The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-09-26

Carolina, to the Legislature OF South Caro-
lima. At that time, tho order was new, ard
the Judge, reading the memorial with i'm
perfect eyes, procured charter for the
order Of Old Fellows -~that seeming to him
the m oss sensible explanation ofthe phrase.
But why cid fellows should form society,
that was the question. Old follows, by
themselves, never form societies. That is
unnatural; they must incorporate the
young with them, if only for perretpatien,
and perpetuation is the desire Of all socie-
ties, however seldom they secure it, Tho
Odd Fellows. initiating the Masons-their
institution built upon that of the Aasons-
have arrived at a long life. They arc no
longer old fellows-they gro young fellows,
many f.thcm fully marrisgeable; and we
trust that they will soon pass an ordinance
requiring every brother TO get wife as
soon rs possible. This is necessity OF tho
times. In Columbia, they seem to have
preserved their vigor, and are now in first
rate working capacity. It gives us great
pleasure to report that their members are
increasing, and that they h&vo nobly re-
solved to set themselves above all the ca
prices Of fortune, in their rcsolute adder
ence to the faith. in their craft studies, in
their active proselytism, their charities,
humanities and general disapproval of
bachelorism. Several members, we are
told, arc in the market, looking out for tho
proper objects Of marital devotion.
HEAVENS! What does Mr.. C. s. jenkins
1x. 80 %
Does he lmpute to us extra juveniity?
Does he mean to repIoach US with not
wearing grey beard like our venerable
senior? And yet, are we not encouraging
our moustache? Have we not tried Alonzo
Reese, Scott and William Ineliss, tho best
artists we know, in tutoring our sprouting
beard into moustache and impcriaie? We
are not so young as he thinks. But, there
is something further. jenkins redeoms
himself Here is bunch Of finely favored
cigars; and hero is a bottle Of clarct.
Verify we forgive the tacit reproach Of our
moustachc. Alas! tho claret and tho cigars
are marked for our senior, and the sugar
plums are all that remain for us. We will
invite ourselves to sup with the senior.
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this claret. We will not be put off with the
candying. N4 But let Us examine it. Bon
: bons, hearts, 1ollipops and bulls eyos. All!
we see! He knows that we are playing the
gallant. He knows where VIC so nightly.
He means that we shall bcstow these COM
fits upon the darl-eyed Arabclla, and the
fair-haired Wilhelmena-our Minna and
: Brenda. They shall have them. We shall
see the dark eye Of the ono sparkle and the
blue eye Of the other brighten as they open
upon this charming collection Of sugarcd
sweets and concrete deicacics. We shall
see the damsels tonight. - And hero is
another packet bottle. Alas! again!
that is addressed to our elastic publisher.
He shall not monopolize it. We mean to
watch him-to see when he prepares for a
supper, and to be in at the proper moment
Why should publisher, who simply sets
; the wheels agoing-why the senior editor
who deals in. dull philosophic and absurd
pohtics-have all the good things? We are
utterly irredeemable as a sinner, VIC, the
local. Ii we do not come in for share of
those spiritual comforts. We will set Il
keen dog on the scent to know when that
claret is to be slipped, that Bourbon gulped,
those cigars made to f,lnlisato tho other
wise barren atmosphere. They shall not
battie us, either publisher or senior, in our
purposc,to be in at the death.
N. B. We have caught them BOTH We
hayc drank OF all. We have smoked three
cigars OF the twenty-five. We have tri-
umphed. The good editor had group Of
members Of the Convention at supper at
William Thomas, and famous fine sup
per it was. We tracked him thither. He
could do no less than order goblet for us
and we sounded his claret. AS for the
publisher, wo caught him at lunch; cold
lobster, with salad dressing, very fine; some