The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-06-24

THAT PRED1cr1oN.-The 18th has
come and gone, and the tlmld, credu-
lous people have learned another lesson
in prophetic nonsense. Those who dug
holes in the earth for protection from
the cyclone, can hang up the holes for
another Observation-Disclosures Free Press.
We published the prediction in the
ADVANCE and gave notice that it would
not do to depend on dates. Mankato
had her tornado twelve days before the
time set and only few days after tho
prediction was made. Another clair
voyant at Saltwater predicted a flood
1t that place and also set the 18th as
the day. But the flood came sooner than
predicted and the rise in the lake was
about Is feet instead Of nine feet as pre-
dicted by the medium. When they at
tempt to be accurate as to dates, etc.,
they generally miss it, but singular as
it may seem to those who laugh at pre-.
dictions, ''coming events" do least their
shadows before,' and poets, clairvoy-
ants, prophets and sensitives do foresee
them. How we cannot now consider,
We only assert the fact.
THE "POS1ED' CORRESPONDENT H.
GAIN.
EDITOR ADVANCE: If the "unpOsted
minister" had no farther to go for the
''returns'' of the t'posted person" than
the ''unposted editor" he doubtless has
fired a full force OF calibre, or caliber,
at me ere this. But the disadvantage
of interior farm life has prevented our
receiving late mail, therefore, in my ig-
norance, I will offer to loan him works
from which he can post himself, on both
sides of Anthony's transactions. I do
not deny that this miscreant has done
some meritorious work; but when one
abuses his power works maliciously,
degrades the cause he espouses by his
contemplate petty intrigues. to the ex-
tent, that even those who are in sympa-
thy with the suppression Of liberalism,
despise and condemn his course; to all
liberty loving persons he appears to
mean for even q pole cat too notice in
his wrath.
The Index, a paper quoted from in
our brothers letter, published at Boston
by Francis E. Abbott, gentleman of
thorough educational standing, a liber-
al religious advocate, and believer in
the materialiStic doctrine, severely con-
dennis the manner of Anthony's pro-
ce,dings while UNFOLDING part Of the
COmstock laws. We have several years
of his paper on file, if our brother wish
eS to see for himself, let him call; also
those "obscene works" for which D. NJ.
B. was prosecuted; so he can Judge
whether they are such as to contamlnate
the minds Of the young. My opinion of
them is, they are too dry and scientific
to interest the attention Of an unstable
mind, one easily contaminated, like An
thongs, therefore harmless.
Let me also ''hint" that if our BROTH
or ever finds himself in Anthony's del
icate condition." not to rely too much
on Bismuth.
Physicians like other professionals,
when a good fee can be pocketed, are
not often 10th to make al effort to ease
the minds of the applicants, with either
spiritual or material hoaxes, whether
we would call it honorable" or not.
=. The 'honesty' of Mr.. Chainey is to
be admired: the good sense Of his con-
gregation, also. The desire to he fed
upon something beside the dry chips
and chaff Of theory, shows progression.
More will follow his example, and still
more would follow if they had the NOR
al courage to proclaim their honest cor.
go
follow from habitual policy.
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