The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-03-07
charlesiown! chronicles.
CHAPTER /.

of the first year of the jubilee q the Know
NOthings. when it was yet dark near mid
night, there came from TinniUum two very
wise men, ALBERr and WILLIAM, and some
Of the wise men OF Charlestown, followed
hard after them-and when they came nigh
unto the centre they entered place where
merchandise was sold, and in back room
under the cover of darkness, they swore by
an oath, that they would do and perform all
the things that were commanded Of them;
and the men of Tinicum returned to their
own city, and thus commenced the reign of
the Known Nothings. a.6
Now these things came to pass in the Sc
cond year of the reign Of Samuel the man
sent by the Bishops to preach to this people,
and he soon fell in love with the ORDER
Tnen some of his people said let US 60 over
and encarhp near the river Hinckle, and they
went over and when they came nigh unto
the saw mill they said, 'let not thy right hand
know what thy left hand doeth, for we are
as of yesterday, and knOtO nothing. Now
darkness covered the face of the earth, and
grcss darkness the people, and before they
could give any of the signs which were to
recognize them among strangers, they sent
out spies three in number, to spie out the land,
and they were amazed, for they saw trees as
men walking it being in the wilderness; and
when they had entered into the lower room
all things being ready the door was shut, and
every man held his peace.
Soon loud rap was heard, and the door
keeper said, art thou instructed in the r1ys-
teries Of this order; and he said am not,
but l have come to make one of thy number;
then the door-keeper turned to The chief men
of the council and said, shall we receive
stranger among us--ahd they answered and
said, try him by the rules OF our faith. Then
said the stranger what dost thou require Of
me, and the door-keeper answered and said,
"ten pieces Of silver, (Which being interpre-
ted means one dollar) also that thou shalt
deal unjustly, swear falsely, and hate thy
neighbor, if he be not of thy faith. And the
stranger departed for he had no money
wherewith to buy their iniquty. And yet
there were others who came and brought mo-
ney and were received with gladness. And
there came man from the east who was
large in stature and the door-keeper said,
what hast thou brought for an Offering and
he said, some Eastwood sugar, and the door
keeper and all the people said, verify thou
art a 7eGtiue--and they declared that this
should be preserved to sweeten the cup for
some Of the Freesoilers and Democrats
And when all was still they marveled among
themselves saying, from whence cometh all
this people And the chief men answered
and said they came out of every nation, kin
dred, and tongue under the whole Heaven,
and they marveled yet the more, and said
among themselves, let US build three Taber-
nacles, one for the Wings, one for the Free
soiers and one for the Democtats.
Now it came to pass that the chief men Of
the council found great favor in the eyes of
the high priests of Tinnicum, and the high
priests of Tinicum rejoiced and were exceed
ing GLAD knowing that great was their re-
ward in the Court House. Now Jacob the
son of Ciaudius was there, man of much
words, and he confounded the people with
his knowledge. Then there was the man
that sold oxen and sheep, man small in
stature, nevertheless he was man of some
importance for they afterwards made him
marshal. Now it was here in this place that
some brought their horses which exceeding
ly annoyed the council by their neghing,
and they appointed three of their number to
60 up on the mountain, and command all the
beasts that they open not their mouth lest
the wicked Nebraskates discover us.
Now when they had ended these sayings,
the chief men took council together and said,
we must have a man to rule over US, and
they said let it be the Levite, and he ruled
over them for the space of nearly six months,
Then every one departed to his own house,
and they shook not the dust (saw dusD off
their clothes, and as they journeyed through
the wilderness some said where shall we see
Sam again and they answered in low
voice, sin the barn" ....-
And these are not half the things that are
written in the Books of the Know-N Nothings.