Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-07-03

Band of Gallatin, joined in the pro-
cession and moved up to the beautiful
grounds of the Institute, where every
preparation had been made for the
occasion. We have no idea of the
number present, but the procession
was believed to be half mile long.
The crowd being assembled, and
order restored, after music and prayer,
the Principal of the Institute, Prof.
Todd, introduced Miss GUTHRIE, one
of his graduates, who delivered the
following beautiful and elegantly de-
livered .-agif
WELCOME ADDRESS.
GENTLEMEN OF THE INDEPEN-
DENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS
The very pleasant, and allow me to
say most embarrassing task of receiv-
ing you in behalf of the teachers and
pupils of Howard Female College, has
been assigned me, and with the natu-
raj timidity of woman and the diff
dence of a school girl, did not so
highly appreciate your generous and
glorious order, 1 should shrink from
the discharge of the interesting duty
which too much partaility has i'm
posed on me. Welcome! thrice well
come: noble, liberal men; within the
inclosure of your own beautiful Tenn
pie of Learning; welcome to the bright
faces and young, warm, trusting, low
ing hearts of its happy inmates
Welcome to the home of orphans
whom your liberality is educating
Welcome to the shadesOf these trees,
that have sheltered others, that shell
ter us now, and whose broad spread
ing beams shall shield numbers more,
when school days to usshall be among
the things that were. a5.s+ tls# Ill j
Welcome, too, to the feast of good
things of which you will soon be in
vited to partake, and to the bright
eyes and smiling faces of the fair wo-
menOf Sumner, who takegreat pleas
ure in serving you at their richly
spread tables. Let me caution those
of you, though, who are not already
blessed with the smiles of an Eve, to
guard well your hearts unless you
wish to leave them here, for you
know, if women get to be angels any
where land they certainly dO) it is in
our county. Let the proper sentinels
be properly posted at the outer door,
for If the ante-rOom of the heart is
entered you are gone.
You are members, gentlemen, of
most interesting, rapidly growing,
useful and glorious organization,
which though not yet half a CEN
fury old can boast membership
of nearly three hundred thousand
noble men standing from the restless
Atlantic to the calm bosom of the
Pacific, all actively engaged i'm har-
monizing and ameliorating the condi-
ton of poor fallen humanity, and
making the wilderness and desert of
life blS9sorn as the rose. This insti-
tuition stands q noble and telling
monument to the liberality of those
who are so devoted to Friendship,
Love and Truth, and whose efforts
are blessing the world. Go on gen
tlemen, zealOusly and devotedly in
your heavenly mission of good
Your Order is now the brightest and
most cheering oasis i'm the dreary do
sert of life. The great business your
mission here is to do good, and make
others happy. If there be anything
of which the Odd Fellows ofTennes-
see should feel proud, and in whose
welfare they would feel an anxious
and tender interest, it is certainly the
Institution in whose beautiful shady
grounds you are gathered. 1t has
risen like phoenix from the dilapi-
dations and ruins of the war, has
attained aposition and is enjoying a
reputation and prosperity which must
he most gratifying and cheering toall,
and which promises so much i'm the
future. Eternity alone can tell the
good being accomplished through it.
Go forward gentlemen, zealously in
this heavenly mission, and posterity
shall talk of and praise you when the
tall grass shall wave over your graves
and in the Grand Lodge above i'm the
glorious presence of the Grand Mas,
ter, you shall be rewarded, and shall
drink from the streams of bliss that
shall never fail.
Col, Munday then introduced the
orator of the day, Rev. NJ. z. GApIs
of Cincinnati, who took the stand anC
delivered one Of tho best addresses II
was ever our good fortune to listen to-
He gave a succinct history of OdC
Fellowship, intersperscd with goot
anecdotes, and concluded with glow
ing eulogy upon woman.
Rev. Mr., Halscll, Of Nashville
made few pertinent remarks, fol
lowed by prayer, when the invitation
to dinner was given. The lady man
ayers deserve great credit for the ar
rangcmcnt and supply Of good thing
at the table. The large crowd wa
bountifully fed, and the very best or
der prevailed throughout.
The examination exercises wcr
continued in the evening and con
cluded Mt night at the Presbyterian
Church, but rs we had to leave, w
cannot make any mention of them
Suffice ii 10 say, Prof. Todd is one O
the most deservedly popular men il
the country. We heard his praise
sounded by many, of all scots, during
our short stay, and we doubt not IN
exercises were all that could be dc
sired.
We met our esteemed friend, q. II
Nannoy, who, as you know, is on
of the best architects in the western
country. He has remodeledthe court
house here-removing everything bu
the walls--and il is now one of tn
most imposing temples of Justice 1
he ioundin theland. lie has also wv