The Seaside Sibyl; Or Leaves of Destiny: A Fortune Teller in Verse

By Good Press

The Seaside Sybil is an American fortune teller written in the 1880s. This booklet contains slips of paper that have been marked from 1 to 100 and conferred to give a very vague fortune of the future. It is mainly concerned with relationships and marriage. These "leaves of destiny" follow directly in the wave of the prophecy tradition of fortune-telling, which comprises both simplified and complicated systems. This particular leaflet also includes a mixture of illustrations, jokes, and cartoons.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: May 19, 2021
• ISBN: 4064066093938

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The Seaside Sibyl; Or Leaves of Destiny: A Fortune Teller in Verse

Published by Good Press, 2022

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EAN 4064066093938

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THE SIBYL’S CURE.

For love—be you sure

There is but one cure.

Yourself, then, resign

To marry, or pine!

This grave operation

Requires consultation.

The Sugar and Spice

Will make the cure nice.

The pain in the heart

Will quickly depart.

I’d fain say the same

Of every pain

That ruffles the temper

Or maddens the brain;

That makes the eye dim

Or cripples a limb;

That mars all your beauty,

And pleasure and duty.

Why this should be so

Is a puzzle to know.

If you take my advice,

You’ll be well in a thrice.

Away with your lotions,

And villainous potions—

And, if you have sense,

Spend a very few pence

To make your ills fewer

With Wells’ Health Renewer.

LEAVES OF DESTINY.

DIRECTIONS FOR CONSULTING THE SIBYL:—Draw for a number from slips numbered from 1 to 100, and see corresponding number in Leaves of Destiny.

1.

You’ll meet this year on Brighton Strand,

One destined for your heart and hand.

2.

Choose one—if you are shrewd,

No safety lies in multitude.

3.

Endless flirtation

Doth seem your vocation.

4.

Bracing air and embracing arms,

Give Coney Island especial charms.

5.

Young or Old? Love or Gold?

Hot or Cold? Given or Sold?

Toss odd or even—you’ll be told.

Drawing Lesson No. 2.

A baseball game

Base Ball Season.

A man in Chester county, Pa., has paid $125 and costs of prosecution for thrashing a lawyer in his office, but he says the amusement was worth every cent of it.