The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-11-13

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Who shall see his century. 5,yH ts5HUfe rnk
The hero of Appomattox is here un-
doubtedly referred to, and the Centennial
celebration at Philadelphia. But the
most remarkable part of this prophecy is
the following. aEs 5@s..,s. y vs. l'.s
ST Rule afterward shall be got . r.. gsa
BY the one whose it was not; & II
Mem shall roar, and rage and rave
But'he shall have who should not have.
When the tide Of storm is over a
Four shallInake and not 4,
He who shall be no more, a.--+sa
And all that's past not make 4 score.
This will seem almost Incredible to
many but it is proved beyond doubt that
the lines were in. existence, and in one
instance published, before Grant left the
Executive Chair. Mr.. Hayes is the nine
teenth President; there has been ''battle
smoke" enough in a political sense, when
it is taken into consideration the recent
Electoral frauds. Can the last two lines
by any possibility refer to the sage of
Grammercy park, received at the hands
of the Tribune. ..'- ''' fl '','''
But Columbia shall again
Rise, and faircr he than then (sic).
Brother shall with brother speak Cas-,
Whom he hath not seen a week; 81 :
Letters shall go meath the deep, tina j.
Likewise over the mountain steep;
8. Men shall speak to brazen ears, ;'..-l "a
That shall be mouths in after years,
Words spoken shall be sent through post,
SO no syllable be lost; 49, :.
Adrop of water shall have then
The force of many thousand men.
1t does not take a very fanciful mag
ination to draw from the above clear
indication of Prof. Edisons numerous
wonders of invention. The alleged motor
of Mr.. Keely, the Philadelphia mechanic,
claims to utilize "a drop of water" with
such effect that thousands of pounds
pressure are obtained. '..'' 3
Much OF the next passage is senseless,
and clearly written in imitation of the old
weirds. Whether the rain falling "as
men ordain' might not be taken for the
modern weather predictions, is question.
for the individual reader to pass upon.
Ghosts shall guide the pillow, and rain
And snow shall fall as men ordain; 10 T.
-. The commonest of stone or stick ...
Other shall be than long, broad, thick.
Here and in foreign cline ~li'l'."
Men shall be at the same time. .s.F3'
Bread We shall from ashes bake,
81 Ice they shall to diamonds make, ,.ss11
And salt seas their thirst shall slake.
The conclusion, which looks very
mchh like the time VIII en- 'stwo Sundays
meet" or tomorrow come never" runs
as follows: = <....s..- r
All these things shall happen, when.
They shall haDpen-not before
Six years shall be reckoned four, La
Thirteen shall be thirty nine;
This shall be the certain sign;
r Nine and nine rehersing take,
Eight and one the nine shall makc.)
When ninety-two and eighty Z.
All these marvels shall be done.
A singular explanation of this apparent
ly unmeaning riddle has been suggested
by a mathematician named Townsed.
"When ninety-two " arc eighty:one.' -
Washington took his seat as president in
1888; add ninty-two and you have eighty
one 198D. This 1881 is also made up of
ones and elghts, forming mines in revers.
ed order. ''The ''thirteen'' may be taken
as abiding to the original number of
States, which the rhymer (remember that
she is stated to have written in in 1889,
not in 1912 or 1879 would have in her
mind. The recent introduction of a bill
into Congress proposing a Constitutional
amendment to extend the term of the
Executive to six years, may cover the
line ~....'..,.: ......r.
Six years shall be reckoned four, .s...
Mr.. Marsh considers the document as
genuine, and is able to produce a copy
OF the green mountain (Vt) Chronicle
published in 1918, which contains an al
most verbatim COPY. 3& 5@r..}5