28 JANUARY 1888, Page 16

PREPARATIONS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD.

[TO THE EDITOR OE THE " SPECTLTOR."i

Sin,—In August, a few years ago, when so terrible a thunder- storm fell upon a Suffolk village that some people were sore afraid, thinking that the last day had come, an old woman was heard to cry,—" And there ! Mr. B— " (the good parson), "he ain't at home." A pathetic touch of great trust, however small and local her measure of the crack of doom.—I am, Sir, &c., H. J.