The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-12

NlSIlOIs hHi VIC stlOlhIs VI several Ol tue
high school rooms, Those who partcipat-
ed in the entertainment, acquitted them
selves nobly, These entertainments are
becoming very popular and are always in
teresting not only to the parents of those
scholars who take part in them, but to
everybody who has taste for literary
food. Besides this, it is duty parents
owe to their children, to encourage them
in all their efforts at learning and they can
do this in no better way than to be present
at their school services, whenever an OPP
portnuity is afforded them. There should
therefore be large attendance of visitors
every Friday afternoon.
In spite Of Il fierce wind and a pclting
rain and miserable sidewalks large
crowd of people forsook their parIors and
their warm pleasant fresides to attend the
meeting Of the Reform Club and listen to
the lecture Of Mr.. Linscy L. Norton, of
Seneca, Mo, upon temperance. The hall
on Tenth street was full Of good looking
and happy people, whose eagerness for the
literary feast that was promised
them was plainly visible upon
their faces and proved that
they were all deeply interested in the sub.
ject that was to be considered The open
ing exercises were devotional and were
conducted by Mr.. Thomas Brown, of Car
bondalc, after which, Mr.. Norton arose and
began his address. He is good speaker
generally, knows how and where to
tell n good story and tells
it well as he tells everything.
He drew from his Imagination and
from fact, painting the evils Of intemper-
ance in coors, fearful, but true, and hold
ing the attention Of all present from the
beginning to the end Of his discourse, which
lasted for about an hour and half. He con
fined himself exclusively to the subject Of
temperance, though he generally makes it
his special mission to war against lnfdeiity
making temperance only side issue. AZ
ter the lecture it was announced that Mr..
Robert Lowry and several other able ana
popular temperance orators would probably
be here next week, and then with friendly
good bycs and perfectly satisfied with the
manner in which they had spent the even
ing all departed for home
A few days ago decrepit old negro
woman entered our sanctum and with an
air Of importance that would have done
credit to old vic" herself, informed US
that she had been sent by the Lord We
smiled, We doubted the woman's yeracity.
Not that it seemed improbable that the
Lord should want TO communicate with us,
for The BULLETIN has always been, and
still is, the great religious organ of the
west; but it seemed to us little ludicrous
that the great Jehovah should choose such
medium TO convey to US His sovereign de-
srcs. The old woman seemed to suspect
what was lurking in our heart and proceed
ed without further delay, to inform US that
she had dream-a vision, as it were
We groancd for the first time in ten years
But she continued, ard here is the sub
stance Of what she said; Her name, she
said was Mancrva Moss and she had lived
here many years. She was here before the
yellow fever visited Cairo and some
time before its advent, had gone
from door to door and warned
the people that it would come.
She had received command from the
Lord then to do that and now the same
Lord had commanded her to proclaim to
the people of Cairo the near approach of a
great token Of Destruction which shall
deyastate the city. She does not know the
exact date when this great token will
oyerwhelm US, but she is confident that she
is right and, being old and unable to obey
the command of the Lord to visit every
mansion and every hoyel and cry out her
warning, she came to The BULLETIN and
asked 1t as the Lords organ to publish
this ominouS warning to the sinful children
of the world
MANY men, many minds is one Of
the numerous old proverbs that is handed
down to US by our progenitorS, and while it
is generally true, there are many instances
where it is cmphatically retutcd-wherc
many men, though differing in their beliefs
upon matters in general will all unite in
the dcnunication or praise Of one particular
thing There is a case in point right here.
The people Of CAIRO are deyided somewhat
upon the street railroad question, upon
temperance, upon street pavements, IN reIi-
gion, in the manner Of conducting the
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