to a tree and put her little boy ON tho
ground, Just out of her reach and leave
hor TO her mcditatious All day III,
woman struggled with the rope under
the agony of her babN's crying. she
was ready to yield when her master came
back.
Mormons hold the power of life and
death over their wives. The law does
not inquire into 50 uuimportant Il thing
as a man killing his wife. In Utah | was
told of an old Norman who lived mp in
the back country with a mob of wives
and children. For a change he went off
on proscytins tour The last addition
to his harem was a girl young enough to