OCR Text |
Show AHTTHTNO TO BEAT OBAKT. Garrett P. f erries, the srieoe writer, ssid at too Brooklyn Uoireraity elub apropo of Halley'axomott "To ignorant and snperstitioua dread that th comet evoked in some rusrters remind, me of the Millerites. "Toe Millerites. bark in 1872, when Grant waa op for a second term, were preaching the immediate destruction of the world. They were even giving their property away. Well, at a Milleriate ramp meetiag one sight ia Maina a Hillerito preacher prearhed that the end of the world would come oa October 1. just a moath before election. "The preacher enticed a sua ia a front seat who maaifeetcd wy symptom symp-tom of satisfaction wheaerer this date wa driven home. Perplexed, a accosted ac-costed th nil at th end of the aer-rice aer-rice and asked him why he had shown pleasure over sock a terrible matter. " Anything to beat Great!' was th reply." Hants Life- |