Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-12
NJ. 1913
YE ANCIENTS.
THE DOMESTIC MEN OF CHro.co
IN ST. PAUL.
A visit to and Sail Upon Lake AIinnstonta
"A Banquet at the Merchants Between
Two Days-Toasts, Responses and Can.
eral Jolliiy.

There is something in name after all. and
the order of "Ancient Companions Of the
Domestic Club" is far from being misnomer
Old age is honorable and domestic habits are
worthy OF emulation. OF such are the mem
bers of this order, who arrived in st, Paul from
Chicago by special train on Monday evening,
as stated in the GLOBE yesterday. Nearly all
OF them were full grown men when Adam WAS
created, and this Is the first time in all that
long period OF years that either one
of them has been out of the sight
OF their domestic hearths. They are
| unsophisticated and guileless, simple in their
habits, and exceedingly quiet in their de-
meanor. They are all residents of Chicago,
and st. Paul is probably the first real city
they ever saw. Their wonder and astonish-
ment is unbounded to learn that this world is
SO great. Learning that these simple res
idents of an isolated village on the shore of
Lake Michigan had determined to see little
| of the world, Damascus commandery OF this
city, true TO their profession met them at the
tram on their arrival on Monday evening and
took them In charge. They escorted them to
the Merchants hotel, where it was known
they would be safe under the fathery5care
| OF Col. Allen. Yesterday morning they were
| conveyed to the Hotel Lafayette, on Lake Min.
| netonka, where an elegant dinner was served,
and in the afternoon they were treated to a
| sail over the CLASSY waters of that beautiful
lake, which one of the party supposed was the
| Pacific ocean until miniature cyclone which
was out on little holiday excursion struck
them, when he changed his mind. A number
| OF the party, however, were frank enough to
| confess that they never supposed there was so
| much water in the world, and wondered what
the people of Minnesota wanted of so much.
special train brought them back TO st.
Paul at $50 p. M, when the male portion of
| the party proceeded to Masonic hall, where
| between thirty aud forty Of the members of
Damascus commandery were indicted into
| the order IN due and ancient form. The cere-
| monies lasted until after IL o'clock when the
| entire party marched down to the Merchants
hotel and sat down to a midnight banquet
gotten up by COL Allen, in style never ex-
| celled in the growing village OF Chicago. The
tables were perfect pictures of beauty
| in their adornment and reflected
much credit upon the head waiter,
| Mr.. A. Charbonneaux. Seats were provided
| for 40 guests and each one was filed 1t is
needless to say that everything pleasant to the
taste and satisfying to the appetite was pro-
| vided. number of Sir Knights from outside
| OF ST. Paul were present, among whom we
Bronson, Dudley Hersey, w. S. Conrad and
George W. Brule of Saltwater, and George
Van Inwegin and A. II Truax of hastings
After full justice had been done to the good
things provi ed, Sir Knight W. D. Cornish,
Eminent Commander OF Damascus
well chosen words of welcome
gave the first toast, Our Guests" and called
upon Sir knight j. B Brodwel TO respond
| The toast was drank with the Minnesota Shib-
boleth of "Hoi' when Judge Brodwell arose
and made very happy speech, stating in the
outset that the Order of "AncIeut Compau-
| ions" was first organized in the Garden OF
Eden, and at last its banner had been planted
at the head of navigation of the Father of
! Waters, and in the capital city of he,great,
| glorious and properous state OF Minnesota.
Within the past twenty four hours since their
arrival in st. Paul, they had made fifty COM
panions, which was pretty good showing
for domestic institution. They had come
to st. Paul for a good time, and they were
having 1t. Damascus Commandery Is bound
| to us with ties never TO be broken He con-
cluded by paying glowing compliment to
Damascus Commandery for its open-hearted
| and DoundlesS hospitality
To the toast 1.-THE Grand Commandery of
| Illinois," the Grand Commander was called to
| respond. He commenced by exercising his
| great pleasure at being present, and went on
on eulogize the Ancient Companions, Masonry
and the Grand Commandery of Illinois.
1t was the little things of this
life, he said, that go to make up human hap
piness. This club of Ancient Companions
picks up the little things-little courtesies,
little helps and little sympathies, that binds
humanity together and makes all better for
the association. He closed his remarks with
a graceful recognition OF the added pleasure
given to the occasion by the presence OF 80
many charming ladies'
| "The health of the Sir Knights of Chi
cago" was next drank, to which Past Grand
Commander Stevens was called on to respond.
DIR. Stevens, after briefly abiding to the su J.
ject of his toast called for Companion Winnie,
nnd hat III.
escorted to his side, proceeded to make some
humorous illusions to his early life and his
physical peculiarities, especially his length of
limb and foot and closed with presenting him,
on behalf of the committee, with a pair
Of moccasins, which Mr.. Whine pro-
ceeded to fit to his hands, after which
he went on to make really happy response,
in which he paid the st. Paul Sir Knights
high compliment for their boundless hospi-
tality st. Paul, he said, had "taken the
| cake" while Chicago took the wine. When
st. Paul came to Chicago they would take the
cake and give st. Paul the wine. He closed
his remarks by returning the thanks Of the
Knights for the many courtesIes extended
them during the visit.
| The excellent quartette OF the Companions
then sang "Old Shady'' in a a most effective
manner, and, in response to most vigorous
encore, gave 'Gwine Back to Dixie.''
"The Sir Knights of Tennessee" was then
given, and Sir Knight Connors was
called to respond Sir Knight Connors COM
menced by returning his hearty thanks for the
compliment paid his state in the toast He
was heartily delighted at the privilege he had
enjoyed of meeting this valiant body of Sir
Knights and beautiful women on this Joyous
| occasion. 1t had warmed his heart to it's
very core. He we'll remembered what
| thrill Of pride and exultation when, after
climbing the Alps years ago, his ears were
greeted with Yankee Doodle breathed out
upon fageolet. 1t carried him back in a
flash to his home, free America. So had the
familiar words of "Gwine Back to
Dixie" tonight carried him back
to his own home at the
foot of Lookout Mountain, where bat few
years ago you of the north fought so valiantly
| for the protection of the Union which l and
others, to our sorrow now, were trying so
desperately to dismember. That bloody scene
was a thing of the past, and now once
| more we are one people, with one country, one
flag, one God, in which sentiment the people
of the South Joined as feryently as did the
people of the North.
Mr. Connor's remarks were made with great
earnestness, and interspersed with many hap
py hits, as well as patriotic sentiments, elicit
ing frequent and tumultuous applause.
The last OF the regular tOasts was "The