Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-07-06
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Interesfing CeremOnics..FuIlP Par.
aq 1iculars.
The event Of Central Ohio was the lay.
ing of the corner stone OF the new Odd Eel
lows Hall in this city on Saturday. The
ceremonies of the gathering calling her,
an immense mass of people, as well as large
delegations from neighboring lodges. -.
Before proceeding to a description of thu
ceremonies, brief notice of the order may
not be uninterfsting:
The order of Odd Fellows is an institu.
ton having for its objects and aim the
amelioration OF the condition of the human
family, which they carry into effect upor
the principle of mutual relief. And in thi
view. every member of the order is pied get
to obey the mandates of the r. W. Crane
lodge of the United States, which is the su
preme body of the order; to visit the sick
relieve the distressed; bury the dead, AMI
Of these TEACHINGS, they have laid out sine,
the year 1888 as follows: For the relief o
widows Ofdeparted members, 1906, 149 AZ
for the relief of sick brethren, S7.34S, ,SS6 %
for the burial of dead, $1.67i.962 81 for tn,
education of orphans, $235 200 81. And th,
ing the same period, the sum of $1l, ,l64,
93o 03.1 IA ta1G~=s .Ta..lr,s. so rr,. F..
During the four years of the late war, tn,
lodges outside of the so-called Confederat,
States paid for relief. S1,S24,622 AZ; and il
the same period, paid relief to 72 $50 mem
bers, and to 8 552 fatherless families.
During the past 81 years, ending July
1867, they have relieved 45l, ,157 member
of the order, and during the same perioC
foth
The total receipts of the order for tn,
year ending July, 1857, were $2,020,110 81
And the total amount of money in tht
treasury of the order at that date exceeded
$7000,000. --------
From April 71s, 1919, and for the perlot
of the twenty following. years, there were
received into membership 27.103; the nex1
ten years thev received 202, 1872; the mex
ten years, 300. 932; and for the next sever
years, ending in July, 1867, 100, 13S.. Making
a grand total of limitations of $50 005 mem
bers. zrv -tss ..r.f , eff sg- -a
During the past year, ending July, 1857
they have received into the order by initia
tion 35020 members. 10 l-a fel 81
The order in England last year was com
posed OF 405. 255 members. b.eq -...s
At nine O'Clock an escort was formed 9
the old hall, which marched to the depot t
receive visiting brethren. Those coming
by the L NJ G & x railroad were taken to
Town Street church; those by the G o tc
the Baptist; those by the G @ 81 G to thu
Universalist; those by the q G & G hat
rooms provided in Gwynne Block. Tht
Grand Lodge was accommodated in Gym
nasium Hall. l.--.,s-s---
The following were the officers of tht
day, under whose management and labor
every thing passed of according to the pro
gramme:
Pep William Slater. of Capitol En-
campment No. 6, Chief Marshal.
P g Michael Hahn, of Central Lodge No
80. and p G Henry Lindenberg, of Har
mona Lodge No 35S. Aids.
Assistant Chief Marshals-P G Thee
Jones, Columbus Lodge, No. %; P G j
Millar, Excelsior No. 145; P G M w Bliss
Capitol, No. 1884; G M Fuson, of Ark
No. 270. no # t.r l.e'
Marshals of City Lpdges-P G L G Prem
tice. Columbus Lodge No 8; ? G j NJ Zig
Ter, Central No %; p G w E Horn, Excel
sior No. AS; Bro David Clark, Capitol No
334; p G Henry Kneydal, Harmonic No
1858.
Eeach visiting lodge proceeded under th,
more immediate direction of a Marshal o
their own. ae-I.-ts s-H srs
An escort was formed at the present hall
which marched to the depot to receive Wis
itOrs.
The following order of procession wa
observed in its formation: 70. .+
The Chief Marshal and his Aids; Capita
City Band; Lee Lodge, No. 1856; Norwich
No. 3S5; Harmonic, No. 358; Capital, No
334; Rainbow, No. 327; Ark, No. go; Ex
celsior, No. 145; Evening Star, No. l04
Central, No. %; Columbus, No. 8: Hem.
mersbach's Band; Visiting Lodges in or
der of seniority; Capitol Encampment, No
6 and visiting Patriarchs; Grand Encamp
ocn M. : D. -
Grand Lodge of Ohio; Architect and Build
er; Trustees of the New Hall; Orators and
Chaplain; Officers of the Grand Lodge
Past Grand Masters of G. L. U. S.
The procession was formed at O'Clock
on Town street, with the right resting a
Fifth street. The procession then marched
in the order designated above, on the fol-
lowing route: Moving east on Town street
to Seventh, north on Seventh to Broad
west on Broad to Fourth. north on Fourth
to Long, west on Long to High, and sOutf
on High to the foundation of the new Hall
AS the procession passed, we counted
140S persons in regalia, who, together with
the bands, formed a procession about three
fourths of a mile in length. l.-r. .,.
When the head of the procession arrived
at the corner stone, the line opened to al
low the officers and members of the Crane
Lodge to pass through to the building, or
the platform. The line remained open fol
the Grand and Subordinate Encampment.
to pass through and take their positions OIL
the north side of the building in Walnut
street. The line then closed up and the
Subordinate Lodges formed in Solid
square on High street, on the west OF the
Grand Lodge and Encampment.
CEREMONIES OF LAYING THE CORNER STONE
Grand, Master-We have assembled to.
day, my brethren, upon an interesting anC
important occasion. Another temple Of
our Order is to be raised, and we are here
to lay its cornerstone, to proclaim before
the world the object to which it Is to be
dedicated, and to invoke the Divine bless
ing upon the undertaking. Let us fee
deeply the solemnity of the occasion. By
this act we pledge ourselves, before Goo
and man, not only to complete this edifice
and keep it sacred to the purposes of the
Order, but to practice truly and conscien.
tiously within its walls the virtues which
we, as Odd-Fellows, profess to follow an6
illustrate. The work now commenced mus
be achieved by patient industry and perse-
verance, and also by pure and beautiful
lives led by those who beneath this roo
shall hear the lessons of wisdom and hui
manity. Labor earnestly, brethren, in the
work of the Order; practice, both before
the eyes of men and in secret, constantly
its beneficent principles: for if YOU do not