Show HAS A BAD MEMORY 10 1 0 i hawkins taylor who has baa the pro of ron hon added to his name in t peoria ills journal in a set s V k sketches of pioneer life la in iowa as abal illinois written by him for the jon bourni has been giving considerable of late to what he be alleges to be hi histon of the cormons mormons to 0 o missouri ai illinois mr taylor was sheriff H lee county iowa in 1860 1850 no BO he h vetting getting to be an old man and from his bis statements in the jom 0 nal nape nals s article those who are well taa fad formed on mormon history of that ti time r will rog cognize nize at once that hat with advanced years mr taylor has advanced in the he ability to ec A K the truth his stories of mormon irit in the states named and of all alleged prophecies by the prophet jose josephr sm smith I 1 tb are made out ot of whole a and are wholly undeserving of a in the columns of ef a reputable jour journick because of their libelous oten I 1 thia role statement to Is applicable to tea whole of his bis references to the mor mel mius prior to 1850 not an aim incident mat lost ba be names being a narrative any where resembling the truth asto AS to mormons cormons subsequent to 1860 1850 he be the history of the mormon chun charob since that if it was written as a nova novel would be read with great interest and 4 would be a remarkable book if the secret as an well as the public his hastorf could be written no other church baw had bad the same prosperity r sperley as the mormon hurch church of t the e same membership it their cities towns churches and homes are made the test of prosperity it has b been a church of more power of andam try and a church of the worst and va moat immoral practices mr Tay taylora Taylor lorys 8 alleged history prior to that date to is as a novel and a most despicable one too riad aad the great interest it may awaken I 1 the minds of its readers arises from chi same fact that would inow est to his bis suggie suggested sted later novel ita if wholly fictional and sensational char aeter inasmuch as 88 people as 88 a rule are not overburdened with nation no doubt many will belaev 1 the bo taylor sketches in our peoria lw temporary but those who give second thought to the subject st choqui koll F A easily discover that mr taylors taylora state menta are at least tong tent because of inaccuracy a tor for instance where he be says baya ia the foregoing quotation that judged by their cities towns town churches aou and bodges no BO other church has baa bad the same me prosperity as aa the mormons cormons Mor mons while at the same game time it to la a church 0 the worst and most immoral stew 1118 32 such practices as ae mr taylor teely charges against the mormons cormons do nut go to mike make prosperous cities towns tonne churches and homes as is ie amply proved by history and which should baie have boon remembered by mr taylor who evidently does not seem to possess the long memory which la Is an essential in the vocation he has adopted |