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I think it was the year 18 30. I heard that some ancient records had been discovered that would throw some new light on the subject of religion. Being deeply interested in the matter, I concluded to go to the place and learn for myself the truth of the matter. I set out to find the Smith family farm, then residing some three or four miles south of the village of pal Maira Wayne, Count in New York and near the line of the town of Manchester Joseph Jr afterwards, so well known not being at home, we applied to his father for the information we wanted this Joseph Smith senior, We soon learned from his own lips was a firm believer in witchcraft and other supernatural things, and it brought up his family in the same belief he believed there was vast amount of money buried somewhere in the country, that it would someday be found that he himself had spent both time and money searching for it with divine ing rods, but had not succeeded in finding any, though sure, that he eventually would Fayette lap from article and historical magazine May 18 70. Joe claimed he could tell. LaManna was paired with a witch hazel consistent of a forked stick, a hazel. He held him one folk in each hand and claimed that the upper end was attracted to the money. My mother in law, Mrs Rockwell said the prophet Joe Smith told her there was money Baird in the ground, and she spent considerable time digging in various places for it. I never knew her to find any. Joe Smith told me there was a peep stone from me and many others. If we could only find him. Joe claimed to have revelations and tail fortunes. He told mine by looking into Paul in my hand and said, among other things, that I would not live to be very old. March 18 85 Statement By Christopher M. Stafford 77 years of age, Joseph Smith senior gave us the following history as near as I can repeat his words. His son Joseph, whom he called illiterate when about 14 years of age, happened to be where a man was looking into a dark stone and telling people they're from where to dig for money and other things. Joseph Jr requested privilege of looking into the Stone, which he did by putting his face into the hat where the stone Waas It proved not to be the stone for him, but he could see some things, and among them he saw the stone and where it wasin, which he could see whatever he wished to see. Joseph Smith senior claims and believes there is a stone of this quality somewhere for everyone. The place where he saw the stone was not far from their house, and under the pretense of digging well, they found water and stone at a depth of 2022 feet. After this, Joseph spent two years looking into this stone, telling fortunes where to find lost things and where to dig for money on other hidden treasures. Fayette latte from 18 70 Joe Smith, who has since become the chief profit of the Maman's, belonged to a very shiftless family near Palmyra. They lived a sort of vagrant life and would principally known as money diggers. Joe, from a boy, appeared dull and utterly destitute of genius, but his father claimed for him a sort of second sight, a power to look into the depths of the earth and discover where it's precious treasures were hid consequently, long before the idea of a gold Bible into their minds in their excursions for money digging, which I believe usually occurred in the night that they might conceal from others the knowledge of a place where they struck upon treasures. Joe used to be their guide, putting into a hat a peculiar stone he had through which he looked to decide where they should begin to dig John a clock letter August 18 40. Joseph had a stone, which was duck from the well of Mason Chase, 24 feet from the surface. In this stone, he could see many things to my certain knowledge in the first place. He told me of this stone and proposed to bind it on his eyes and run with me in the woods. A few days after this, I was at the house of his father in Manchester, two miles south of Pal Meyer, a village, and was picking my teeth with a pin while sitting on the bars, pin caught in my teeth and dropped from my fingers into shavings and straw. A jump from the bars and look for it. Joseph and Northrop Suite also did the same. We couldn't find it. I then took Joseph on surprise and said to him, I said, Take your stone I've never seen it and didn't know that he had it with him. But he had it in his pocket. He took it and placed it into his hat, old white hat, and placed his face in his head. I watched him closely to see that he did not look to one side. He reached out with his hand beyond me on the right and moved a little stick. And there I saw my pen. When she picked up and gave to me, I know he did not look out of the hat until he had picked up the pen. Martin Harris, 18 59