, 1875-06-25
ST. JOHNS DAY.
Picnic Of Oriental Sovereign Consistory
at Highland Park.

ST. JOHNS DAY,
r1CHfC or ORIENTAL cQKsIsTobf.

r1c11u or ORIENTAL coKs1sronr
Tbs rfento heretofore announced for 81.
John's Day At Highland PARK took place yertcr.
day, and MIA = remarkable arcccss Ia rnanv
points. It Was tho picnic Of tho members and
frienda Of Oriental Consistory 32o s.. r.. H..
H.; but wAs participated in bY mauy guests net
pritccs.
Tho Princes Of tho Consistory aeaembled ut
their heytrm In considerable number carly In
tho morning, and marched to ths depot, where
they wese joined by many olllers Of tho order
md invited guests. Tho excursion traln which
Was rot down on tho carda 10 leave At 500, did
not draw out until after 10 o'clock. It conaiated
Of twel7o veli-ll1cd cars. holding perhaps zoo
people.
Arrived at Highland Park. tho Princes, who
were In uniform, formed In lino, and, preceded
BY tho Great Western Light Guard Band.
marched to tbs park. A juvenile military COM
pauy Of Highland park acscd IA escort.
Iho following are the oflicerx Of tho Couatstory,
~ constituted yesterday: T. T. 0urney, COM
mandor In Chief; e. ". Barnard, Firat Lieute,s-
ant; II. II. Pond, socoud Lieutenant; T.. p.
Hail. Minister Of State; Join OSeill. Grand
Chancellor; the Ray. Dr.. Perry, Grand Prior;
Ur. Reynolds. Grand uosp!tnIlar.
Tho appearance OF tho ConHstoyv, NTH lis
eighty fully eu,,lpped f'1incca III line, vas n very
1uo one, and their drill movements Ncfa ne:i
aud promptly executed.
ARRIVED At THE GROUND.
tho Princes w0ro patadcl In front Of the nearest
approach to u s.and that was sltainable, aud
Commander in Chief Gurncy madc fow re-
mafks. aud Introduced DC yitt e. Cregicr, r. q.
81. of tho Grand Lodge.
congratulate the Princes that one spirit ran
through all Masonry. and that all The PRINCES Of
tile SD and SD degrees had como up to shau
from the 1'lue Lodge.
also made fow remarks, after which tho Caf.-
sistory was dismissed to attend to tho other tr-
ties Of tho 3sy, which appeared to he, firnt, the
arrangement Of tho eatabIca which had been
brought in baskets: hnJ second, tho rapid and
hlarions consumption Of tho same.
Without preBlnlng to know what the Laws
which govern Sublime Princes may be. It IL safe
to infer that fasting on 1t. Johns Day IL nnwhero
cnjoined. Such vigorous mud tong-continued as-
saults On hnr9r tongue. chicken. strawberries,
aud thelr rnEf6nB accolnpanncnta. could only
layo been provoked by profound faith in coun-
try air III q digestive. It was not MI uncommon
aight TO observe Sublime lHrinco ttleulirs a
wh0!o chicken. with bread, pastry, and stt4w-
berries In proportion.
AFTER TIE EXTRAORDINARY rEATB N oAsTuoS-
oAY
had been Rafaly accomplished, lhe parties wan
dered about tho Rrouuda rat on the blu1, vts-
tied in parties, sang. played ctoqnet. y. acticoi
baseball rode In swings. drans ice-rater, clam
bercd down 10 tho beach. aud otherwise on
5oYcd themselves ~ pooplo IT. picnics ara OK
pcctea 70 do. 10 this 1t must 10 added that
some OF tho younger Princes tIirted desperately
with tho ladies prosout. another diversion was
riding Ia T. H. Dralieya yacht, which Nas thor
ouehly eujovcd by those who lad tho privilege.
About 2:3D the orcheBtra called the wan
the real enjoyment land unlimited per-
spiratton) began ~ regarded tlaso who
chose to participate. Tho tighter -buttonod b|ack
cpats of tic uniform Tero not tho mont comforta-
hle earb that could have been chosen for brisk
exercise. but tho Princes bore tletnsoiyes man-
fully, and did not disappofnt tue fcnalo heart
set on dancing. Tho ueat1y-pIinted danciilE-
programme VAS followed to tho end. and there
mas at no time spare room on tho platform.
Among othbr attractions Of tho afternoon wha
BONA excellent vocal nuEio by ma!o voices, tho
organization being known as tue Quaket City
Quartotte.
Among the attractions that were attempted to
bo introduced Was the seductive
THHEE-cAnp MONTE,
which somo entetprising Ch1cagoans proposed to
exhibit. This did not meet tho views OF tla
Consihtory. and they ordered tho gamblers to
lcave; but the latter laughed them to hcor1 and
wanted to SEQ their authority. A couple Of city
detectives were present INT the monte mcn d.
fed them. 4 Sergeant Of po|ica was aIso amopg
shu guestb. but the swlndlass kuew 10 had no
authority, shosiH Agneu WIS on the ground.
but she thteTod pointed out to him thRt tlcY
woro In Lake County and ont Of his Jurisdiction.
III ttiH caso it opportuusly happened tins ono of
the Waukcgan delegation Was County Consta-
bic, and under hs vigorous handling tho chief
Of tho gamblers WAS propelled up street Al .
lively rate. aud warned not to return. Before
adopting this method Of getting rid Of tho gaug,
q consultation waa had, aud It was nearly
agretd to ecttlc matters by ducking tho thieves
tn tho lake. It Is much to DO rogrotted that this
plan waS not adopted. It would have furnished
much amnscment to tho ptcnIckors, and OF, oc-
cahons like Yesterdays mana3cra should labor
to amus6 thoir guoBt8.
Tho excurglon-train arrived back In thu oarty
evening, bearing = well-satiBtiod load of excur-
slotl|Hts. md the picnic may 10 pronounced
8uccpaa.