Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-10-16

but he fooled me SO with his lies
about the pope's coming to make all
the Yank ee, girls marry lrishmen ana
to eat up ali the babies that warn't
horn with a cross OH their forcheads,
that let him 90 OH and encouraged
hlm in it,
"Thcn he lined the Masons. P'raps
you know what them be, but don't,
'cept they think they are the same
kind of critters that built Solemohs
Temple, and of all the darned nom
sense and CAB about worshiptul mas,
| tcrs and square and compasses anu
such like that we had i'll the house
for the next six months you never
| see the beat. Aud he's never out
nrewed it muther. What do you
think of man, Squire, thatll dress
hissclf i'll white apron, bout olg
enough for II monkeys bib, and go
| marching up and down, and making
motions and talking the foolish lingo
al II picture of George Washington III
| green Jacket aud u truss on his
-,omack ? Amt he loonytlck
Well, that's my Sam, and Eve stood
1t as long as Pm goin' to.
The next lunge the old fool made
was the Odd Fellows. | made it warm
for him when he come home and told
me he'd jined them, but he kinaer
a pacitied me by telling me they had q
sort of branch show that took in Wo-
:, men, aud he'd get me in as soon as ne
found out how TO do 1t. wen, one
d niuht he came home and said I'd been I
e nrnposed and somebody had black
n hailed me. Did it hisself, Of course
Didn't want me around knowing te
his ooiugs on. OF course he didn't,
and told him So"
"Then he jincd The Sons Of Matter. +,
Didn't say nothing TO me about IL,
OF Du, -naaked off one night, pretendin'
te he'd got to set up with sick Odd
III Keller, and Fd never found it out.
eo ONLY he came home lookin' like man
rs that had been through thrashlng
eS machine, and l wouldn't do thing
pe for him till he owned up. And so It's
On gone from bad to wus and from wus
ed /. wusser, lining this and that and
the ,'other, till he's Worship Minister
p, If the Masons, and Goddess of Hope
an of the Odd Fellows, and Sword
oi Swallower of the Finnegans, and
In, V,rgin Cerus of the Grange, and
OF Grand Mogul of the Sons of Indo-
be leuco. ami Two Edged Tomahawk of
yes tn, United Order Of Black Men, and
M ,ls-bcarer of the Merciful Manikins,
feu and Skipper Wizard of the Guild
aia Csratrine Columbus, and Big Wizard
wo Of the Arabian Nights, and Pledge
'na Passer OF the Reform Club, and Chief
"o Bugler of the Irish Mechanics, and
as Purse Keerer of the Canadian Con
oks science, and Double Barrelled Die
lter tator of the knights of the Brass
'ks, Circles, and Standard Bearer Of tE'
neG Royal Archangels, and Sublime Port'
anu of the Onion League, and Chamber
ere maid of the Celestial Cherubs, ant
ses, ruissant Potcmtate of the Petrifiet
u OF Zig Stickers, and the Lord onl
the knows what else. I've borne it an,
loie borne it, hopin' he'd get all jined al
ther ter awhile, but 'tain't no use, an
the when he'd got into a new one an
ooA been made Grand Guide Of tn
rely Knights of Hooror, l told him +
iol quit and will"
the Here the Major Interrupted, saying
our, "Wcll, your husband is pretty we
sara initiated, that's a fact; but the coul
ges, will hardly call that good cause Il
II TO 4 divorce. The most Of the societi'
D. you mention are composed OF mono
eneu able men aud have excellent reput
!he tions. Many of them, though callt
hing lodges, are relief associations al
lrely mu1u,l iusurauce companies, whic
sa'a if vour husband should die, wou
epos- tuka care of Won and would not g
inner YOU suffer If you were sick"
were .See me suffer when Pm sic
ooA Take care OF me when he's dea'
poS Well, | guess not; can take care
same myself when he's dead, and if L csn
them can get another. There's plenty
, one 'en And they needn't bother the
ldges selves when Pm sick, either. II
the want to be sick and suffer,
ne or none of their business! especia
also after all the suffcrin' Pve had whe
nileu amt sick, because OF their carryl
oliver nm Ard Won needn't try aud ms
Judge, helicyc it's all right, either. 1 ku
hread wh,t If 10 tn live with a man 1
Inc line. SO many lodges that he dc
with never lodge at home aud signs
u con name, Yours truly, Sam. Smith,
box NJ, |. y. y. F., X. y. B., X. Of
lntlnS P. of H., r. A. H., l. l. P, h. Of
t box N. G., L. E. T., III. E. R., r. l. F.,
le re- Y. H., sc. ..
the re- "Oh, that's harmless amusemel
ana so remarked MIR. Huse. $40
polls She looked at him square in
count eye, and said:
all be 81 believe you are jiner yourse
where lie admitted that he was to
except tain extent, and she arose and 81
(; pro- II wouldn't have thought it. A I
lay Sc like you, chairman of Sabt
lay be School and Superintendent of
lnting. Repubhcansl It's enough to NAL
judges woman take pisen. But don't
ent the any thing of you. l want Law
eacn hat don't belong to nobody or u
ks ana in'.'' And she belted out of the o
ey will and incurred where Captain Pa
7 infor- kent ...