New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-04
nor LONDON VAS FRIGHTENED.

PREPARING IN 1872 on IRE APPEARANCE OF A
CONT FOR rHE END OF THE woRLD-AMUsING
DESCRIPTION Of TuE : ENEs-A LITERARY Gu
Ro,ITY-How NEWSPAPERS ARE DUPED.
10 ne razor me IrtOune.
SIR: Ii is not surprising that the editors of
papers receive many letters similar that APP
Fearing la your issue 81 to-day headed considerable
Midsummer Madness, especially when reflects that
the mind grows with what 1t feeds upon within this
month prominent evening Journals of city adj
mittcd into their columns article aiming vague
predictions OF certain impending happen in the
year lSSl the article having hrst appeared In spritu-
aHtic sheet entitled. Tho Voices OF Angels printed in
Massachusetts, IN December, 1880 Your respectable
contemporaries grvely rcpubishei such stuff differ
ent days. without comment though well that ali
matter however absurd when regularly admitted into
nrstclass journals news finds gudgeous among
weak and superstitiods aud women. So. recently
OF your ables morning contemporaries surrendered
column s editorial page to the partial statements
and gloomy prognosticat OF a certain stock
and grain Jobber-well known, indeed, in Wallst.
but not wen enough known elsewhere whose
business failures more entte his views
finance to respect than did Mother SYMPTOMS mscar-
rages render her soul ruthully prophetic When the
press conte charatans, they multiply rapidly.
lady now living In her one hunlredth year,
therefore, girl between eight and nine Of age be-
fore George Washington first elected President and
who has certainly something OF social and financial
change, has just handed old almanac for the year
our Lord 1894, published in this city by Faith or
Abraham Hutchns Mathematician" containing an
article which justly ridcues the supersous fears of
the people OF London the approach OF the
17l2. Az the existence to-day OF so many /" Mother
SYMPTOMS" Voices Angels and kindred birds OF ILL
omen shows that there lots OF fools dead yet
and the comets stll coming onhe article referred
To Ia annexed in the hope that IL will convince all such
fanatics that Notwithstanding the modern appliances
their command they themselves failed 10 bring
about quite such diversified and grotesque results did
their predecessors nearly two hundred years 1t
AZ follows:
PREDICTION OF THE LAST DAY.
In the year 1872, Mr.. Winston, having calculated the
return of which tn make it's first appearance
Wednesday the lith of October at i've minutes after
iEy With this terrifying addition that total dlssol
lowing. Tue reputation Mr.. Winston had long main
tanned in England both as divine aud philosopher, left
prediction. Several ludcrous events now took place
boats and arges they could lay hands in Thames,
very nationally concluding that when the CONFEDERATION
gentleman who had neglected family prayers for more
m ms Te 1s sa e was he"
his wife having engaged pail ut her house persuaded
appeared not TIE south Sea stock Immediately fell
70 yg per cent and the East India to ELEVEN and the
river, that the ship might not be cndangered
corng to the prediction and before noon the belief be-
came UNI yersal that the day OF judgement was at hand
a short PRAYER might be- penned and ordered red
answer snch Three maids OF honor burnt
their collection OF novels and plays and sent u the book
sellers 10 buy them Bible ana Bishop Taylor's Holy
Living and Dying The run upon the Sank was so pro
dglous mat all nands were employed from morning TIL
night In discountin notes and handing out specie ON
Thursday consider ble than 1000 kept mstresses
were legally married the face OF several congrega-
tions aud TO crown the whole farce Sir Gilbert Hath
COLE NJ that time being director OF the Bank, issued
orders To all the fire In London requiring them To
keep good look and particular over the
Bank OF England.
There have been believe two SIMILAR but slghter
spasms in this country since then Yours truly,
Netc- York, Aug. 25, 1881. JOSEPH c. JACKSON.