The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-09-02

Psso ~ Daily q fhursaay.
q. r. Z OF p.
1Ao Knights sad Their Guestl
a Parado.
0oquout 0peakses It RenshaW
AsIzsrcssss 0'oss WITH . Grand
Yestesday was . day which will b
long re0embersd By the order In THU
city. - veil - By those guests who
hooored them BY their presence On
tie occasion. The procession VA
formed in front Of Castle Hall and ~
r1ded the principals,rseta Wehave
heretofore published the line o! march
ard IL l. not Necessary to do 30 again.
There werr nearly three HUNDRED Sit
knights in the procession aud in the
handsome uniform and flashing
swords, locked truely warlike. They
are all hale. hearty men aud looked
- though they a.ed for the olden
time when cnights went 10 battle
for their lady loves hand.
The exercises 1t Renhssw Hall
were very imposing. the speeches he-
ing eloquent and iull * wholesome
sru,hs. The iiIss speech Was de:;v-
esrd BY Hon. H r. wh::ehill. 81
which We can give cnly extracts:
PROF. \. n. wHIIEHILL's SPEECH.
The e4rly history OF this order il
Mt like that Of some Of cur sister OF
de:s. obscured in the hidden n.y>:e-
ries cf the times. whereof the memo
~ u man N meth Not 20 the co:!ra-
~. Our history. sscret. and work
have ne: come TO " By tradition and
thus liable to be altered in accordance
with che sentiments and intelligence
Of those transmitting them but We
have them now in the early stages Of
their exis,ente-in the full bloom Of
youth and purity. Ga. tile to no:i:-
ity u based no upon dusty ra.ch.
men,s. crumt!ius Hsonumens>. r;ou>
urns. broken images and romantic
leSends which are wont to inspire y.
with veneraticn for an uu;rsceAh!e
ance.,ry. but upon the highest and
nob!ess 0: all ti,ies-ihe virtue az GU.
own acts. and - We con,en, ourselves
With the thou. ht tina, the institutions
and peoples Of today are quite ~ in
teres,inS aid o. much more i.arcr-
tsnce 70 W. than are the :au>,y record:
and nuuiuies Of antiquity.
Pythian writer h>.. howeve:. en-.
deavo:ej to invest the order with tie
sancti.y Of > venerable Old age. claim
ing that i, j. the prototype AMI has
revived the icc:rin.s Q! the anc:vn:
order Of Py,nascrsa, :: TIA: from. this
fountain head have ene::'eiihe rules
and rre<<r.s o: ous c.isr. Thi. i
ahsura: There IL NO: single word
in the ritual. secret work. ,sac::;iS-
Of structure II this orls = 20 ini:ca:e
any such ilius,riou. as<teiaiion. This
ansi4ua:e-i -cci~:y VA. purely > school
Q. phi!osorhy. religion and politics.
In which the members Received in.
s:ruc'iou il TIE ;<ru';a: doctrines Q:
its founder. Py:hasoHas ,auSh, ,has
the essence. Q: al ,L:rss res, upon
numerical. relations: tia: Nun.
bers Are the principle o:
Q; all that exists. Tbs. tire world
sussisss By the shy.hu,:eal c7j.: Q:
it, di;iersn; elements: that the *cu!>
Of men AYE moving numbers. light
particles from the human soul. capa-
be q comt;Liu< with sny body an:
destined 70 rss< succsse:vely through
The simple faI: tia; two
pesson.. named respectively Damon
and Py,hias. are reru:sd 10 lave
been members o:,hi. il.us;riou. s!t;e.
10 insufficient, % establish any con-
between it and thi. n.e>,ern
pociesy .: which We are me;ute:s.
The origin aud history OF the c-ier
u knights Q: Pyihias is briefly ..
follows: Its founder. J. H. Rath one.
Il seems. desiring 70 organize = tro;h-
Prhocd based ulOa the principle Of
friendship. in looking abcut :rr =
pucject tia, would illustrate his plan
End at the same TINE furnish the
frauewark fox the proposed super.
Ii: upon the eli story .:
Damon and Py,hia>. Here were
bu:h the mode, and tie exeap..iiea-
ton o: the principe Of friendship.
The name Pytkis. wa> tsksn 70 der
iSnAie this order and this example ii
pure friendship made its S,oun,l-
scrx. Incorporating with this idea
.: TIE Thoughts. ii.:i:iners
Md customs .: the vh;va;.;, orders
II the teudAl aSe. in regard IL ii.ti-
pine. courige. bravery. cau:io n. char.
i,y and b<nevolense. he prepared .
ritual 'or the work ami initiation
and in Washington City
p. e.. February l9s;. 80. organized
his firs; lodge. Fer the tir>, :cur
ye.rs aiter the organization 0: tie
Inst lodge b.: lizzie progress was
made in tie growth .: ia:< rev
Dr!er. Some additional lodges were
IN tie vicinity o: wa<h-
nston. bu; ,hei: live. we've Of short
duration. Washington. tie rAr,nt
odSs. being smons the number Q:
hose which ceased to ex;>:.
During this Period there seem. to
AVE been t2; title harmony exist
ne among the d,, members: p.e-
some Of them were more in.
crested in their share o. the honors
lue to the oryAniz;ng brothers. than
hey were in the spread .: the rr;n-
'iples upon which the order was
ounded. There wss wrar Cling aud
ascension abcu, :he ritual. ~bouc the
uafa hlishun Of l:sanJ ..i.,ss aud