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Show THE CHOIR AT SYRACUSE i MAKE PILRIMAGE " TO HILL CUMORAH Tabernacle Singers Visit Room li, Which Book of Mormon Was Translated. Syracuse, X. V.. Oct. 81. The Tab-eruacle Tab-eruacle choir leR Rochester at S:30 this morning, arriving at Palmyra at p:30. They were met by automobiles and taken to the hill Cumorah, known locally as Mormon hill, which Is about seven miles from the fetation. The plans of the management were not fully can led out owing to a drlz zllng rain, but In spite of tho weather the choir memjiers climbed thu hill nnd sang several anthems. Many curios and relics wero col kcted and tho residents of ttu vicinity vic-inity who had gathored for the occasion, occas-ion, idled them with all sorts of questions ques-tions concernlg the Mormon, tisop'f. It Is Interesting to note that many skulls, arrowheads and other' relics have been found near the hill, the . peoplo thero believing that thcvicln- I Ity is tho scene of a grcnt battle. At I tho old Smith residence more of the i church hymns wero sunn. Professor J Stephens conducted tho visitors, 1 showing them the room In which the 1 Book of Mormon was translated and a table made by Brlgham Young whllo ( ho was running n furniture factory ( I nearby. Upstnlrs Is the room in which the Angel Moioni Is said to have ap- , peared to Joseph Smith. The house has been cnrcfully preserved nnd It now, with tho Tarni adjoining, ls"la the possession or Geoige Albert Smith. Xear the house Is a gtovc In which Joseph Smith Is said to have received his first vision telling him of the existence ex-istence of the plates In the Hill Cumorah. Cu-morah. Attor a dainty and well-seived luncheon at the Powers hotel tho visitors saw tho first copy or tho (lrst edition or tho Book of Mormon, which' was given by the printer of tho volume, vol-ume, John Gilbert, without having been bound, to tho present owner, whose namo Is Sexton nnd who ,ls tho present owner of tho land Including Moimon hill. Ho explained hovv tho book was printed, sixteen pages at a tlmo being done nnd then tho typo being reset for the next sixteen pages. As a crowd ot residents gathered, the choir sang "Dixie," much to their pleasure. The conceit at Syracuse was well received by n talr houso, to Lucia sextet sex-tet being by far the most popular mum ber. Maud Adams plays at tho Empire tomorrow ovenlng nnd tho choir has sent nn offering of esteem to her, sTgiicU by each choir member. |