Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-10-14
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| ie As we are now az the home of .hs Sulhh
family--in sigh. of,'iMormnn stIiIG'-4a
| brief pioneer history will be looked lor, Of
the Strange, and Isinguiar(y succossfu reli-
eious scql--the Mormon; and ibfiaf ilrmnst
be, merely startling in i.s career, and Isay-
ing il. 10 lheitespecIal historian io.i.ace ,hepa
TO Kirkland, ! iNauvoo, DsaycrJ Island, and
Utah; or the Salt, Lake, 5ao asA gsga IN
n Joseph Sni,h, lhc fa.bGr ortho prophel
Joseph Smith,, jr,owas from the Merrimack
lriyer, Ns. H. llo, uffsf seuled,ia or,nssF
Palmyra village. but as curly as 1919 was
the occupant OF some new iaud ON Stafford
street, in The Town Of ,Manc hester. pearI Tho
line OF. PALMYRA, "Mormon Hill" is near
the plank road abou, half way belween The
villages of Palmyra and Manchester. The
elder Smith had been UnivcrsulisI, and
subsequently Methodist, was a good deal
Of a smaltcrer in ,scriMural knowledge. bui
lhe seed Of revelation was sowpi on weak
ground; he was a great babbIer, crrdulous,
nol especially industrious, money-dgser,
prone ,ulhe marvellous; and, wilhai. liule
given 10 difficulties with nGighbors. and pony
law suits. Noa very rpropi!ipus account
Of ,ie father Of prophe'--.he founder Of
state; bui there was "woman in the
cast" ,.,.f .r...t ...t.,... .,.,, y
Ms. Sniih was woman Of strong, un.
cultivated u,eIIccg arful and cunning; i'm.
bugd wish an III egulated religious enlhuSi- j.
uSm The 'incipen, hin!s, tho frs. giving
on! thai prophcl was 10 spring from her
hamAe household, came from her; and
lwhan matters were maturing announcement.
she gave .ou, that such and such oncs--aI-
ways fixing upon ,hose whJ had both money
and crcduily--were 10 BE- instruments
lin some grcay' work Of new revelation. The
old man, .os ruher her faithful co'worker.
or exccuiiy exponent. Their son, ,A!vah,
vas orieinaliy intended or designated, by
| Gresidc consultations aud solemn and inyS.
tlerous outdoor binls, us The Iorthc0ming
fprophe,. The mother and father said hn
was .he chosen one, bul A'yah, however
spiritual be may have been, had caftaI
appetite; ate 100 many green lurn'PSSi,. SICK
IeneJ and died. Thus he world lost 4 pro-
lphei, snd Mornonisln. a leader; 'lhe do,
Isigns, imp,lusly and wickcdly attributed %
IProyyidcncc w'rc de;raled; and all 10 conser
|ouencc OF u surel, Of raw lurnips., VINO
will ,alk OF he cacklinG geese Of Rome, OF
any o,har small and innocent CAUSES Of
mighty events lIier his! The n,ahlle oI
Ilhe prophe, which Mrs and Mr.. Josdph
Smith and one Oliver Cowdcry had 'wove
,hcmsctyooss-every thread Of ii fell upon
their next eldest son Joseph Smith, j. ,t
And a NOS! unpromisng recipient ols1cl,
,rus. was this same Joseph Smith, j, ,al-
,erwards "Jo Smnh." He: was loungng
idle, (no, to say v'cious,) snl possessed OF
less Than ordinary intelec.. .rhho authors
own recoleclions Qf him are distinct, lie
used 10 come nio village Of Palmyra, with
llutle jogs Of wood, from his Lack'woods
home; sometimes paWonizins ayiIage gro
Gerry loo freely; sonetimes finding an ODD
lob 10 do about the store of Seymore SEQ
lyell; and once week he would stroll intc
The office OF the old Palmyra Register foi
his laher's paper How impious in us
young dare devils" 10 once in while
bIackcn the face of the then medding, in
quisiiiive ounger-5u, afterwards pnph:
ct--wi,b the old fashioned balls, when he
used 10 put himself in the way Inc, work
ling Of shc od.lashioned Ranlage press'--
The editor Of The CuIlivaior al Albany-es.
teemed as he may justly consider himSel
for his subsequent enterprise and usefulness
NAV he think of il with conIri'Ion am
repentance, tha, he once helped thus TO dis
figure the face OF q prophet and remotely
tic founder ol a STATE ..'.' '.... ,l. u ....
Bul Joseph had IA ilile ambition, and
some very laddabIe aspira,ons; The mother s
intel lecl occasionally shonc rul in him lee
] bly,, especially when he used 10 help US tc
solve some potlensous questions on moral OF
political ethics in our juvenile debating club
which We moved downlolhe old red school
house on Duflee street, 10 GET rid Of the an.
Inoyancc ofcrlicS that usod To drop in casch.
ling a spark Of Iethodism in The camp.
meeting, away down ID The woods, or .,hs
Vienna road, he was very passabe ex
horier in evening meetings.
Legends Of hidden treasure had long de.
tsignatcd Mormon Hill as the reposi,ory.--
Old Joseph had dug there, and young Joseph
had not only heard his father and mothc
treate the marvellous ales in the midnigh
Idclyngs, and iucantaons Of the spirits ina
Egual ded IT,, .r f,k z1r4tl1a. T. rAaV
| IL buried revelation was 10 be cxhum
ed, how natural was II that The Smith lami
Ily, with their creddlily, aud their assume,
presen,menri,ln a prophet was to CON,
from their household, shuuld he connected
with il; and that liormon, hill was the pIaci
where il would be found A..
|, Ills believed ny Hose who were best nc
Nquainled with ilhciS Smith IahilY, ard ,hj
? Utmost conversant with nnlI The God Ribl
movements, that ibcreis mo Iiouhdaii6nlf fo
1.-The statement tliut their nriginal hahusctfp
: wus wIiuen BY II Mr. SpauIdins, of 0hi9. Il
A sUpplenieM TO the Gold Bibc, Win
Book Of Commandments" ia 'ptotabIli
~ wa ritian Inv iCdnn nIab ,hn ,nnNT n i o.