The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09
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ing manner:
One gaes out alone, with The garb and
with the appearance OF poor travellers
calls a, We house By which those who are
his confederates may detect his where
Iabouts. Another one or more follows on,
and stops near By, so that in 'he morning
Ihe may soon reach the abode OF the trs'
traveller, TO which place he proceeds
Iaboul breakfast time, coming there just as
his predecessor needs hin. The hrs'
traveller about daybreak makes pileou-
Inoise, as Of one 10 deep distress, alarming
the inmates, and calling ,h,m around his
bedside. For while the sick man suug
gIes with disease and apparently dies in a
eGteIs-a announces himself disciple Of the
Mormons, and declares it in his power to
raise the dead man 10 life; aud putting all
aside from the couch of death, commences
his necromancy, and soon succeeds in
raising the dead TO life.
A couple Of these imposers went on, OIL
An excursion of this kind about two years
or more since, ard in the course of then
travels called al farm house neal Genesee
The iorerunner called on the plain look
ing farmer, and represented himself as =
traveller who was poor, yet on merciiuI
rrrand: The farmer was an honest hearted
Melhodis,, making less show Than some.
but no less intelligent christian.or shire ewde
han most men. The traveller joined with
the family in their devotons, and talk
ed Of God and heaven as Christian. No
one suspected his hypocrisy.
About fout clcok in The morning The
family were awakened by groans proceed
ing from the lodging room of The stranger
The farmer went into the room and was
quite shocked to find his guest apparently
n the most intense degree Of pain. Ma
ny remedies were applied but with no Ell
feet The sufferer grew worse every houl
until about 7 O'Clock he appeared 10 show
cgns Of death. Jus, al that moment d
Iuock was heard at the door and anotheI
stranger entered, ,on its beng opened. The
family had been much frightened, and wert
C consequently much graIiGad with the arriv
Il Of any person, although it should be Il
stranger. lie was Immediately informed
of the case, and introduced into the room,
upon entering which he announced himself
a Mormon priest and assured the az onish
ed family he could raise the dying man
to life, even should he die-and in
indeed to convince them of his power, he
hopes he would die, which was soon she
fact to all appearance. The new conner
then ordered all present 10 stand aside, and
not to touch the corpse or bed, but TO send
for neighbors if they pleased in order toI
give full proof CT his wonderful work,
Just at that moment it crep' into mel
head of the farmer that trick was about
being played upon Them Of blasphemousI
character, and he quickly resolved 10 test
the same. Hold said he, a moment 81
do not take the miracle unil | return Htl
vert out, took an axe from The wood pile,
and came in without saying word walked
10 to the bedside, and addressed the mani
Of miracles as follows;
You think him really dead'
20, yes.
We'll, then, will just cut OF his head,
to make it sure, for if you can raise him loI
life from death at all you can do il as well
with his head of as on! And suiIing the
action TO the word, he raised HE axe as IL
he would strike, when 10, with IoudI
shrek, up jumped the dead man, CRYING
murder, murder!' at The top OF his voice.
BeGIe the proper authorities could be-
reached, the risen prophet and the Proph'
ct bauIked pu, out and fed as from de
vouriug plague much to the amusement of
the sensible man who detected his impo,i
lions. Since that time no Mormon
finds his way into that region 10 remain