The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-03-12

a2pea.'n be- quietly waiting for pmr-
chaser. or drawing gently from the
public purse. till the long looked for
opportunity presents their deceived
followers when they show their real
characters to who are horror struck at
the sudden fall of their leaders, and the
exposure of their utter worihlcssness.
Religion is peculiarly cursed with
counicrfeits. 1t is 30 easy to talk
smooth things about religion, and its
profession carriers with il such an air
of responsibility aud like cloak COW
er- so many defects, that it has ever
( been used by the designing as mask,
( behind which 10 operate upon the un-
wary. Both in pew and pulpit, in doc
trim and practice. Religion has never
been without its judasas. ready to sell
out for thirty pieces of siler, or cur
rency, or less. 1t has had TO contend
with such from its infancy, and will
have to suffer form them till its end.
Silver-plating is the equivalent of the
latter day style Of religions counter
fei'ing, wherein persons. or denomina-
tons initiate the WAYS or teachings of
others, while concealing their own.
and il seems 70 BE quite prevalent and
fashionable.
Perhapse the latest thing in counter
feiting Oh large scale, is the recent
attempt to initiate the Patrons ofHus-
bandry. \ certin man or men in New
York has pretended to organize the
Patrons OF Industry, and publih a
paper called the .Scythe. as its organ,
with its business office in Benefits
building on Nassau street. 1t appears
that a number of working men and
women in Philadelphia failed to obtain
a charter for a grange of Patrons of
llusbandry, so wrote to the above
named concern in New York, for ad-
mission into the new and secre: order
of Patrons of Industry. In due time
deputy arrived, received their money,
initiated them into the mysteries of
industry and dubbed their organize
ton as "Pionecr Lodge No. 464." Be-
coming dissatisfied. the members of
the lodge sent one Of their number from
Philadelphia to New York TO have an
interview with J. IL. Brown, secretary
of the national lodge of Patrons of In f!
dustry, but no Mr.. Brown could be !
found and the man returned disguised.
The Daily Graphic Co. sent a reporter
to find Mr. Brown. who visited his /
headquarters several tines during sew /
eral days, waited ~hours at time, |
pumped every person about the place, |
went to the place where the iScythc !
was printed, but he also utterly failed
to find either Secretary Brown, or
Editor Cowlam, though he did discov-
er the following:
''In secrecy we have power. In con-
fidence we have peace. An executive
council shall be composed of the mas
ter, secretary and treasures OF the ma
tional lodge. The officers of the vari |
Gus lodges are as follows: Master
workman, workman, helper, laborcr,
secretary, treasurer, lodge keeper,
stcwardcss. work women
Boys Of eighteen and girls of fifteen
are admissible. Ten local lodges NAV
form state lodge. No oaths are used.
Members merely pledge themselves
The votes of the Patrons of Industry
will be cast for honestmcn. and we can
find them in our order. 1.-THE writer
could not find Mr.. Brown.] The execu
tive council shall act with full power
for the national lodge when the lodge is
not in session. No less than the rep
rescutation of twenty states present at
any meeting of the national lodge shall
a quorum for the transact
on of business"
Ii is evident that there must be
good about the order of
Patrons of liusbandry or it would not
be counterfcted, and so of all the 9th
Pr items referred TO in this article,
therefore we should be the more care
ful to discriminate between the gcnu-
inc and the imitation, the silver and
The plating, the gold and the gliding
and "hold fast to that which is good.