Show A mendacious IMPOSTOR elner ELDER ALBERT MERRILL SEN writes from south norwalk connecticut ut under date of the instant ichi in his letter he gives an account of what he heard on the day previous at the episcopal church south norwalk from the reverend arend george W foote missionary from salt lake city utah 4 in order 11 he writes to convince the congregation of his pressing need for money mr F boote said bis church was the oni only christian church in utah and he WU with hla hia little flock had tad waded through persecutions which the mormons cormons had heaped upon them he had established a church at corinne being aided by the pious people of that place in that pious town n where the gospel and civilization I 1 had taken e deep root t the e people had built a meeting beet g house in which ic he e preached but it was without doors and windows and his desk was a dry goods box the boards which served as seats he had picked up in the streets the prospect that the morman community would soon bo broken up caused him to rel rejoice olce oice for he ho anticipated as the result of such an event a glorious bar harvest of souls and if any of his bearers hearers would give forty dollars to school a poor mormon orphan one year he would keep them informed as to the progress made in education and morals morais etc he is lying for boue moue money boney y with which to build a church when he returns to salt lake lako city according to his own account he has collected he said the poor women who are leaving polygamy come to him with their children so fast that he needs more money to feed and clothe the poor innocents as he is the only christian minister and his is the only christian church when the cullom bill shall pass he hopes that the rest of the women and children will be free to come to him turning his eyes heavenward and squeezing out a few tears he appealed fo to the ladies first they moved to rity pity came down with their greenbacks green backs t the e sight of which caused a change in the countenance of that lying missionary thia this is the second statement which has been published in our columns concerning the preaching of mr foote the first was contained in a letter from elder joseph C rich written from philadelphia in which he described in graphic language the character of the discourse delivered by this mission ary from salt lake city utah both these gentt gentl gentlemen emen emea are well known in our community their testimony cannot be impugned or even doubted mr foote has certainly made the statements which we print need we say to our readers those who are not latter day saints as well aa as those who are that his sermons as reported area are a tissue of unmitigated falsehoods every resident of this city knows that his statements are utterly false in making them he has been prompted by the basest and most despicable of motives the hope of gain what cares he if should occur and the people of this territory be haled baled to prison be despoiled of the hard earned fruits of their toll toil or be killed if he can only draw money from the pockets of the people to whom he relates his untruths untruth un truths sl so infamous a creature as he has proved himself tobe to be is far beneath contempt We would not notice him only we deem it but justice to the community and to the world at true character 1 should be known As for his lies they will hurt himself far more than they can ban the people against whom they are aimed if hev hey he alues values himself so cheaply as asto to be willing to sell beil himself to the devil for the paltry sum of it is his own trade and we suppose we have no right to interfere but some hot day he will rue the bargain he will find he has fallen into the hands of a master muster who never yields a point |