nds, or the fallin' to you of a fortin, or great
travellin' by water or land, or losin' money at cards, or
breakin' your leg, or makin' a great discovery, or inventin'
somethin', or gettin' put into prison on suspicion of sorcery and
witchcraft. You will see that there are indications to denote
that you will certainly be accused of sorcery and witchcraft by
some individdyals who are not your friends--the indications denote
great likelihoods that this will make you uneasy in your mind,
but I think there is nothin' of a very serious natur' to be
feared at that time of life, if the time of birth is given
correct. When any misfortin' is comin' upon you there is no doubt
(though I am not goin' to state positively that such will be the
case, still there is strong likelihoods that the indications give
such a probability) that it will give you warnin' of its
approach. At 36, if the time of birth is given correct, there is
indications of a likelihood that you will fall upon some other
misfortin'; I am not prepared to state positively that such will
be the case, but I think you will have a misfortin', though I
don't think it would be of a very afflictive natur'. There is at
that time a circumstance of an unfriendly natur', though it may
not happen to yourself; it might denote that your brother will
get sick. There is another evil condition about this time which I
will examine still furder. I see that there is indications of a
likelihood that there is a probability of your having somethin'
amiss by a partner, if somethin' of a favorable natur' does not
interpose, which is not unlikely, though I may be mistaken and
will not say positively. You will be lucky, however, after that,
and many of your evils will gradually begin to recline, as it
were. There is reason to believe that the significators denote
that in the course of your futur' life you will sometimes be
thrown in with men who you will think is your friends, but who
will prove to be your enemy. This I will not say positively, for
I may be mistaken, which I think I am not, but if the time of
birth is correct, you are an individdyal as gives likelihoods
that such might be the case."

For more than an hour had the Inquirer been edified and
instructed by these "solid chunks of wisdom," which, it will be
remembered, were not delivered off-hand, but were carefully
ciphered out by elaborate calculations on the slate aforesaid.
Lucid and elegant as was the language, and interesti