Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-04

forth until shortly after o'clock P M, and
an anxious gathering collected in the neigh {
borhood of the postofice and patiently I
waited from o'clock, the advertised time
for its starting. The line of the procession,
especially on Wabashaw and Third streets,
was decorated, the most conspicuous attempt
in this direction being the stretching of an
evergreen band across Wabashaw street from
the Odd Fellows block to the custom house,
from which was suspended flag, on one
side of which were the three links of the
order, each surrounding one word of the
motto, "Friendship, Love, TRUTH" and, on
the reverse side, ''Welcome.' Following
was the
ORDER OF PROCESSION:
Platoon of police.
Seibert's Great Weste band.
st. Paul and Minneapolis encampments.
Excelsior lodge, No. 60.
German-Amerlcan lodge, No. 81.
Union Pacific Band. of Omaha.
Union lodge, No. 4s.
Germania lodge, No. 18.
st. Paul lodge, No. 2.
The different visiting lodges from Minneapolis.
Visiting bands.
The Odd Fellow excursionists.
Ladies and friends of the excursionists in car
riages.
The line of march was as follows, nothing
From the hall to Third street, down Third
to jackson, up Jackson to Eighth, down
Eighth to Olive, down Olive to Seventh, up
Seventh to Seven corners, down Third to
Washington, up Washington to Rice park,
where the welcoming exercises occurred
The procession extended about the length of
two blocks, the ranks being kept very close,
the chief centre of attraction being the gor-
geous drum-major of the Great Western
band
AT RICE PARK,
the proceedings were opened by music by
the Union Pacific band, when Bro. H. l..
Mills, read a letter from Rev. G. O. Griswold,
G. M, regretting his inability to attend.
Bro. S. w. Lloyd, greeted the visiting
brethren in frien dship, love and truth, and
said the object of Oddfellowship was the diff
fusion OF charity, and the order had grown
into a network of instrumentalities, for
human welfare. The association had been
SO honored and had 80 spread that it reach
ed throughout the earthly universe. So
cieties had sprung up in Infinite varieties
for an infinite number of purposes, but the
order of the Odd Fellows stood side by side
with all social compacts for the common
welfare of man, and, if all existing unions
were destroyed, others would arise to-mor-
row that would be the counterparts of those
now existing. That the Odd Fellows occupied
an honorable place among the ten
denotes for human welfare was demonstrated
by the fact that, in less than sixty years it
had increased rom mere handful of men
to membership of half a million, and
American Oddfellowship was to be found
in every part of the globe. There was nc
installing Oddfellowship in its instrumen.
tality for good. He was glad to greet the
visiting brethren as a portion of the West,
toward which tie star of empire was surely
and steadily turning. He greeted and vel
coined them to st. Paul, and to all that was
great and good in the North Star State
Cheers. He greeted them with a friend
ship as pure as the glorious air of Mime
sofa, and as pure as the limpid waters of its
1000 lakes. He greeted them as the citizens
OF other States and of a common country
and as Odd Fellows, and he hoped to gree
them in the palaces above, where purity
friendship and peace would eternally reign
Loud applause.
Mayor Dawson very briefly extended
hearty welcome to the visitors on behalf O
the municipality of st. Paul and it's citizen
generally.
Bro. McCoomb, P. G. NJ, of Omaha, sale
Ou Doudll VI LILO VlSlGOiS, Iuttt liz WAS please
to be with the fraternity in st. Paul and
witness the beauties of the city and of th
grand State of Minnesota. He regrette
that natures down-pour had been SO exter
sive as to prevent larger attendance {
VISITORS but as for him and those with hin
they would have come, even had they bee
compelled to come in balloons. Laughte
and cheers.
Bro. A. D. Jones, P. G.. representative
Nebraska, followed in an expression {
pleasure in being able to mingle though
and minds with the brethren of St. Pau
He then proceeded to set forth the adva1
tages of the order, and expressed the bell.
that, if its principles were understood as i
members understood them, hundreds mo-
would be ready to join it and be governed
its precepts.
This closed the speechifying at the par
which had been attentively listened by son
1900 people, and the brethren marched
their respective lodge rooms. The Gre
Western band, however, took the stand, ar
held the major portion of the audience d
ring the excellent performance of thr
numbers.
the visitors will extend their trip to MINI
apolis, but many have signifed their inte
ton of attending the Red Rock can
ground.