Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-03-27
FREE MASONRY hXPOSED.
n VICTIM.

0Y \ vICI10s
II have Joined The Masonic fraternity.
NJ. Editor. I'm . free and accepted s"''
or brother, or Whatever il ID, Of met q"
cient and mysterious crgsniEstioM have
belonged to many secret societies 10 m.
time. have been 40 Orsngcnnnb, a"',
. Son Of Temperance, aud Fe~isn, aud
II l remember right, I once behDngrd 10
. gang of coiners ; bet this Mas""ic "
rsn8erent this institution Of tho square
aud oompssr, distances them all. had
often wondered what sort II . thing n
Mason w.s-io what respeca he differed
frum on ordinary human being. Time
and sgain l have pumped perso"s VIM !
thought knew what WAS what. with y view
of finding out somy.hiox regarding tles'
remarkable people but il was Ut
"a. Mum was the word. Those Win
could tell wouldn't, ard Those VIII" w,nId
couldn't for further information. l war
advised to 60 l. d find out ] had . vsgm
ides Of my owo. thst = Mason was a SORT
Of supernatural being. . regular ri"gtni|
rosrsr, with horns ard ho,Is to match.
who could come down the chimney or
get 10 the key hole, and disappear like "
fash ri lightning-s chap that couln
knock t.zes VSt Of . fellow il the wink
OF ~ Eye, and Of whom tho very devil
himself vas afraid. Thrre il me siugu
lar thing connected with Masonry Of
which perhsps you are not aware, snh
that is this: A Mason never dies. o..
c~asionsIIy it is given out that . brother
has departed this life and the fraternity
10 respectfully summoned to do honor 10
bis remains, but It Is I'll = shsm-s big
swindls gut up to throw dust in the eyes
Of the uninitisted. The coffin 10 stuffed
full Of bricks. and deposited with due ~.
lemnity ia the cemetery /; while tbs broth
ere and friends are blubbe,ing their eyes
over tte grave Of the dear departed. liz
dear departed il costly enjoying himself
10 . back room somewhere. Ii il Z fact.
Mr.. Editor, Mss"ns never die. They may
change their outward appearance, and
move ID to other spheres, but ~ Tor dy.
ing they don't do it. l. IL supposed b,
some. after Vsey have transacted ~e,oupl.
wickrdness o" tins earth, they sre trans
forused into con,ets and meteors, and e,
wandering through space. kicking w
shi"dies aud rs;einy the devil generally.
and . great many people suppose tba,
the last meteoric display was nothing
more than = FREE fight between sumo rival
lodges that bud crossed each other.
path ; the different colored lights betok-n-
ing the different degrees they b.d scquir
cd while i" the fssh. 'LD@tA"-
Fee Mss"ury IL If aecient date, A.
proven ly the fact that during the WEI,
season Noah used tn hold lodge meetings
In y corner VI tie Ark. He was OBLIGED
~ give it up, however. owing to The eur.
osi,y 1t Mrs. Noah. who. not outstanding
the Isct that her hu.band placed . couple
Of li""s aud . big crocniile 1t tho dnn
- outside guard, came pretty hear find
ing out The secret and starting = final,
|Odgs on her own hook. must tell ynn
Of the perils and trinis | had to u"d+rg,
to bec'me . Mason On the evening i.
question, l presented myself 1t the dmu
Df l"dge Nj No 81, sos, sign Of tn,
skull and cr0ss bones. / was conducted
M ante room, where five or six mel.u
hn'kinK chaps il ssshes and en-
napkins we're waiting t, receive
% my entrance they VII got up and
turned back summerssulis, aud then ~
'nmed their seats. A hix. lat trlI"w who
vt IN the middle, aud WIN seem. d to liz
proprietor, then said - Sinner. trom the I
world, advance !" | advanced
: Will you give up everything tn ioin
I" mot if l knSwrd IT," said.
Z there's my wife aud fourteen fim-,
Another party here told III. to say .
''y-s.i give everything" The ielI,,ws j.. =
To towels the" gr"smed and said. nj.
yell" d" yon swear never to reveal
lnyth'ng y"n may sre or hear this ev.
hing to snv hum~o being. nor y.,nr wife ?"l
said "'p" my VOID | will not" The, :
'x.'n'"rd my teeth. aud felt my musrL.s. .
md made me put out my t"sxu... sud
hen grm"rd sRsin. l said " il You ,
|ont feel we'll, lhxve GIT . it'll. b"t,l~l !
'srs thai" The fat msn here tonk !
he bottle from me- aud told mr. t !, sl,.,
p. He then in Y voice like tl,nndpr ss,d.
Bring firth thr g',st !" Another r+llox
hen came up With N Lix cl"th 10 blind
me. M, you don't NJ. Mas"n."
aid No tricks on traselsrs.,Si y7ml
l do"t believe in pl ,giuK Mind
buff withss esyt.s In tide the ,
evil fs56ug1Jkt. but ii dont nj, il blind. :