English: Brigham Young's 12 widows lament. Caricature in Puck, volume 1, issue 26, page 16, about Mormon polygamy. Text: "In memoriam Brigham Young. And the place which knew him once shall know him no more"
It references the apocryphal "long bed" story (and
illustration) found in chapter 15 of
Mark Twain's 1872 book Roughing It.
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