Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-09

The Sayings OF the sleeping Girl,
the Predictions Of the PAducah
Prophet, and the Writing ON the
Back Of tine Arkansas Baby Ex'
planned.
EDIroRs LEDGER: Some people imagine
there have been no prophets in. this world
since the taking of Jerusalem by the
Romans, and that nothing like the hand
writing on the wall which caused BEL
shszzsr to shake in bis sandals has ever
occurred in this hemisphere Of ours; but
the prophetic sayings of the Sleeping
Girl of Hickman, "thst the sun will
never again shine as bright as before the
eclipse" and of the Sage Of Paducsh,
that latter the eclipse there will be all
sorts Of storms and showers OF snake,
as well as the discovery in Arkansas of
q petrifed baby with thu words T" there
will be no peace in this State till the
tide rises" engraved on It's b OK, show
that the "spirits of just men are still
allowed to live in the land, and that signs
and wonders appear to us in like man
ner as they appeared to the people of
yore, TO cheer us or to frighten US An
old acquaintance of mine, named Musca-
dine Muser, who is man Of sound sense
aud by no means accustomed 10 great
flights of fancy, says the sayings of the
Hickman prophecies and Paducah
prophet, as we'll az the engraving on the
back Of the petrifed baby, may be very
easily explained. THE sun spoken of
| by the Sleeping Girl" he asserts, Is
| Stokes, the Bald Eagle of the Mountain,
who has been echpsed by Senter, the
| Universal Sutfr-ge Champion of the
Valley; and the reason that be will never
again shine as bright AZ before the eclipse
| is because the glory of R4dicallsm In
| Tennessee has forever I Odd The all
sorts of storms mentioned By the Sage
| of Paducah rs certain 10 occur after the
eclipse are The deep curses, l'ui weep
| ings and bitter wsilings Of the scalawags
| for the loss of another grab st the school
Fund, the loss OF ano her chance TO levy
burdensome taxes, Of soo other opp ruHi'y
| to secure properly under tax iles, and
| OF another tinkering al the franchise law
for the eHslavement of viii g msD; and
the showers of snakes refer 10 the great
| falling down Of ,rpe,-baggers from this
| into the State of Miss ssippi, in order 20
reconstruct her aud 81 all the Offices
according to The programme of Congress.
| The words engraved on be back of The
petr fed baby iu Arkansas, there viii BE-
| no peace 10 This s ate ill The tide rises,
mea o that anarchy and misruls vii exist
there until the tide OF patriotism, con-
, servsism aud good feeling rises TO is
| full hight, and The people are perml led
to exercise their privileges AID Express
their wishes NJ the b ,llol-box
That these in erpre atoms Of Musca-
dine Muser's are strictly correct cannot
say; but there seems to mS at least, 10
| use the language of friend OF mine, :" d
heap of ru b +" in them. caonot see
any reason why we should not have our
prophets and interpreters ss. well IS the
people who iiv-d q long time sgp" had
theirs; aud ~ we have Il al sorts OF
saints, from the Shikins Q l,kers d WI
to The Jolly dormons, peru the Sleep
ing Girl has been sort Of priestess under
the new dispensaion of Women's
Rights. But whether this be so or not,
or whether the Paducsh Sage owed his
inspiration to libations of Bourbon, or
whether the engraving on the back of
the petrifed baby be sensation " to
attract attention to the atey.sppointed
geologist of Arkansas, as the SPIRIT OF
DEMOCRACY has arisen in sheen as beauti-
full and as cheering as Aurora arises over
the eastern hills in the month Of May,
scattering mists and reminding new life
in everything lovely and useful, let us
WORK TOGETHER, DO GOOD TOWARD EACH
OTHER, AND PRESERVE ETERNAL PEACE.
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