The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1862-07-09

Grand Excursion of the Odd Fellows.
Yesterday morning, pursuant to previous
notice, the Odd Fellows of Portland, under the
out in goodly numbers on grand picnic ex-
cursion to Bath Delegations accompanied
them from many of the surrounding towns. 1t
is creditable to the fraternity that they are not
so ultra in their Oddly as to shun that deli
cate portion of humanity designed by the
Creator to raise man above his sinqularitv.
and to yoke him to better self; and so they
were found on this occasion accompanied by
large numbers of lades-mothers, wives,
daughters, sisters and Notwithstanding a
company in the aggregate, sufficient to fill COM
pactly seven large ears. The Portland Band,
sixteen pieces, under the accomplished leader
ship of Mr. Morse, accompanied the excursion
issuing some of its best notes by the way, which
| passed current without discount. Accessions
were made to the company at various points,
and after passing through the lovely rural dis
tricts Of Falmouth, Cumberland, Yarmouth and
Freeport, and the down-east Athens-Bruns-
wick. the cars arrived at Bath at few minutes
past 10 A. NJ, about one and three-quarters
| hours from Portland.
A large concourse Of people had gathered
about the depot to witness the arrival. At
the cars, the Excursionists in full regalia, were
met by Lincoln Lodge, and the Committee of
Arrangements, of which d. G. NJ. Fuller
was Chairman, and escorted through Front,
Center and Washington Streets, to the Park.
fba all tba
sweetest music. On the Park swings had been
put up in the lofty oaks for the amusement of
| Juveniles, large marquee had been pitched
beneath which the tables were to be spread.
and other indications of comfort and gener-
nj good time were thickly scattered about
Arrived at the Park, the Brotherhood was
welcomed in brief speech by the Chairman
Of the Bath Committee, DIR. A. j. Fuller, and
they were also welcomed to the city by the
Mayor, DIR. l. Putnam, who informed them
that though not nor an Odd Fellow he had
ridden the goat, having once been member of
Hobomok Lodge, now known only in history,
it having long since gone to that bourne from
which deceased Lodges no more return He
also informed them that his house was open
on the occasion. Mayor Putnam was respond
ed to by cheers and music from the Band.
1t was now an hour or more to dinner. and
| the company were informed that Columbian
Hall-a very large and beautiful hall in the
centre Of the city-was open for dancing, and
Immediately nimble feet were all set with their
toes pointing in that direction, and moving for
ward in double quick" Before repairing to
convenient place for writing in order to
send Off this first instalment by MADISON TO
close-we stepped into the Hall, where we
found the floors all cleared up for action, and
the spacious galleries filed to repletion with
the living tide of beauty and grace which had
flowed along with the rolling cars, gathering
up increased volume from every station at
which the train stopped-and largely reinforced
from the city of pretty girls and tasty churches.
in which the festivities were to eliminate in a
regular shake dotcn.
| We left the party to their pleasant enjoy
ments, while we stole into friends sanctum
TO pen this imperfect account of what prom
ed to be pleasant occasion. Should anything
worthy ofnote occurin the afternoon, the read
way of appendix.
| ooN.-Notwithstanding the mercu-
ry was hard up among the nineties in the
shade, Columbian Hall was filed with the de-
voices of the giddy waltz and the more staid
cotilon, while the galleries were packed with
those who preferred to look on the sports of
Others rather than make sport for Others At
later hour the dance gave place to that sin
gularly inielictous hot-weather play, Copen-
hagen, in which kisses, though snatched from
almost literally burning lips, scarcely paid for
the investment of effort and perspiration which
il required to secure them.
AT five o'clock the Band gave the signal for
the final gathering upon the Park, and soon
the crowd--swollen to enormous size by the
! people of the city-was called to order, and
listened TO brief speeches from DIR. Fuller and
J. NJ. Lincoln, Esq, of Bath, and Messrs Fen
derson and Philbrook Of Portland, the whole
interspersed with music by the Band, after
which the line of march was taken up for the
cars. The streets through which the process
sion passed were thickly decorated with flags,
and many indications existed to show that the
Bath Odd Fellows and citizens had taken
much pains to make the visit of their Portland
friends a pleasant one.
At precisely six, as the bells were tolling the
hour, the whistle sounded and the iron horse,
| giving few snorts, started off in grand style,
amid the waving of handllerchiefs and the
hearty cheers of the citizens, which were en-
Enthusiastically responded to by the people in
the cars. At eight o'clock the train came into
the Portland depot, no accident having occur
ed to mar the festivities of the day, and all ap-
parently satisfied with their picnic excursion
to the pleasant commercial city of the Kenne-
bee.
HARRIsoNs LANDING.-The point of land
now occupied by Gen McClellan's army on
the James River is known as Harrison's Land
ing, and is so called from its having been the
property of President Harrison's father
The James River here reaches one of its nu-
merous bends, and this curve enables our gun
boats to enfilade the peninsula both at the
right and left wings of our army, thus protect
ing both tanks, while the artillery guards the
| contra If our limo