. 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 . — Repenting of Matri-mony.— I get tired of it in a Month.— Cruel Conduct of my Hus-band.— He flirts considerably with the Young Girls.— I am greatlyDisgusted and furiously Jealous. — He threatens to take anotherWife. — The Ownership of Women in Utah. — How Newspaper Re-porters are humbugged by Brigham. — How Visitors to Salt Lake areWatched. — The Prophets Spies. — How People are misled aboutUtah Affairs. — The Miseries of the Wom
. 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 . — Repenting of Matri-mony.— I get tired of it in a Month.— Cruel Conduct of my Hus-band.— He flirts considerably with the Young Girls.— I am greatlyDisgusted and furiously Jealous. — He threatens to take anotherWife. — The Ownership of Women in Utah. — How Newspaper Re-porters are humbugged by Brigham. — How Visitors to Salt Lake areWatched. — The Prophets Spies. — How People are misled aboutUtah Affairs. — The Miseries of the Women Overlooked. WAS married in theEndowment- House,on the 4th of April,1863. As persons are not allowed to enter the inner rooms of that mysterious place for the purpose of going through any of the rites or ordinances of the church in their customary dress, we, of course, wore our Temple-robes during the ceremony. We A Life of Carried our robes with us, and dressed there, not appearing outside in our sacred clothing. I must confess I no longer regarded the Endowment-House with the awe which I had felt previous to my first. 388 MY WEDDING-DAY. — A MORMON MARRIAGE. visit there, and the whole manner in which everything wasdone was so very stagey, that I failed to be impressed atall on this my second visit, although the object of my pres-ent visit naturally made me feel more solemn than I other-wise should. The marriage service, which is not long, was performedby Brigham Young. We first gave our names, ages, na-tive town, county, state, and country, to the Elder JohnLyon, who acts as scribe in the Endowment-House, and hecarefully recorded them, as he does those of every couplewho come to be sealed. We then went before BritjhamYoung, who was waiting for us, and the following cer-emony made us man and wife : — Do you. Brother James Dee, take Sister Ann-ElizaWebb by the right hand, to receive her unto yourself, to beyour lawful and wedded wife
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