Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1844-11-16
November l6.


CHEAP PosEAsE.-There is grea, force :,
the following considerations urged by The N
J. Evening Mirror, in favor of cheap postage.
Constant intercourse with home !.
OF tho hrstimportance to the morals Of
the young when they quit the pareD.
talroo Cheap postage would gen
orally secure it. And we hesitate not
to say that the frequent use of the nen
is one of the most valuable modes that
can be contriyed for training the
youthful mind. Scarce better boou
could be conferred on the young bv =
government. than the encouragement
which would be given to this practice
by the removal of all expense 'front.'.
1t is our opinion that the benefits in.
tellectually and morally would fall moi
tar short OF those derived from the
common school system. The "Nation.
al Education scheme failed in Eng.
land, and it was lamentable failure
yet the government did vast deal for
the Education system. Two hundred
and twenty millions of letters in one
year are not written without putting
to use a vast number OF pens, which
under the old system would never have
they indicted Il solitary epistle. Ey
cry ono of these which was written
with asocial a friendly or benevolent
aim, has carried blessing with it at
least TO the writer. Very many, even
of this class, were written because
they conld be sent for a penny.
Fifty letters year, or about one
weak for every family in the Kingdom!
The number of letter writers is proba-
bly, doubled under the operation Of the
new system. What an immense add
ton to the intelligence and mental
power ofthc masses. And the impulse
must be felt throughout the whole COM
munity.
Whenever, in our country, The num-
Der of letters transmitted through the
postoflice, shall equal one per cent for
every family in these United States,
the mental power of the nation will be
vastly increased. The reduction of
postage to one quarter its present rate
will speedily bring about this desired
consummaticn.
MIS-. JOE SMIrH--Grand Design
cfthc Prophet.-A correspondent at
Alton, after stating that the recent
murder Of Joe Smith has been fol-
lowed by dispersion ofhis followers,
gives the following interesting items
"Mrs. Joe Smith, it is said, has lost
all confidence IF she ever had any in
the Norman faith. She will soon re-
tire to some secure situation, undoubt-
eddy the richest lady in the the West.
Joe had been amassing money for sew
eral years, for the purpose of eventu-
ally going 10 Jerusalem, intending TO
issue Il proclamation calling in the
Jews, over whom he was TO be head till
the return of Christ upon the earth,
which event he believed would take
place 45 years from 1871. With re-
ference TO this expedition he was
crowned " King ofIscral" in 1914, by
the Council of Fifty, denominatcd the
il" Ancient of Days" The fifty were
all sworn TO secrecy. had e fact
from one who had assisted at the coro-
nation, diyulged since Joc's Death
This was The prophets grand design;
and lad it been generally known,
would, perhaps, have saved our State
from the disgrace and infamy ofper-
pctrating so foul murder. +" This
fact affords key to certain movements
OF the prophet, which are otherwise
wholly incxplicablc
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