Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-07-23
THE WORLDLY wISD-Ur.


doing 10 for an ind.inits number OF
years aud centuries. But really there
are many Arm believers in the ~,hrsadbars
prophecy purportiug to having been
made by old Mother Shipton that the
world will positively come to an end
during the present year Of 1881. The
prophecy referred to is given in modern
version substantially as follows;
"Csrriages without horses shall 90.
And accidents all the'world with woe;
Around the world men, thoughts shall n.y.
In less than twiukling Of an eye.
Water shall yet TRANCE wonders 90.
Most strange. and yet 10 shall be true.
The world ali upside down shall be.
And gold be found ct rootof tree.
Through hills, DER valleys. men shall ride.
Aud yet no horse DO at their side.
Cuder the water men shall walk,
Shall work. and ride. and sleep. and talk.
Floating IN air shall men be seen,
In white. and black. and brown. and green.
Iron shall ON the water doat.
A. safely - . wooden boat.
Gold shall DO found. a. will DO shown,
Far OF 10 land that's not now known.
Fire shall with wstsr wonders do,
And England shall exslt . Jew.
And 10 an end our world shall come.
In eighteen hundred and siyhty-onsF"
Over half the year has passed away
yet still the country remains safe. aud
even the most implicit believers In this
impending mundane catastrophe msy
begin to take courage. and hopsfully
look forward to . merry Christmas and
happy New Year. Mother Shipton
dourished as quite . noted sssrsss In
Yorkshire, England. In the sixteenth
century. She lived toa very old age.
and the following spi,aph was inscribed
on her tombstone at Clifton. Yorkshire.
where she died:
Here lyss she who never ly'd
Whose skill often has been try'd
Her prophecies shall still survive
And ever keep her name alive.
A writer In the PresSytsrian Journal
points out the fact that Mother Ship
tons original prophecies were nothing
like the foregoing. but were simply q
tumble Of pretended representations,
having vogue. ind, hnite meanings. and
tending to nothing really tangible. A
pamphlet Of dogser.l rhymes. being q
medley collection Of these prophecies.
was published in l64l. and q revision Of
II vas given in 1877. together with q
memoir o. the ancient sseress herself.
The prophecy took its present shape
In 1862. when one Charles Hindley Of
Brighton. England. published 1t as ian
exact reprint OF the book Of Mother
ship,on's prophecies. from the edition
Of l44s." At that time. twenty years
ego, OF course, al the wonders predicted
bad been fulfilled. and It was easy
enough to pretend to "iors,sll" them.
An Investigation showed the spurious
nature OF his book. and in 1873 Mr..
Hindlsy came out In q letter oonfsssipg
that he had himself fabricated the
prophecy above quoted, ''tossthsr with
ten others, to make the book sell WE'LL"
30 much for Mother sbipton. But
Hindl.y's prophecy 10 just a. good a.
though written BY the old lady herself.
and II. instead Of the world. will come
to an end with the end Of this year
Of 1881.
But now another predicted danger.
eorroborstivs Of the Aforesaid prophecy.
has recently been brought to light.
Certain papers are alleged to have been
found which set forth With discourssing
d~,fuitsn,ss Of detail that this world
will ipfailibly come tn its anal ending
next November. Leonardo Arstino. an
italian prophet OF the fourteenth cen.
tury. two hundred years before Mother
6bipton's time. 10 announced to have
made the following stated prosnosiiea-
tioh:
Tue end OF oil worldly things will
take plso. In the month OF Novsmbsr.
1881. The dissolution 10 to begin on
the 18th add las, af,ssn days. On the
nrst day the sea will overflow. Second
dsy-Tbs water will psnstrsts Into the
soil. Third dsy -Dssth Of ell irssh-
water Ash. Fourth dsy-Dss,h Of Sea
animals. Fifth day-Desth Of the birds.
Sixth d.y-F.ll Of the houses and build
logs. Seventh d.y-Fall Of the rocks.
Eighth day Earthquake. Ninth day
Fall Of the mountains. Tenth day
Men will become dumb. Eleventh day
The graves will open. Twelfth day
Rain OF stars. Thirteenth dsy-Desth
OF all mankind. Fourteenth dsy-ps-
struction OF heaven and earth BY Ore.
Fifteenth day--G.nsrai resurrection and
last judgment.
Now there 10 some style to this last
prophecy. I, took six days to make
tne world, ahd u 10 10 % wiPeo OUT IN
fifteen. giving plenty Of time to close
out business and wind up properly. The
nrst part Of November will be . judi
eious time to abort stocks or draw out
altogether. Then watch things. II .
heavy rise In salt water 10 p~ercsptbls on
the 18th. balloons aud other arrange
msnts and o~onv.yauses for getting out
should DO secured at once. The chances
are, however. that this Italian vennor
il s"littls of" 10 his calculations. A
great many exciting things are occurring
during this remarkable year, but in
spite Of comets. eclipsss. planetary con-
functions, cyclones, smallpox. strange
weather. and all that sort OF thing. the