. 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 . pop-ularly told among the Saintsis, that regarding himself,without doubt, as a scion of royalty, and with the egotisti-cal assumption and the assurance which characterize hisfather, and which he honestly inherited, he actually ven-tured, in spite of the law, to drive the same number ofwhite horses before his carriage that the queen had on her. E. Hunter, Presiding Bishop. HE DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF IN ENGLAND. 173 carriage, and that
. 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 . pop-ularly told among the Saintsis, that regarding himself,without doubt, as a scion of royalty, and with the egotisti-cal assumption and the assurance which characterize hisfather, and which he honestly inherited, he actually ven-tured, in spite of the law, to drive the same number ofwhite horses before his carriage that the queen had on her. E. Hunter, Presiding Bishop. HE DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF IN ENGLAND. 173 carriage, and that he was arrested and fined a hundred andfifty thousand dollars for the offence. The true account ofthe matter is, that when driving in one of the London parks,in a state of inebriety, he committed a trespass, for whichhe was arrested and mulcted in the ordinary fine — a fewshillings, I believe. Brigham, however, is said to haveprofited by the exaggerated story, and to have made capitalout of it. The donations that year had been unusually large, forBrigham had announced his intention of emigrating alarger number than ever before, and, as a consequence, the Perpetual Emigration Fund must, be correspondinglyincreased. Brethren and sisters, he commenced one day, in hismost delicate and refined style, you must retrench yourexpenses. You have been travelling in a direct line towardseternal damnation for a long time; now you must turnabout, and show to the Lord and His holy angels that youstill desire t
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