Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-06-10
NO. 2.
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FROM THE SKETCHES OF 4 rRAvr,,re


Ali thar day continued NV inut,ev ,,,u. h;,f
and dala-creek and rayine--woo]l,,d : 4,
ZIG, uhtii neal sunset, when rened I'm M, ,s
animal TO rest awhile beneath Tho shay y
broad boushed oak by the way side, who.a s.es..,s
Ing hospitality an emigrant, with
family, mad already availsd himself Of TS. ,.ns.
LIZ. =. 'he caravan, rather young man, was recl;.
ming upon the bank, and ACCORDING - Nc
count, none the better for all extra ,lran, ~. ~
ue low remarks which were elected from h;,,
soon aiscovetsd what had s,spected h.. ..I!,.
ne at nfst had seemed doggedly nta,i ,,,,.,
cealins-that he belonged 10 thar s;na.s s So-
sVnns .'enssses Mormoni,es, and was even ,h.,,
~ ~ WI zion, Jackson county Missouri.
ny contriVing TO throw into my obse 8 :
tat those tenets of the sect, which, dnr;,r 9. -
acrlngs, had gathered up, the worthy Mcrrn,;..
was soon pursuaded-pardon nv hvnorr;sv !.
ne had stumbled upon veritable bro,h:,. ... as
Wtnou' reserve or mental reservation. IA "a on.r :,
my cosnizancs aswe journied along. ..tbe :. .eo -
VIC 's'', 'nat was In him," and the ultimate. nror-
i"a,e, ana Intermediate designs of the n.y,v
And such chaos of nonsense ,hs,a!p..'
madness, may an idle curiosity never q. =; h 49,,
means Oh drawing down. upon my devoted hes "a q,
Nc most which could be gathered of anv no.s;h,.
account from this confused, disconnectaj
rubbish, was the toilowng-tha, Joe Smi,b. ~ H..
'ii'i'ns iat"ef, or the devil, or some Other or..t
parsonage, had somewhere dug ,p the pod.,,rSs...
upon which was craven the stl5ook of Me-
mat this all mysterious and much to he odm,;..,
DOCK, embraced the chronicles OF the los, L;so. ~
israel mat 1t derived It's cognomen from mt
mormon, It's prncipal hero, son of Lots da,,oh,..
king OF the Moabi,es. That Christ was cr,.c;s.J,
Oh inc spot where Adam was intered--that ihc ~.
scehoants OF Gain were all now under tbe c,r..
ana no one could possibly designate who thew were
that the Savior was about to descend in I.
county, Mo.-the Millennium was dnwn;,,a 80,
that all whowere not baptized by Joe Smith. oThv,
his compeers, and forthwith repaired TO M On.
missouri, would assuredly be cut off and thu, win,
Out remedy. These may, perhaps, serve as = sr..9
cimen OF host of wild absuriities which fan f>nr.t
the lips OF my Mennonite; but the inston, arr,,-,
mene upon any point was pressed. away was he =
thousand miles into the fields Of nysticisms, or ne
laid All immediate embargo upon farther prnreed.s
ing, by barefaced pettio rincpii on the fsi,h Of
the golden plates, by asserting that the stranger
knew more upon tho matter than he All leueth.
coming to the conclusion that the stranger could a,
least ooast as much MOrmonism as he, s,uurredj
up, ana lett him still jogging onward to Mt. Zion.
And yet, reader--witi all his nonsense. nv Nor
monte was ny no means an ignorant man. He
was native of Virginia; and for fifteen years had
been pcdagogue west of the Blue Ridge. from
"hich edifying profession, he had al length been
snsiced, by the eloquence of sundry stray preach-
ers, who had held forth in his school house. There
upon taking to himself a brace Of wives. and two
or three braces of children, by way of STOCK IN
trade Tor the community at Mt Zion--and having
likewise taken to himself one horse wagon, into
wnich were slowed the noveables, not forgettinga
certain o!s oeliied bottle which hung ominously
dangling in the rear-I say having taken these in
dispensables, and having, moreover, pressed into
service certain raw-boned, unhappy looking
horse, and certain fat, happy looking COW which
was driven along beside the wagon-away started
no all agos for the promised land! IL Mo. Kep,