The Sydney Rigdon Cane

Rough boards which had been used as temporary coffins were sawed in pieces and distributed among Joseph and Hiram's friends who had canes made of them each with a lock of the Prophet's hair set in the top. The glass is intact however still covering the hair it was meant to protect at the base of the knobs hollowed inside. Just below the knob there is also a band of metal on the shaft as well as a metal tip at the Base of the cane. So they have magical properties. And then once again we have artifacts which appear to be separate disconnected from the priesthood or anointing used to heal people like Joseph Mississippi Smith. In this theory the