Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-03
igginS.

Virgins takes nothing back Not he. Others
may turn in their tracks. or hedge on their pro-
phecies, II they want To, but never Virgins Wig
gins of Ottawa, p. o.. rival of Venner o. Montreal,
p. @, we mean. ON the other hand lie sticks to
1t sitter than ever. And to more of It, TOO Not
only is he surer than he was OF the fearful storm
which he has set for the oh OF March next. but
It's going TO be bigger Thing than he at first sup
posed. Much bigger. More every WY so to
speak. It's 10 be one OF the few shows that will
surpaSS the promises or the preliminary highly
colored posters. AMI It's bound to come unless
The planets stop il their orbits" he confidently
declares Furthermore, 1T Will be felt all over
the world from sea to sea- ana from role to mole
This VIII make 1t bad Tor the people OF the cOnti-
nents and the Islands OF the seas as well as for
the men " no go down TO the sea in ships and who
generally have to stand the brunt OF rackets OF
this sort Also for the boys who may be engaged
In hunting for the pole at the time. Very bad for
all of them
The way Virgins knows all this il .sby the
heavenly bodies" he tells US and by his cslcuIa
lions based thereon. That settles it. The bpav-
enly bodieS-barring meteCrs AMI an occasional
comet, and OF course Virgins wouldn't fool away
MS valuable time On temporary gimcracks like
these,-are the most reliable authorities im2gtna-
Die; and as for figures, why everybody knows
they never lie. The world ought to be satisfied
with this showing. certainly But lest il NAV not
proudly points TO his record as a prophet IN the
past Now, nothing Gnler the sun Is, nothing
under The san can be, conclusive as record az
the past, proudly pointed to. Holy writ is h,ruv
more o. a settler There is only one drawback TO
H. III has lis ore weak spot, like that In the So
called arnor OF Achilles, as IL were It doesn't
always bear examination And the more proudly
IL Is pointed TO the more likely Is some fellow IN
look mo It. There is such a thing as temp,ino
tate too far. The proBi.et who points too proudly
runs this risk And that is what Virgins has
done. He triumphantly says he foretoId .,he
great storm, accompanied by hail, which would
pass over the American continent
IRON the southeast, on the 25tn
OF June, 1881" He says, moreover that lit was ON
nand at the hour named" and also that ssit IN
rooted houses In Washington" and played smash
generally all over the country. Taking Virgins,
unfailing formula for getting at things, and
adding to 1t his previous successes In the same
line, IL would seem safe to count upon the sbak.
fng-up promised for March 9Th as certain to come
on But. alas. what are the facts? There was no
storm In Washington on the 25th OF June 1881.
The severe gale which visited this city that wear
aud did so much damage as To make it one OF the
notable storms in the memory OF even the oldest
inhabitant occurred on the evening OF the 9th Of
that month. Ii didn't come from the southeast
either, but from the northwest. Neither was II
general m its character, or widespread In tts
effects. 1t was entirely and peculiarly local both
In character and application. This seems TO make
II bad for Virgins and his record Very bad. Bur.
unfortunately, We cannot alter history. Not even
for Virgins.