The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-12-19


The following arc the names and
positions Of the recently elected off,
GERS:
EN-. Sir. c. W. Dunning, +. Com.
Sir Jewett Wilcox, Geueralissimo.
f." L. c. Pace, Capt. General.
Horace Wardnsr, Prelate.
w. II. Morris, Senior Warden.
p. W. Barclay, Junior Warden.
John Antrim, Treasurer.
+. korsmeyer, Recorder.
B. l.. Magee, Standard Bearer.
81. S. McEwen, Sword Bearer.
A. w. O'Neal. Warder.
John Antrim, First Guard.
I. 6. Whitlock, Second Guard.
d. l.. Magee, Third Guard.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Sirs p. W. Barclay, ). ID. Ayers, +. c.
Pace.
Sirs w. II. Norris, Jewctt Wilcox.
The ceremony of Installing Eminent
Commander Dunning was conducted by
Sir knight p. W. Barclay. Eminent
Commander Dunning, after being con-
Quoted to his chair OF Office, continued
the installation of :he other officers elect.
The ceremony Was impressive to de-
gree. The Sir Knights made q very i'm
posing appearance. The uniform Of the
order lie strikingly handsome. and was
worn on Friday night by a very fine
looking body Of men.
DR.. Dunning, on the conclusion Of the
installation Of officers, thanked the
Knights Templar for the high honor
they had conferred on him by electiag
him for the third consecutive time, their
Eminent Commander. He spoke a. fol-
lows:
SIR KNIGHTS For the third time /
ind myself the recipient OF honors ut
your hands that are greater than l de.
serve. To say that ! ieel honored at
being selected A. your Eminent Com.
mauder does not express my feelings ut
this time.
When several years ago was created
q Knight in this Commandery, and after
ward received among you as q Sir Knight,
| felt that you had conferred upon me
the highest honor in your power to
bestOw. Aud now to be placed at the
head Of this, the finest Commandery In
the State, is high honor, which duly
:pnreciate, and assure you that shall
III tne iutnrs, az have in the past, put
forth my best efforts TO maiatain the
high reputation that the Cairo Com
mandery now sustains.
Sir knights, We have reason to con.
degenerate days. while dishonesty seems
to have become the rule instead Of the
exception. and public virtue Is almost q
thing of the past; while morals and In
tegrity have been measurably dethroned,
and greed and gold have been set up to
occupy their places In public esteem
within our noble order the converse has
been true, and the moral standard of the
order Of Knighthood has been steadily
advanced. At no time in the past has
the order been In ~ good condition Us
to-day. While our ranks have grown
stronger with the increase Of the popula.
ton, q better observance Of knightly
eourtesies have been practiced and ex-
acted. aud obedience to the moral law has
been more rigidly observed.
When Eminent Commander Dunning
had concluded his remarks, Sir knight
p. w. Barclay arose to say few words
which he considered appropriate on the
occasion OF this event in the history OF
the order. lie did not intend to report
the same speech which those.present had
heard him deliver on former similar oc-
casiOns-he had Intended to prepare and
deliver an interesting and eloquent ad-
dress, which would As it were, hold en-
chained the ears and hearts of those who
heard him but circumstances had pre-
vented him from carrying out
his intention ana he had there.
fore engaged q substitute who
was to have given them an ddresss which
would in every way have been worthey
of the occasion, and would have con-
tanned some interesting points in the
history Of the Cairo Commandery, but
this also, unkind fate had interfered to
prevent, and he would make the
few remarks which were becoming and
proper himself CAT this juncture, Sir
knight MCGEE appeared, bearing in his
arms, something, the pectators knew not
what, which he deposited on the floor
some distance In front of En-. Com.
G. w. Dunning. lilo then proceeded
to take away the wrappers
Of the mysterious object and
there was revealed to the astonished
gaze of the ladies aud gentlemen
present. and the bewlldered sense and
sight OF the Eminent Commander him
self, q silver water set, consisting Of tray,
! pitcher two g0O'e'' 9nd 'l0p bowl the