The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-06-12

He vontured down the street, And in
an unlighted nook, BY tobacconistt
door. With pencil in hand and book
An inebriate insurance man Was tn,
sight which met his look.
Ill.
He held the cigar store sign BY ii.
unresponsiye hand, And spoke, like Col
Blood, To it lin accents bland.
".
An application he sought, This tipsy
insurance man, For ten thousand dollar
on the Life Endowment plan.
"Come," said the officer, "To the sta
ton come with me, And there thol
wilt find IL man Who fain insured
would be-
"What is thy name and ago?' Die
the sergeant to him say, "John Henry
Yanderpool, Age thirty nearest birth
day
Parents alive Both "Age?
"Sixty and sixty one Parents who
are dead and age ut death, And cause OF
dying" "None.'
VIII.
From liquor and cigars keep my
self apart, Nor have | ever suffered from
Affections of the heart,
TX.
mLungs, liver. spleen or brain. And
I nm fully aware That suppression,
fraud or evasion will this policy impair.
They placed him in his cell, The
doorman turned the key, But heard him
Oh his nightly rounds, Addressing vac
uity. And beseeching Nolhingness totaks
An Endowment Policy.
NJ.
They took him to the Tombs, They
penncd him in the cage, Yet neither
bolt, nor bar, nor lock Could quench his
noble rage For he would teach to each
prisoner The premium al his age.
MI.
"Three dollars" remarked the Court;
He paid the fine with glee, And while
the clerk was making change, An En-
dowment Policy This canvasser did WOO
him to take in the Asterisk Company.
NH.
He paused without the door and t.
himself he said Prom my commission
deduct my fine and I'm nineteen dollar
ahead
XIV.
"But, ah! Shorted-man, Fool that
was" he said, That l did not let my
self be sent TO an Island home instead.
XIV.
"For there, for at least three days
Might no wight from me fee And
should have forced each one to take Al
Endowment Policy From the warder
high to the humbiest guard At the Penn
tertiary.
XVI.
Sadly he walked away And his coun
tcnunce was set IN an expression OF utter
woe And unremoved regret
The Pope on Free Masonry.
Mgr. Dupanloup, Bishop Of Orleans
has received the following letter from
the Pope congratualating HIM upon hi
pamphlet against FreemasOnry:
VENERABLE BROTHER: Salutatior
and apostolic bencdiction. In the wal
waged on all sides against the Catholic
church by the Masonic sect. your publ
cation was most useful and opportune
especially because this sect, long secret
has now unmarked itself. 1t avows It's
designs, and in certain country, not
under the preteXt of public rights, but
IN It's Own name, does guilty battle with
the church. 1t is useful because the ne
fariOus character of the sect being
known. there is no honest man who
must not turn from it with horror anC
perhaps many members who do moi
know the secret mysteries will now
withdraw. What is particularly usetu
is the pcrspicacity with which You dem
onstrate to ali attentive minds the rea
tendency of the taking words, "Fratern.
ity and Equality which have deceived
and seduced so many. and thetrue orr.
gin and object of the much boosted liber-
ties of conscience, of public worship, and
of the press. After reading your work
nobody can doubt that all this came
from Freemasonry to overturn civil and
religious order, and consequently the
church mas wisely condemned
those who practice and defend such
liberties. 1t is manifest that all parli
sans of these liberties, albeit unknown
to themselves, favor the Masonic sect.
and, the more honest they are, the more
disastrous is their support to such princi-
pie. We therefore wish you many in.
telligcnt readers for it is no small advan-
tage to perceive the snare, and as a
pledge OF Divine favor and our espcc-
cial good will, We will give you, venera-
BILE brother, from the bottom of our
heart, to you and your diocese, our apostol-
ic beuediction. In the twcnty-ninth year
Of our Pontiticate. Plus IN, Pope =
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