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ter would not solemnize the marriage ; nor could we have 

 anything done in our behalf until I consulted the bishop, 

 and made him acquained with the whole matter. He or- 

 dered the ceremony to be performed, and we were narried 

 on the 23d day of April, 1841 ; and I obtained as kind 

 and industrious a wife as any man ever had, and, in a word, 

 one who suited me to admiration. We were married in 

 Cumberland, and I took her home to my farm, where I put 

 her in possession of all my property. 



We soon had everything in good order, and I began 

 once more to feel myself contented and happy. I con- 

 tinued my fanning to good advantage, finding my second 

 Mary M. not inferior to my dear little Irish Mary, whose 

 memory was still cherished in my heart, and now lives 

 afresh every time I visit the places where we sported, and 

 passed our early loves together. It was only yesterday 

 that I passed by the farm where, in our youthful days, we 

 combatted with the wild beasts and rattlesnakes. In my 

 now lonely situation, having lost my second wife, and 

 weighed down with years, whenever I view those places 

 where I experienced so much pleasure, my heart is rent 

 with anguish, and the blood almost chilled in my veins, at 

 the thought that all those pleasures are at an end. But I 

 will leave my feelings to be judged of, rather than attempt 

 to describe them. 



But to proceed. My second marriage was solemnized ; 

 though it really seemed impossible for me, at any stage of 

 my life, to marry a wife without the bitterest objections. 

 But having outlived all those difficulties, I came to the 

 conclusion that, though fifteen years younger than myself, 

 I had obtained a fine, active wife. Irish Mary's words 

 became true, in part, so far as loving my second Mary was 

 concerned ; for I really loved her to admiration. After 

 my mind was thus set at rest, and I had settled down once 

 more, the hunting fever began to rise again ; so I took 



