The record-union., 1898-04-25

upon children anything that is repug-
pant to their natures. Observation
shows that a child shrinks from con
tact with a dog, until by frequent per-
suasion and forced contact, it comes to
endure it, then it is passive TO it, and
finally it accepts the thing as a com
panion. This is well illustrated by the
poet;
Vice is monster, of so frightful mien,
As to be hated, needs but to be seen.
But seen TOO Oft familiar with her face,
We nrst endure, then pity, then embrace.
Now, this is a sickening scene: An
innocent child, with all the possibili-
ties of life before it, pressed into alb
normal conditions by the very authors of
its being who are expected TO guard
their offspring from all that tends to cul-
tivate bad taste while it is in that plas
tic state, susceptible of being nodded
in almost any form. Besides bad taste,
there are the disfgured hands and faces
of children to put to the account of these
animals, which of itself is sufficient TO
cause the banishment of the entire lot.
The dog is also liable to a disease
known as rabies, and a number of per-
sons lose their lives annually by being
bitten by mad dogs. And in addition to
all this, we may point to the vast num-
bers of sheep killed every year, and in
some sections of the country many use
full and valuable animals are, every
year, bitten by rabid dogs; so that great
loss is sustained These would seem to
be sufficient reasons for discarding ~nis
almost useless animal, without mention
ing the lesser evils, such as the filthy
habit of admitting dogs to every part
of the dwelling as common as the other
members of the family, thus making tnc
home that ought to be a clean and pleas
ant place for human beings, a common
kennel where dogs share the meat for
which their owner often strains his
credit to buy. These animals also leave
the memorials of their beastly habits
impressed upon the sidewalks, the
awning posts, the gate posts, the door
jams; they leave them upon boxes of
fruit, crates of cabbage sacks of sugar
and everything else within their reach.
Although the most direct road to civ
iliZed conditions is through statutory
enactments; but when we consider the
popular craze; when We see the dog
a common lounger III our public halls
and religious assemblies; when we see
him in the halls of justice, taken there
by the Judges, public attorneys and
other officers of the court; when we see
him a common attendant in our public
schools, colleges and universities. we
cannot hope for relief through stat
utory law.
The second degree in this new order
may not, to most persons, be as nee
essary as the first, but 30 Il great many
it is vastly more important. The first
points to taste and refinement; the
second points to moral character, phys
ical condition and financial standing.
1t points to that condition of society
mainly that requires jails and aims
houses; to that condition that makes
most of the criminal business n the
justices courts, raises the rate on the
tax roll, and makes desoiate homes
where otherwise there might Oe con-
tentment and happiness
The merit of this degree is very ap-
parent 1t will save much valuable
time that might be devoted to a bet
ter purpose; there is economy in 1t.
as the dimes spent on account of this
nefarious custom would remain on
hand ready to be devoted to some nee
essary purpose; and in it are health
and vitality, while in the present Gus
tom are disease and enervation This
degree is intended to cultivate the hab-
it of self reliance and to break up the
abominable practice of tempting weak
minded men to indulge too often in the
intoxicating bowl which too frequent
ly ends in financial and moral ruin, and
to Illustrate the crafty and sinister de-
signs of the unscrupulous. And in
order to advance the interests of this
degree, we propose to have passed by
our legislators, an amendment to the
license laws, making it a misdemeanor
in those who are engaged in retailing
liquor by the glass, to give away their
liquors, free of charge.
In this we disclaim any intention of
trying to smother generous hospitality;
for there is no hospitality in this kind
of giving, but purely business acumen;
it is kind of decoy bait to entrap the
unwary.
This Will not be a secret order. for
we do not believe in hiding light under
a bushel There will be no Grand
Masters, nor royal dignitaries, but
every member will be on a perfect
equality within the order, notWith-
standing his religion, politics or previ-
Gus condition. There will be no sin
ecures, because there will be no admis-
sion fees, no dues nor anything else
by which one member may profit and
fatten off his fellows. The benefits
will accrue to each member by his ad-
herring to the conditions by which he
became a member of the order.
This order will be a departure from
the time-honored and old kseten path
of excluding women from orders in
tended for protection, advantage or mu-
! tual enjoyment We believe that as
women are the natural companions Of
men, it is time to discard that ancient
and pagan custom of treating women
as slaves and inferior beings, and OK
Guiding them from those social ameni-
ties which by nature is their due. We
| believe that, as women are ever ready
/ to share the sufferings and misfor-
/ tunes of men, it is but justice that they
should share their pleasures too. But.
though women will not be debarred
from the second degree, it is not sup
posed that many women will care to
take this degree, for it is not in ac-
cordance with their traditional virtues.
B. RUSSELL, Secretary.
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