These words, to the astonishment of the natives, have nearly all been fulfilled. The railway from Cologne to Minden has, since his death, been carried through the very district he mentioned in 1830, before the first English railway had been opened, and when the primitive shepherds of Westphalia were little likely to know anything about railways. The scarcity took place at the time specified; and his remark as to a new religion is supposed to apply to a deterioration of manners among the simple natives, consequent on the opening up of their district. A personal friend of Jaspers collected the following sayings, which the author, after minute inquiry on the spot, considers as genuine. 1. “Before the great road is _quite finished_, a dreadful war will break out.” The railway has for a year or two been in operation; but, up to the end of 1849, as we saw by advertisements, the second line of rails was not laid down. It is probably still only in progress. Now in 1848 and 1849, we have seen war in Schleswig-Holstein, Hungary, Italy, Posen, and Baden. 2. “A small northern power will be conqueror.” Probably the Danish war, and the success of Denmark, is here meant. 3. “After this another war will break out—not a religious war among Christians, but between those who believe in Christ and those who do not believe.” Here we must remember that the simple and ignorant peasants of Westphalia have strong religious feelings and prejudices, and are apt, like some nearer home, to apply the term Infidel somewhat rashly. Possibly Russia and the Greek church may be here alluded to. 4. “This war comes from the East. I dread the East. 5. “This war will break out very suddenly. In the evening they will cry ‘Peace, peace!’ and yet peace is not; and in the morning the enemy will be at the door. Yet it shall soon pass, and he who knows of a good hiding-place, for a a few days only, is secure.” The probability of a war, in which Russia shall take an active share, cannot escape any observer of the signs of the times; and, with the aid of railways, which were not known at the date of Jaspers’ death, the sudden outbreak is quite possible, even in Westphalia. 6. “The defeated enemy will have to fly in extreme haste. Let the people cast cart and wheels into the water, otherwise the flying foe will take all carriages with them. 7. “Before this war, a general faithlessness will prevail. Men will give out vice for virtue and honour, deceit for politeness. 8. “In the year in which the great war shall break out, there shall be so fine a spring, that in April the cows will be feeding in the meadows on luxuriant grass. In the same year, wheat may be harvested, (in his district,) but not oats.” (This appears to be likely to apply to 1850.—W. G.) He seems here to hint that the harvest of oats will be interrupted by the war; if so, the war occurs in autumn.