Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-01-01
II sto teal Skei - # The l. d res Of
ODD Fellows, In Lancaster.

Tue iolipNlNE ske'cOes were rea0
at the dedication of the new Odd
Fellows Hall--that OF Mississippi
/ Valley Lodge bv Mr.. D avid Schr4iner
and that of Fl flung Lodge by Mr.
Anton Schmitt.
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LODGE. NO. SO
Under dispensation from he Grand Mas
ter of the Grand Lodge Of the State Of Wis
consin, Mississippi VALLEY Lodge M Sc, l. o
O + was instituted Nov IS, 1855, by Bro
J. w. Van 0rman, Dist Dept Grad Master.
the following Bros consulting Charter mem
bers: @. 5 Babcock, 9. w Ryland, Rich
ard Drane. John Pepper, Joel Manning Bro
A. II. Walters was initiated on the same eve.
ming and appointed Chaplain of the Lodge
Babcock was elected and installed n. G
RylAn5, V. g. Drane, r Sec; Pepper, Per.
Sec, and Manning, Treasurer.
Bro. Babcook having offended against the
laws Of the Order vas on MAJ IS. 1857 Tor
good cause expelled from the Order, and at
he January session. 1871. Of the Grand lodge
OF Wis, upon application Of this Lodge the
name OF Babcock was eypunged from the
Charter Of this Lodge aud the charter refs.
sued with The name Of Bro. Ac0rn substitute
ed as charter member IN she place Of Bah
cock
Ine Lodge thereafter prospered and increased
10 membership so that in 1862 il had some IS
members. At the breaking out OF the war
the younger members and some older ones
responded 70 their Country's call aud went
forth to hght its battles During that long
struggle the Lodge almost ceased to exist
out alter the termination ofthe war the Lodge
was revived and placed upon firm foundation
and has since been in coed working order.
lana far ftaro k,s Il =. Il.
Lodge 1872 members OF which LOG were adj
miued b. initiation. "a were admitted BY
card and Two as Ancient members Of his
numuer 4G remain as members of the Lodge
Some have voluntarily left the Order, of
which large number have gone TO other
states and united themselves with new
Lodges, while others have wearied in well
Doing and have fallen by the way.
Of the dead bat not forgotten there are 5,
viz Edward Coumbe, died Sept 20. 1886
F. elise, Febr'y l6, 1868 Simon E. Lew.
Is, May IA, 1874; J. C. Cover. at sea. july 4,
1872 Thomas Weir, Febr'y. II, 1879
A large field being opened among the
German population OF Grant county, for the
diffusion Of the principles Of Odd Fellowship,
10 Aug 1869. Bros. Jacob and Joseph Narh,
Al, John BoerHer, Anton Schmitt, Lewis Gill
baugh and Charles Heinze severed their con-
members of Hoffnung Lodge, of whose storv,
and progress Bro. Schmi.t will give you The
details
of the Charter members bat two remain
members: Rglund and Acorn. Bro. Drane
Is Land Commissioner Of some r. r and
resides at Sc. Joe, Missouri. Brother Pepper
resides at Boscobel and Bro. Manning sleeps
in the silent tomb
HoFFNUNG LODGE NO l72.
On tho 26ih of April 1869 three members
OF Mississippi Valley Lodge No ST, I. o o
r.. j. A Boeroer. Chas Heinze and Anton
SchTlit wentto Dubuque 10 take part in the
celebration OF The 50th anniversary Of the l.
y. y. +. On their return home. being in
spIred bs the q andenr Of the celebration,an
eeitg that the Germans OF the o. der took
prominent part IN carrying out the programme !
OF the day, resolved to make an attempt TO
promote the Order aud art a German Lodge
IN Lancaster 10 give The Germans 81 Grant
county chance to Join the Older and work
m their own language. TIE above named
three brothers were soon ater followed by
Jos Nathan, Jacob Nathan and Louis Gelbach,
also members of Mississippi Valley Ludge,to
carry ont their intention. These SIX made
application 10 their Lodge for withdrawal
ca DIS which were granted To them. Under a
dispeHsailon from the Grand Lodge of Wis
ANhSih Aut dDuNe SIN named dS AHdT MEM
hers instituted "Hoff ng" Lodge, No I72,
November 4th 1869 The name Of the Lodge
(Hope) was chosen because they had moth.
ING IN sight 10 encourage their undertaking
but The hope that good men would JOIN them.
Many a long and dreary evening these six
men were sitting in a hall decorated with re-
gala and surrounded by furniture belonging
to their mother Lodge, but Odd Eel ows like
the mother give their offspring The prlvi ese
to use these articles until they are abe to
procure such Tor themselves. On the goth of
January 1870, charter was granted to Hof
nung Lodge by the Grand Lodge of Wise on
sin On the first term. April lst 1870, Hof-
nung Lodge consisted of thirteen members
with S25.l5 in the treasury. This was not
very encouraging, but they had faith IN their
cause and "Hopen was not in vain, as in a /
few years they saw their perseverance and |
labor rewarded with unexpected siccess. On |
July lst, 1879, Hotfuung Lodge had SO names
on their list Of membership. Eight of these
were admitted Ivy card, 8 regularly initiated
During the existence of the Lodge eight
members nave Withdrawn by card We have
TO mourn the loss of one by death and sixteen /
have Jeff the Lodge otherwise, so that the
Lodge at present consists of 90 members in
good standing. The degree Of Rebecca was
conferred Oh 81 sisters one of which has
since died. At the above date the Lodge
vas IN possession of cash, notes, mortgages,
furniture and fixtures 10 the amount 81 ,467.-
90. Has expended for the relief If brothers
N distress S748 IS; for burial expenses 1925,
TO Include sums sent TO other parts for the
relief OF brothers, the whole will amou Mt to
$1,000 Hcffnung Lodge has fully demon
strated the meaning of the two emolems in
scribed on the ceiling of our new hall, the
beehive the signal OF industry, where many
are gathering, they will In time if The parts
be ever so small store up oney enough to
last through the winter. Separated and di-
Vlded we are weak but united we are strong
or. ia union there is streng h., is sisnifed by
the bundle of rods. And here we see the
gratifying result of the industry and union Of
our Lodge. Zen years ago we met half doz
en- Of us, poor as Job, i'll hail belonging to
strangers, tonight we see ourselves in this
beautiful hall filled with members of our Or
der, and proudly we can call with our moih
er Lodge this hall our own; and during all
this !; ne we have not neglected our duty We
have visited the sick, relieved the distressed,
buried the dead and educated the orphans.
A II this Is concurrent with this our nineteenth
century the time of progress and reason,
and Therefore | would say to the enemies of
oUr Older as Schiller said, ''Itis folly and IN
vain 10 grasp the rolling wheel of time"
And to the members Of The Order, lei us not
tire bat labor on al the good work wilh
Friendship, Love aud Tiuh.
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