The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-09-28

Efor 1t. If it scares you: we can't
ahelp it. We must tell the truth
sabout this thing, since you have
%asked US what we know about ii.
gAnd, indeed, we know more than
Eve have told. The end of all
athings terrestrial is coming to
gmorrow, and you can't stop it by
sclimbing tree or crawling into
"a cave. Every day and every
ahour the end of the world comes
sto some unsuspecting mortal who
sis only thinking up bis plans for
anext summer, or studying over a
S'hoss trade he has in his mind for
Suext week. Every time your
1beart beats the end of the world
comes for some one, and just as
sure as you have, or more surely
if you have not, paid your news
paper subscription, it is coming to-
you. And, good subscriber, fear
full and troubled about comets and
many things, when it does come.
if it catches you off your feet with
your business raveling out at the
edges, your bills unsettled, your
notes protested, your subscription
:: not paid, your pew rent overdue
] and your pastor running into debt
*for his living, with your conscience
j sburdened with wrongs and your
alife bristling with uncorrected and
sunrepentant faults, you won't
sneed any comet nor any long pro
scession or peribelia 10 scare you.
sYou won't think Of the planets
stben, good man. You will think
Eabout the horse with a SPAWN yonI
ssold to poor Greenwig you will
athink about the four dollar over.
scoat you sold poor Hayseed for
Ss14.75; you will remember the
sseven cents prints you sold TO oldl
;sMrs. Thistlepod for fourteenI
scents; you will think about the
sfrkin of axle grease you painted
swith butter and sold for thirty.
sseven cents for table use you will
sthink Of the mortgage you fore.
sclosed on poor Ragweed's farm al. !.
ster he had paiG you thirteen per
scent. for the money for ten years !;
Evou will think of the loads of
Ethree feet cord-wood you hauled
Sto town and sold at full mark et|
Sprice you will think Of the sand
syou sifted in the brown sugar i
ayou will remember how you sold
sl,7O0 pounds OF coal for ton !;
syou will think Of the paper You
2took for year and a half and
snever paid for; you will recall a
Sthousand little meannesses and
q weaknesses Of which you have been
sguilty; you will think how you
smade your money, and how pre-
acious little good it is going to do
ayou IN the country whittier you
care going; and, poor man, if you
Shave fastened your faith and trust
Ito nothing better than Mother
sShipton, or Vennor, or General
aHazen, or some celestial tramp of
IA comet, the sound Of the trumpet,
athe voices of the beasts, the seven
athunders, the hail and fire mingled
Swith blood, the darkened sun, the
7vials of wrath and the voice Of the
seagle could not add to your fears.
AWhen the end of the world comes
afor you, that will be the only end
ayou will take any interest in. 1t
swill be awful enough for you, if it
acomes before you are ready for it,
aand unless you know you have a
adead sure thing on eighty-nine
8years or more-and you know
whether you have or not-you
Akeep one eye open all the time for
Sthe end Of the world.
q So don't you worry about two
acomets, or conjunctions, or per-
Alhella, or ecllpses or spots on the
Ssun. They have nothing to do
4 with your case at all. You may
y not live to see the world burned
aup, ard you pass away in the final
adlssolution of all things terrestrial,
Sbut you are going to live to your
send of the world, and don't you
3forget it. That's all you have to
Edo with it. You go home now,
3 and quit worrying about propbe,
Acies. Admire the comet without
Ia fear. Study astronomy for it's
8 wonders and beauties, and not for
q #fanciful and ignorant and super
Z Estitious terrors. You 90 home
gand sell clean goods by full meas
lures and honest weights teach