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Show 140 PRACTICAL POLYGAMY. his mother was living with a man in Salt Lake city. Such cases are numerous. Bishops are often appealed to by men and women to ob tain for them husbands or wives, and they are exceedingly accommodating in this way. The official will undertake the task, and go to work in as business- like way as he would to negotiate a loan, and perhaps bring the parties together, on the occasion of the marriage ceremony, for the first time in their lives. I think if I were a Mormon I would about as soon advertise in the New York Herald. I recently heard - of a rather hurried union that took place a few years ago in high life in the metropolis of Mormon-dom. One evening, at the house of a prominent man in the church, a small company had assembled, including his son and quite an estimable young lady. After tea, the two happened to be sitting together on a sofa, when the thought ful parent approached, and in a very blunt way, as he is in the habit of doing things, remarked, " Well, William, Mary is a good girl and will make you a good wife ; " and to Mary he said, " Now Mary, you can't find a better man for a husband than William ; so stand up here, both of you, and let me marry you." The lady was quite shocked, and at first demurred ; but after a little conversation between the interested, they concluded that the father was the best judge in such matters, and when the company separated that evening they were man and wife. Those who are familiar with the cost of a lady's ward robe in New York, and other incidental expenses attending their movements in society, may suppose that with the more prominent and wealthy Mormons at least, the expense of keeping several women in a way to sustain the position they hold, would be considerable ; but such is by no means the case. The very large majority of Mormon wives are self-supporting, and required to be so. There is an exception in the household of the President. His wives and daugh ters are not required to labor to earn money, but they at tend to all their domestic concerns, and weave cloth for their own use, which duties are quite sufficient to keep in |