Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-10-30

Happening into MIR. Darby's shop
the other day, l found him destroy.
ing one ofthe stones which we found
in that wonderful mound, and when
/ asked him what he was doing that
for he said sit leaned towards poll
tics and he didn't want any one to
see it," Just then Grant p. came in
for a chew of fine cut, and while Mr..
Darby was changing postage stamp
l captured the rock. 1t seems to be
a prophecy by some of the Moand
Builders and is headed
PROPHECIES, CHAPTER L.
l. And it shall come to pass that
after many days the people of Wya.
lusing, the accidental place, and the
people of Millvile the rough place,
aud Patch Grove the beautiful place,
shall live in peace and they shall have
good fields and raise much hogs,
corn and wheat, and shall be pros
porous. And after time the people
OF the country shall choose man
called Uucle Abe to be the ruler over
them, and in his reign there shall be
a great war, the North against the
South.
2. And it shall come to pass that
Uncle Abe and his officers shall cause
many shekels of paper money to be
made, because they have not gold or
silver or precious stones enough to
buy the swords and armor and TO
pay the warriors.
8. And they shall moreover make
many notes OF hand and try to boz
row money but the tribes over the
sea will not take them unless they
bear interest; so Uncle Abe aud his
officers will promise to pay intere st
in paper shekels but the tribes over
the sea will say, "do We look so ex
ceeding green? what will we do
with your paper money ? give unto
US gold that our countrymen will
take for merchandise your paper
money is good for nothing here"
A. So it shall come to pass that
the notes or bonds shall draw gold
interest and as the tribes over the sea
will not take greenbacks they must
be paid in gold
5. And it will come TO pass that
when the merchants hear of this
greenback business they shall say
one to another, "Shall we give our
goods that We paid good gold for
and get only pieces of paper for ?
Not for Joe if he knows it,"
6. But one wiser than the rest
will say, "Behold we must take the
paper Uncle Abe promises to paw
it to Us in gold and we must take it
for it is lawful money If it is re
deemed we lose nothing, if not we
lose all /; we will therefore charge the
more for our goods" And the mer
chants will therefore charge the more
for their goods and the farmer will
charge more for his produce. And
the people of Patch Grove, Wyalus
ing and Millville all shall have much
paper money, and the man that did
sell his crop for one hundred pieces
of gold shall get an awful wad of
greenbacks for like amount, and
everybody shall be rich in paper
dollars. And all shall 90 into debt.
Some will buy more land and give
mortgages, some will buy fine
clothes, some will get drunk often,
ana the, reaper and the sewing ma.
chine agents and the pump man and
the lightning rod man and divers
others will be in the land And the
farmers will all buy and all go in
debt and give mortgages and notes
thinking that money will always be
plenty and crops big price
7. But after time the war will be
oyer. And then when the merchants
see that thew can get gold tor their
paper money they will sell their
goods cheaper, and the farmers will
have to sell their crops cheaper bat
those debts will not be any less, so
that the farmers will have hard
time to pay even the interest. But
those few who are not in debt can
live as well as ever, tor a bushel of
wheat will buy as much sugar as it
would 10 war time, but it won't pay
as much debt. And the debtors will
weep and rail against somebody or
something they know not who, for
they will not have sense enough to
see that they only are to blame for
getting into debt.
8. And it shall come TO pass that
certain men who have not the fear of
the Lord before them shall rise up
and say, "Behold your troubles are
all caused by those bonds They
mnst be paid in gold and you are
taxed to pay the interest That is
the reason you can't pay your debts"
And many people will follow these
leaders until they find that paying
interest on the bonds does rot come
out of their pockets unless they chew
tobacco or drink whisky. (They will
be too poor to buy imported goods. J
Then the Greenback leaders will
say "Let US make the men in the high.
Offices pay the bonds in paper money
then will we have much wealth,
money will be plenty and you can
pay your debts" But the tribes be.
yond the sea will not take paper
money for it is worth nothing TO
them. So that will come to nothing.
Then shall there arise a man with
many words who shall say, "Bebold
if the Government can pay its bonds
with promises on paper can not we
do the same? Go We therefore and
make your own paper money to be
without interest the same as green.
backs and then go to your creditors
and cay, behold here is my unsecured
note without interes'; take it and give
me up my interest bearing secured
notes and my mortgages and my
bonds or forever after bold thy peace.
The rest of the stone MIR. Darby
had reduced TO a tiue powder and
scattered to the winds so don't
know how the greenback theory
here suggested would work but as
the prophesy has come so near the
truth up 10 the present time, think
it wouId be good idea TO stop howl
iug for the bonds to be paid in paper
money and make our own money to
nav our debts. We can come "a near