The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1854-04-22
Predictions for tho Year 1854.

! This year will be famous for a thousand
wonderful things. From January To Dccem-
bcr, the days will consist Of twenty four hours
each, and there will be such a number, Of
eeipses, that many wise people will be in tho
dark. There will be fogs In Maine, fires at
Constantinoplc, and lack Of brains Ia many
n FOOLS head.
South America, this year, will not extend
beyond Capo Horn and the North Pole viii
6e exactly in ninety degrees Of latitude
Those who losc money will look sad, and those
who arc in want OF cash when they borrow,
will want II moro whom they come 10 pay.
Wisdom will cry aloud, but few will regard
1t. There will be long speeches In Congress.
but for ell that Lake Superior will not he up
sot.
Quadripeds. this year, will go upon fonr
legs, pretty generally; and cows horns will
bc crooked. The ihtc of lottery tickets will
bc dubious; but whether there I've general
European war, or not, mortal wounds will be
apt to kill, and he that il sick with old age.
will have disease harder to cure than The
rnumps or chn.cough
The celestial aspects indicate that tho polit.
icai parties will not agree for some timo to
come; but whoever il President, water will
run down hill and ducks will waddlo nv here.
tofore ET",'
Cabbages. this year, will DO rather. round
than thrce-cornercd, and carrots will be de-
| cidcdIy red. Goals will TO ns black as cyor
cats will love fish, but hate to wet their feet.
and all on account Of klinkerfdels comet.
The world, this year, will turn upside down,
but not In consequence of the Governors iu-
ahguration. The crop Of hay will depend up.
on tho weather, but whether IL rains or not.
there will be plenty Of sand at Cape Cod.
| whatsoever sells his house to buy moon.
shine will hardly get his moneys WORTH.
| whoever runs to catch the rainbow. will get
out OF breath for his pains. For ali that cas-.
tern ladies' may be had for burying
Locomotives and auctioncorss tongues will
run fast There will DO mortal war between
cats and rats, AZ well as between aldermen
and roast turkeys People will talk about tho
world, but II In ten To ono that tho solar sys-
TEN Will not run against tho dog star between
now and next December,
Sea-serpents this year. will bc hard 10 catch,
and none but conjuror will be able 10 act a
quart into pint.pot. Those who have wood.
on legs will suffer little when they freeze their
toes Wigs arc expected TO be fashionable
among tho bald, but blind folks viii have some
difficulty In seeing,
| Divers steamboats, will blow up this year.
Apples will ripen ahoat Ociohcr, sooner or
later; but that il ali ono, provided We have
cider enough. Foxes will pay particular Mt.
tention to poultry; there will be very ftw old
birds taken with ehaA, and Wild gecso will not
lay tame eggs. a l,TI
But, most Of all, there will prevail this yoar
horrible epidemic, worse than tho cholera,
small pox, or plague, for which there will be
no cure. Tho Italians call II toco 6iporo tho
Germans k1ism gelt; the French Jsu.s Dr. agent.
~ this country, II goes under various appella.
lions, out y ~ most commonly known by the
name of empty pockets
| ANoTuxR ExPERoR.--Carrcra, the Indian
! Chief who, about twenty years ago, omerred
from the mountains, and with his naked fol.
| lowers armed with bows and arrows, defeated
tho degenerate Spaniards Of Gustc,nale drove
| out hls enemies, and made himself President
OF that nssniber Of tho eonfederacy OF Central
America. has, we learn from the news brought
by the Daniel Webster, constituted hinseIr
Emperor ofthat formidable State fiis consc
Grafton and coronation arc already flxed for
certain day, and great ociat and parade arc 10
| attend the grand occasion. flis example III TO
be followed by Chomorro, the President, or
Governor Of Nicaragua. fhedegcnerate Span.
iards and tho ignorant Aborigincs cannot Ger.
| tainly, DO blamed for making an Emperor
ont OF q bravo but unlettered savage like Car
rers, atscr the example which tho Intelligent
French afforded Is, their selection Of aud FIN
peror, or their older ncighbors gave In their
Some four or five years ago. Il was behaved
that Rcpablics and Republicans wero on tho
increase. Thrones tottered and Kings skulkcd
The People seerned To DO omripotcnt The
tirst part OF Napolcons prophecy seemed abou.
to DO fulfilled, and the reign Of fRepublcanism
was beginning. Alas. In how short timo
he's tho current Of opinion been so changed.
that the other alternative, which the prophecy
At 81 Helena held out 10 the world, OF De.
coming q Cosaaek, ip csse Il did not become
Republican" seesned to be on tho very eve og
falhlmcnt
few years agc. and there wssa but two OF
three Ssnperossin the whole world. Now, there
sfe twias and thrice as many, Rssides The
old empires Of Russia and Austria. we have
the empires Of France ant Hayti, and will
shortly have sheae Of Mexico, Of Honduras, and
Nicaragua. This does not exactly squsfu
With tho rsctsnsica os tbs present sEn 10 prv,
gtcsa aad advancement. II locks very saurh
like sctregrAsistsea.
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