The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-27

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lions, higher motives, than mere self,
and that II ''ls not an empty dream
with ils grand and heaven born
mollo-a motto 10 proud rs any ever
blal0ned upon warriors shield or ah0ne
upon a nations arma-maY its course
ever he upward aud onward, aud may
Us high and holy teachings ever re-
mind ils members Of their duty and
elevate them 10 that higher eminenee
and acknowledgement upon them,
The Odd lfellows Of Dallas, with a
love for the memory Of their order,
celebrated the day with procession
and appropriate ceremonies, and a
grand ball in The evening, The heavy
rain Of sunday, II was feared, would
render the streets impossible, aud thus
make procession impraclleablei but
yesterday the Tears vanished ~ the day
opened clear aud cool, and the sun
flushed out ~ bright aud genial ~ that
which shone upon the great Napoleon
NJ Auslerlltl, AZ 10 o'clock the va
rOua lodges met, aud formed IN the
following orders
Colonel j, q, Mccoy grand marshal,
and General j, j, Good Of Dallas lodge,
aud Mr., II, T., Jet, Of the EnGamp'
mehl, acting M assistants, First the
Dallas CITY C0rnot Band inltlatory
members, scarlet aud intermediate de-
gree members CCrslGOna lodge, Mo
Kinney lodge, aud otheryislting broth
ers Trinity lodge, No,lOs, Dallas lodge,
No IT, lIIdgoly lGncampment, No, 20,
District Deputy Grand Patriarch Bal
lard, Past Grand Master Mellersh,
Daughters Of ltebekah, In carriages,
The procession formed on Austin, be-
tween Elm and Commerce, aud march
cd down Commerce 10 Houston, from
Houston 10 Main, up Main TO Syca-
more, from Sycamore 10 Elm, down
elm 10 Austin, At the corner Of AUS
tin and Elm, the procession formed In
open order and the carriages contain.
Ing the Daughters of Reheknh, pro-
ceeded through the ranks, followed by
the lodges In the order In which they
were formed, and marched to the hail.
After entering the hall, and some
appropriate music by the band, the
body was called TO order by Dr. q. A.
Cutler, noble grand Of Dallas lodge
when the customary interesting ser
vices were read. The anniversary hymn
was then sung, at the conclusion o.
which Mr. Beal, Of C0rsicana, was in
troduced, aud addressed the assembly
in nm impressive and eloquent man
ner Mr., Beal was followed by Past
Master George Melersh, who, In hi'
usual fclicitous and eloquent manner,
paid u handsome compliment to the
Daughters of kabekah aud to Odd Eel
lowship, Colonel Mellersh was fol-
lowed 10y Mr. Wheeler, Of Corslcana
representing the odd Fellow, maya
zine published in that town in the in.
terests orlhe order. AT the conclusion
of Mr. Wheeler's remarks the benedic-
ton was pronounced and the body dis
banded.
Thus ended tie day's proceedings in
Dallas of the celebration Of the fifty
sixth anniversary of Odd Fellowship
in America. THE HERALD extends its
congratulations to the members of the
order in this city for the success with
which the matter was arranged and
carried out,and wishes one and all, res
ident and visiting members, life OF
unalloyed honor, pleasure and happi.
ness, and the order healthy, prosper
Gus and honorable career Of usefulness
in the future,