The daily gazette., 1879-11-20
n Pleasant Visit.

HOW WILMINGTON ODD FELLOWS EN-
JoYED THEMSELVES IN PHILADEL-
PHIA.
About twenty-five members of Me-
chancs Lodge, No. 4, of this city, went
TO Phi ade'phla on the SAC tram, last
evening, for the purpose Of payin. a
friendly visit to Fidelity Lod- e, No. 1873.
Between these Two 10 dges very friendly
aud cordial relations exist, on account
of the tender care taken by the Philadel-
p la lodge of Past Grand James Ii. Wa
Piles, of Mechanics Lodge, during his last
illness.
The visitors, on arriving at Philadel-
phia, found their members augmented
by those who bad gone up before, until
it reached thirty-eight. They were met
at the depot by delegation of Fidelity
Lodge, consisting of Past Grands Morris
Rosrnburg, Charles Halyburton, Martin
Evoy Howard Higham AMI Harry Rush.
ton, and Brothers N. GilpiD, A. G. Knd-
hart, VIM. A. Foster and Louis Grimple.
They were placed on the Union line
street cars, and soon arrived at the hall
of Fidelity Lodge, at Third and Brown
streets.
Here they were received with cordial
address of welcome by Noble Grand
VIM. X. Claridge, JI., of Fidelity Lodge,
to which Jo eph Pyle, of this city, re-
| sponded at u reque-t Of j. K. Sutterly,
the N. U. of Mechanics Lodge. During
the lodge session which followed short
addresses were made by Pas, Grand
Masters Joseph Pyle, r. b. Mcdonnell,
and Vim. II. Foulk, and Past Grand
Geo. T. Maxwell, of Wilmington, aud
by Past Grand MasierJ j. f. Borie, and
Past Grands Isaac j. Sheppard and F.
| Gibbs, OF Philadelphia. Martin Rosen-
burg, of Philadelphia, enlivenrd the &C
casion with some excellent singing.
| When the lodge closed the >i,itors
were again placed in the street cars and
taken to Shuster's dinng looms, No. 5s
North Eighth street, where cordial re-
ception met them in the shape of two
large tables, filled with the good things
of this life, to which the entire company,
numbering about seven,y,sat down with
the utmost alacriy. VIM. r. Clalidg",
Jr., of Fidelity, presided at one table,
j. X. Sutterly, of Mechanics, at the 9th
er. Ample justice was done TO the edi-
bles, and when all we're satisfied toasts
were offered aud responded to as fol.
lows:
"Our Guests-may the bonds that
bind US never be broken" Responded
@ by Joseph Pyle, of Mechanics. In
closing, Mr.. Pyle proposed the follow
ing .,o ~
Mechanics and Fidelity always bt
TRUTH Responded to by Harry Higham
"Little Delaware, the Diamond State.
Responded to by T. G. james ii. Ap
pleby, of Mechanics.
"Tee Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
Responded to by Past Grand Maste
Borie.
"Our Sister Lodges in Pennsylvania.
Responded to by Past Grand Henr.
Clay. of Mechanics. Mr.. Clay CLOSED
with a toast pertaining to the oo'dia
relations existing between MechanlG
, and Fidelity Lodge, to which Or: e.
Maxwell, Of Wilmington, responded:
Past Grand Giobs, OF Fidelity, replie
: 10 DR.. Maxwell, and closed with tn
4 following sentiment in regard TO ID
q university of Odd Fellowship: ENG
land. Ireland, Scotland and America :
' The rose NAV fade, the shamrock ma
wither, the thistle may scatter to IN
/, four W winds of heaven; but the union
these countries in the bonds OF Odd re
lowship will never be dissol, ed" :,
G This eloquent sentiment ended tI
bapq net, and the visitors repaired to u
Pennsylvania depoG, where they boar'ie
n the Washington express, arriving hel
at 2 a. IN.