The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-22
The Grim Grimmer.

troi0gers and other gentlemen OF
speculative tendencies, to the effect
that the perihelia Of the four planets,
Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn,
in 1880, will produce pestilence, insti-
gate and encourage wars and conspi-
racies, and turn things generally
topsy- turvy.
Our Decatur friend is a mathema-
tician and an astronomer, and he
showed where the astrologers had
gone wrong in their calculations, and
produced facts to show that planets
in perihelion exercised, in the past.
no preceptible influence on the con-
dition Of things in this word.
Professor C. A. Grimmer, OF San
Jose, California, thinks otherwise, and
he has published "a little three by
four pamphlet to- enlighten and
frighten the people.
Mr.. Grimmer takes the position
that astrology is veritable science
He is an astrologer. and he does not
care who knows it. He alheres
closely to the rules OF plecidas de
Titus. aud stands by Ptolemy AMI
Pythagoras. He writes in haste. con-
scious that the fate OF nations de-
pends on what he has to say, and an
itnated by desire to warn the coun-
try of the coming of the darkest
epoch in the worlds history.
He takes it for granted that it Is
pretty well understood that the peri
helia OF the f)ur great planets. JIpi-
ter Uranus, Naptuns, and Santurn.
will be co incident in 1899, and con-
fines himself to stating the effects
which the perihelia will pro luce, ac
cording to astrological deductions.
He declares, with the positiveness
OF man who knows what he is talk
ing about, that from 1880 to 1887 will
be one universal carnival OF death,
and that no place on earth will be en-
tirely free from the plague. As three
OF the planets are malillcs, and the
other one. although benefi., under
ordinary circum stances, is j lst as bad
as the others when In bad company.
diseases will appear which will battle
the skill OF the most eminent physi-
clans. Every drop OF water in the
earth, on the earth, aud above the
earth, will be more or less poisonous.
Tae atmosphere will be filed with
noisome odors, aud there will be
few constitutions able TO resist the
coming scourge." All this because
beneic Old Jupiter loses his head
through association with those mali.
fic old fellows, Uranus, Neptune, and
Saturn.
When these planets get in perihel :
ion they always get this little
world OF ours in hot water. so to
speak. In 5l2 Mrs, Saturn. and Ju-
piter pulled together, as 1t were. and
as consequence. from 100000 to
l20, 100000 of victims suffered death
by the plague. IL you d)n't believe
ii, read Gibbon. In 1855, or there
abouts, there was another plague,
and In 172), when NJ lrs anl Sltura
pulled together or jDine'l teams, 80,
900 out OF 5000 Inhabitants of MIR.
seilles died in less than flvs weeks.
But when four OF the planets are il
perihelion. affairs will be worse. Al
the weak and Incorporate are sure to
die In tens OF thousands. Ancient
races will be biotted from the face o
the earth. Asia will be nearly ds-
populated. and America will lose 15..
000,0O0 OF Inhabitants il the sewers o.
her cities are as imperfect as to day
The perihelia, we are toll by thi:
far seeing astrologer, will bring other
infections, over which man can exerl
no restraining influence. Storms an'
tidal waves will swamp whole cities
earthquakes will do a wholesal,
shaking business. aud torn,.ioes will
sweep hundreds OF villages from tn,
face of the earth. Mountains will
slide down into the valleys, aud val
leys will appear where mountain
formerly stood. And men will hav'
to stand and take it, Nothing they
may do will prevent things from go
Ing to the demnition bow-wows, bu
Mr.. Grimmer recommends that M
fish nor animal food be eaten il
America from 1882 till 1885, thougl
how this will prevent the tornadoe
from sweeping the earth is not dis
oernable.
In many countries, according t
Grimmer, vast districts will be deser
ted, and 10 this country there will b
hundreds and thousands OF farm
with not living thing upon them
The country people will flee to th'
cities, and die by tens OF thousands
Neither med cine nor doctors Wi
help them. but IL they will drinl
warm water and eat vegetables. an
stop up their nostrils with sponge
dipped i'm oamphor, Grimmer think
they will pull through.
After the plague will come fire
Great fires will burn for two years. o
from 1885 to 1887. destroying a
towns and villages visited by thi
soourge. Then the fellows who live
on warm water and vegetables, an