The New York herald., 1871-09-11
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r At the time the Mllerite excitement broke out in
(. this city, many years ago, there was man named
s. s. Snow who epjoyed--for ne doubtless did enjoy
it--the repntstion Of being ono Of the loudest-
mouthed pothouse politicians Of the period. Some-
thing in this mans composition. however, caused
hin 10 unslrap from his back his pag OF Sin and
JOIN the ranks Of the propnc:ic Mnerites The world
was set down 70 bc destroyed Ona certain day, and
Snow, with all the pious enthusiasm OF fresh
convert, impatentIy awaited the dawn OF that day
On which the crack Of doom was 10 open and swal-
lluw up everybody VINO had not ''made his peacen
For some reason the curtain did not rise, and the
play, therefore, did not come OF. Shows vision OF
Judgment was not half as interesting that OF Lord
Byron, who, simply by the power or poetic license,
slipped George iii. through the celestial gate
and into Paradise while the spiritually recop-
structed King vas engaged in singing the hundredth
psalm the failure OF Shows VISION caused the new
convert to enter the ranks OF prophecy, aud from
thai sme to the present he has been known as tho
Prophet snow. For several yearspast this snowy
prophet has proatteo by expounding and pounding
the Book OF Revelations on sunday afternoons la
the chapel OF the New York University as the read.
ers seI the hERNLD well know. Yesterday afternoon
about forty indlydaels assembled 20 listen to his
8 sag "a MELLFLCOUs ELOQUENCE.
hymn was sung, In which the author poured
forth q spirf OF vengeance, as II somebody mad
ncssssr % io. d,a ,,fsred nost tn svs h's revnHae
by speaking his MUD freely IN doggerel. Then
snow, tue prophetic Bishop read chapter from
the Old Testa anent and gave running dIOtic com.
mcntary as he went on, much to the mysttficatIon
OF some old women. who hung upon the eloquence
of his tongue, and greatly to tue amusement or some
young students, who mad come 10 look upon the
prophet just as they might have gone to
A GEOLOGICAL GARDEN
tlrpesleQGed AnOyhCr uvmu
having been warbled the terrible prophet began his
sermon: HIS text comprised rs Lee eleven en- verses verses from
with nery nostrIls and a sword ior a tongue.
The mighty prophet explained the matter Of the
smith Maid really made 2:l7 and robbed Dexter OF
his great reputation rs king OF the turf. Alluson
and horns. The eruditc prophet showed thorough
acquaintance with the beast BY aud by the rat
sa sSS s oSs ss sss ia
remote part Of the chapel. excslmedI 81
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auttmuscuiar arm nnd shaking MS clenched fist IN
the direction OF the obnoxious young man, The
pugllis!ic prophet shouted, ..Tnat's a hEnALD re-
voiced saints yelped, 'fnt him OUT put him out"
a stalwart saint arose, and approaching tho wrong
EJECT him from the Church Of the Holy Hum0ug
when the holy Humbug himself shreked, '.rnat's
onen was immediately grabbed and pushed out OF
the ssnc,Say ca inc y"nng man os VINO was
mad made a mistake, but tho sLalwart
saint refused to 1t In that light As soon the
cjected young man reached the hal! be was sur.
rounded by q NUMBER OF tho insanity attendants
OF the Church Of the Holy Humbug and much
INDIGNATION AGAINST TIE SLAsHING PROPHET
was expressed. ''But I'm reporter,o SAID the
mortified young man; "rm mechanic and work
for living.r Several gentlemen who Witnessed
the hign-landed outrage advised THO young man 70
prosecute the sCalwart saint for assault and the
discreet prophet and squeaky-votced saints who
urged the commission Of the breach OF the law as
accompiccs. After receiving the address OF well
known lawyer the young man left TO seek counsel.
Ii IS quite likely that The guilty parties viii be
arrested this morning