St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-08-27
WILL THE END OF THE
WORLD COME THIS YEARp
burlington Hawkeye.1

burlington Hawkeye.l
| Well, yes. anxious, troubled ques
tioneS It will. We hope you vii
feel satisfied to haSe the matte,
definitely settled. And We can tel
you positively that it will. We
know as much about it as Proctor
as Prof. Swift. as the Smithsonian
Institute and the National Obserya.
tory, and more than the United
States Signal Service. You have
been tormented and tortured. no
doubt, by Mother Skipton, and by
the comet, and the Canadian far
mer who built him aa ark and had
it ail ready to launch for the 18th
Of June-he can 60 into the ferry
business with it now, or sell it to
the Mississippi Barge and Trans
portation Company-and by the
Millerites, and one fool thing or
another, until your nind is dis
tracted and you can't sleep, and
don't think it worth while to pay
your debts. All the same. you will
have to pay. or 60 out of business.
And if the world should com. to an
end st ten o'clock tomorrow morn
ing, up to S;45 !. r. money would
be eight per cent. on gilt-edge, and
none too easy to get then.
So you see the fact that the world
IS coming to an end won't make
any difference in your business af-
.airs. 1t won't make any change
in the shallowness of the straw
berry boxes this season. the good
berries will all be on top. the same
as last year. With eternity staring
them in the face. mankind viii 90
right on szindling and lying, and
and singing, and swearing
and dealing dishonesty, and doing
tricky things. loving and hatirg,
and weeping until the
end comes, and the lips chat cursed |
or prayed are hushed alike in the |
quiet Of death.
For the world Is coming to an |
and. And the comet cant hasten,
and Million comets can't reLard its
coming. u is bound to come this
year. There is no help for it. If
t scares you. we can. help it. We
must tell the truth about this thing,
'ince you have asked us what we
znow about it. And, indeed, we
,now more thai We have told. The
nd Of all things terrestrial is COM
ng tomorrow, and you can't stop
t by climbing tree or crawling
nto a cave. Every day and every
lour the end Of the would comes to
ONE unsuspecting mortal. who is
My thinking up his plans for next
ummer. or studying over a "hoss
rade" be has in his mind for next .
'eek. Every time your heart beats =,
be end of the world comes for {
ome one, and just as sure as you |
ave, more surely if you have not, I
aid your newspaper subscription, i
is coming to you. And. good {
lbscriber. fearful and troubled 8
bout comets and many things, r
hen it does come, if it catches you t
& your feet, with your business 7
sveling out at the edges. your bills a
nsettled, your notes protested. n
our subscription not paid, your b
Rw rent overdue and yonr pastor il
,nning into debt for his living, a
ith your conscience bnrdened With b
rongs. and your life bristling with b
ocorreetsd and unrepentant faults, s
~ won't need any comet nor any q
ng procession Of perihelia to scale p
N. You won't think Of the plan 0
8 then. good man. You will think t
'out the horse with a spayin you y
Id to poor Gresnwig; you will d
ink about the shoddy four dollar n
,orcnof yoy, oo1d ronr Hoyco.d g. -