Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-27
HER PREDICTIONS
A COLORED WOMAN'S PROPHECIES
CONCERNING FRANCE.

After lying hidden for many years nota-
Sle prophecies have been brought to light
by Felix Duquesnel, n distinguished French
litterateur. The manner in which he dis
covered them was curious. Years ago
soon after the beginning of the Franco
German war; to be exact, at 9 O'Clock on
the evening of Sept. g. 1s7O-he entered at
Paris the train bound for Nantes, bust
ness connected with his journal taking
him in that direction,
Between Paris and Charities shell
came near striking the train and few
minutes later spent ball shattered the
glass of the compartment next to the one
In which NJ. Duqucsnal was seated. After
passing Chartres tine danger vanished the
lamps were relt, and, as g usual, the pas
sengers furtively inspected each other NJ
Duquesnol thought all his companions
very commonplace persons with the OK
ception of one gentleman, who was dressed
like clergyman and looked in every way
an original His face was pale and clean
shaven; his eyes were wonderfully bright;
to use Holmes expression, he had about
him the perfume of science, and finally
there was about him an air of distinction,
which stamped him IA man of mark in
some line or other
Conversation arose about the war, and
the general opinion was expressed that it
GOULD not last much longer, and that the
Prussians would soon he driven back to
their own country The Clergyman alone
expressed the opinion that the war would
last much longer
Predictions made by Virginia, - he said
quietly, "point in the same direction. -
The passengers were dunfounded. or
Virginia and her predictions they had
never heard. What wero they and who
was Virginia? Would not the Clergyman
enlighten them?
He would, aud did. Virginia, he ex-
planned, was the name of an old colored
woman who lived i'm suburb of Boston
about the year 1880 and who made liv-
ing by telling fortunes.
Some of her prophecies" he contin-
ued, were printed many years ago and
others are still in manuscript Here is her
prediction in regard to France. / copied it
myself some months ago, when 1 was in
America. "
He took from his pocket notebook and
read the following Amazing words:
Toward the middle of the year 1870 the
Germans will invade the country of the
French and, after bloody and swift bat
will he forced into exile, they will bcsiege
Paris for the first time, The great city
will not surrender ana during five courses
of tho moon it will suffer all the horrors
of famine, after which the Germans will
enter Paris But they will not go AS far
as the heart of the city, and they will
never reach there, and this entrance of
theirs will take place at the beginning of
a new period of the sun.
The clergyman paused and at once was
beset by storm of questions. But he
shrugged his shoulders and said quietly
You must not take me fora prophet.
am simply repeating what Virginia has
predicted. The future will tell whether
she has predicted truly or not. But this
is not all. Here is another prediction by
her, which is still more curious. And he
read from the littlc notebook:
After this first siege there will be a
second siege of Paris, and the French will
recover Paris from those Frcnchmt~ who
shall have obtained possession Of it. Aye,
the French will penetrate into the city, led
by warrior who will become their gov
ernor. The horses will wade through blood
and tho city will be ablaze with fires. After
that time will come calm and prosperity,
which will continue for 80 years, but the
people will have to purchase that season of
rest with much gold. There will be no war
without the will of the people, and the
governors of the people will he changed
ten times, and of these ten the most up
right man will be stricken to the heart by
a single blow of a dagger. Then, after
these 30 years of prosperity will come
again wretchedness, war and famine, and
this miserable season will last until the
the north, escorted by cavalry, armed with
lances He will reign five years, and dur
ing his reign the people will enjoy an
abundance of everything, but in due time
his death will come, and that event will
be the signal OF the great partition.
The clergyman closed his notebook and
was about to put it in his pocket when NJ.
Duquesnel requested permission to copy
the strange words of Virginia. This was
readily granted, and Iii had they been
copied when tine train arrived ut Montes,
and the passengers discnburl;ed. The
mysterious clergyman babe "a courteous
farewell to all and told them that he was
about to start for America. NJ. Duquesnel
has not seen him since, and he knows
neither his name nor his residence
But he preserved the predictions careful
ly, and, reading them 26 years after he re
ceived them and 100 years after Virginia
wrote them, he finds them, so far as he
can judge up to the present, entirely true.
1t remains to be seen whether she has proph-
esied with equal truth in regard to the
events that will occur during the next few
/ years.
According to her there will be four
more presidents in France and five more
years of popular government. This allows
/ little moro than n year for each president,
which seems very short term. After these
/ five years ara over she predicts "A season Of
wretchedness, war and famine, which will
Indure until France is rescued by savior,
who will come out of the north and whose
reign will be eminently prosperous. But
this prosperity, it seems, will only last five
years, and then the savior will die, and his
death will be followed by the great par
titiOn PARIS Herald.