The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1892-12-03
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y,..i,ssssasss y On Who was On the
-. s,.veg An OvsrtA south KAissii Oae
Il Great Wall q Tsrssr. and tho
DeR Jslned ~ Chorus.

the De1 a. NE. ~ y. WtAl1Au1s VI 0te-
nade. MIA, ous Of the best writer's Of
th.s ssate. himself now past the sllot-
ia aae d three score and ton:
..siuce The starr fell in 1883, Novem-
har IN. o W remember, nearly two
onnerations hare passed, sweeping
fro,n srnouost the living untold millions
Il human beings then u the prime Of
l;fa. Yo romennher Distinctly any Of
.tha events of ~ 0c0l,rranCe presup-
nnsas 3 man u age, and % present some
e them . they passed then before
onr youthful mind, i now our thought
II ny 4. Wv a preface let u say that
..tronnanv. Ike Ill other sciences,
moral. Intellectual and physical, has
MA much II not great progress since
then. That wonderful event which we
helieye was confined TO the United
ststes, or almost 10 the Western Con-
tinent. was ushered IL without any
nrernonittuns Or 4 astrological calcula-
tinna a we'll ~ W remember. It took
The country by surprise, and for a little
while. even amongst the best educated
neople. produced the most serious i'm
,,ressions, while amongst the ignorant
and unlearned, II was viewed with
alarm and terror. That the end OF all
thinos was at hand with all the Apoco-
ivntic prophesies to be realized, was
the ready belief OF thousands. That it
was an impressive II not fearful, sight
IN the plrest and most thoughtful
minds. Il certain. Parties Of good So
ciety engaged Ia dancing, and others
fond Of revelry, suddenly yielded their
JOYOUS occupation for the more solemn
business Of prayer and intercession
were frequent. We learned from
distinguished Baptist preacher subse.
ouentiy that a large number Of fashion
able Young people were immersed in
Mi the spirit and buoyancy Of the light
fantastic toe on o steamboat on the.
Cbattahoochie river, suddenly changed
their snort. and the ladies, with shrieks
Of terror called on him to pray for them,
when he told them with great solemni-
ty that it was too late to change their
destiny. But as the brilliant showers
continued without harm, they became
Quiet. but there was no more dancing
Or revelry on the boat that night.
Many similar cases occurred else
where. Gamblers threw down their
chips and forsook the barrooms with
serious thoughts for the first times in
their lives. The father Of the writer
was a man Of iron nerves, and when u
servant girl came rushing into the
room where he and mother slept, out
Of breath and excited to delirium,
shouting out, tMistess! mistess! the
worlds on fire. the old gentleman.
,arelessly observed, whats the mat
ter with that nigger!" ,. =.
Get up and see," said the good
mother.
On throwing open the blinds, with
one apparently endless sweep of falling
stars before him, he observed rather
dryly: ;,
Such incidents and many more start
ling we're related all over the country
after tho occurrence.
At this time the writer was going to
school at Mount Zion, q quiet little VII
lage, depending mostly for ito revenues
upon the large number OF boys and
young men who assembled there for
education. upder the BeemAns. There
we're about ! dozen 81 Us boarding with
a good old widow, and II was q rule 70
MOw out the lights and 60 to bed at 10
p. m. We were Allsc0u eleeping qui,,
city, when w were suddenly aroused