For the Columbian Fountain.
H E N r Y.
OR, ABOUT BEING MADE AN
ODD FELLOW.
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"Well Henry, how is it about Odd Fel-
Iowsbip, old fellow have you joined the
Order'' said a young man to his friend
a few days ago, "have you learned the full
mystery Of that mysterious society that you
SO long wished to find out?" Il


What do not think Odd Fellowship
mysterious, when you remember that it is
blended with Friendship, Lope, and
Truth; also that noble virtue, charity. Yes,
| have been initiated; have passed through
the ordeal; am now an Odd Fellow.
have passed the degrees; stand high


"Will you be kind enough to give me
some insight into it before ! join with
you ?"


81 am not allowed so to do; you will
learn how to sympathse with suffering hu-
manity, the distressed widow, and the
helpless orphan, when you have become
one of us; come, let me be the bearer Of
your application to Beacon Lodge, you can
never regret il"


"But am now Brother and Son Of
Temperance; once / was degraded and
miserable drunkard, now am sober, and
my friends say, an upright man but before
proceed, let me give you history ofmyy-
self, or let me attempt sketch of it. Some


. 81 n
four years ago, was bar keeper for my
father, in which capacity | did faithful
apprenticeship; never for moment forget
ting to take my port sangare, alearee, and
other such drinks, until imbibed the
habit, and became fond Of the flavor of the
pernicious drugs, SO much so, that ] was to
be found in the company Of the vile and
wicked, pursued the course Of drinking,
and that in the most dangerous style, for
some months, established myself as the
merriest of all, the mirth maker for my
boon companions, taking wine for fashion
when at the fashionable party, drinking the
stronger drinks when participating with
Others at the bar Of hotel, often found
asleep on the sofa, in our own bar room,
much to the astonishment of all arouud


many pitied me for my youth, but there
was none to say come, here is the safe.
guard, the pledge, no, none; but there were
others, who, for the sake Of fun, more anx
iops to get me intoxicated, that might ado
to their merriment. had the example t.
follow; ! had inbibed the habit; ! fell. !,
became debased in my own eyes, as vel
as those once called friends. My mothe,