The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-06-17
In Expsse Of ths ..knev No.hinxs."

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Yesterday morning a pamphlet OF d.
pages was issued from the press o! one
Of the cheap publishers, and sold Tor a
shilling Ii is emitted The Know Moth
ings" an Expose Of the Secret Order OF
Know No,hings; the most ludicrous and
startling Yankee Notion ever conceived
by KNOW Something, late oil the Grand
Council" The author states III the IN
PRODUCTION that the objects Of the assocIa-
ton have never been made known, as
many of know Nothings" themselves
are unaware OF the ultimate object OF the
order. The writer does no, give any
account, OF the objects for which the order
! was established. He states that 1t now
numbers five millions Of members, and
that it is increasing a, the rate of five
thousand per week. The account OF the
military ceremonies Is highly absurd, and
must be incomplete.
According TO this pamphle, the real
name adopted by the general is Babeio-
run, from the toweI OF Babel. The or
der is divided into three degrees, each
separate from the other. The first is
called the Mumsome degree the second
Munmore; the third, Mummost While
the order III general takes the name of
Rabelorium, the undivided societies in
different places are called Toweret,s.
The number Of roweretts in the city OF
New York al this date, is almost two
hundred and fifty, and applications for
new ones are 50 numerous, that the I'M
',atlng officers are overwhelmed with Blu.
siness.
The officers are dressed in revolution
airy Indian costumes. The candidate is
hoodwinked, and string tied around his
tongue. After certain questions asked
and answers returned, the conductor
withdraws the fools cap from the eyes of
the candidate the usher seizes him be-
hind by the coat collar with both hands,
and pulls back as il determined to cause
s,rangulation the Wampum Master, IN
front draws OH the cord tied to the can.
dldate's tongue and the Captain Mum
stands little on the left, with an ap-
raised tomahawk.
The candidate, with Iolling tongue.
choking throat, and distended eyes. aazes
round and in addition 10 the figures d.
fectiy before hun, is struck with ludri-
crous yet painful amazemen, on behold
ing the room filled about him with the
lnost understandable images. Every man
OF the assembly has on FOOLS cap CON-
ing down over his eyebrows and taper
ing back al an angl lie of forty five degrees,
about eighteen inches in length. Every
man has the fore finger Of each hand in
the corners ot his mouth, and, with a
broad GRIN OH his face tugs on the cor
Cers OF his potato trap, TO see which can
produce the most horrible grnnace. and
EXHIBIT the deepest cultural cavern, stud
led with the ionges, rows OF bad ivory.
lhe candidate then proceeds 10 make
oatn 10 stfl"g ol the most absurd AL
empls at fun that Ae have ever seen.-
One clause is suiiclenl
10 the true and faithful performance
81 all OF which, pledge my most peril
nac'ous iogos, d,ndmg myself under a
peaatfy no less than having my boots
lrawn OF over my head, my hali twisted
nto cord nine feet long, the skirts Of
ny coat cut into forty nine strips. and in
his unfortunate plight suffer myself to
Dc rode Oh three eornered rail. nine
eet long, over the railroad track of a
rocket, at the rate Of ninety
niles Per hour.
The pass word OF this order is, dtyou-
let- neh .fdaa fsrif-yrt-aouc-ruo This pass
word IS never TO be gwen whole, but to
re halved when ever used.
The remainder Of the work is equally
and il is stated that il was 1
written as burlesque Oh the whole ar
air. II appears To BE- a mixture Of the
CEREMONIES OF the Tanmany Society and
he Odd Fellows, with ltlle ii the "a.
'afles OF the Bowery boys. N. I. Hrr-
Id. il