St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-24
THE END OF THE WORLD.
lil EDWARD EtGLE~TDN.
Chapter NJ.
Chapter Nj,

| ne cNb Of LIE "OhLD.
El EDWARD EGGLE~TON.
Chapter NJ.
THE CoON-DOG AI;tiI MENT.
The reader must understand that al
this time Elder llankim> continued t,
lombard Clark township with tn,
thundcrS and lightningS of the Apo
calN pSc. continued to WhiIl before til,
daZcd imaginationS of his rustic hearcr.
the wheels within wheels and the face,
of the living creatures of /ek'cl. con
tlnucd to cipher the world ont of exist
cnce according To formulas in Daniel
marched out the hc-goat, made tn,
seven heads and ten horns do service
over again and again. And all tn,
sweet mysteries of Oriental imagery
the mystic figures which umcxpounded
give So noble IL depth tothe per>pcctiv,
OF Scripture. were cut to pieces. pulled
apart, and explained lis though they
were tricks of lcgcrdemain. Julia was
powerfully impressed. not hv the dec
lamatiOnS of llankinS. for she had sen
Iihility enough to recoil from his yivi-
SectSon of Scripture. though she had
been all her life accustomed to hear it
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profoundly affected 10y the excitement
about her. Her father. attracted in
part 10y the promise that there should
he no marrying there, had embraced
MilleriSm with all his heart. and WAS in
such IL state of excitement that he
could not attend to his business. Mrs.
Anderson was i'll continual trcpidatiun
about it, though she tried not To believe
1t. She Was on the point of rrhcllin.
and declaring that the world ShomM NOT
come to an end. But on the whole >h,
felt that the government of the universe.
WAS one affair in which she would have
to give up all hope of having her own
! way. Meantime there was no increase
of religion. Some were frightened out
of their vices for Il time. but passion
ate terror of that sort is the worst enc
my of true piety.
Fer my part" said Cynthy Ann, is
she walked home with Jonas. fer my
part. | don't hclicVc none of his non
sense. John Wesley (Jona> WAS Il New
Light. and Cymtly always talked to him
about Wc>lcN) knowcd IL heap more
about Scriptrr than all the lIaukin>c~
and MilleIsc> that ever Was bonn. and
he knowrd how to cipher. too. | low.
Why didn't he say the world waS goim
to wind up! An our prc>idin elder j.
Il heap better instructed than llaukim>.
and he says tod don't tell nobody when
the worlds goin' /" wind up"
Com to run down. you mean, tNu-
thy Ann. 'Kordr' to IIauIiu> IL Il
old clock gin ont in he springs. | low.
How does llankins know that TEX tel,
hNln' CrcctcT> means one thing more ii
another! He talks about them wheels
a> material a> if he Was wag"l,-makcl
tiNin' Il ole buggy. He SAYS the thing,
Il gone tatcr; no more craps of CON
often the bottom land. no 'Inrc clcctin
presidents of this free and giuriur,
ColumhN. no more FouIih- io more
>hootin crackers nor >pHnglrd banners
no more nothim. He ciph"l> and ciph-
crS, and then >pit~ om his slate auC
wipes uS all out VI hrncyrr GahIc
blows I'll h'lirNc it. but won't take
none Z" llankin>- tootin' in place of it
| Sham't git >kccrcd at no tim-h"rIsS. ano
;i> for papaW whistles. why. | say JrIi
ch" wouldn't a-tumhlcd for II" srcl
music, and they wont fetch down II,
stars that air WAY
Here old Guttlirb Wchlr. who had
Just joined the MilcriteS. c;imc up.
"IonaS. you mag, shport of de Piple
Ef dem vaccS III der VcclS. and den
mr.. y,t ,Ivnvs s,ys ,;Jnnn Lmntn1-
I, ,i. 5'o "'" W a., t:,,J ,a,',, ''"a','i
,"',', .,i ~ I' 'io, '''.i,iG I,i y.
My vencrated friend and tellcr-citi
I, If,' t' ~ i",tIn OILY "itLn' th @ "" f a., han,
"i' ,,.' ;th ,i;,i, oL' III. l,I,r"
q"".' '''' E tn. I''' III. ", q -
. n",.I.'iIi i.n 'I io. Slli!,'" I-"'t' W 'i'
4. lind ,.rrin,,in' the ,r,ies nm m tbe Shield
What In - i" th % o 'i's rha Tm t,' ;lt n,'t. th.
nnn|tinn ,,,', u and rnn " u;lIerit"s ,liier| m ,r
WV. i;I,n thn nam ,rhn w,rrantnJ hi,
H. tn M II. cnnmldor hakas,. he w,r,'
-L WV" IT ton n"+h;m' ,'Isa rmJnr thn amha,
ET"" GI"" ~ Now " INV timr.honored frien,
nmI LoInyod ca,.r,an vota,. last Int m,
,',' t.m ,."'' ttat ~, tIe connldoo n,;ncj,I
Won rnnIJ n-womJ mn tbe trade an,
tr,t,ic nf Ills ,irth ,nf t;ma Fer -
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