The daily gazette., 1879-07-26
L. -. q. F.
The Reunion at RehobOth.

Six Thousand People on the
np Beach. ol
Rig Day for Delaware Odd Fellows.
THE REUNION OF THE I. o. o. r. AT
REHoBoTH BEACH-AN IMMENSE
CROWD PREsKNT-EvERY LODGE IN
THE STATE REPRESENTATION THE
Folks ENJOYED THEMSELVES. tl
Drop "Delaware Day" out from
among the great past events Of our State,
and in looking over the calendar you
will be unable to find one that will
eclipse, or even compare with the great
demonstration Of the Odd Fellows OF
our little commonwealth, yesterday in
their first annual reunion at Rehob ,th.
It was in nearly every respect success
and plainly showed the extent and i'm
portance Of this good and benevolent
OtuCls IOl AbChOUOth Wdo u klC0t
day. Never before had there been such
crowd at that seaside resort, and for
the time being everything paled away
into insignificance compared with what
the kOdd Fellows were doing. Society
and fashion were dethroned and the
Order reigned supreme. -g a
1t must have been gratifying to the
Grand Officers of the Order aud those
who take pride In It's welfare. Every
lodge in the State gathered at its OBJ
:ctive starting point in the morning and
eargerly embarked, and long and crowd
ed excursion trains, bearing thousands
of passengers, hundred down through
the State to the sea shore.
The marching of the Lodges and En-
campments looking soldierly in their
handsome regalia, through the streets to
the depot, and the embarkation OF the
excursionists has already been told in
the GAZETTE. When the crowded train
of nineteen cars moved away from the
depot, the excursion had commenced,
and although there was some bad feeling
among the two or three hundred pas
sengers who could not secure seats, this
soon passed away, and everybody was in
good humOr before the train had gone
far. ..L., p
The empty cars that left in advance Of
the train which took the Wilmington
people stopped at all points along the
road and picked up everybody who want
ed to 60. Al Harrington the special train
from Delmar was attached to the other
trains and after short delay, the trains
switched off ON the Junction and Break
water roadt and thundered quickly on 10
their destination.
Rehoboth was reached by the last train
It eleven o'clock and the whole crowd,
thoroughly tired Of car riding, alighted
from the train and walked through the
beautiful camp meeting grove.
The grove was q right pleasant place
and was already crowded. All the space
among the trees, except narrow aisles,
was filed with vehicles Of every descrip-
tion, and made the visitor think that
every Sussex county farmer had drove in
and brought ''his sisters, and his cousins
and his aunts." Many Of the excursion
lists proceeded at once to the beach, but
the larger part remained to see the line
of parade form. The formation of the
parade was quickly accomplished by
First Assistant Marshal Daniel Ross.
Now a good idea could be had
of just how extensive was the turning
out of the Odd Fellows. Almost every
Lodge in the State was represented.
Those Encampments who had their men,
bers present with badges on, and who
took part in the parade were as follows :
Delaware No. 4, OF Wilmington Nc
Donnell, No. 2 of Smyrna Reynolds,
No. 8 of Wilmington Sussex, No. of
Seaford Dover, No. 8 of Dover /; Kirk
wood, No. 6, of KirkwoOd; Union, No. 7
of Brandywine Ocean, No. OF
Lewes.
The Lodges were as follows Della
ware of Wilmington Jefferson, Will
mington; Union, Georgetown; Mechanics,
Wilmington; Washington, New Castle;
Morning Star, Smyrna Philodemic,
Dover !; Fairfax, Wilmington; Good
Samaritan, Middletown; Crystal Fount,
Milford; Patrick Henry, Delaware City /;
Oriental, Newark; Hebron, Seaford; At
lantic, Lewes /; Golden Rule, Milton ;
.Brandywine, Brandywine Banks; Star
of Bethel, Brandywine Hundred; Amity,
Camden; Hope, Wilmington; Friendship,
"Peace and Plenty" (Brackinville0 Asy-
lum, Wilmington; Fidelity, Baltimore
Mills; Columbia, Wilmington Charity,
Laurel; Hermann, Wilmington; FELTON,,
FELTON,; Triple Link, Frederick; Nation
al, st. Georges; Eden, Wilmington !;
Chosen Friends, Harrington; Eagle,
Flemings Centreville, Centreville' |;
Pennington, Pennington. ~
The following were the officers of the
parade Grand Marshal, George W.
Hughes; First Aid, Daniel Ross, Will
mington second, A. J. Brown, New
Castle; third, j. M. Shakespeare, Hook
essin; fourth, E. w. Jester, st. Georges;
fifth, l. E. Wallace, Seaford; sixth, John
T. Jakes, Wyoming.
The parade consisted of six divisions,
each Of which was commanded by the
respective aids. The Elmira Cornet
Band, of Newport, headed the parade
and the Amphion Cornet Band, Of New
Castle, the Dover Cornet Band, of
Dover, and the Wilmington City COrnet
Band headed different divisions. The
rear of parade was brought up by Co. A.
Wilmington Bat aliOn of Patriarchs,
twenty strong escorted the Grand Off
GERS OF the BOdges of the State and
EronI Epcompanf nf{coro opd n ID G