Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-04-16
Eye Aneciant sonues.' .

before tne Town CLOCK tOlleQ the
hour Of II a large number Of anx
A iOus expectaDts hed gathered on
"a Main street, near Third street.
The air was raw, and the wind blew harder and
harder, yet the crowd increased and before
the hour named in certain mysterious docu.
ment in the papers, the sidewalks and the
street were pretty decidedly packed. The ques.
tons and answers Of that crowd Of curiosity.
seekers were, perhaps, the queerest part Of the
evenings performance; we could not do the
queries or responses justice, as we are not In an
tlPndish humor to-day. II is enough to say
that they were not calculated for newspaper
merid ian.
"On time, )" exactly, the band struck up strain
Of ghoulish music, and a large number Of mys
terious beings Immediately issued from door
way on Main street, few rods above Third
The curiosity of the large company iu waiting
oulminAted, at this instant, and it seemed as
though the mysterious beings would be run
down and trampled upon; but the outsiders
swayed into the street, and the music, followed
by the al. o. s. M" proceeded according to
published programme.
The princely bearing of the Grand Com.
mander at once pointed him out as the first OBJ
jeet Of attraction. His magn ifcent uniform
drew upon him an extra stare, and note Of
very general admiration Of his august pre- sence
went up from the masses. Immediately in the
rear Of the @. O were his armor.beaIers dscked
by the peculiar emblems of the Order. The
@. of H., tail fellows, were ghSstly looking be.
ings, dressed in black robes, with tunics, and
having muskets with fixed bayonets. The
principal officers 1--WE presume,) next passed
along, in complete armor, sword in hand and
then the "brethren" by "twOs," in white too
MICS, with an occasional Knight Of the Order.
But we have not time to particulAriEe further !;
those who saw them know All about 1t. and we
do not care too give lsggarts too much inform
alton in regard to the appearance Of the "Sons
of Mystery" indeed we would have said lit
tie about the matter, but for the sake Of inVa
lids. vino were unable to be out.
The guessing at individuals in the process
sion was kept up during the whole line of
march but few persons, however, were recog
nized. The principal random shooting was at
the "fat men" in the procession. and several
bets were made that P. B., from the south, was
Capt A., of this city, and "wice-wersa r. The
contestants. in settling the bets, got more and
more confused, until they could not recognize
each other
All along the route Of these myterious beings,
large crowds followed the people filed the
doors and windows; and the most intense in
terest and curiosity were manifested during the
entire march. The ladies were out in large
force and we were astonished to notice so ma
ny "little folks" peering at the procession. as
wide aw axe as their seniors. Altogether, the (.
fair last night was an epoch, !" as NANCY would
say new and strange proceeding. which
while it interested every body, was wonder to
every body. Having bees complete sue,
cess" and an attraction exceeded by no other
that has preceded 1t. We presume IL will be re
PeAted when the sign iI again right.
After the programme had been filled, the
order adjourned 10 the Phenix House. where
the "Sons" pArtOOk Of a supptuOus lunch, ten
dered them by Mr. OOnnor. II is worthy Of
note. and may be interesting to outsiders to
learn, that they waded into Creature comforts"
Just like humans" Visiting brethren from
Cincinnati, Hamilton, Greenville, aud other
points. it is declared, showed their appreciation
Of the Hosts lIberality in peculiarly practical
way.
N. B.-Cuba is safe.