Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-10-16


tians believed In the transmigration 81
souls and regarded Ptolemy. their frst
Greek king, ~ the reincarnation ~ the
orig ginal aud sacr-i black cat. With the
last of the Ptolemics the sacred cat left
the earth for some I. 300 year, but ~
Appeared Jan. %. is92, 90 save the lives
u nine gocl men when every one else
In their car was instantly killed in a
collision near Gordon. Ark
Application for Msmbsr.hip.
These nine founded the order. and here
Is the form Of application for member
ship;
To John Henry smith. shark - The UniSsr-s.
Tharsoh ~ th. Or,gurian Agri
Tn. unslsrsigns-l. standing on The tDundarl
line nf the Dbminiun - the Black Cat, humbly
pr nt- himsslf a. an applicant fur The ~"
graphical dsgrv., 90 dsgr," ~ N" pih1iul
Kitten. Cuneaisna,s,l Or,ier - iluollDl, vaunt
Ing him-flf a. worthy thsr,of and making pr"i
~, u th- following brisf Biography
His account Of his life IL examined,
and II the committee find him qualified
In health. honor. charity AMI sOciabill'
~ he IL made Hoo Hoo. Only lum'
bermen and those a .Ociatod with them
can b. admitted The objects are mu
tual aid and good fellowship. and the Of
ficers are; Grand shark of the universe,
senior high Hoo Hoo, junior high Hoo
Hoo. scriycnatcr. holy booium. bandcr
snatch. custocatian, arcanopcr and gur
don.
This will do for q specimen. Th'
veilci Prophet Is far older, dating from
1873, quite q boary antiquity for ~
Louis. but this l. by sort % suoos
sion from New Orleans and Mobile, and
the scenic presentations there trace bach
through the carnival and saturnalia g.
the prehistoric festival. Of Greece an
Rome. And finally these had their or
gin In that symbolic nature worshil
which seems to have b"cn the iirst rcli
gion 81 the Aryan race.
ON the New Years eve that ushero'.
In that year Michael Kraft, a prominent
citilen ~ Mobile. had late supper witt
q few choice spirits, and ON their va,
home after midnight they passed hard
ware store belonging to one ~ them
In n spirit II fun they seiled ON th'
cowlells, eong-, rakes, hocs and othe'
implements and procco,lod 10 wake No
bile 20 th, New Year with discurdarl
| racket. Thus began the Cowbellian d.
| Rakian, n society which still fiourishes.
aud yearly the Mystic Krewe awake No
bile TO the joys Of innoc,nt fun and th'
drive.dull .care.away spirit In ls5.
the Striker club was organized In Mo
bile In 1857 New Orleans organize
the Mystic Krewe Of Comus, taking th'
characters In Millions Paradise Lost,
and finally In 1879 Rex. the king II tn
carnival. assumed jurisdiction Of th'
Crescent City.
In 1873 came the greatest Of them all.
A few choice spirits of ~. Louis or
gained early in the spring. and th'
next October the veiled Prophet and
his allies made their parade with
beauty and q brilliaDcy which astonish
id and delighted the people Every yea'
since his visit has been repeated. and
from all Missouri. Illinois and other
territory within q circuit Of 200 miles
or more the people come by tens Of
thousands Every store on the line Of
march and oil the public buildings arr
brilliantly illuminated. the public gar
dens are at their gaycst, and even th'
river front IL ablaxe with lights "Pik'
0unty IL there" says an enthusiastic
native, ''both tho Pike-. In fact. an,