The Prairie Chieftain, Volume 3, Number 31, Monticello, White County, 10 February 1853 — Page 1

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t-lmppu ess ;sra ,Eaivain'5o. w in-3 ' ? wunisiiilis' usre'd. under Jeavy .et.. even ihut of ilt-utli to confine t. r - - .1 so rhe ssU'Wign 'rights t' l-ut'onu busband. This is a right and privilege which many of the Saints aavil themselves of to its fullest extent. Bigamy or polygamy is a cardinal doctrine & !!!. sla fee.. v.r In l! jrrncticeol the i It Is -wwktiouii ai.d practicc l't' '.ts cotii'ir their liberality oud r-c' 'Y.:'"i .M.fT.cetity la.rg to juotify ti..--i its l " t under their saiutly jjtotec- , x BJf;'v:iV KS t'-'li Of UVfclVe, OV tVCXl E . , ... ' .... Ji - or' . iv t s. u!io era then denutninated Spirituals. To entitle them to enter into tins &?aiS cl iPiolie loid&hip and dept ti Jt s. jp,Y. coiiscr,! of the President, I'ii.-JU'i YuJ! his to be first obtained d?id tl.ra some quj-iiiid form f ceremonv cf iiidrii. e to be r dh through niili lie iiiui b-r o! Snintuais attached to Governor Vcung's immediate house bouid. Mtid those over hum he . fxerctsea sover ei ;!i rights, it is impossible to determine. 1 have, however, seen htscariiug or i-m-nibus rejieute ily drive tip to tiie cliuroh door jC. u Sunday tilled wit!) n dt.sen os more - damea old, inuldlWftgpd nl voUf;!. ail of whoni, I u;j told, claim to .ie kis H tli bt loved and honored wives. t3e slides these, 1 em infbrrned that he h;trnumerous ot!isr wies qmirtered in vari Us puna' of the city. Dirsg the hoau 0 the cimununiiv. I persume that ho has ihe j i(k ti! the fiuck. li such i the case i cannot say i t nn rtoln unj vriy ixti av&:it adniii'diiuii tr his ta&ie ia lemule fiicB.ilty. Tha ether letuding Saints, I em told. r,,'.v wivr s r.r Kpii isiia!. j.roprtiotiBte it. luiOtber to tiieir 0-"tiity and . .atandifg itti.C. .itX Thvbe s-puiiuals usuaily rest Iet-j.cn ti.e ssusne pretn'ises with their iosd; i'ltsie favoi ite wife usually occupyisijj t!;e priiicippl mr.nsion, while the o'his are t4Liitertd near by, in srriHllcott-j;--s ur f li buihliiijrs erected for their ac-ci'iiiint)uat:-ii, t' metime.s the family beci'i.vs so H'gs as to imperatively require di v:ti n, f ? d t'.iy are then settled iti diverse uirt-ctioiis. the huNtanil visiting the otie- or tht othtrcs taste' -or inclU 8n r-j j b i hi i! - t' S-B V, t .Cf-r M. I ten ,-i ts. it I tr.'iy u'i e u 1 . , r J it.-! tu rot Z ncrc'.Iv 1 ' ! . l.v. t j' tiier upon tprn.s of r,'P 1 f-t un- . ii . ..J .1 i. It ts h?iriiOi ' . . :n-etd .it-fiiii .i ti nave entiii-H o eriooked tl Ijdie ot i..ive, ia i.i r un! cl trsrt' , l-I'ati-m. ir-i,!i t! it iiii !.?.y fht is a ti Yt v ? a ti. i i d !, , ly ur ! e - rd it i i Ui.eA pc ct. J i.t lite lii tin i ;rtnor.Um. - A a ! i rT'irrt.i 1 1 ' . ! . i ' " 'r i" unit ci.ly a very aided i : .1 n s.r'iX -.1 i' '. u i ur.-c tiie Her I ' - 'i t i '. ij'f' t.. ,-'f y -t r ) t j t'eu1- t ip ii:,it;,-t f':y ai.'l ill '.1 u u i put l f nrv-i ' th : i- i s ,,s .t. i i Lt. t,.y , i'v --il I J ! 3 !o!-' -n j c : to ,.1 . til biiV BssoIuWoO W Ail It t wi.h IL.t ourg Gt. l u t i 1 lf l. . . L.i t.itiii.e i -s, t'. e c; 's S! . 1 . J i, i ( I I ' . . i l. , i, 1 1 c. r t' ' 1 t s . a - .(fs t -"V 1 t j t. r v 1 1 t .'ti. , t ( 1 L '.. . i i 1 f '. ' , . , 1 " uli!P 1 ' . ' i 1 1 y r r ,1. '1 if Ci r 'ttl.l.

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. - .?.i ti ci Th-e - ..in. W itii h( ti eb'nl Lit C.SsJC'i lis n. .ui c; Sua. Itrcdiah, nwi 'tut i.r.s t!iL;(: ui t-s tjst-l it :. l i...u'iicii' v , is r.1 e. !, t.u,..n f li.v3 it aai in lur it, of its i i boi r aM n ; ' . v. . :s i.ui'Ur f-1 i.j i Jvly lu L l-ii to u iilend in Ohio, aud.Hhich has recem'y been published: ' . '- "I have intended for a lor.g t;:ne to give you a chapter on Polygamy, as soon as my observation .of thins!: here vvoa!dgive me the opp.-.rtuni'.y to do u w ith justice to the subject. I have now been in all the setih mettts in the territory excepting one and after quietly noting w hat has come, in iy range, I have come to tha conclusion that tiie men and not the women of Utah Ten iuory, are lo be piiicd. Alter you have finished youroh's and ah's. end after you have lifted your hands in astonishment long enough, 1 will tell my tale. Probably not., one in a hundred of my ex would have decided the question in ihis maimer, and how 1 came, to take this view of the matter 1 know not unless it be upon the supposition thai in some fermer state of probation in. d transmigration, I have been a man, end experienced myslf the Uilx.cu;ties and vexations which belong to his coidilicn.. Ii.ceptii g in my sympathy, those mothers here" who have y-ung daughters. I feel disposed to offer condolence of the most sincere kind to the male community. In the first pl we m st eserktir.l!y do I pity tit:; coneieiitiotiH 3 oun m-tn who c m s hera with a wife, end perphaps children t j whom ho is devotedly attach-t-d. Iioping here lo spend in quietude and peace his .rem lining. daysrand e up hi; Ufa for his faith and U13 beloved ones. Hi is at first startled and grieved at th - aspect of thiiig-i hero, and is perchance shaken in that fait 1 far whiam he would have periled bis Ufa; but after some struggles ha wisely res dves that let others do as taey will, ha will 03 trus to himself and the raarriagj covenaut ha has made. Hash dreamer! to think .that he can withstan I thb powerful inilaenjes that are wielded hera.. If h'3 is sens-alive to ridicule s'l rt indaad is t'j3 repose into which h : h.is lu'I-jd. hiiiHslf. if ha can bear it to hi toid th at ha is under "petticoat gov cni!U.ut.'' then indaed does h-3 deserve a martyr's crow:V Should1 he xjome off trtumphant in ti...!, is yet to bo tried' on still tender p.nals 'his faith 'an 4 ideas 01 duty. . ' If ha stand aloof from tha avowed "l.iotrincs'of t&ri ''church.' he is after a mihner a heretic and gsntile, 'anaihamas ..o-id ianddeep as those tjliowered Upon the woti?e:i win opp isa tha doctrine, arehurlad.it hum 'and t"4?r. -i flini wearied our with always Itaing in to1 adverse p'os w 1 c.i a iv jj .u uigd I up j 1 i.l.. ic. , hi" n- "gLibbr, ii a A I i l.a .w j .'.iii isaoe cf cuTu i'jt ,i;j - , .et", in1 uitri 'j i i, a.i 1 a ki.ii iji Itb r, nn I 'Pt-eir tj g.t lmru J r. Would it It 1 i.;iy I 14 Mb IJ -Jt h? Ui JO 9 tl 1 t & i S ft? tl i-ji s v. . ;j ;.' o-.r? i i C t rl I, with no 'i id ti "i 1 i a I t iw'." 1; i I ' uImi ij!e i - III. ir t l-iy ' l : i t 1 j j i o i ii '.s .iii s .1 ikii y a r j o vf ' jipi.d an 1 f inl ! is it : t j s 1 jl i id 1 ist J i ii l i , . ! .4 ' I thJy s 1 4 t r l c c 1 !. C. ; I h ') ' : TA If s '4 1' r-.i ' ' jv. . t .f .1; .... .t - . - ... I . . T 1 . J - t ill 1 1 . I .1 I r 5 1

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, ' T "fir-' I ztp I .. Ill . . trt ' Jir.'. in 1 . . h - .. ' ' 1 ..to "ur o.vt ",-)r;d re '. , l.oco n..ia urs r A tr- ' ;a n direct rati.) wnh his mere:?.? I fUmi'y. Th-ra istais wanted in one house, and that in another, and he probably finds that having a pretty .mistress in .some ' quiet corner 1-3 a very .different ttCdir-Jrom -.having several wives want regularly their bsad, meat, and oven-wood. On the strength of such time honored saying too man cooks spoil ihe; broth,"' "what's every- , body s . business is nobody's." and t'ae "child whom, many father's ahare. hath selJoni known a father's card." I venture to assert that a nun .with three or four! wives will never know where his clean shirts and stockings are, and what is worse, he will never know whether he has any at all. lie may begin at seven on Sunday morning to dress for church. hough his houses "are ia a row," he may run from one to another until 'he be too lase at last. "Now crnes the winter In ins discontent, " but he must choke down his regrets as best he may, for there is uu shirking the responsibiIit.es he has voluntarily assumed; provided his wives are contented and 'behave themselves properly. If, " however, they are diss'alisBed. they can readily get a divorce without ' suffering in the opion of the public. Kail IIoKJa -nn! - editors. '. A Convention of Hailroad managers iii Ohio, has recently been held in Columbus, st which if was concluded that editurs, and conductors "of tb -newitptper press, and local reporters, should hereafterbe charged halJfare.Eaion Jlephifr. : ''-'"; : ' :" ' We heard, -several 'days ego, that a meeting of the kind spoken of had been he'd, and the.. managers' concluded to place some naw restriction .: en tha use of "chaik." but the precise nature -or extent of these . re.-.tsicioi.-s has hot, to our knowledge, been made public' The statement, if true, that . editors, publUhe rs, &c,. are hereafter t'- be charged half fare, instead ot being allowed lo ride free, proves thut the relation xl the press; to railroads is not rightly trnderstcoi "by tho'sa . who control '.tha latter..-.,. lf...tke - actual work d.me by.the preis gratuitously fcr:t!;s im mediate .benefit of. Hailroad' Co.npanies were estimated at; what it U feaily v,-pnh and paid for. by thce who reapthe advantage, cf it, tha lum would enalla -every ed.or. pab!i" - - I pii. t.rl.. t. - c.u try, with their f '..ilies, to' travel tuica at muah cs ti -y '- ,'c, p ; 'J, , f. , s . h-'ve a lu ! t j r1 ct e' c'.I.sr e ; :.. cs w !, ;3 W -1 that wci k is nee t on .cr c: It rs r c,t: -'-'2.t' - ted:--passed etc t". z lz t c! !t i p r t payr"?-t Ir r , . r . Z . dered. If the Ccrr 2i.i p- r -, ' rrT n - , ly ' ' '1 t -y Tt ., 1! t ' ' 1 y- 1 ft CD---!:' . '. -1 .... i " . ' .'e d. lna tefi:r knew t -1 t! : Ci , p ill n ) 1 J are co.-.tr. ii , . c.1 r " f i..t t y i n " r- e 1 c cl s soiii 3 ... . , ! . t'c . r v 4'1 ' r r . .t r''-i' y l IliiVB C-t c- i. ii ' . S t 3 eJ

C : -it c i t " . , "i j , 1 it r i-oy,'-;--,v c,Z-2 3 LiB!lt r s yu language! to what borrtUe - disease did you allude?" ' "' '' e-' iesy, . you . may ' cell it the Scotch Fiddle, if, you like that feeuer. and"',. . - - ' ' "Do call m Elirabeth.mcther.and e-cj Detsy." 'Well, well, rtilstrgs... Elizabeth, s dig. .ease is a . disease, call it what . you will. and ihe itch is ihe itch, and nothing else. It is one of those complaints that is is lister, end gets among children, be they never so clean that apply themselves so closely to their bocks that they fall into dysentary habits."- ' . "Yu mean srdenarp hEbits, mother.' "Have it so. then, Mrs. Smartness,- if you wilt," said the old ladv, larilv. Throwing hsr arms sround her mother's neck, on seeing that her ;.ffi "g3 were hurt, the little widow seated -herself alonsid her maternal ancestor, ' e,jjil ex? plained the difficulty thus: - ",' : . "1 now comprehend what yen xnttn bv the disease you allude to, " It is, undoubtedly, sinriilaf la what is now termed in' fashionable US, t..e Exercing Complaint,' or l.CaIedbniori Violin. Tl is s ... .. . . ussesse-1: i enj "t,:Jir. ;.: - ; ; tha esiej-i c.a r. LDl'.p, v-holi n the West cf S'.clr.I, lrz-.1 es ts -Duke of Argyb. &r.J has re, cct'y L?ea introduced i .'.2 cr to-,.-jrecerc! 1 l" and givirg ig r t" 1 r A:s cf body. .Tie LV-J;r--T "V.,1 1-Ii a sure preventive e-sinst c,;- h, r:' r, the Medical Frcu'.iy, generally, 1.3:--given it as their p rofrsslanil opinion that whils a person has it good . and ttcnj, (as positively as our Augustus h&s it oosr, lor instance,) he cannct expire, for tha reason that he has no lime to stop scratch'ug to go through the ordinary process cf dying; It - has beeoroe, from its saying .and lasting properties, a disease qui'e. it or neuralgia.. - - - '""'-.Lies me! Detsy," exclaimed, the oil lady,--! do bdievs the world is ell e-oina v ff '- ' - ' ' fl di wish, mother, you would call ma Elizabeth replied - tha saucy 'young widow, and she glided out cf the ro-ora, Ci?i. En. , 'v .. , ' ' 1. JOiu.jij.v l' " " Lit r '. -d ir I. " jt Si rj - , cri .'.'A dj br l g it 1 : 3, I i L ? i" v tcr C l 4'-, , .1 ... .1 ... - 1." - r', ' v ; , ('t i c 'a I ' fn f rftrt 1 f . . T . . - - . 1 t . 1 tl n c- '.i "II ' - s - . ' a -.1 t .i. ! i . - r

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