Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-04-27

Grand Celebr0t10n AZ 1OWo C1ey.
No day within the pas. half century viii
b rsmembesed BY .he oembess Of the In
dsesodset Order II Odd F.lloss through
sss de Usissd States. and By those
q oss ews 0tass, with - genuine feelings
- pssls snd sssisaAssiss - win yesterday,
ths fsssy>sishsA assivssssy Of the fsasd :
Ing of he Order in ~ United States. Az
. day Of gsasd ss-usieo and thankseiving
ess che prssssvatisu efths Order in unbrs-
kse usisy, whsn civil war and bitter pasti
ran fsuds divided heusshslds and severed
StaAss, tbis viii ls~g held the choicest
niche in the shrine ef nsuosy Of every
osstisipant i The eereooniss and festivities
Of Ne day.
The asmbsss II Scott Lodge Ne. 81,
Davenport Lodge No. 2, State Eneaepmens
No. 8, visiting members, and Reprssensa>
tives Of the 0Ssnd Lodge, met u Odd Eel.
lows Blsek, and under the direction Of
Bros Meyer, Blum and Lasx, sosnoisses on
behalf Of No. 81. and Bros. Eldsidgs,
Pool and Gundaksr on behalf Of
No. 81, formed into procession and.
headed BY Strssser's band marched to the
cars whore number Of the brothers with .
large number Of ladies' were waiting, and
occupied the special train. kindly furnished
BY A. Kinball, Esq.. Superintendent Of the
road. which. under the charge u Conductor
Davis after very pleasant ride cftwo hours
and half landed the excursionists At Iowa
City.
They we're there met BY large delees
tion Of the members Of the Order, with cat
riagss for the accommodation Of the ladies
Of the party. and escorted 70 Metropolitan
Hall and received BY Bro. Boal, who vel
ccued them in the name ofthe Order and
extended the hospitality .: the fraternity
and Residents ofthe city. Bro. E. X. Rueg.
Of Kossiusks L'dee, then anaouncsd the
programme Of the day. The order Of the
day gave the visitors On hour to look about
the city. This many sf them did. calling
spsa friends and scqaaintaaess. and
visiting places Of interest, pseoinent snsng
which was the Iowa State Univsrsity, ~
iastisution yearly Grosios in favor with
The school patrons and friends Of education
oil over the State, for it, practical course .:
sssdy - we'll - its Thorough and efficient
tsaising. The buiIdiogs ere large end
handsome. and occupy one Of the most
pleasant and commanding sites 10 the city.
On returning to the hall. the visiting
brothers, and ladies. were conducted into
the dining hall, where . collation.. consist>
ing If three long tables loaded With things
good for the stomach" y most acceptable 10
excursicnisss- served. After doing
ample jastics to this most excellent repast.
the visitors dispersed to meet At Odd Fsl>
lows Hall at 2 o'clock.
The following order Of procession vas
observed: Iowa City Brass Band; Kosei
usko Lodge. No. 9 Eureka, No. 1923; Teu-
,snis, No. la, and Coed Samaritan En-
campmsnt Of Iowa City sscorsing the visit
Ing bseshrsn; Strssser's Band; Davenport
Lodge. No. 2; Scot. L,dge, No. "; State
Eacampmsrt, No. 8: Representatives, Of
Grand Lodge. The Iowa City fraternity
numbers between two and three hundred
members. These with the visiting brothers
formed . procession numbering nearly Eve
hundred.
Under The guidance Of Asj. Love Of Eass-
ks Lodge. Capt. Sol. Shepherd Of Ksscissko
Lsdgs. and Bro. Bloom. Of Tsutsnia Lodge,
Masshals Of the day, the procession marched
sAssash ~ ths principal ssrssts Of he city,
and aoaily brought - q The Nsshodis,
Church whsss The following programmes
was he'd:
Opening Ode by the choir Of the Presby-
tssian Church, Prayer BY Rev. Il. L.
0snter, Of Trinity Church; Intermediate
Ode by choir and Order; address BY Bro.
Alfred Sully, Of Davenport Lodge; closing
Ode BY choir Benedic,ion BY Rev. n. L.
Ganter.
ADDRESS OF M. sULLv.
Of Mr.. Sully's address ~ are obliged, fos
~ant Of space, TO give vary briefsynepsis.
By way Of preface We would say Il vas ably
written and delivered in an easy manner,
giving general satisfaction to all who heard
Il. Il Was rsplste with facts and figures,
interesting to the uninitiated and showed
much study and origiasl thought.
He commenced with an examination Ci
the history Of the Order, giving the theories
and opinions Of various writer's in their en-.
thusiassie sndeavors to tsscs its bsginnine
from the earliest times. matter Of bat lit
sls practical importance 10 che manifold
woshines Of the Order. The speaker, BY
The facts In the case showed clearly, that I,
he'd IL bseinnisg in Losdoa b ~ latts1
pass efshe lest esntssy, ,6sisg chen sfa seeial
end soavival nature, bes which 6sally work.
Cd itself Int the hands end csntsul ef the
bsttsr claoe Of wcskmsa cad msehanics.
The nrss authenticated 0aouscript
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