The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-05-20
A HORRIBLE PROSPECT.
Prof Grmmer's Prophecy ofthe Terrible Prague
ofFive Years, Beginning In 1859.
Courier Journal.

Courier journal.
During the past two weeks soueyery creo-
nlous people In this city have been driven
into a fever Of fear and excitement over &c
port, which attained some circulation, 10 the
effect that minister In one OF the chnrcnes
had expressed his firm belief In Mother SHIP
TOMS prophecy, and had advised his congre-
CATION to repent of their sins and prepare Tor
The end of the world. There was wailing
aud gnashing Of teeth among some OF The
weaker brothers, but particularly among the
women, aud retnorse was ruling hteh ana
strong In the market for time. There was
n great increase I'm the church congregation
and much devotional spirit, until u was dis
covered that the rumor had been set aiioat by
some wicked wag who did not dream how
well II would float. :,
The Mother Shpton prophecy has caused
some uneasiness all the year, but as u was
based upon no scientific foundation the fear
has somewhat subsidized. Prof. Grimmer, OF
Cambridge. Mass, las recently given forth
scientific prophecy equally as dreadful, mas.
much as Il comprehends the depopulation OF
the earth by frightful plaques. frot. Grim
mer says "1he periheliaof the fve great
planets, Mars, Jupiter Uranus, Neptune ana
Saturn, will be coincident In lssl-5. i sim
ply state The effect which the approaching
perihelia will produce according TO astroiog-
ical deduction. From 1881 TO 1887 wall pc
one universal carnival OF deaths. Ihere VIII
be storms, tornados and earthquakes without
number. DESTROYING whole cities and towns I;
rainfalls will deluge valleys aud mountain
streams will enlai .e their beds and become
mighty torrents. There will be remarka-
BILE displays of electricity frightful To witness,
and wild beasts will leave their natural
haunts and crowd into populous cities, tinitl
and harmless suiiocating fumes OF sulphur
will arise from the earth billions OF fish
will die and be cast upon the seashore, TO
inpregnate the air with foili doors.
Every drop of water OH the earth Will De
more or less poisonous and OF course diseases
that battle medical skill will appear. The
plague will begin lis ravases In ASA; IL VIII
then attack Russia, and move west, devastat-
ing as II goes.
In the year 1912 and again in 1865 three OF
the planets were In peiilIelion, aud those
were the worst plague eras ever known. III
1920 Mars aud Saturn were In perihelion,
and 81, 900 out of 70, 600 Inhabitants died In
the city of Marseilles In less than five weeks
These seasons, however, were but faint pic
tures of what Will occur now when five great
planets are In perihelion. America will lose
more than 100000 of her inhabitants II
the sewers or her cities are as imperfect IN
1882 are they are to-day.
Another thing which the Professor says
will be of great interest to temperance socje
ties, the women's missions and temperance
crusades will be unnecessary, for he says
call the incorporate will be swept from thu
face of the earth during the reign Of the ter
rible carnival. From 1882 TO 1885 no fish
fowl or animal food should be eaten, ano
butter, eggs aud animal oils should be avoid
ed. Vegetable diet alone should be tht
rule.
This prophecy was first published In Tho
Cambridge Tribune, and has since excited
some interest and no little degree Of amuse
ment at the Professors expense.
Prof. Mees, the well-known scientist o.
this city, upon being asked what he though
of the prophecy, said: GAS far as the pre-
diction Is concerned we can say nothing, bu
consider all such predictions to bethe mos
absurd nonsense. There is nothing In tn
conjunction or periheiia of the planets con
cerned; there IL nothing caused by them ex
cept some atmospheric disturbances. hav
not looked into the relative position OF tn
planets, but IL Is my impression that We hay
passed the time when the q eatest number q
them were I'm conjunction. We are depend
ent upon the sun for our climatic positions
| do not think II would affect us In any wa
us far rs atmospheric changes are concerned
We might have some insulation OF the atmos
phere, but that would not amount to any
thing. This II very fertile time for sue
silly predictions, because we have had sue
severe weather this season, aud people ar
likely to take UP anything at all and make
mountain of IL. There Is nothing In sciene
which could lead any one to make such
silly prediction as that. At the present rat
allowing for the greatest revolutions, the su
could not possibly cool more than one degre
In seven years, or increase more than one d.
gree In 100 years, so there Is no possibility
ony such remarkable thinks coming 70 pass.