The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-01-14

to his PRAYER every thing is con eded
heaven and earth before it bend. "a
assemble yoar friends, your nrishbor'
let all rejoice and belivt." ''...
1t ,ook soma time before Sam Wintr
could fully comprehend wha. was rqn'
red Of him, but the eappers outside wer
speedy in obeying the summons "'o com
and see the strange .in'leman bring tb
dead man to life The apartment whicI
was tolerably large. WAS soon crowde'
with spectators. We will ,pare you
gentle reader, the prophets oratiop; I
was, like his ordinary conversation, more
raplete with iue sounding verbiage than
common sense, but it told upon his sim
pie and illiteratr hearers, as was soon
manifest by the awe stricken countenan
ces Of all his auditors. All. did VIZ say?
No! there was one sturdy looking fellow
Jim the huich2r. perfect personifcation
of Hoosisr; who, with arms akimbo,
stood eyeing the preacher with look OF
rieverent unfriendliness.
Now" said he. when our friend the
prophet had concluded, II amt no schol.
ard; I am plain spoken man. but lid
like to ask you aques,ion or SO. You
say as how yon can make that ere dead
body alive agin?" .i'... .p a.i,
"Yes!'' exclaimed the Mormon, resu.
ming his oratorial voice and GESTURES;
Eyes! at my colnmsnd those eyes shall
open to the light, those psllid lips shall
smile and speak, the blood shall once
more flow through those motionless
limbs. the spirit Of life shall again ami
mate the clay" '''l ..r.' .
"Well," continued the imprrturable
butcher; "but il was to chop oft an arm
Of his'n, would he come to life without his
arm?" ' ''.'' ' f"' rt
"Assurtdly." answered the proph.
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"And il chop OF his leg, would he
come to life thene" n ....l......
"Assuredly," va, again the laconic
reply; shut We was!e time-lst us pray"
"Stop a bit," pursued the butcher;''if
chop off his head would he come to life
then, eh?" 7..-4 .. ..,
Certainly. my friend all is possible
10 the prophet Of Jerusalem ..2
"Then I'll do it," cried Jim in thun'
dering voice, pushing his way to the head
of the couch. and raising his cleaver in
the air. "Here goes" aE1
"Hollo! hollo!" shriekrd the dead man
Jumping up; "Irather not have my hea!
.aken of this bout. any how"
The spectators, men. women and chill
lren, screamed wildly and threw one an
,ther down in their haste Ia kepsrt. In
IN incredible short time. mine host, the
butcher and Philip Rivers were alone,
Nth the ex-corpse, jim laughing heart
ly, approached the resuscta,tdman, and
eiziug him said
"Now, master. we'll put bit Of polish
N yer face" and lol few energetic
ubs transferred the chalk from that wor.
hy's face to Jim's blus apron But
ghere is the prophet? HssAs not rem.i
ed to witness this wonderful resurrec.
ion? No. the sagacious Mormon, finding
hat instead Of bevy Of dupes he had
aught Tartar, hastily decamped in the /
eneral confusion. and his confederate
nus left in the lurch confessed the whole
II is almost unnecessary to
id, that after the occurrence no Norm
n ever again ventured even the shadow
his nose in b. and Philip Riv-
rs, for whose edi6cation .his little epis.
de had princir lily coucoc.ed, returned
, his home wiser and happier man.
he last we heard OF him WAS his MARI
&C with his fair Marion, and doubtless
e finds matrimonial bliss the best safe.
uard against the secucements Of rsli
ious fanatics. and We would counsel I'll
hose heads are little inclined to be he'd
, the last new tangled doctrine. to follow
is example. -r3 .t'7a,'s ..'s
The THREE TKUrBs.--My wife tells
he truth three times day, remarked