Daily Republican., 1882-02-21
BIBLE CURIOsITIEs.
A Village Rlae ksmith spends
Twelve Years in collecting and
Publlshlng q Book OF Cur iOsities
of the Bible.

Oh the BlDle.
Ambrose s. Ottey has Just finished
compiling a work which IL now in the
hands of the publishers and il running
through the press, a work which is one
of the rarest curiosities culied from the
Bible, and the work is the more extra.
ordinary that Mr.. Ottey Is a.poOr black.
smith at Booths Corner, Delaware
County, Pa, with only his evenings to
himself in which to work out such a
queer and extensive collection of words
and matters that he has dunominated
them the "Curiosities of the Bible. "
Mr.. Ottey has been between twelve and
shirteen years at his work and feels
happy now that 1t is completed and
ready for sale. In doing this he has
gone through the Bible thirteen times
examining every verse and word and
deduCtlng from it whatever might be
of curious interest to readers. A small
synopsis OF every chapter is given and
at the end OF the chapter the number of
times the principal and leading words
occur in the chapter. After this comes an
extensive appendix giving the number
Of books, chapters, verses, words and
letters there are in each of the old and
new testament. His count gives 800
chapters, y,24l verses, 592 ,439 words,
and 2, 1928, 100 letters in the old testa-
menI and 260 chapters, 1851 verses,
l81, ,25S words and $780, letters in the
new. The length Of CHAPTERS and
verses are noted. Several pages are
then devoted to recording curious facts
about the Bible. They follow the
chapvers and verses relating to faith
and prayer, what men saw and did by
faith, relating to faith, relating to
prayer, to happiness, to the resurrec
tion and future life, the gospel Of peace,
dying words of believers, of unb 'liev-
ers, heaven, hell, names of Jesus Christ
nearly three hundred in number, names
of God in forty-eight languages, mira.
cles of the Old and new testament, par.
ables, mystical numbers 3 and Z, forty,
texts, deaths of the apostles, kings of
Isreal and Judah, persons, places and
events, scriptural names and meaning,
persons of the same name, names only
once in the Bible, persons who had two
names, what certain men of the Bible
did, occupations, places, women of the
Bible, Bible facts, stones, trees, snakes,
grain, plants, birds, animals, ages,
ancient wonders, appearance of angels,
arks, casting lots, caves, coats, dancing,
deaths, drinking, feasts, giants, fire,
God speaking to men, plaques, songs,
stoned to death. temples, those put no
prison, water, weapons, weeping, wells,
wives, sons and daughters
Another chapter gives the scriptural
facts about persons, places and things,
the Bible and words appearing csr-
tain number of tilaes. The work fin.
ishes out with the important points of
difference between the old and new
versions, the whole book containing
5G6 pages handsomely bound in Russia
leather and in cloth.
Mr.. Ottey in compiling his work has
made himself very familiar with every
thing in the bible and can answer any
question asked him in relation to the
bible in a ready and off hand manner.
Altogether his book is q work of great
labor and patience and is great help
to bible students and readers in the
study of the Scriptures. For the pres
ent his book can be seen at the resi-
deuce of Edgar A. Finley, SO7 Madison
street. He expects soon to either can
vass the city tor the sale of his book
or to employ some one to do it for hiIn.
He certainly deserves encouragement
for his perseverance and for compiling
a work which presents all the distin-
guished points of the bible in a suall
space.