St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-12-04

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thus: Money saved by not doing as he
agreed, 500. Lawyers fees. 500 10Th
er costs, $3.50. Net gain. lover the
left,) $3.50. The moral is obvious.
Dedication of the New Odd Fellows
Hall.
The new hall of Caledonia Lodge.
No. &. |. o. of o. F., of this place. was
dedicated with appropriate ceremonies
last Tuesday evening. Before the hour
appointed, all the available space in
the main hall, the banquet room.adjoin-
ing, and the several antc-rooms con-
nected, WAS filled with members of the
lodge and their wives. invited members
of other lodges. and citizens of the
place. While the audience was being
seated, the Orchestra, which was in at
tendance during the evening, was dis
cnurSing music.
After the audience was seated, j. n.
Gale. secretary of the grand lodge, took
'h' 'hiIl anu 'illtu lo olutT, ;tllel
which prayer WAS offered by chaplain
Till"tson, and the order joined in sing
ing the opening ode. "Brethren of our
Friendly Order"
Secretary Gale then welcomed the
brethren, friends and citizens. in il brief
address. He said this was the first hall
built 10y the order in this state. 1t was
erected mainly by the young men %!
st. J"hnsbnry who wished to have ii
retreat where they could assemble at
the close of their daily toll for social
Improvement where the rich and the
poor could meet together on Il common
level. 1t had been their effort to build
combining Solid;tN with beauty. In
behalf of the building committee he
spoke of the manner in which the edi-
lice had been erected, giving statistics
of material used, their number and
weight. The size of the building ON
the ground is 80 10y :J3 feet and the
top of the flag staff which SurImuumt :
the cupola. i lU1 feet from the ground.
After giving Il little history of the work
of building, the speaker then turned to
Grand Master l.. &. Stiles. who had
taken his place upon the platform, and
said : Most worthy Grand Master.
the work is now finished We meet to-
night to dedicate this temple to Friend
ship. Love and Truth"
The Grand Master then responded.
accepting the hall for dedication in Il
>hoIt address declaring that ii WAS
not 50 much this temple built with
hands which is To commend the order,
~ the cardinal virtues and gricr> " lich
its members cultivate.
Dc'icat"rN prayer WAS then offered
10y Chaplain riIlot>"n hrl;rlds Harvey.
Gale. Holder and Kinney. then pro
claimed To the four corners ot the globe
that the hall bad been Dedicated. and
they were responded to 10y members in
the fnur corners of the room. Grand
Marshal Became then made proclamation
there WAS another prayer 10y the Chap
lain. and the Grand Master handed
Oven the keys To tn" proper officer. and
the ceremonies of dedication We're Tin
iShcd.
After music, Grand Rcprc>cntativ,
John l.. Spring. of Lebanon. y. H.,
gave an address of half an hours length
nn the principles OF odd Fellow ship
We shall only attempt the hrirtt>t ali
>tract ni it. After some local illusions
he went int" some history of the order
He said some carried the origin back
int" the dim past Ia Egypt al 1,
Greece. hut irc would only speak of il
since its establishment in this country
In I-l9 the first lodge VAS formed il
this country, at Baltimore. 10y five
men who had belonged Ia the order il
England. The growth of the order
was slow for Il Time but it WAS growth
and NOW there were lll.WW contribu-
ting members in the United States
Vermont has 100 members. New
| Hampshire nearly j.mU. and Ohio about
l3.UnO etc. etc. He spoke of the cost
ot being an odd Fellow. what the con
| trihuiionS were used for. the admirahI,
system of visiting committees which
prevails in every lodge. whereby tht
| sick and unfortunate of the order mus
necessarily hc cared for. He spoke 6
| the prejudice against secret societies 10y
WAS unjust and how notwithstanding
it all. this order had constantly III
creased. He gave his idea of what al
odd Fellow should he. morally and SO
riallv. and why all needed the benefits
at which the order aimed especially
/ in sickness. misfortune. or when anon:
strangers. Mr.. Spring is Il pleasan
speaker. and his address WAS Il goo,
argument for the order, and well re
received 10y the audience.
Grand Representative Jones of Leh
anon. WAS called out. and made an of,
hand speech in which were some tai
hits.
Grand Chaplain Tillotson was al>'
called out and kept the audience in tn,
best of humor for several minutes 10y
the happy manner in which he playcr
with the names of the orator of til,
evening. and MeSSrs. Stiles and Gale
This was particularly good with respect
to the latter. He said he had frequent