The Portland daily press., 1870-07-30
Thc VihiiiuC Odd EelIoxYs,

morning, Unity Lodge No. ", of Boston, with
u members, accompanied by Browns Brigade
Band, arrived by boat on brief visit TO their
brethren in this city. Accompanying the
Lodge were delegates from the New England
| Encampment, of East Cambridge, the Mount
| Washington, Massasoit and Trimountain En-
campments, of Boston; and Past Grand Mas
ter VIM. L. Ford of the Grand Lodge Of Mas
| sachusetts as special guest.
Owing to the inclement weather, the formal
| reception at the boat, which was intended, was
dispensed with, Tut the visitors were furnished
with conveyance to the Falmouth Hotel.
AT about o'clock Machigonhe Encamp-
ment, No. 2, Maine Lodge, No. 1, Ancient
Brothers Lodge, No. 4, and Ligonia, No. 5.
with the full Portland Band, marched to the
Falmouth" received their guests, and from
thence through Middle ard Congress streets,
escorted them to the City Hall, where address,
es of welcome and replies were given.
Mayor Kingsbury was introduced by Grand
Patriach Ames S. Haseltine, and spoke
as follows:
Brethren of the Unity Encanpn,ent In be-
halt of the Odd Fellows of the City of Portland,
l extend to you a cordial welcome to our CITY,
This is not formal welcome, it arises not from
the force OF circumstances; it is because we are
glad to sec you. We only regret that your
stay will be short 1t is true you come among
US under rather unfavOrable circumstances yet
the earth had become dry and parchei and
vegetation was whitening, and as it is the prov
ince of Odd Fellowship to relieve the sick and
administer to the wants of the distressed, no
true Odd Fellow will regret that nature has
taken their work from their hands, and has
administered to the wants of sick aud distress
ed earth. Odd Fellowship extends not only
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the Rio Grande, but we may congratulate our
selves, that one of our brothers has left to
plant In Germany, country that will soon be
devastated by war, our standard which is the
banner of peace. Brethren, also extend to
you welcome in behalf of the citizens of Port
land 1 welcome you, gentlemen of Boston,
to the shores or Casco Bay. We regret that your
stay is so short, for we should like to show you
our surroundings, those islands which are the
Jewels in our corOnet. Maine is the daughter
OF Massachusetts, From her she derives her
laws, her common school system, and to some
extent her morals There is a geographic
boundary between us, but our hearts are united
and hope that we shall never forget that we
are brethren. Brothers, in my capacity as
Chief Magistrate of this city, welcome you to
Portland.
To Mayor Kings5ury's address of welcome,
o. Wallburg, N. g., of the Unity Lodge, re-
piled as follows:
respond, but hardly feel myself equal to the
task OF expressing the feeling of gratitude
which know is In the heart of every brother,
We came here as matter of pleasure We
expected no formal reception, but before we
left we saw in your papers that we were to bc
received by our brethren in Portland. 1 can
only say that am extremely gratified with
our reception, and in thus saying 1 have no
doubt that echo the sentiment of every nem-
Der OF the lodge. We are young in years, in ex-
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not too young to know when we are kindly re-
ceived. This is an occasion which will long
be remembered by US, aud we shall go home
feeling that when we meet Portland Odd
Fellow, We meet whole souled brother.
After this response, Past Grand Comman-
der w. c. Ford of Boston, was introduced by
the Mayo, as gentleman with whom he had
travelled from New York to San Francisco aud
whom he had left in Salt Lake City with
Brigham's wives.
MIR. Ford replied as follows:
Mr.. Mayor and Brothers-I hardly expected
you would expose the condition in which last
saw you by an attempt to shoulder it upon
your humble servant; but allow me to saw that
am extrem mely happy to be with you to day.
need not introduce you to these young men,
You truly say that Maine is the daughter of
Massachusetts,, though she has set up house.
Keeping on her own account, and if some of
tuOoC idiI, SOUu-lOOhluS yOuuS men eQOGIu
take back to Massachusetts some of the daugh-
ters of this city hope you will not think we
came by them dishonesty. We came here to
say to you that we thank you for what you
have done and are doing in the cause ofhumani
ty; not to show our regalies but to say that we
wish to be true to our order know, Mr..
Mayor that wherever may meet you though
it may be in your official capacity, sh all find
You the same true brother as when at the side
of the sick and distressed. We have brought
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but their hearts are full of the zeal of Odd Fell
lowshp and trust their lives and characters
and deeds shall be fitting exemplifications of
their profession.
After three cheers from the Portland Odd
Fellows for those of Boston, and replies from
the visitors, the Lodges formed in marching
columns, proceeded by platoon of Police, and
moved by the most direct way to franklin
Wharf, where they took the steamer "Charles
Houghton'' for Little Chebeague, where one
of the features of a proper island celebration
was promised-a clam bake. James Freeman,
on odd fellow before the introduction of the
order into the State, was master of ceremonies,
1t was mammoth bake, done to a turn, and
the thirty bushels of bivalves which formed the
principal item of the feast, quickly disappeared,
yet all we're filed, and had strength left to
give James a round of applause FOR his success
iul efforts. The weather god was favorable all
the time, and gave them but little rain, SO
brief space Of time was passed in athletic ex-
ercises, which provoked great deal of merri-
ment and served as preventative of oppres-
siveness at the stomach.
Peaks Island was the next objective point,
and was reached just as a threatening cloud
came up overhead. A BIZ of ramble, few
turns of muscular sport, and an enjoyment of
the beautiful scenery which was vouchsafed by
the lifting fog, employed the time until the
hour of departure for home.
The company landed at State Street wharf,
and the procession, passing through few of
the principal streets at the upper part OF the
city, marched to the Falmouth Hotel, the
clouds in the meantime having parted, and the
chief Inconvenience for the moving column
being the mud and water in the streets. Here
the guests were dismissed, to sup and meet
their hosts with their wives, daughters and fe-
male cousins at City Hall later in the evening,
where pleasant hours were passed, the gather
ing of the sons and daughters of Portland be-
ing large, and the music and other accessories
OF the most gratifying description.