The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-04-28

NOlAihuG iOHStI cOHut SUN olatC vi ANNAihS
might come to exist ween us as existed
between an old farmer and his wife. Visit
ing a friend i'm the city, the old farmer saw a
telephone for the first time. He could not
believe it possible that he could hear his
wife speak to him i'm his friends office
while she was three miles away in their
friends home. Connection was made, and
the old gentleman shouted, "HeIlo, Sarah!"
Just then lightning struck outside, came in
OH the wire and knocked the old man down.
Jumping up he said, "That's Sarah every
time :" (Laughter.)
At the close of Brother Cruzan's address
Mrs. S~immons'sang "The OddfellOws' Ban
ner," which was followed by the piano
solo, "Sur Tn Theme Allemand," by Miss
Savidge. Both performances were SPLEEN
didly rendered and thoroughly appreciated.
Brother w. NJ. Gibson, being then
called upon by the presiding officer,
remarked hat his name was down
for an address, but he had told the
brother who had ndered the in
v~itatiOn that owing to ill health and
incessent application to various duties,
he could not and would not prepare any
sort Of an address, and he now stood up to
confirm that statement. However, he was
the most ancient OddfellOw present, with
the exception of the worthy brother who
presided, and was always ready to say a
word in favor of the order, and might
be termed one of the fossils of Odd
fellowship. He was initiated into the
order i'm the year 1S47 in the city of
New York, and he left that city with "a ira
Yelling pass bearing the date of October
10th, IS49. This pass occupies II place i'll Il
lengthy document of several hundred pages
issued by the American Congress, and it
was associated with some extraordinary eX-
perience in his past history in the Dutch
East Indies. At IA time when his liberty
had been taken from him ami his life en-
dangered this evidence of member
ship in "A secret society was regard
ed with distrust in a strange land, and for
IA time subjected him to serious misappre-
hension, until finally the harmless and in
nocent character of the document was
made known, which subsequently rendered
him good service and proved the value
of the association. Blu he wished to dwell
upon the beneficient character of the Order
in its influence upon men. Here we ar, OF
different creeds, of diverse nationalities,
and elsewhere animated by a-ntagonIsms in
politics, but here within the infiu-
ence of the lodge all -autagOnism
ceased, and Il genuine f%raternal spirit
blended men of the most diverse conditions
and views into harmonious unity. We come
to celebrate an anniversary, but he cared
not about the aye of the order. 1t mattered
not whether young or old he would not
look INTO its claims to antiquity but only
| contemplate us character anu ililuellce,
and it could claim, rs the brother speaking
before him had said, to he Il L" father to the
fatlierless and a friend to the friendless,"
while enjOining only peace and goodwill
among men. He was rejoiced to see the
evidence of much vitality in the order in
this city, in the fact that so large Il proper
ton of its member were young men. They
kept up the work and the nope of the order.
Elder, like himself, could but give occa-
sionaI words of advice and suggestion,
| buf 10 INV hafnra him nnnlLarS Of active
energetic and hopeful young spirits; such
only as can give vigor To any lnsti-
tuition. The merits of the order are well
calculated to awaken the highest zeal and
DEVOTION. Its principle had been TO
him in many walks of life II leading and a
guiding influence. Under its Inspiration he
sought to deal justly with his fellow man /;
lie sought peace and moderation in all ia
tercOurse with them, and to the best of his
ability to promote the welfare of his fellow
citizens. III so doing, he was acting out the
principles of O~ddfelluwship, and he trusted
the rest of his days to stand 10y these prin-
ciples, and when tile time came to pass
away to be known as Il worthy Oddfellow.
(Applause.)
Mrs. Cruzan then sang popular verses,
beginning, Glove may come Tomorrow
in her usual happy manner, and was fol-
lowed by Brother Alexander Mackintush
who spoke as follows:
There is without doubt much cruelty
inherent in all animals. Even the tamest
OF dome site pets which will fawn upon
their masters and show every sign of docil-
ity and affection, will now and then evince
a cruel trait in their character. if it is only
i'm the savage satisfaction they exhibit III
killing a fly or a mosquito. lat noble
biped man is not exempt from this accusa-
ton. He is not content to kill he delights
in torture. But in some OF course, this
feature is more developed than in others.
The more kindly of the bipedal race have
Z endeavored by many means to soften the
hard nature, To break oft the points of the
sharp p; icks and to dull the edge of the
cruel weapons of their more ferOcious
brethren.
One of these means and by no means the
least powerful is this sublime and g%loriOu.
order, the order of oddfellOwship. Founded
to ameliOrate the condition OF mankind.
Springing out with a mighty bound from
the large hearts of men, eager for the com
fort and welfare of their fellow men whose
lot i'm life was not so fair and free from care
as their own, eager to promote the happi-
ness, and to enlarge the sympathy, and per-
haps to gain the appreciation of mankind,