. Wife no. 19, or, The story of a life in bondage : being a complete exposé of Mormonism, and revealing the sorrows, sacrifices and sufferings of women in polygamy . removed to the old school-house be-hind the Bee-Hive, a dilapidated, cheerless place, notnearly so good as the house she has left. It is, indeed,little better than a barn, and is furnished very she lives, and there she will probably remain untilher death, unless some of her children see that she is bettercared for. She took no more kindly to polygamy than did any other ofthe Mormon women ; but she was among the very
. Wife no. 19, or, The story of a life in bondage : being a complete exposé of Mormonism, and revealing the sorrows, sacrifices and sufferings of women in polygamy . removed to the old school-house be-hind the Bee-Hive, a dilapidated, cheerless place, notnearly so good as the house she has left. It is, indeed,little better than a barn, and is furnished very she lives, and there she will probably remain untilher death, unless some of her children see that she is bettercared for. She took no more kindly to polygamy than did any other ofthe Mormon women ; but she was among the very earliestsufferers. I have known her all my life ; she lived in the nexthouse to where I was born, in Nauvoo, and I used to visit ather house, with Alice Clawson, when I was engaged at theProphets theatre. She was always very kind to me, and Ihave had for her a real regard and sympathy, which in-creased after I became a member of her husbands is a very reticent woman, neither invites nor gives con-fidence, has few intimate friends, and visits but little. Herhair is iron-gray ; her eyes intensely sad ; her face wears an THE PROPHET S FIRST-BORN. 471. Joseph A. Young. habitually melancholy expression, with a touch of bitternessabout the mouth; and she is rather tall in figure. Herhusbands wives regard her very differently, but most ofthem treat her with respect. She has had five children —Joseph A., Brigham, Jr., Alice, Luna, and John W. Joseph A., commonlycalled Joe, who died dur-ing the past summer, waswell known throucrhout theTerritory, and was by nomeans particularly respect-ed. He was very dissipa-ted, and indulged in nearlyevery kind of vice. He hasbeen what is called a fastyoung man, and was sentto Europe on a mission tocure him, if possible, of hisbad habits ; but it scarcely had the desired effect, for he camehome as wild as ever. Hewas in my fathers Conference in England, and behaved himself quite well there, althoughthere was an unpleasant scandal about
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