Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-20
KNIGHTHOOD.
Ely cOmmandery at GAINESVILLE.
Imposing Street Demonstration By
Sir Knights in Full Uniforms
with hands OF Music
Grand Banquet al the clarendon Hoo
tel with Appropriate TOasts
and Responses
Rsnorted for the Herald

Reported for the Herald.
Friday last, st. Valentines Day, and
also the day of the knights Templar dem
onstration at GAINESVILLE, was ushered in
with the thermometer touching zero; but
nothing daunting the courage and zeal of
the Sir Knights of Ely Commandery some
sixteen of them buckled on their armor
and boarded the z rs morning train for
GAINESVILLE, where the Commandery was
invited by Cyprus Commandery to partic-
ipate in a grand parade and Banquet, in
honor of the Wheeling and Cyrene Com
manderies of the city of Wheeling, West
Va. We arrived at GAINESVILLE at IL 80,
with thirty Sir Knights in full uniform
accessions to our ranks having been made
by Sir Knights from Lancaster and New
Lexington. At the depot in waiting was
Cyprus Commandery, and among the
first to greet US was Sir Knight Rev. J.
H. Gardner, arrayed in Knfghtly plum
age, and ain active member of the COM
nn1ittee Of Arrangements. He is also a
member of Ely, but t'musters'' with Cy-
prus. After the usual formalfty of sa-
luting each Commandery in turn, we
were escorted to the Zane House, and as
sighed to rooms; and dinner being ready
We disposed Of that, and then until two
o'clock p. M. the hour for the parade,
each Knight passed the time as best suit
ed his inclination. '' =.
4 Cyrene Commandery from Wheeling,
arrived at u 20 and were escorted to
rooms at the Clarendon Hotel. This is a
new hotel, very large and handsomely
built, Occupying the corner fronting the
new Court House, the costliest and finest
county building, probably, in the State.'
| The new Clarendon would be a credit to
cities of far more pretentions than Zanes-
vile. <.''s ;'''l ...'.s .=is-a ~ Z
i At i2.:30 p. M the several Commando
formed in line at their respective head
quarters, and being preceded by bands of
music, marched to Cyprus headquarters,
on Market and Fourth streets, where they
were Joined by Cyrene Commandery and
a platoon Of City Police, and proceeded
ION the line Of march in the following
order: -''t
First-A' platoon Of police, under COM
mand of Marshal Fell.
b Second -Bauer's Band.
f Third Oficers of the Grand Com
mandery, in carriages. 'i
Fodrth-Cyprus Commandery, under
the command Of o. C.. Gillespie, Eminent
| l3Commander. =' go s.'.f - .a.'
l. Fifth-Cyrene Commandery, of Wheel
ipgs.under the command of, NJ. A. Chand=
i ler, Eminent Commander.
j 1
i SeYenth-Ely. Commandery, of Wash
lihgton O. H, under command of J. W.
Woods, Eminent Commander, composed
of Sir Knights J.. B. Hudson, R. B. Bee
gson, L. ", Buckmaster, A. M JStimson,
-R. Millikan, J no. Mclean, J. L. Millikan
zeb. Smith, NJ. Barclay, J. NJ. Clark W.
W, Savage, H. p PurseIl, R. B. Sayers,
Frank Miller and S. B. Evans. Laneas-
/ ter and New. Lexington Sir Knights
marched with, Ely Commandery--sw we'll
i. ing the number to thirty men. s.,.5. :.
i The column paraded up and down and
across a number of streets, to the large
bridge that.spans the Muskingum river,
and once across, the, town of Putnam was
invaded, but not devastated, as the
mud, NOW .frigid, looked defiant; but we
passed around cautiously, taking the
sidewalk occasionally, when we regained
and recrossed the bridge in safety, and
thence to our different headquarters, anc
disbanded.
THE BANQUET.
The Banquet Hall at the Clarendon was
beautifully decorated with banners ant
notices, emblematic of Knighthood, il
| tinsel and gold and bright hued colors
interspersed with wreaths and festooneC
evcrgreens and flowers, with a large rep
resentative5 banner for each Knightly Or
der invited, placed upon the wall over thu
position occupied at the festal board b!
| such Commandery. The Templar EN-
blems at Cleveland did not surpass thos
at this banquet hall, and reflect mucl
credit on the artists, Mr.. Chas. Craig ant
Sir Knight Hatcher. At nine p. IN. tn
Orchestra struck up the knight Templar'
March, and the Grand officers steppe
into the hall and were received by com
mittee of Sir knights, who escorted ther
! to their places at the head of the tables
Then followed the Sir knights of Wheel
:. ing and Cyrene Communicates, Ely. Com
: mandery, and visiting Sir Knights froI
: lother places, then the Sir Knights of Cy
f. prds COmmandery with their wives an
!. daughters. The Divine blessing was the
], invoked by Grand Prelate VanC1eve, an
the guests seated, when an army of wal
: ers brought forth the vian6ls, and the fea'
4 and festivities commenced and held swa
3 | until Glow twelve. - There were man
Fl toasts, and eloquent responses; but ou
4 limited space will not admit of them, an
Will close with the following toast, II
: sponded to by Sir Knight Rev. j.
< Gardner, of Ely Commandcry:
!, ELY CoM1dANDERY,
!, e A golden link in our Brotherhood
= : may it continue dnbroken and CROWN
n in strength and beauty.'2 Er7 ass I
!, Eminent CoDsn5dnder, Ladies aud Sir Knight
/ Ely Commandery of Knights Templa
:. though among the youngest in. the gre
= family of Knighthood, yet it's membe
~ have been inspired from the first by tho
10 rare virtues and that exalted devotemel
D to the noble principles of Templaris
% that justifies us in modestly claiming tn
i our Commandery is the peer of the eld'
members Of the fraternity; Its magnan
II nous and gallant Knights have ever bee
T eTfthused with those lofty sentiment
those distinguished virtues and that cou
10 10 teous; bearing that have made Knightho'
ot t the peculiar ornament, the lusterous gel
~ ~ the special glory that has come down
III III us from the crusadesi. We point with Col
:, mendable pride to the record our Cor
a N mandery is making. Its members alreat
+ grace the halls of legislation National al
&. State; the forum, the chair of the learn
ne professor, the bar and the pulpit, besid
=. other places of honor, trust and emol
re III ti';sti ad Io,snr ~ wh5cb ali 4
rs held at home, where virtues ever shi
1tty1gI with richest luster, and love and respe
ll ia are most ingeniously bestowed.