The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-10-17
A MORMON MIRACLE WORKER.

A MORMON MIRACLE WORKER.
u j. very commoa cor Mormnn.. H.
working nrsrlss, 10 practise in the fOl-
loving manner:
0ae goes oui alone in The Rsrb anil ape
psarsnce 81 pnor usselkr: calls a. the
house Of some county f.rn,er al night.
les,ine sone .ken by sh ci thoss ~ho
are his eonfeJ, rats uaay detect his
aLeresbn1is. Ano her one or more FOL-
lows On. and slnps nrsr by. 90 la, 10 he
morning he m.y soon reach the ah"de Of
the f,si uassllsf. 10 which place he pro-
eesd. about breskfast lims, coming there
Just a, b. PREDECESSORS nsedshrm. The
6sl Gsvtllef abUal day. brssk, nakes .
pileous nui.s. IS Of one in deep distress,
alarming The inmates. and cell ng them
sround bis bsdsids. For . While lie
s,rk man .irpsgles wiih disc se AID up.
paren,Iy dies 10 81. ga.,si ihal moment
me second traveller sniefs--annouacrs
hms-li disciple OF The Marnons. snd
drclsrrs Il 70 in hs power 10 rslse The
deed man 10 life, and cutting all aside
from the couch of death romneares bis
netronsncy. and .oon succeeds in raIs-
ing the dead to fe.
A couple Of these impastnrs wen, GOT
on an excursion OF ihis k,nd abou, ,wo
years or more sncs, and 10 the course Of
thrir travel, called al q farmhouse near
Geressee. The foretunner called on The
plan Looking farmer. aud represented
himself % a traveller wha was poor YET
on a merc,iul err,nd. The farmer was
an honest-Lear,ed Methodist making less
show Than some. bnt no lees iuellIgent
Christian, OF shrewd III N the most men.
The traveller joined 10 The family devo.
lions, and talked oil God and heaven IS a
Chnsuan. No one suspected bic hipoe'
upy.
About 4 o'clock il the morning. The "a
nily we're awakened b. grosns proc, ej.
ing from The l'dgug ON Of The stranger.
The farmer wen, ,nto the rom aud was
quite shocked /, find hr guest suffering
apparently 10 the mo.t insense drgree.-
! Many remedies were applied bu, Of no
effec; ,hs sufferer grew worse every
hour. oni ! about 7 o'clock, he appear
ed 70 show sisns oil des'h. Jus, at that
,nomen, a knocking was heard at he door.
and smother stranger entered On ne beng
opened.
The fam ly were much frightened, and
cons, quen,ly much graf fed with the az
rival Of aoy person. although i. should
be stranger. Tie va. immsdisely IN.
form, d OF tie case aaJ introduced In,o the
loom, upon en"r.ng which he snnOnnc-
ed himseli Masmnn priest, and assured
the sstun,shed family ,ha. ne could raIss
the dying man to 70 even should he die
and indeed I" e ,nv,ncc them Of his pow.
er. he hoped he would die. which was
soon the zee, to oil appearance. The new
conner then ordered all presen, to stand
aside. and no tuuch The corpse or the bed,
bu, to srnd for ueighbots 'f they pl a-sd.
IN order to give fOll proof Of hrs wonder.
,,ful work.
Just At tina, moment il crep' into the
head Of the farmer that trick was abou,
being played upon them Of blssphe.
nous character. aud he quickly resolved
l., tes, the same. "Hold," sad he. "a
the moment. and do no, mirarle until
return. lie went out and look an axe
from the wood.p,le aud came ~. and With
,out saying a word-wslked Mp To the bed
l.'de. and addressed the man Of miracles %
fpllows:
"You ,hi"k him really dead"
20 yes"
"WeIl then. | will just cutoff his head
10 make II cure. for VI sou can raise h'm
to to lie from death at all, you can do j
81 well with bis head of as ont" and suit
ing The action to the word, raised he exc
a. il he would STRIKE. when 10! with
loud shrek, Up jumped The dead ma"
crying. Murder, MURDER" .! the TOP o
bis voiesi