Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-10-06

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The WONDERFUL PROPHECIES OF MOTHER |
SnIpToS The newspapers which arc rcprJ /
duciug the wonderful prophecies now currrnt
and ascribed to Mother Sh!pton, are simply the |
victims of cunning impostogs, macy {! wht u IN
this century have been playing upon tie cred
ulitv of the people. There WAS vcritablc
Mother Shipton WHO lived in England sever
al centuries ago, and who uttered various pro.
hccics, some 10 prose aun some 10 d0ggercl
verse, that attracted much attention. The
rrcGic IorS were mostly value or o. such gen
cra character that IN almost every g4reratioo,
not 20 sly every year, some events would DC
found 10 H. them. But the more dCh1lte
PROPHECIES, supposed to be iulhlcd IL the use
of steam on land and sea, the luvantl9n OF the
electric telegraph, Balloons. iuuacls tfrnugh the
mouutaln and under the >e". diving suits, thc
use of lion siips, the fresh discoveries Ut gold,
winding UP with the ;'reheInn that me earth
shall come to an END IL 1851, are all very
modern tcrgeries. Take he following, which
we clip from the Boston Journal Of few days
slnCe
y REMARKABLE Prophecy The following,
which i h,.,wu - 'Mo.n,r S};p;oo'. Pro-
phecy, vas first published il 1883, and repub-
liShed in l64l 1t will be n)!Ie"d thai all the
| went, preulcted 10 it, cxcep! l!,at mentioned
! 10 the last two ii0cs-@hich Is -'l Ia the iu-
:ure-have already come 10 pass:
Carriages without horses shall go.
| And acciIcnts bill the world With Voc
| Around the weird thoughts shall ilY
l. the ;wukiiag Of an eye.
Wa:er shall yet mnrc wonders DE-;
| Now strange. yet shall lie true.
Thn world u,,,de duwu sha!! be,
! And god BE- tuu3i ut root 81 tree.
Through hills uian shall RIDE,
| And no horse or as be At hi side.
Under water men shall wax;
Shall rise. shall si""p sh":! TAX
La the air mcn silhl! be scan,
Ii White. in i,lack, II green.
| Iron il the water S!!al! float,
A. easy a> Il waadcr boat
Gold shall bc found, and shown
10 a land ha!'S not DOW kncwn.
Fire ana water shall wonders IL.
Enriand shall at las, ami, 4 jew.
The word 10 al cd stall come
Ia oigh.een hundred and clghty-0uc.
The substance of the above i frs. found in
wha, rurporlci to he fac-simile reprint 0! Inc
lG4l edition OF Mother Shir;or, edited by
"Edwiu Pear:ou' AM. published at LONDON a
few years ago Il hes, however. b"en still
further mod:rnizei since its he" late ISSUE, 10
inclu lie hi; at one oi f,uglani's statesmen.
Tue iDe which now reads
Ensland shall at last admit JeH,
read 10 The reprint we have cited
Eag..nd shall at last admit a foe.
In the eighth iin", no morse Or ass has
been cxtcn>ied n the axpen=e oi thu metre 10
maxi it nlor. int.i By the addition Of the
two sorl, 10 II lic-; AID the tro lacs-
Water shall set more wonders DO,
Nos strange, yet shall 'u@.
have ben aided b. poe: VII, wrote very
lame hand indeed il this Has his best.
The use Of thu word 'clrr!agc>,' as applied
to wheeled Vehicle, totally urkn"wn 10 the
times 1T las, wh"n the prophecy vas dated,
was sut1i:" to pu: any tIou.ht!ui Grille gu
his gu;.rd and i,w sensible lHcu admitted the
gcnuiucncs> Of The 'rcn!aGkao.c' prophecy \
compar.scn OF be reprint with ~ Oil edition
Of >iot ar :Shri0G 2ho Ell iia o0u: DIE .
OF The most clever piece, III tie 4tar p9os yer :
new Alter spirited jl.cU son OF their mcr.
its. Mr. Charles Hiadiey, o. brighton, cane
before the public IL letter and acknowledged
tina! the culrc piece We have quot a5oV", aud
s0uln ten cthcrs. NOR" "r less allS!hg conan-
cd IN his rerrin! ol lS02, wc!c pure lnvcttoas
CT his owa, composed u make The Issue sue
cess u bu .ine>s adventure. The whale 0t this
"rema:k bic prophec;." therefore. which notes
all he no:crn discoveries and proposes 70 wiod
w. al! mundane affairs ~ 1881 was trS; wrought
wi! Il may Others Of Ike c0tac:c;cr, OUT Of the
brains of Mr.. Hinilcy 10 1862.
| Before closing We may Doc2 another nVan
! ton which Was Ct first passed az uad a. Vcr:
| table Neither Sh;ptou prophecy:
When prices get tp,cy on &rrack,
And farmers grow tain 90 cold meat:
When soldiers lock red In their barrack,
Aud besgsrs iopk blue In the Street;
Wheu mouarchs viii purcst intentions,
To settle all pationa quaims,
Assemble in holy conv.utlon-,
AID study the prophets and psalms;
S.,angc things upon wet land and dry land,
@. wool laul and " ST. i.n,i shall H..
And Ou laud, AMI Wheat land, ard Rye
| LAID
Together be sunk 10 the sea
After Mother Shiptou had been hunted
through ir vain iar this pro&ucio0, it was a.
| cribsd TO 'NoS!radanu$, bur !urncd cut 10
/ have been clever hi: a. lh" subject under dis
| cussion, 10 literary gathering, by the poet
| Pra"d.
| No one can justify this sill OF literary tor
gerry. Many pcrs.n has been greatly disturb.
| q By he supposed iufm"nt OF AL Mother
Shipton'S prophecies save ihat @hich ends b.
! word in eighteen igby-"uc. rs the FIRST
| part of these predictions was writcp ONLY Ill
| tccn years ago, whcn all of il tnat has been ~
| allied VI history 40 great stress nr"a t. Nc
| laiI 90 he last lear nj warning !--Netc Yo,h
Journol Of Commerce..
Ess~ The SENAToRsHIP There being q
vacaucy t" till 10 the Scaatc OF Virginia, coca
stoned b. the resignation Of Mr. CT uckton, at
| the approaching election, We beg leave 70 SUB.
init the uamc IF Judge r II. Cockcr!e, Of
F.iriax, a cand date 10 fill the uu x!ired
t rm. judge CuckeriI.c's Gtv,iion u n con
scrvativc ciusc and the important service rem
d>rel b. him, eu,ineoi'y cattle hun 10 their
cogntlon o. the voters OF this ). natyrlai dis
II ct. His cm!tnnt service TO the coutteS of