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Show AM0RUUB ANN ELIZi. j The Nineteenth Vulgar Fraction of Brigham Young's Wife. Shockingly Improper Incidents Inci-dents of llor Later Career. Flying from Polygamous Utah, She Revels iu a "Pond" of 1 Illicit Love. Tales Hint are Told by a Bloom-tiitou Bloom-tiitou Hotel Clerk and a Kleepiiig-Car Conductor. An Indiscreet Curtain" Lecture, and a Sad Warning to Young Men's Christian Associations. j Special Correspondence, Blooming ton, 111., Feb. 17. For nonie time past Mrs. Ann Eliza Young, the 19th wile of tlie grout Mormon motul, has been mounting the ros-trum ros-trum aud delivering a seriea of lectures upon the irregularities and eccentricities eccentrici-ties of Monnonism. Her hucccss has been in drawing immense audiences, and enlisting the greatest attention of all who came to hear from the lips of awonmn who once was the helpmate of the gentle Brigham, the story of Mormon lite. Whatever may be thn btylo and beauty of the other wives of the great Mormon, the truth is, Ann Eli2iiNo.l9,is a woman of superb loveliness; love-liness; a little perhaps above tiie medium med-ium height, and a well-developed and voluptuous form, dark eyes and hair, a pruud, majestic walk, and in every respect presenting the appearance of a woman that would easily captivate the heart of a Gentile,and much more easily tlie heart of the grout Mormon giahtientus. In this city, only a short time ago, Ann Eliza, the beautiful and dazzling Mormon, under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian asscintion, delivered a lecture upon her favorite theme. Tlie proud position that alu had formerly held in the dominion ol Utah, and the subject of her discourse were in themselves enough to bring together the beauty and culture oi Illinois' fairest city to listen to the words uttered by a most lovely woman, wo-man, born and wedded to the Mormon Mor-mon .faith and religion. No one more eagerly recognized the fact of success financially than the loung Men's Christian Association, whu were very anxious to replenish their eoflers. The evening came, and a nervous little doctor, in an innocent and childlike manner, arose and said: " Ladies and gentlemen, this is Miss Anna Liza Yuung, who is engaged in a moat noble work. She will now address ad-dress you." Which she at once proceeded pro-ceeded to do in a regular sot speech, reading in a loud monotonous voice for about an hour, and without ever lifting her eyes from her manuscript, due related her experience as a Mormon, Mor-mon, her earlier days in Utah; her1 education; how tlie Mormons live, do business and worship God; giving quite a lengthy njeilal of lirigham's house- ! hold; how he lives and how he treats his wives; how much he allows them per annum lor groceries, shoestrings, and buttons; his partiality for one particular wife, and his utter ncglecl of the other poor Mrs. Youn je. These and many otiier remarks Ann Eliza indulged in, proving to the large audience au-dience that Brigham was a naughty man, and that he wag too much m.ir-ried m.ir-ried altogether. But tli is, kind reader, is a digression. digres-sion. Let us come to the most absorbing ab-sorbing interest of our story. Like other lady lecturers, No. 19 travels in company with an agent, who looks after Ler engagements and sees that no Young Men's Christian Association Associa-tion beats hereout of her hard earnings, i She had the misfortune to have a gay ! and dashing fellow for hor business1 manager. His name is Pond. He came from Wisconsin, and they call, him major. A handsome man he is, arrayed in the height of fashion and conversing with a fluent and oily ton-1 gue. It was noticed soon, after their j arrival at the Ashley house, by the i different guests and house servants. that there existed the greatest famil-; iarity between-the fair lecttiress and her handsome agent. Jn the evening, even-ing, alter the lecture, the audience dispersed lo their homes and tiie lec ture party to their hotel one party imagining it an awful tiling to be a Mormon, and the other thinking over the receipts of the evening and engagements ahead, in this manner the good hotel Ashley was reached, and soon the city was hushed iu tlie quietness of the hour. As time passed on, the gentlemanly night clerk wondered won-dered why the major did not come to the o dice lur the key of his mom, as it was locked and )C key hanging upon the rack in tlie ofliee. In the morning the chambermaid and other1 parties connected with tho hotel discovered dis-covered that the gallant major had remained with the lovely ex-Mormon during the night, no doubt dreaming sweet dreams ot the financial success that the tale of Mormon life would surely bring to those engaged iu the good cause of exposing tho shams and wickedness of the entire system. ffr.This frail relic of Mormonism and her amorous agent remained in the city until the next evening, when they boarded the Jacksonville 'train, where , she had an engagement to tell her little lit-tle story. And now comes the gist of the nur-rative. nur-rative. The conduct' of the train, , M. L., an old and reliable servant ol tlie company, saw the parties (tlie fair 1 Mormon and her Don Juan) enter the sleeping cur together, but did not know that they had secured a sleeping berth together, which they had done, other parties seeing them retire together; toge-ther; and behind the curtains their licentiousconduet was clearly proved, from the conversation that wuscarruxl on in a loud whisper, being in substance a kind of curtain lecture. The remarks re-marks of Ann Eliza ran thus: 1 Majpr you must be more cautious; you are getting too prudent, and if you continue con-tinue to do so we will soon be exposed and our bright but short career be gone forever. Therefore, darling.you must be more on yqur guard, or our doom is scaled," Alas! fair, but Irail Ann ICHz you, too, should have been more cautious, more prudent, and, above all, more virtuous. Kemember you are yet the lawful wife of the great main-spring of Mormonism. No legal tribunal has ever yet dissolved the bonds tha unite you together as man and wife. You should consider, as you have renounced re-nounced the Mormon fmlh and practices, prac-tices, that the brightest jewel in Gentile Gen-tile life is viitue, and those who practice prac-tice it shall verily have their reward. The Young Men's Christian association asso-ciation of this city acted in good faith, supposing her pure, chaste, and a bright star from Mormondom. They took her in, giving her one-third of the gross receipts, and a good Chris-1 tian endorsement, whioh was all right for the active young men of tho association as-sociation had not the means or the time to find out the contrary. The startling announcement that the fair Aim Eliza was a creature of frailty was nt made known until her de- ' pariure from tho city, and coming aa it does from persons whose veracity ' and truth cannot be (ucttioncd and - j who have no other motive than to present to the public the plain and unvarished truth of this woman's relations re-lations with her handsome and amorous amo-rous agent, Maj. Pond. These facte are written with a view of informing the public of the true character of tlie woman, and to afford protection to all Christian communities from impo sition by the wonderful stories and immoral conduct of the frail but beautiful beau-tiful Ann Eliza No. 19. VhU-a Times. i |