Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1881-03-07
FIFTH EDIrloN
A PROPHErEss mi Ta, -.

1ndusea 60 Remnfs. 10
The latch Of the door LEADING 4,
editorial sAnctum lifted this m ~ Uaf
and young looking, medium .;.ls
quite black lady entered with tos "sG'
Of one having authority. As sbs ~. W
as The time Of the morning. with vsas
bred courtesy abe showed a Pow ~, Won
brightest ivory and the vivid ss !" W.
the eye suggested that she was no ..N VI
mon person who had paid us he, WV y.
spects. To-
"Your business madame" We r..
gested with q bow. 'Y
81 want you to state In your ,,.
that the prophecies preacher ANY,, ,SN,
in town on Saturday" "
"Ah | indeed, am | talking IA
prophecies"
"ies you are aud | am going to Law,
the city and will prophecy as.jD"
It," ''A"
What will you do that tor :"
"because neither black nor Whit,
has offered me place to preach IN y
why that is queer. Did you a.
for a place :"
mo, didn't, but they knew Va,
here and they might have asked ma "a
preach"
"Will yen allow us to ask YOU VIII,
kind OF revenge you will hay. on n.
city for being sighted ?" We tiuidIv
asked.
81 will raise the winds Agsius, til.
city,
"oh, goodness. don't do that. Whv
Vennor's been torlnsnting US all vim
ter"
why, that wasn't Vennor, tina, Wa
me all the tins. | sent the winds and
the snow | broke up the Dslsw,,s
river. II was me did all that
Mercy Yon don't say 30, Can yOu
not be- induced TO hold your walls Of
wrath and not destroy Wilmington At
this time 7"
"No, | must prophecy against thu
city, and what prophecy will tsks
place. | have power over the wind and
the sun, and make everything uOV,
| have power over the son OF man and
the angelo in Heaven. Oh, you needn't
look surprised at me. This is no In.
man being you are talking to. LAM.
lprophetess.'
"Can you make the sun stand s.illln
We timidly asked.
/ ayes, and the sun is standing still
lnow," she said, land wont move
again until am revepsed on Whining.
tun."
| Madame, as you have all poBer you
would be very handy to have around
in dry weather when We want rain,
what will You take to send us rain
. when We need III"
All / want is a place in which 10
preach. Why, didn't you hear of thes,
terrible shipwrecks and these AZ
: ciden.s 7"
"We nodded assent"
swell then, l did all that, and
there can't a ship or a car move with
, out nv consent"
We suggested that the Ship builder
. and railroad men of the city would gel
her a place to preach In rather than 10
. have their ships sunk At sea and their
railroad uaius wrecked.
She said she would be willing to stay
} lif she was treated better, but the COL
I ored people had done all they could eK-
oept giving her a church 70 preach in.
She had preached and prcphessd At
: Plsin6sld, New Jersey, and all through
that State in all kinds Of churches,
In response TO our inquiries she sAld
her name was Harriet johnson md
that she was born in Virginia but did
! not know Jasper who maintained that
r the sun "do move"
She had no recollection Of the name
l OF the family with whom she pat up
since she came to ihe city, but it Wa
beside a creek and she had 70 cr&s 1
railroad bridge to &c, TO ii. She tnaIlI
concluded 70 remain over day or Two
in the city with the expectation iaN
5 when the people saw by tue RsPrSLl,
, CAN that she was In the city they would
!, call on her and offer her place ID
which 70 prophecy.
She left our sanetum with the under
] standing that she WAS to rsIurn al one
i O'Clock with the pSne Of the family
G with whom she had fourd shelter, 80
THAT the people would kGoT exactly
] where to fnd her II they wanted her 70
s preach aud prophecy. She sala
she frat commenced pfophecying
!. last October when she iOrescNd the eISS'
! ton Of General Garfield, Int she was
!, positive he would never have been ees'
! ted II she had not forstold it. "ls1
= We informed her that we 'o'eu
lfor Garfield and tina. he had m'!of'
J, Iity in this city she was 'el
r much soitened and concluded 70 sV'
the city a chance before pFophsVy'OS
u against II. ,.h,;,b
ell Apprehensivs that we woaia puU
more than she desired In the kHv1.,'
Il CAN she dictated the following WA'''
: che wished as to state: ...,
"The prophecies preacher, inc u 10,
eller, arrived In Wilmington on os's W
day afternoon. She was very muVI T.,
speoted by her colorsd friends ana !. ,u Y
nished with lodging and food as ~ ", :,
they were able, but she could NOV ~ y" n
by that alone, and weuld Ike , a.
come and help the Prophecies Pies ss,,
who has been preaching and pfoplIIS II,
ing throughout the State Of ~" ="