The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-02-18

BeneFolent than Both.
reported expressly for the IntsnLsencer.l
Agreeably to announcement, Mr..
EPhraim Bee, the member of the House
of Delegates from Doddriddge county,
granddaughter of the Empress of Chi
ma, and Grand Llama of the Order of
E Clamps Wits of the United States,
delivered a lecture at Washington Hall,
Saturday evening, in exposition of that
famous Order. The Hall was not filled,
but contained very select and appre-
ciative audience, of something near
hundred, made up largely of members
of the Order.
When the curtain rose, Mr. Bee came
forward to the front of the stage, clothed
in the long black robe of a mandarin,
on the front of which were displayed
the symbols of the Celestial Order"
and was received with rapturous ap-
pIause. When this had subsided, he
was introduced to the audience by Mr..
James Shriver, of this city. who said:
''Permit me to introduce to you the
Grand Llama of E Clamps Wits in the
United States"
Another round of applause followed,
and Mr.. Bee, with great solemnity of
manner, spoke as follows:
GeTltLenleR:-I will endeavor tonight,
to the best OF my ability, to tell You of
the origination of that Order. am well
aware that Order has not escaped the
slRnderous tongue any more than the
Masonic or the Odd Fellows. The Or
der am going to speak about, origi-
mated before the Masonic Order or the
odd Fellows. The Order is almost as
ancient as the earth we tread on. This
Order originated in the days of Noah.
I The Masonic order originated in the
days of Solomon, and the building OF
the temple; the Odd Fellows in the
days of Nero.
we are told if all the acts had been
written, the world could not contain
the books. We have the books that
they hayn't got
In the first place, gentlemen, will
tell you the origination of the Order: 1
then will tell its progress; then will
tell you how IL got to America; and
then I'll tell you the benefits of 1.-THE
beauties of the Order.
You will recOHect, Cain killed his
brother Abel. Then there was another
son given unto Adam, and his name
was Seth. There was mark put upon
| Cain; and you are told that the sons
and daughters OF Seth were called the
/ the sons and daughters of men. You
are told the sons of Seth went down and
took themselves wives of the daughters
of Cain. There was a mark put upon
Cain; and Soah's eldest son married
, the granddaughter of Cain. When
Moan went into the Ark, and the Ark
landed on Mount Ararat, when the
, waters subsidized and passed away,
Noah went out of the ark down the
mountain into The plain Then he
planted a vineyard That vineyard
! bore grapes Noah made wine and
effect it would have. He laid down and
went to sleep. In those days they wore
mantles similar 10 the one your hum
BILE servants got on. Applause. y
Soah's mantel fell on him. He had
three sons, Ham, Shem and Japheth.
Now let me give you the history that
/ the most learned and most able writers
never were able to come to definite con-
cIusions about. They never agreed
how the African race came. Ham was
/ black man, Shem was red man, and
Japheth was a white man Ham was
I the father of the African race, Shem
the father of the Jewish race, and
Japheth of the GENTLE Ham laughed
at his fathers nakednesS when his
/ mantel fell on. Shem and Japheth had
mantels on their shoulders and went
| backwards and covered their fathers
nakedness. When Noah woke he call
ed his three sons to him. He had
| named his oldest son Canaan, to keep
/ up the name of his great grandfather.
! What did Noah say to his sons :?
| Canaan, cursed art thou thee and
\ thy seed shall be servants TO thy breth-
rem. Shem, thy storehouse shall be
| filed. Japheth, thy herd shall increase
and multiply" Noah then formed a
| league with Shem and Japheth, and that
league he called the E CLAMPS Wits,
/ (Applause) in the Hebrew. Noah eS-
| tablished grips, signs and pass words.
4 You gentlemen, who are not members
| of this Order would no doubt like to
know the meaning of the words
s.E Clamps Wits" They mean "Bond
for ule'-not for day, or two days,
but a bond for life. (Applause-) Noah
! saws to Shem and Japheth, ''now we
will establish this Order" (Applause. J
1--WE will establish signs, passwords,
grips, and characters" but he enjoined
on his two. sons never to receive one of
the sons of Ham into the Order. (En-
thusiastic Applause.) No person that
has a drop OF the blood of Ham can be-
/ come a member.
| This Order was carried down, then,
after it had been established by Noah
kept inviolate. Solomon was mem
ber; great laughter and applause Da-
vid WAS a member. It was carried
down until the time Joseph was sold
,! And when there was a famine in Ca
4 naan, they went there for corn. When
they came there the Egy ptians COM
menced depressing them and made
them servants. They had Task-mas-
ters and task-mistresses; and by GER
! tain signs and grips and pass words the
Egyptians knew nothing about, the
] Israelites could communicate their
wishes and their desires to each other.
Whenever they could see brother they
knew him by signs. lApplause.) FL
nalIy Moses led those people out of the
land of Egypt. Now would any gen
tIeman suppose it would take them
people forty years to travel from Egypi
Z TO the river Jordan and across into the
land of Canaan. Neveri daughter.
|, What was the matter? These people
in the wilderness violated the nth rule
of this order:they were punished in con
sequence of it. Never but two that lefl
| the land of Egypt entered into the land
! Of Canaan, but the half tribe Of Man
asseh we have no account Of. As told
you before If all the acts had been writ
len, the world could not contain tht
books; but We have got the books
lGreat laughter and applause.l Tha
half tribe wandered into China and set
: tied that country. When they had set
tied thesTartars made war against them
They were determined NOT 10 shed tbs
. blood OF there fellow creatures TheI
/ wanted peace. They built a wall frou
the sea coast TO the Mountings of IN,
= Moon-had no correspondents viii
Tartary whatever.
/ Vow II you just go back to histor!
! you will see the several kingdoms hav,
l been divided and sub-divided-princi
palities fell TO dust. Wars and rumori
l of wars. No war in China. zap