The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-03-17


70 some young men TO BE- " put through conra
Of sprouts in this way, for once, that they ma
b ON their guard against stnpidity and .Bsnsenl
for the rest Of their mortal fveA II this wer
81 there l. in the order, i nigh: be allowed {
j I've its brief life and die unneticed [
Bat thsre y positive mischief and degredatio
~ tie order. We do not profess to diaclose i
Iosbrets. Ithas none, aside from it. mode Of -
tiatiOn. But We know that solne Of ita practice
tend to dehasc al copqected with il, 10 destEo
their selEreapect and 70 fit them for association
that they naturally md properly deepisa Their
y no more serious damage yoa can doto yosl
man than TO diminish bis selfrespect Thia
the first effect ofthe ritual Of the Sons Whcl
man i Proposed a ! candidate, HID name De
evsr . week or two. and in that time the sasn
hers busy themselves in hunting up the history j
his past life and il be has been guilty Of any pee
cadlloes or iMdiacretiona they are pretty aure /.
be found ont Then. On his entrance for exannia
alton, when he is brought blindfold into ~
lodge, leading questions are put to him that ehoy
. familiaritNIWith his history that startles him
and in his alarm and confusion be Il induced :,
confess acts which man should confess only /,
his own conscience and his God. Especially Il b,
has been guilty Of any indiseretions with the 9th
er ae1. particular effort l. made to bring then
Out, and in manner TO place vice in humor
GUS light, and T. represent the ruin Of female viz
tue as an admirable practical joke. The ma,
who has been through such Z confessional a thi.
must inevitably feel degraded In the presence o.
or if be stands up under il be does Il by bold
ness and shaneiessne.sa.s which arc evidence q
tstill more hopeless deprayity. MI M. /
There are Also in the regalia and appointmept,
Of the lodges things that no decent man can CON
template without shame-things positively dis
gushing and licentious In their tendency. No
man OF proper selfrespect, no man of clearly
habits and pure thoughts, no man who houOrl
virtue in woman or true gallantry in man, will
fail to be shocked and disguised hy the indecen,
cies tolerated ia the lodges of the Sons Of Malta
On this account many men Of character who are
entrapped into the lodges never visit them after
their initiation: And on this ACCOUNT yoans
men who aim Of Responsibility should avoid them
altogether. The Sons Of Malta are grand lev
cling institution but they level down, not up.
They bring decent people into Fellowship with
the filth Of the gutter. Young men who respeos
themselves, and do not wish 20 lose that protec.
tion to Integrity and character, had better save
their five dollars and do without the information
the Sons Of Malta can give them. They lose
nothing at all by staying out; they may loae .
great deal besides their money BY going in.-
lsprngdeld Mass Republican. - as 4
a Wrn,e-.,,. -7s-s IS
An ODI0Us CoNPARIsoN.-B monthly SAYS
"Woman is link between earth and heaven. y
Prentice, Of the Louisville Journal, says: " So ID
>"s' ''s''N '' '''e ar saag. va
The CLIxAx.-A poor fellow says, aIn an
evil h0nr became addicted to drink From that
moment I have been going down, until have
become an Outcast-a lOafer-a thing of NO nc.
count. 81 for noth;nc else h.. =, 10 ro,,,s. oe
Congress y - De' "
A gentleman who recently got the mitten"
from his lady love, or, in other words. was re-
jected BY the fair one to whom he was paving
his addresses" gave vent to his feelings in the
following verse:
In ancient times when hachelva vent IN Won
And youno swain Inv some fair m.;d mos s',;t.
> ten. .'''''
"a n n. -, ss : 'one ~ Z. nus uame, 9ove;
rh; ~. a. o'a,.s s.s t y sns'en'
WV ~. sa. -. NV. nv 49,, aa, Aagless IaI
H.. ~, ~ , :as "' ,s,. VI 'ny aase
For vhs.,. tho nss a ~ ~: !v ~;, i.u pa
>''o Vs. Va 1''e "''''oS' ''''se'
uHur rv.r r. yor p,r.sr -yybo,, vonn
Hodge f;rst came nm to town his f.,ha- ,oiJ NE
IL would be nolitc when heinz heined a. d;nn.r
to say to the host "Ha,f that1 If ynn nleasen Il
so happened that. at the frst dinner ~ which he
was invited : sucking n;c Was ONE of The d;sh.s
The host, pointing with his knife to the youne
porker aWell Mr.. Hodge viii Won have this ons
fayorite dish. or haunch Of muttonsn ITnon wh;ch
reco.leutiue his lesson. he renIied aIalf If that
if you please" to the conservation Of ali pres.
emit.
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One Of the most amusing scenes in the Legis-