The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-26

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and eGsIS' Iodqc q the United states has well said AZ thHt
of Brothci Love asylum for its cure or anne
iioration" To this fact honorable and SO % bSa9tbu tb
spakcs the cluster which adorns the escchooh oi n'
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me Sy SSS S yo sts sad gfbSr BORN Saf a
lineage challenges comparison nyGksdd INTO p0p @ pnplcs I
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whcsc intrinsic exeelencS and Rnr sSd The conses Of
the most eminent and gifted Of his SooeS 6h and
s more splendid and peemne9t IN q? ti gTest1s, 1
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M political M ststIs rss o sI Federal Union as mpers6abe
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bonteous and haustibe its agricultural
and mineral a TSs s TSd prodacts its industry immense
o9gSPnSs dG@a bao%ed as Se memoPS ePS
OF lis Revolutionary fame and the long line q its
all these Gde" sR sPeps int 6Ss S 'ne atnsS sSt
which pencil ndnso of the mos; Sfsed
sfn,s and upon It's apex up more en-.
during than brass eternal and firm as the iron Of her
pal Operative the pledge & Of her fidelity & to
In The broad and generous development Of the past to
Which haze d @ Pi he saxon S & and @ 9dd
Toned after like habits and raiItiies We are to
as we received from :heiT handsand e see What under
hS' eeP @ 9 as % personal Sa t @ l
sc but especially because the discussion involves details
nRe Re th and Which ReciOe renders subject mot less
ends ana brethren the very distinguised committee Of
the Grand Lodge who have honored me with the position
proceed moCS accordingly.
Fifty years ago. in that time, coparatiyely small
Maryspd uneqaented street near the docks & there
Of men Of toll and of the humber walks OF te Inc rude
ceptston Of the term 50 well understood that day In
Ts RsSsS Oh On a..eRbS on tR
5 day Of R s5 S S PDSy3Ss GS 3 SGGTS or G
original This Lodge they called, earnest Of their
The name of the public house which the Lodge
formed locality and the character of its business
bne to The Mature of the and Of its
outgrown the humility Of their early years Qdd FelSg
is sH laid afa IN % an
remote sp SgncepCn Of the reach to & by
may atanthe circumstances Of position, the sphere Of
Scheme the inadeq9aSy OF the the end, and
th9Issnd other IT. opaGes Pesen % IN o way o
does always render effective results the process Of de
idos sTsay a@gsd sometimes wholly Diverted and
@ be the the path the eSceence beyond
h 6Gd A e es he . %
vantSgcous cicumstances yet the genius OF is author
an s' cnt Which ustaned through
1ans
Nildey's progress at first was slow difficult aud
Sd
seSs S ASo he Year s light length IfoEe Is UPON
Ssd hs
CHI Fs na hG and e sr.4
STRUCTURE contormed to the standard Of pure moral,
an f haGTnSf paSe
msy u sf ' aitS S % M
shall speak Of 1t accordingly and with that candor and
intrinsic merit Of the Subject Itself anu " 'Ne
Flour Bss 5 had So 1d s il ao @ city The Of o BP PSF
same faces were recognized at each Lodge meeting
Ss S az 5piR aRa at
the subject Of the proper steps to be pReE 10 Psd
sS 6s the bPBs
projected which once enlisted friends and arrayed
Order after the usual struggle incident to con
St 6sd OpdniSn where radical are At
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sthsE aRIs pee@aiaFy s@a
Gy Ss as P tho by he s W the
dollars The building was commenced, and although
that broken the aStuaty KY % s s%S
applications for mbeshp and to meet the emergency
t6ecams necessary to hold special meetings day after
1881 the wished for day of dedication arrived and
saSrenscs # opinion the subject Of the new hall
breahed as were from common lung and reoced with
sts formal separation from public houfe born anew.
@ asI stffaa Sy Rs in
promise Of the future taxed to its utmost tension,
route to the place appointed for the exercises OF day
thronged the place of assembage The Order
splendid regalia and glitteng banners and the galleries
holder which have no language adequately to describe
appears n the eS SSe the speEn
that occasion as il was but Of yesterday This
and may supposed the citizens Of Baltimore
by SURPRISE In connection ith this point pause to
that the Committee Of Arrangements charged with the
10 Which to conduit the exercises except one much
ailsp,dated IN an out OF the way place, and amo
sd Essn maze % SeHepe Yer to 1850 t abolish
tineuscd brother Augustus Matthiot, Past Grand Mas
ter wh9semotion the order was p9ssedt survives
but this movement, however well Intended served
only TO scotch the serpent changed only his az gUO
from tho body of the Lodge room adjacent place be-
meath the roof. The demonstration on the streets of
the city Of Baltimore in 1884, the public disclosure for the
st time Of the real principles of the Order under it, new
BIRTH tho character and rcspecaby of its mombership
composed for the most part of the elite sons OF toll
and which had the old all combined to assure TO-
me oIder Dewness and vigor ofe which diused itself
Visiting brethren had been present from philadelphia and
washington these had carried home with them the
effect was everywhere apparent.
Odd Fellowship now foot-oose, bounded away, reuve-
effective apxary in land was the aclaisito9 Of
nuber Of the most influential members Of the Masonic
this prejudice the intrinsic excellence OF the Order con
when %RiI ssryeS Of
Lions Inc aW was thoroughly dissected and re-