The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-04-06
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latter myself usdsrytand some-
thisg aboat seescs societies.. I've had
o passion for thu. sort Or thing ever
since wac old enough to tclI lies. I
have secuted around pretty estcnsive-
iy au ,ag the different Organisations.
I've been an Otauyenyn and q Feuan,
aad a a,oiTcmp'ar. anl Counter
feiter, aod also Son OF Malta. ]
have belonged TO th, Sons of Temper
ance, and the OH Fellows. AID tho
Band Of Hope, aud band Of robbers.
I've been into everything, and ]
thought ] bnew everything almost.
but I didn't. Three monthscgo | be.
came iofatuated with masonry, and
since I joined that organization I've
discovered that there are several
things connected Herewith that out
slider. don't Know just pretty good
deal about. Now Mr.. Editor, pro.
pose making these secrets public, not
ou, of compassion for my fellow men,
who may be tending toward Masonry,
and act as q warning and SO on, be.
canse / haven't got a spark Of human
kindness in my breast, and would
rather see eTery mothers son put to
the torture than not, but because j
have a spite against the fellows who
initiated me, WHO made. tho irons too
hot. and the goat too frisky, and treat
Cd me with rouphness, generally, that
the occasion did not warrant
Before Eliminating my narrative, ]
will state, for the bcbeft Of those who
don't know, ths, Masonry is about six
hundred thousand years old. 1t was
old when tho fraternity got into
tronbls .. 49, '""sf n'ori' AND -
~ss old when Adam FIRST put on
bis apron as Grand Master OF Ellen
Logde. Asa more convincing trut b
Of its antiquity, | would just mcution
that party Of miners. tho other day.
in one Of their excavations, came npon
tho pc,riGca remains ofa Masonic
Lodge. with the members in their place
md oil complete and eminent eeolog.
lists " no have examined th fossils are
Of the opinion that these bodies have
been imbedcd iu tho rock for more
than fifteen thousand years.
On the evening was to Ge iniIiat-
Cd l made ms will and took most al.
foctins l,avo o. my family. Thus
prepared. | stariei for the lodge, ac-
conpanicd hy Brother John Smith,
s. R.s. p. T, who was 10 "sce M
through" We lad no difficulty get
ting pnst the frat cp,rjuce but when
we knocked At the second, Nat little
follow looked out through round
hoe in the door, and put this start
ling instioatory to Brolh,r Smith
Chetuxchronhig hcockalorum? 70 which
Brother Smith replied chcerFully
Nix-my- y-dolly.whack.d The little
follow tLen said: Flodzes,compbrii-
dytumtum and my Os conductor gave
a satisfactory answer, we were per
mitied to enter. Before ! had time
10 look around me, long legged tel
low knocked me over with n club h,
then stood me on my feet, and another
marauder made o rush Mt me and
brough, mo down again. After had
undergone this celebrating exercise fol
about five minutes, they stretched mt
out on bench sud examined my teeth
piuched my muscles, and stuck pins
into me all over, and shosed cayenne
pepper up my nose, and pored moulter
lead io my tronssrs' pockets, and pull
cd hairs out Of the back Of my mech
with red bot piucers, with view,
suppose, to make me feel unembarass
ed and at home.
When ] esme 10 my senses ! was
alone In tho aute-room Of the lodge
II was q livcly and cheerful apartment
A couTae of crocodiles were amusing
themselvee 10 q corner, and few foil
grown rattlesDakos were practising the
flying trspezs on stove.pipe, The
furniture consisting of half dozen
mummies, tho skeli,ona Of Captain
Kidd, Lucretia Borgis, Guy Fawkes
Jack the Giant Killer, Oliver Cram
'weli, the Wandering Jew, william,
the Conqueror, Christopher Columbus
aad Dick Turpin . flying machine
tbEes barrels Of gun powder, and re-
i. markably healthy aud wsll-devcIoped
wild cat. Just then q hall dozsr
pirates, clad in aprons and ss'hes, rush
ed into the room with whoop. On.
of them, the biggest and usliest who