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Show Little Scandinavia 161 his wives into the cemetery to rest in the shade of the trees while he went on into town. In court the judge asked him if the charges stating he had six wives were true. When he answered that the accusations were based on truth, the judge wanted to know where the wives were. " I n the cemetery," the m a n replied, "every one." T h e judge, taking pity on the m a n , dropped all charges against him and let him go free. 38 T h e following story, however, suggests that the legal authorities were at times not the only dumb ones: It seems that the deputies were looking for a Scandinavian m a n who was hiding in his barn under a sled and some sleigh bells. They asked the wife if anyone was hiding there and she said there wasn't, so they kicked at the pile of sleigh bells and a voice w e n t : "Yingle, yingle." n 9 3S 39 Shana Anderson, Fountain Green, Utah, 1967. Peggy Hansen, Salt Lake City, U t a h , 1971. Right: Manti Temple, here under construction, iv as designed by William II. Folsom. Below: Funeral procession for James M. Petersen in Richfield near turn of the century. USHS collections. •> • . • |
