The Mormon wife; a life story of the sacrifices, sorrows and sufferings of woman A narrative of many years' personal experience . r me, I think that the less a woman knows the is not suitable for women, it makes them opinionative and consequential. They are not so easily governed, and theproper government of the women, is the foundation of all domes-tic peace/ Weldy laughed, and such a laugh, that his coarse ungainlyfeatures only looked uglier and more repulsive. You can knowbut little about women, however, you, whose domestic expe-rience has been confined to the possession of


The Mormon wife; a life story of the sacrifices, sorrows and sufferings of woman A narrative of many years' personal experience . r me, I think that the less a woman knows the is not suitable for women, it makes them opinionative and consequential. They are not so easily governed, and theproper government of the women, is the foundation of all domes-tic peace/ Weldy laughed, and such a laugh, that his coarse ungainlyfeatures only looked uglier and more repulsive. You can knowbut little about women, however, you, whose domestic expe-rience has been confined to the possession of only one wife. 1 But now I am going to turn over a new leaf, said , glancing at me, I have been married this after-noon. Been married this afternoon, Oh, Lord 1 screamed Mar-garet, what will come next. 1 Your own happy* nuptials, I suppose, said Weldy • andgoing to Mr. Melton, he congratulated him on the prospect ofhappiness for the future, with a hearty shake of the hand ; saidhe was always glad to see his friends evince a determination toenjoy life, and finally concluded by asking who might be thehappy bride. JOSEPH F. SMITH.(nephew of jo. smith, jr., and one of the twelveapostles). Matrimonial Speculations 365 And was that the first intimation you received that yourfamily was to have an addition ? The very first. And you didnt faint, nor grow sick ? Oh, no ; I thought, even then, more of the horrible fate towhich my children were destined, than of what misery mightresult to me, under any possible circumstances. Mr. Melton then condescended to inform us that, beinglikely to get rid of the burden of providing for his daughters, hefancied that he could support another wife in tolerable com-fort, especially, as she possessed a good round sum of money,which was to be placed in his hands, at the expiration of amonth. - Well, you are one lucky dog, anyhow, said Weldy. Nowhere I have to pay you for these girls, while you ?o right offand bargain for a wife who has money.


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