Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-27
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
QUE HOTCH-POTCH.

On Meteorological and-writins," and
" Such pOrtentS met the eye when Caesar fell,
And cautioned him in vain And who can tell
Whether these artful notices of fate.
Are meant for presidents, mayors, Or ministers
OF state
! From contemporary journal we are in
formed that the citizens of Williamsburg
(well now, that is about as definite as John
Smith, in the very Offstart; for, consulting
our, Gazetteer, we find there were twenty
seven Williamsburg in the United States
four years ago already)-ycs, the citizens
of Williamsburg were wrought up into
high state of excitement, at the rumor''
On. B., it was only rumOr) that the
name of L. S. Grant was seen in the
heavens 1--WE don't think Gen. Grant would
object much to that, for we learn that ''Ben
ADAM name is also there') about seven
o'clock but whether at that hour i'll the
evening, or the morning, is only conJec-
tural. 1t is said to rest on the most re-
spectacle testimony-testimony that would
be hardly ever'' called in question and
hence the people are greatly exercised and
don't know what to do about it. 10
us the story looks like the last feeble wag
OF the tail OF the ''third term animal.
But, for the sake of the argument, suppose
that the story is true, and that the cloud
streak did make an approximation to the
name of L. S. Grant-what then? Who
can tell whether the omen is 4 warning to
Gen. Grant or to the country? When the
handwriting appcared.on the walls of the
royal banqlctinI room of Babylon, it was
fatal to the aspirations of Bclshazzar, and
not to his opponents. No doubt this story
will be silently gObbled up, or guzzled
down, 10y those among his faithful, who
have expressed themselves first, last and
always for Gen. Grants election to a
presidential third term. Clouds, rains,
frosts and atmospheres are sometimes
very eccentric in their phenomenal mani
festations. and these have their causes,
and doubtless, also, their interpretations
or at least their siGniticancc-but, like the
trough" who in his prayers, now and
then sandwichcd 4 paragraph cOmpli-
mentary to Satan. because he did not know
into whose hands he would finally fall, We
leave the friends and foes of Grant to in
terprct the matter to suit themselves, and
conclude by referring to an Ominous event
that occurred nearer home, and the out
lines of which are more sharply defined
than the Williamsburg affair.
On Friday evening, the 23d inst, about
the hour that Mr.. John A. Boring received
the nomination for mayor Of Lancaster
city, two of his new houses on North
Queen street fell down with a laundering
crash, and the noise of an Alpine ava
lanchc. Well, what Of that? Oh, moth
ing only those who may be fond of the
Williamsburg pudding can lubricatc it
with this Lancaster sauce. What IS
good for the goose is so)d for the gan
dcr," you know. If Mr.. Boring's political
friends are not more adhesive i'll their
fidelity than the material was in his build
incs, his political house may fall with
as disastrous crash as the former fell.
Of course the houses might have fallen
and under the same circumstances, per-
hans. would have fallen-had he been a
candidate or not, but the two events occur
ftIln So llcdIly lihtO A' AihShy W.
have portentous significance i'll the
minds of those not we'll versed in the result
of cause and effect. We know little about
political man9uvring, but some of those
who profess to know are saying among
themselves that he cannot possibly be
elected. and that his supposed friends
know he can't, Or they would not so
unanimously have accorded him the nomi.
nation. Mr. Boring may be a worthy
young man, but not more so than many
others in the city of Lancaster. But the
office is not essentially political one and,
depend upon it, the people are getting
weary of making changes only to gratify
political aspirations. If we mistake not,
their handwriting will be seen on the
wall on the 18th of Febrruay next.
SYLLA BUB.