The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-05-26
ANNIVERSARY or THE TNTR0DUc. /
TON or ODD FELLOW SHIP.

TIoNs or ODD FELLOW SHIT.
The New OIL ans Bulletin u tie o6th ult
says
This IS The universal Of the introduction
Of the Institution 81 tie Independent Order D
Odd Fellows into the United States. Inmany
places 1t viii be celebrated with becoming hon
orssaud enthusiasm Especially viii this b
the case, IN the interior, and IN the towhs
and villages that dot and gem the margin q
kthe mighty old Father Of Waters n most O
thelarge cities deeply do we regret To say il
I'VE have seento ) few evdehcesof demonstFa.
ton worthy the occasion andthe day.
Years ago few humble individuals institu-
teathis noble and philaaEirdpic Order n Che
city Of Baltimore. The beginning was small
kfhot unpromising get the seed was soW1n
IN q co gedialrsoll, md speedily terminated
Iggew'and ripened unto one ofthe most glcri-
Gus moral harvest that ever blessed country
withrits fruition. From tens, twenties and hnn-
dreds, the number Of its members has 'incfeas.
ed to thousands. From being confined to
twe.or three localities, it is spread itself
= & I
all over the confederacy, until there is not a
village that's notin the eijoyments Of a'subot.
dinate Lodge. From the few dollars Of relief
twas able to extend to distressed brethren at
the commencement, its benefits have increased
until they annually amount to hundreds Of thou.
sands ofdollars.
Wherever the banner of Odd Fellowship
has waved. blessings have followed in their
train. The cause of morals has been prompt-
ed; true christianity has been strengthened;
philanthrophy has exercised wide ope; be-
nevolence has been stimulated to greater exer-
ftiorl; and the members ofthe Order whose mot
to is Friendship, Love and Truth, sustained BY
Faith. Hope and charity, have been ehameled
by iheir organization, to be Of fnestimab 9 SER
vice, morally an physically. to many thou
sands who may otherwise hayegone unreIev-
ed. S.
The benifi cent workings Of the Order we're
fully apparent last summer There were a
bout twenty-five hundred regular members of
Order in the city; And counting those who
were dependent upon them, It may DO truth
fully said thatthe numb er reached fifteen thou
sand souls. We oil remember the fearful time
Of the pestilence.-The Order Of Odd Fellows
did not escgpe. 1traged terribly among them.
Yet, the darker the day the more untiring the
devotion 81 the bfotheFhoo NE hercer the
storm Of death,the stronger The efforts to ward
off and save; and glomier and gloomier as the
days be anne, and more andmore, the reaEages
Of the destroyer, brayed, more devoted, and
more self sacrificing. became the members Of
the Order to which we are referring, Not an
Odd Fellow his wife, child or relative suffer
ed from neglect during the whole course Of
the pestilence, and when one died be was re-
spectfniIy bestowed il his last resting pace.
Al honor and all success then. $50 noble
81 Institution! May each succeeding anniver-
~ Wiluess cheering expansion of its mem
befs usefulness and power Of doing gdod-of
Is capacity t. feedthe hungry, clothe the naked
nurse the sick, cheer the desponbfng, and be
friend the friendless.- These are ] ) objects.
Then. who will refuse to bid Il Gen speedg