The daily gazette., 1879-12-31
Putticiy Installed.
THE OFFICERS OF AsY1.tM LODGE, I. 0.
o. II. QUALIFIED LAST NIGHT In
OPEN sEssInN

TILE OFFICERS OF AsYI4tM N LODGE, l. o.
o. y. QUALIFIED LAST NIGHT In
OPEN SESSION.
Asylum Lodge. No. %, i. o. 0. F.,
held an open session las; night aud pub
liciy installed their newly elected off,
GERS. The ceremonies, incident upon
the installation, were held in the lodge
meeting room of Odd Fellows Hall, at
Third and King streets. The room was
crowded.
AT S.l5 o'clock Mr.. James II. Appleby
opened the exelc lcises, and the choir
sang the "Insl allation Ode" A prayer
by the Rev. F.. b. DuVal followed.
The installation then took place, and
commenced with the entrance of two
menbers tof Company "A, Wilmington
Battalion Of Patriarchs, under command
of Captain Seal. They presented an
exceedingly handsome appearance, and
the drill, which they executed upon
coming into the room, was faultless
The usual ceremonies fDllnwed. Grand
MAJ shal l.. ii. Springer was instructed
to inquire ii the officers elect were free
from all charges, which he did, upon
retiring, and returned aud announced
that no charges were against any of
them. Grand Master j. Clayton Mas
sey announced that the officers of the
Grand Lodge of the State of Delaware
were present by authos,.y of the Grand
Lodge to insl all the officers of Asylum
L. dge, No. %, and that the ceremonies
were about TO take place. The Grand
MAJ shal, having examined the candi-
dates for instalmeni, escorted them into
The room, where they were taken charge
OF by the Battalion of Patriarchs.
l.. e. Henvis, as Noble Grand, was
first to be installed. With member OF
the Battalion on either side of him, he
vas escorted in front of where the
Grand Master was seated, and set ques-
lions were put to h M, which were fol.
lowed by a form, which he repeated
word for word as the Grand Master ut
tered it. He was then qualified and
draped with the regalia of his Office
The ceremonies of installing the othel
officers were similar to this, except tha
the Vice Grand was installed by the
Grand Warden; the Recording and
Permanent Secretaries, by the Crane
Secretary and the Treasurer by tn
Grand Treasurer.
Some other ceremonies followed tha
were of no particular interest, aftr
which, the officers were declared duly
qualified to act.
The officers, thus installed, are:
Noble Grand-L. e. Henvis.
Vice Grand-W. T. Wagner.
Recording Secretary-C. P. Marco
ney.
Permanent Secretary--James II. Ap
pleby.
Treasurer-James Thompson.
This matter being disposed of, the ex
ercises of the evening now assumed
different pha-e, and the musical an
literary part OF the programme wa
reached. Mr.. Appleby, who presided
pretaced this with a statement in n
gard to the history of the Lodge. {
the eleven charter members, only on
j. S. Valentine, Esq, was alive. doh
? Appleby, the second initiatory memb'
= was also alive and present.
= The choir rendered a selection in e1
2 ceilent style, and Past Grand M asst
5 George + Borie of Pennsylvania was II
truduced Mr.. Borie remarked that
!. was noticed that gatherings of this klr
!. were always well attended The aud
ences might be divided into two classe
hose whe desire 10 learn about odd #
lowsbip, and those who are prompted
idle curiosity. After the ceremonies
the evening, he thought the latter ella
would feel convinced that odd fellowsh
was a fact and truth. He alluded
! the character of Washington and Il
r triotie love he felt for his countr
{ which made him "first In war, first
e peace and first IN the hearts of his cou
! trymen." THIS love that Washingtt
Z. felt for he people, and which the peop
now feel for Washington, is the found
fion stone of odd fellowship. 1t is fl
ternal love and one that takes in 81
II great element of charity, Having relat
i,e vast extent of the order, and t
) ,haritable work it did, the speaker h
rhe Noble Grand to read the first TO
IS verses of ST. Matthew, vi. "That is WI
IS we are secret In these things said /
y 1.-The Lord says, take heed that ye do
l. these things openly > 1t is great wo
), selves" The Past Grand Master spo
8 at great length upon the many excelle
thll gs in odd fellowship,
: The choir sang another selection, afi
y which William Thompson, the young'
e member of Asylum Lodge, rendele
l. Dutch speech. which, he said chad be
e copied from Patrick Henrys celebrat
u address before the Virginia Legislature
1f Captain G. g. Van Dyke, of Co.
s. Battalion of Patriarchs of Philadelph
y was then introduced. He alluded p
,icularly in his address TO the Patriart
a Of which the Odd Fellows of Philad
'e phia had similar organization. I'll
te had their duty to perform Is well as !
ne one else in the order. He compliment
le Co. A. upon their appearance and $
that Wilmington should be proud
OF them. They really bad more spirit Il
or the 20 members in Philadelphia, and
l. only numbered twenty five.
vi Mr.. Appleby stated that the enterta
10 ment was at a close, but he desired
OF announce that Reynolds Encampmt
No. 81. o. .. II. would publicly ins
G, officers two weeks from tonight,
e thai one week from this, (Wednesd
he night, Hope Lodge, No. 2l, would b
an a public installation.
The entertainment closed with
in singing of the "Closing Ode" and
K pronunciation of the benediction by
~ DuVal.