The Modern “Plying Dutchman” : A Acheon. The latest joke at Brigham Young’s ex pense is perpetrated by a Pennsylvania paper, which says :—“Some chap thought he would play a joke on Brigham Young, so he gained access to the list of his wives, and added twenty-seven names thereto—Mary Jane Young, Josephine Ann Young, Sarah Melinda Young, and so forth. The next time Brigham Young called the roll, twenty-seven didn’t answer to their names, so he concluded that they had died since last roll call, and putting a few more inches of crape on his hat, he looked as sad as possible, but has not yet detected the joke.”
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Evening Star, Issue 3284, 29 August 1873, Page 3
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108Untitled Evening Star, Issue 3284, 29 August 1873, Page 3
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