Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-03-31
INTERESTING OCCASION.

persons WeIe CuOocu W Sct 'o uut in6 WIG
ensuing term
w. P.-Jasper Berger.
w. A.-George w. Martin.
Il. S.Thomas n. johnson.
A. r. {. Thomas B. Osborn.
F. S.-George G. Ford.
Treasuref-Isaac Ball.
Chaplain--Re Benjamin Kelley.
Conductor William Bonnell.
A. C.-Maggie Mitchell.
I. S.-Horace Bonnell.
o. S.-Benjamin M. Ogden.
Chorister-John J. Ludlow.
After the election was finally disposed.
of, the event of the evening came up,
in the shape of a presentation of aPast
Worthy Patriarch's regalia to Brother
William Walton, who has so ably filed
the chair of W. P. during the current
quarter.
Mr.. Gale, in presenting the regalia,
referred to the struggle of the Division
for life during the early days of its ex
istence, and contrasted its present con-
dition of glorious prosperity with its
past of languishing and poverty. He
spoke of the change wrought in tho
condition of many of his brother MEM
bers, who in times past were slaves of
the body and soul-debasing vice of in
temperance. Especially did he COM
mend those earnest warm-hearted breth-
rem who never seemed to tire in their
efforts to rescue from threatened ruin
of body apd soul those who were fast
in the tolls of the enemy, and to guide
the feet of the young away from the
paths of temptation and sin. He in
voked the recipient of the badge to
wear it proudly. and to firmly support
the principles of which it was the en-
blem-Love. Purity and Fidelity love
to his fellow-men, whatever their sta /
ton /; purity in thought, word and
deed, keeping himself unstained and
spotless before the world fidelity to
the great principles of the Order, which
are those that most intimately affect the
welfare of humanity.
After the presentation of the regalia,
Mr.. Gale further remarked that there
was one among the number present
who was untiring in his efforts for the
good of the Order, and whose labors
carried him all over the county, wher-
ever there was Division to institute,
brother in distress to visit, or drunk
ard to save.
Some of his friends have held con-
sultation, and they thought that he
ought to have horse, but it not being
feasible to procure bona fide horse,
they have concluded to get him one
made of hickory, and they trust that,
in presenting him with this means of
facilitating his locomotion, they are
also presenting him further induce
ments for renewed exertion in the good
cause, and they further trust and ex-
press the hope that he will consider it
his bounden duty to wear out this hick-
DRY horse in the service of his Good
Master.
He then ;rotted out his i" hickory
horse, and presented it to the efficient
Treasurer of the Division, Brother
Isaac Ball, who responded in a feeling
address of one-half minutes length, in
which touching reference was made to
certain corn on his foot.
Rev. B. Kelley afterwards made
some interesting remarks concerning
the cause of temperance and the action
of the recent conference of the M. e.
Church at Newark, concerning the sub.
ject. A strong committee was appointed
and resolutions adopted of character
calculated to sustain and encourage the
cause of total MISUNDERSTANDING
the use of bitters and tonics $50 called
as being the means of encouraging a
taste for alcoholic beverages. The lar
gest meeting ever witnessed was held
at the Central church, even the aisles
being filled. The meeting was address,
ed by j. NJ. Buckley and others of note
and the interest was intense, showing
that the church was awakening to the
realities of conflict between rum and
water, the beverages of Gods giving
and the devils devising.
The interest now evincing itself in