The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-22
1 Horrible Prosnae,

The Mother Shiplon prophecy +.
caused some upessiness all the r.
but as it was based upon no scien,;s,
foundation the fear has somewha, .nh-
sided, Prof Grimmer, of Cameria..
Mass has recently given forth a scisn
ttic prophecy equally as dreadful il
asmuch as it comprehends the deponr
lation of the earth by frightful plasps.
Prof Grimmer says: THE perihel;o
of the Eve great planets, Mars, Juni,sr
Uranus, Neptune aud Saturn. will ho
coincident in 1875. l simply stat
the effect which the approaching peri.
helia will produce according 10 asti,o
logical deduction. FROM 1881 to 1857
will be one universal carnival of death.
There will be storms, tornadoes and
earthquakes without number, destrov
ing whole cities and aud towns: rain
falls will deluge valleys aud mouu,sin
streams will enlarge their beds and be
come mighty torrents. There will he
remarkable display Of electricity
frightful to witness, aud wild beasts
will leave their natural hauuts and
crowd into populous cities, timld and
harmless: sufficatiug fumes of sulphur
will arise from the earth: billions OF
fish will die aud be east upon the sea
shore, the impreguate the sea shore with
foul odors. Every drop of water 90
the earth will be more or less pois
onous and of course diseases that baf
/ he medical skill will appear The
plague will begin its ravages in Asia
il will then attack Russia, and mosl
West, devastating as it goes.
Another thing which the Professor
says will be of great interest to TEN
perance societies, the women missions
and temperance crusade, will be IN
necessary, for, be says, ali the intern
perate will be swept from the face OF
the earth during the reign of the ter
rible carnival From 1882 to 1888
no fish, fowl or animal food should be
eaten. sad butter, eggs aud animal oii'
should be avoided. Vegetable die
alone should be the rue "
The prophecy was first published in
the Cambridge Tribune, and has slnct
excited some interest aud no little de
gree of amusement al the Professor
expense.
Prof. Mees, the well>known seisntls
of this city, upon being asked what h'
thought of the prophecy, said " A
far as the prediction is concerned VI
can say nothing, but | consider al
such predictions to be the most lbsur'
nonsense There is Gothing o tn
conjunction or periheIia of the 'aDet
concerned; there is nothing caNed b,
them except some atmospheric disturb
ances l have not looked iuO tn
relative position Of the planets, but
is my impression that we have Passe'
, the time when the greatest number o
them are in conjunction. We ire de
pendent upon the sun for our cimatl
position, so I do not think il Woul
affect in any way as far as atmOpherl
changes are concerned. We nigh
have some insulation of the atmos
/ phere, but that would not amount t
anything. This is a very !erule tim
: for such silly predictions, because "
have had such severe weather thi
season, aud people are likely to tax
up anything at all and make noun
ain of it. There is nothing il scieuc
which could lead any one to make sue
, a silly prediction as that. At Ii
. present rate. allowing for the greaie
revolutions. the sun could NOT poS4fni
! cool more than one degree IN se1e
years, or increase more than one degrt
in 100 years, so there is no possibilii
r of any such remarkable things eomiu
. To mass"