The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-11-04
SOME
TTONS.

he peculiar brightness with which
,he planet Jupiter shone in the hea-
rens during late clear nights. 1t is
also known to astronomers that the
of Jupiter, Saturn, Nep-
tune and Aranus are approaching CO.
incidence. 1t is claimed there is his
torical proof that former coincidenc-
es were accompanied by fearful losses
of life thu ough some occult influence
upon air and water. Thus in 1865
occurred the great plague of London,
though only three planets were in
coincidence, while from 542 to 546,
when there was a similar conjunc
ton, hundreds of thousands of per-
sons died in Asia, Europe and Egypt.
We do not vouch for these alleged
facts, mol do we assert that the sta
tus of the planets had anything to
do with the sanitary condition of the
world. Yet from the relation of sun
spots to periods of drouth and pesti-
lence some people have begun to fan
cy that there may be a grain oftruth
in the old astrological theories, which
were rather distortions of fact than
wholly fictitious. We do not believe
that many persons will be deprived
of sleep through the predictions of
Professor" G. A. Grimmer, an as
trologist of our day, who predicts
zone universal carnival of death be-
tween 1880 and 1887" Referring to
the four planets above mentioned he
says:
mo place on earth will be entirely
free from the plague. The Pacific
Coast will not suffer anything in
C, mparison to any other portion OF
the globe. The coincidence of these
planets in perihelion will always pro.
duce epidemics and destructive di.
seases. Three of these planets are
malifcs, and Jupiter, although 6
benefic, produces evil by association
or; technically, by conjunction with
the others. Diseases will appear, the
nature of which will battle the skill
of the most eminent physicians
Every drop of water in the earth, OF
the earth, and above the earth viii
be more or less poisonous. The at
mosphere will be foul with noisom'
odors, and there will be few constitu
tions able to resist the coming
!, scourge; therefore prepare, We tina
are constitutionally weak and intern
perate, and gluttonous, for "man'
last home-the grave" From tn
far east the pestilential storm will
sweep, and its last struggle will emf
in the far west.
There is no use of being anxiou
l if the professor is all right, for tn
plague will be 80 malignant tina
those whose blood is pure and fire
from any faint or weakness, vii
!, alone survive. Asia and Europea'
Russia will be the first sufferer:
: while America will lose more tina
: Is, 600, 900 inhabitants, unless bette
attention is paid to sewerage in he
cities. But ~pestilence is not the onI
s thing to be apprehended. There wi
be earthquakes, tidal waves, an
volcanic eruptions, and birds, beasts
6 and fishes will be so diseased ths
:, none of them should be eaten frol
n 1880 to 1885.
d The only consolation is that tn.
process will be a purifying one, an
the survivors will get the benefit
s it. The earth will become more pr
: life, and the average duration ofli
will be doubled through the impor
e ed electrical condition of the worl
}; In 1887 the star of Bethlehem, whie
le makes its appearance only once
315 years, and was first noticed
d modern astronomers in 1872, vi
once more be seen in Cassiopeia
Re chair. 1t will illumiEe the HEAVIER
a even more brilliantly than Jupite
4 and will be acc mpanied by a tot
v eclipse of the u and moon. 1t
re the same star that shone at the bir'
y, of Christ, but its coming will n
G. bring an increase of peace, but III
Sc versal war and fearful floods al
re s~hipwrecks. Our own Union w
of be shaken by a civil conflict,
s. which the rich will fight against Il
poor, and only the coming of a N
poleon will quell the strife. We
not know where Prof. Grimmer o
g tanned all his information.