LIVELY TIMES NEXT MONTH,
The end of the world has been postponed from time to time, but papers have been found which disclose the unpleasant fact that our globe is sure of destruction in November 1881. Leonardo Aretino, an Italian prophet of the fourteenth century, is authority for this amazing statement: —The dissolution is to begin on the 15th and last fifteen days. According to Aretino, the programme will be as follows :—lst day—The sea will overflow. 2nd day—The water will penetrate into the soil. 3rd day—Death of all fresh-water fish. 4th day—Death of sea animals. sth day—Death of the birds. 6th day—Fall of the houses and buildings. 7th day—Fall of the rocks. Bth day—Earthquake. 9th day—Fall of the mountains. 10th day—men will become dumb. 12th day—Rain of stars. 13th day —Death of all mankind, 14th day—Destruction of heaven and Earth by fire. 15th day —General resurrection and last judgment. An eccentric old gentleman in Lincolnshire, England, aged 83, is, it is stated, so firmly convinced of the approaching end of the world that he has ordered an immense balloon to be made for his own convenience, by means of which he hopes to witness the destruction of the planet without sharing the fate of the inhabitants.
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Patea Mail, 28 October 1881, Page 4
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207LIVELY TIMES NEXT MONTH, Patea Mail, 28 October 1881, Page 4
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