"WILLIAM STAFFORD."
The following is a curious document from one of the very individuals who
printed the Mormon Bible:--
"Having noticed in a late number of the _Signs of the Times_ a notice of
a work entitled 'Mormon Delusions and Monstrosities,' it occurred to me
that it might, perhaps, be of service to the cause of truth to state one
circumstance, relative to the authenticity of the Book of Mormon, which
occurred during its publication, at which time I was engaged in the
office where it was printed, and became familiar with the men and their
principles, through whose agency it was 'got up.'
"The circumstance alluded to was as follows!--We had heard much said by
Martin Harris, the man who paid for the printing, and the only one in
the concern worth any property, about the wonderful wisdom of the
translators of the mysterious plates, and we resolved to test their
wisdom. Accordingly, after putting one sheet in type? we laid it aside,
and told Harris it was lost, and there would be a serious defection in
the book in consequence, unless another sheet, like the original, could
be produced. The announcement threw the old gentleman into great
excitement; but, after a few moments reflection, he said he would try
to obtain another. After two or three weeks, another sheet was produced,
but no more like the original than any other sheet of paper would have
been, written over by a common schoolboy, after having read, as they
had, the manuscript preceding and succeeding the lost sheet.
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