The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-05-30

lOIHls <AS NAAly - aASsS SACoC oOCA0eAeN,
crude - they certainly were at that
time, had adopted for their motto,
Friendship, Love and Truth, )" for we
dnd among the poems Of the great re-
ligious post of England James Mont
gomery, one ofshat date entitled: ''Writ.
ten for ! society whose motto was
Frisndship, Love and Truth the first
verse of. which 10 - follows: aaaa eHt'
y when Ffisadship, Love and Truth abound,
w Among Rand Of brothers, 1."e"
| The CUP ofJoy goes saily round
' Edch shares the bliss Of Others.
swset roses grace the ;thrny way as.raH
| r. Along this vale of sorrcw, ,g.E an.. gra..
The flowers that shed their leaves to-day,
shall bloom again to- morrow. a. At....
How grand in age--how fhir In youth. gr
! Are holy Fricndsnip, Love and Truth" :
| After the elevation Of these societies
from chaos into order and theirAdoption
Of plans ofusefulness as we'll as pleasure
they were soon copied in Liverpool an 4
other parts of England and grand
combination Of them was formed under
a general system, and common name
was adopted, being that Of the "Union
Order of o. F's." Afer this the bene-
fit and advantages Of tne Order became
so apparent that it spHad rapidly in all
parts of the kingdom, all the time how
ever preserving its convivial character.
The members met tsgether, not alone
to see after each others welfare, but to
have good time. The workmen and
mechanics derived great tbenefit from be-
ing brought together and thus learning
much in regard to the demand for labor
and its compensation. They exchanged
information and opinions on these points
and sought to aid each other in their
respective spheres of action. Mean
while refreshments were INDUCED in,
beer or rum or gin were indulged in, and
after the business matters were disposed
Of the jest and laugh, the song and sto-
ry went round the room, and the meet
ings were as much for the purposes of
social and convivial enjoyment as for
the accomplishment of good.
In 1909 an effort was made to abolish
the convivial character of these assem-
blages, but the reform party was in the
minority. From 1909 to 1918 there was
fighting in their ranks. The minority
were not strong enough to carry the
day. Like our good German brothers
of Davenport the majority would have
their beer. At last in 1918 the minority
succeeded. This was at Q convention
held in Manchester, England, and the
seeding lodges united themselves to-
gether under the name aad style of the
Independent Order of o. P's.
From this convention and this new
union in 1918 we o. F.'s of the United
States derive the peculiar institutions
and features of our Order, and it is from
this great strife that we derive the strin-
gent prohibition against the use Of re-
treatments Of any kind in the lodge
room which We find among our laws.
In 1925 standing central committee,
answering to our Grand Lodge was cs-
tablished in Manchester for the govern
ment Of the l. o. O. F. in England and
was called the Manchester Unity.
The English people are a fighting peo-
pie, they must have bore to pick or
they would be miserable. l mean no
disparagement of the English people,
(for have English blood in my own
veins mixed up with considerable Ger
man and French, but it is national
weakness, and therefore when they have
no outside bone to pick they must for
sooth pick one of their own. So it il
with our brother o. F.'s over the water,
all has not been peace and harmony in
their great family. They have had any
amount of dissension and discord and
yet have thrived upon it, thereby prov.
ing that it is not fault but popularity
of temperament, for the Manchester
Unity remains to this day and within
its wide encircling army Brotherl,
love, and universal fraternity are link
ed together over $40, 900 o. F.'s.
So much for the early history of Ode
Fellowship, and SO much for its history
on English soil. It has done moro fo
England-has blessed English hearts
and homes more than dozen of Eng
lands proudest Kings and Queens, tina
l could name. AU hail! to English Odt
Fslto,oshio! Wo get our language from
England, the mother country of this
from her we get many of our best anl
richest treasures of science, literatur,
and art SO also came Odd Fellowship
from England and let US thank her a
least for originating and fostering TIL,
glorious Order of which we are proud t.
acknowledge ourselves members.
THE ORDER IN THE U. s.
The history of Odd Fellowship in tn
United States presents a clearer ant
more satisfactory picture. Forty-eigh
years ago tonight on the 26th day o
April, 1910, an English blacksmith nam
ed Thomas Wildey and John Duncan
John Welsh, John Cheatham and Rich
ard Bushworth met together at the sigr
of the ''Seven Stars, /" on second street il
the city of Baltimore, Maryland, and or
ganized Lodge called Washington
/ Lodge. Number One. and from this dat