Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-04-30
THE GOOD

4, the regular weekly meeting of
Exclamation Lodge, 1. .. g.. r., the
bllowing members were elected to fill
\. various offices of the order for he
3nsuing quarter:
+. b. Miller. W. e. T.; Miss Julia
8anderlcith, w. v. r.; Mrs. W. IL.
lowell, W. +. s.; Lambert Molinelli,
=. II. s.; Miss IIilma Swensson, W.
Il. re-elccted; Mrs. W. II. Daven-
Sort. W. /. g.; Charles Broy, ". NJ;
Lcventhal, w. q. g.; Il. &. Arnold,
{, The installation will take place
Tuesday next. After the election,
rother j. G.. Brown delivered an en-
Cedingly exhaustive, logical, literary,
be;orical, laughable and heartrending
,cour>e OH the rise, progress, practi-
working and future advantages Of
he order, all of which was received i'm
kpathleSs silence, broken only by fire.
uent outbursts of applause. The fol-
living in his speech:
Brethren and S'Strc0: When COM
hr here this evening, l had no intcn-
Ion of addressing you at all; but
hancing around this hall and see ng
7Mle nllHttlIlCCItt tttidN Va llllCIlcVU anu
aautv with which it is crowded to its
ktmost caplcity-a!mOSt, the compli-
R,ent to me is SO great that ] cannot al
Dw, with Justice to you or myself. to
lave your precious time fritteyed
kway listening to the windy nolhings
~ other members. AS | look upon
s&he benedict brethren OF this lodge,
heir large hearts filled with affection
Tor other mems wives; when l behold
Ahe n,atronS. alert rs to the cOnnubia-
8tions of their husbands; when | see
around me incipient cOurtShipS. soon
10 ripen into matriinony, a holy calm
nrvadeS my system and most beatific
k,isions of bliss ra,mble at will through
my Semi-cOnsciOuS thoughts. But /
must hasten. The audience will please
applaud when l elevate the han lker-
ehief. [Applause.]
There are several histories eXtant a.
10 the inception of our order. The one
most generally accepted by us dates to
6emote antiquity and locates our first
Jbd.e I'M place named Five Points,
turin. the reign of Boss Tweed. The
4orlar was there founded by Il few i'm
8pecuniouS ''round.r in II beer cellar;
but, my brethren, | would fain believe
Is origin more worthy, VT if more
x1nodcrn: it nauseates nc ~ think of its
Originating amidst the fumes of stale
beer, 'all sOrt>,' and cigar stumpS.
Bul why need we date, or wish to datc,
antiquity; are we not Il principle co.
wal with the earth, with our first
Parents, with Noah? 1t was pronul.
Gated that we must not taste spirits
hnleSS ''colickv;" and it is necessary
4iltt the patient must be the judge of
3he extent of his illness, that he may
prescribe the proper quantity and seal
BON ii properly. 1t is the duty OF any
DrO.h her of our sacred order to stand
by and divide the dose if too much is
Aiecoctcd-We mnSf StdU1 bH cHrh Other
IT, az hazards. Why should we desire
to have an antiquitous (?) origin?
Nhy should we cast eyes of veneratiou
Npon our grand parents, our maiden
&ultS, OF our bacherlor uncleS? Does
= few pennies worth of candy bestowed
IN chl.dllood's happy days suffice to
destroy II living principle or idea :?
The Chinese drown old people and Sc
riotlSly think of including their broth
er>-in-law, CUnfuciu> having been very
lnurh annoyed 10y one. [Applausc.]
~ hope the audience will not applaud
again unless the kerchief is clevated.)
sIet lis compare the AncientsanG Mod
atrnS and see how the festive feline
Bumps: The Ancien.s had the atmoS-
plere rs We have it, but we invented
b,llounS; they had their great tii,an-
cial gcniuSeS, but no Credit Mobilier or
contract or finance companies; they
lad Instruments of brass as terrible if
ilot As effective as ours. still we I'VE
blth to the eNhilarating pa>tiIne of en-
pressing souls into eternity from the
%ttnncn'S mouth; they had the oceans.
lut we utilized them as a means to
suppress over-porulation by yearly
freightin- our condemned hulkS with
human beings ana sending them forth
to battle with the winds and waves
drowning is an easy death. my brethren,
hut the corpse is very moist; the
ancicnts gave us our Bible and re-
ligion. and trotted forth James Stuart
Mill and Thomas Paine. The truth is,
We have the bulge on old Anti
3 putty. and intend keeping him where
We want him. | must hasten. ZAP
p~lau>e.l
our order was introduced to this
coast in the year of the Mexican Con
gre>>. eighteen hundred and >omc-
thing else, by Emperor Norton, Reddy.
the blacksmith, Yankee sullivan and
lilly Mulligan; all prominent Five
FONT capitalists, whom it had been
the means of reforming. They deter
mined 10 give this coast the benefit OF
the society and held Il meeting at con-.
Mo"ny's dog-pit, corner of CONNER
era and kearny streets, on the 4th o.
July, at five o'clock. fifteen minutes
ana twenty T.. NJ. Aftera preliminary
DOG tight the lodge was instituted. and
IN the memory of the pits perfume.
was named Violet Lodge, No. /; and
now, on the first Tuesday in May,
acro,S ocean to Europe and Australia,
III the isles and continents OF the
world, Octopus, like the arms Of the
"fo'fers, will embrace the sisters of
onr order, and the incense of the en-
uancc will ascend to the crowns of the
tVer!aSting hills, and as it dissipates in
sace its voices will proclaim as a fixed
L%t' that our principles, as old as
Illanl and Eve, still live, and that we
p'pend OH each other to maintain our
happiness and rcctitude. l must
niNeh. lApplau>e.l
Inc objects of or order are too we'll
Anown for me to discuss them l,ere-l
i'iar to the true objects. We are, how
eFer, credited with havinr AIM iarN