Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-13
ODD FELLOWS.
PicnIe and Parade---Ths Schiller Lodge.
Speeches.

Memphis Odd Fellowship. In the pro-
cession we recognized the ancient and
venerable, and eyer-to-be-reYered DAN
bury, Prescott and Past Grand High
Patriarch Bingham, a thousand years old
IL his titles, and hOnors and worth mean
anything. Smiths brass band led the
way through crowded streets, along
which the splendid pageant moved.
Messrs. Ben Bingham, Waynesburg and
Alderman were marshsls; Messrs. Link
hauer, Harper, Uhl and Schneider are the
officers Of the Schiller Lodge. In the line
were the officers of Memphis Lodge,
C~hickasaw Lodge, and OF Gayoso En-
campment. After the speeches given be-
lowc came the festival, the wine, women,
poetry and dancing. Ii was a day long
to be remembered by the Odd Fellows
and their guests.
Mr.. aRoNAUER's SPEECH.
Owing to the very short time given Mr..
Joseph Gronsuer for preparation, his
speech was not up to the standard of ex-
celleuce of bis usual effusions. He paid,
in opening, a glowing tribute to the season
Of the year, reclting the beauties Of the
spring-time, and speaking of their exhil-
arating effects upon all lovers of nature.
Gliding from this point to the gathering
which he was addressing, he congratu-
lated the Germans assembled on the
great progress which had been made by
them as a people in the city of Memphis
pointing especially to h establish
ment Of the Schiller Lodge as an
evidence. Although the order of Odd
Fellows" said he, "knows no nationality,
religion or politics, in the qualification of
its members, it must still be mentioned,
with the highest degree of praise, of our
American brethren, that they have put
themselves at our side, and assisted US to
call into life the Schiller LOdge-the first
German lodge in West Tennessee. AL
though its membership is not yet very
numerous, yet there is no doubt but that
the time is not far distant when it will
include In its ranks the very best Ger
man citizens of Memphis.
The greater portion of Mr.. Gro
nauer's speech was devoted to an
acknowledgment of the services of those
who, neither speaking nor understand
ing the German language, gave them
selves so heartily to the labor of founding
and ESTABLISHING the Schiller Lodge. We
regret hat the crowded state of u col
umns will not allow US to give a full
translation of it. In closing he paid the
following tribute to the founders of the
Lodge:
"For the existence of the Schiller
Lodge, we may especially thank the eXer-
tions of certain German Odd Fellows,
who by untiring zeal, through love of our
/ NEAnAaA OLAEAAF aAAA W LIZ oCAD
pecuniary sacrifices. 1 need not call their
names. We are all indebted to them for
this jewel which they have brought to
the light Of day"
The speaker concluded by return
ing thanks to the officers of the
Lodge for the manner in which they had
carried out their arduOus duties, and ex,
pressing the wish that the a~ssemblage
might pass many similar happy hours TO-
gether.
After dancing and amusing themselves
in such other manner as they found il
most agreeable, about three O'Clock
Brother A. J. Wheeler was introduced to
the crowd.
wHEELER's GRAFTON.
After referring in general terms to the
character and purposes of Odd Fellow
ship, he said:
1t requires no belief in any of the
straight-jacket conventionalities or rel-
giOus doCuaas Of the day. IL tells you &c
come here and breathe the free air o.
heaven to loosen the selfish, sordid bonds
and routine of every day life, n dance,
run, Jump and play until fresh currents
of life and light dance through your
veins, and you assume the animate
and nfe-like color that God intend
ed for all his creatures. If l find Z
stimulant necessary to my health anC
I EuAAAQIEV d0AAAk " IL 5ONAGA RAlo11ANo
and at the same time improving my phys
ical existence, l will take that stimulant
III hud that weeks OF close confinement
and laborious toll have deprived me o
bre thing the pure air of earth, and see
ing the beautiful flowers and works o
creation, 1 will HE away to the field anC
the forest, read my book, worship my
God, and spend my Sabbath in the gres
temple of nature This is sense; this Ii
tolera ion-that broad and free federation
which is one of the cardinal principles o
Odd Fellowship.
am glad, my friends and brothers, tina
[ have been invited by the Ger
man Lodge of our city to address
YOU to-day. II is an honor conferred
upon me that 1 did not deserve; but I ap-
p~reciate it the more because il comes
from the representative of a people o.
nation the most tolerant on the face of the
globe-s people EDUCATED and inteIlige Mt
none are more so-fnee' none are more
But what is Odd Fellowship WhaI
strange creation is it that can bring mel
of all nations, eresds aud opinions to-
gether, and seat them in close communion
and fellowship with each other. How i:
It that an old straight-sided, long faced
blue-eomplexioned, white neck-tieC
preacher or deacon will hnd a ~congenial
comfortable and agreeable companion
and will hold sweet anC
loving companIonship with some fisshy,
e~ross-grained, hard-headed old German
Is there any ~eOngeniality between sue
persons as my little friend, Bingham
over there, and my sedate old friend, Yer
terena; and yet If you should see them il
a lOdge-room together, you would take
them for twin brothers. Who would sup
pose that my healthy, ~good-loOking friend
Alderman and myself would seek com
partnership together He drinks lager
/ expect to become a cold water man. He
smokes his fine Spanish cigars; nary
a smoke have i. And vet Alderman il
not a bad man. I associate with him-a
whole lodge-roOm associates with him
yea, more, we claim that he is a very
clever gentleman. Thus it is: oddities
i~ncongruities, orthodox, heterodox, para
dox and pepper-box characters all minglt
together. clasp hsnds-yea, love eacf
other in concord and peace.
But 1 have said thu this was no time oil
occasion to listen to Me merits or defense
of Odd Fellowship. Happiness is our OBJ.
iect to-day-freedOm from the worlds
care, its bigOtry, its selishness and it:
troubles. What signifies to us the de-
n~uuciation of the man in pOntiEeIl robes
the bigot, the skeptic, the brainless foo
or the mailman? Truth and right may bt
stayed for a season by the hard of man
1 DQE MU6u nbttssllN AOE EuEttcs COulHs,
that hand withers, justice triumphS, and
we have naught to fear. If the seed oil
the principles of Odd Fellowship art
naught but the invention of the human
intellect, gotten up to please and CRAFTY
the human understanding, without any
of the God-giving and eternal element
within it, then it can only exist for a time
and will vanish away forever.
But enough To you, members of Sch
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You have commenced a goodly record
Members as you were of the other Lodges
of our city-LOdges that possessed wealth,
influence and means that is Unusual fol
Lodges to OWL. You, as members, had an
equal show in all their improvements and
profits. But Notwithstanding these adj
vantages, you relinquished all that you
might found a Lodge of your own. The
Lodges you belonged to were pleasant
and harmonious; you fully shared al
their pleasures, profits and favors; the
principles of the order were disseminated
as YOU desired, but with no selfish end tc
CRAFTY, no pet scheme to advance, and nc
property to unite you. Your aim, 1t is
evident, was to disseminate the true
light of Odd Fellowship, to unite more
closely the brotherhood, and explain more
fully to your c~Ountrymen, in your owr
native language, the beauties and benefits
of our order. The object Is laudable and
praiseworthy, and I know l am u~ttering
the sentiments of every worthy brother
of Nos. 8 and s, as well as of the order al
large, when I say God bless you, and
speed your great and glorious undertak-
ing.
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