The Dillon tribune., 1883-11-24
THE ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED
WORKMEN.

| WOkh M EN-.
Secret organizations have lately become
very popular in Dillon--societies for band
ing together in a common brotherhood men
of different stations and vacations in life.
The principles of each are elevating and
ennobling, more especially when each
brother carries within himself, and SO con-
ducts himself, as to show forth not in word
| only but in act the true character which his
order ever seeks to incuicate. If the broth
er does not evince in practice these high
virtues, he becomes as ''sounding brass and
! tinklng cymbal," and is not illustrating
in life that which he should, and in conse-
quence those "who pass by on the other
side" will Judge the "whofe by the parti-
cle." Too true, none are perfect. Yet so
| frequent are the chances presented where
in brothers can become "beacon lights
and as often fail, that it is universally doubt
ed, and even denied, that men do mot 90
as they ought to do" Again, there exist
critics, in any community, who are more
DESTROYS of endeavoring to clean the skirts
of others rather than wash their own soil
| ed garments-those who "strain at gnats
and swallow camels," and possess the re-
markable faculty of beholding the big 81, y
and these are the "peculiar people, whom
brothers should not crafty with an act OF
failure.
Within the number Of secret orders in
Dillon there is one instituted that offers an
insurance to every brother, and that is the
Ancient Order of United Work,nen. Its
foundation is as the hills, and every broth
er that enters its fold is assured of this fact,
that "when earth with its earth must lie"
the wife and little ones will receive fund,
though not of "lnarvelous proportions" but
sufficient to "switch off" the piercing wind
and fire up the "little engine" of home
and still for the while the mothers beating
heart of anxiety for bread for the babes.
The fund is $4,000. No litigation here.
No offer of per centage for settlement, but
big, round sum, coming from the pockets
of two thousand brothers scattered through
out this big hearted Western country, viz:
Nevada, Wyoming, Utah and Montana.
| A few short weeks ago, a brother Of Dill
lon Lodge, No. S, 90. U. W., and men,
Der of this community, was suddenly, with
out any pre,nonition, taken from life in
the midst of health, leaving weak, deli
cate wife and four small children to endure
the struggles and hardships Of weary,
toilsome life. Leaving home, George
| Sears little thought he had crossed the
threshold of home for the last time, and
had pressed the last fatherly kiss on the
brow Of the little baby boy, and looked for
ward to the evening frugal meal with in
tense yearning; but plate and chair were
not to be filled again. The strong arm
of the husband and father was rot to be
| welded longer in the "throes of life" for
wife and babes, but an armor, stiffened by
the icy fingers of death, was made ready,
and she bare his body and bowed his head"
and the armor-bearer, death, fitted it to the
mortal frame of our Brother, George Sears.
Then the wife and mother, with her little
ones, knew, though death had carried away
the support of home, the $4,000 would
come out from the Brotherhood of the A.
O. u. w. the sure, the reliable, the uniail-
ing bank. Without this fund, what peace,
what contentment of mind, think you, a
weak, struggling mother would have had?
This will aid her to carry her precious car
go through many storms, and, perchance,
anchor them safely in a harbor where they
| will each become useful men and useful
women.
The object of this communication is
more especially given to remind so many
sAl.s i. A.
there exists in Dillon an opportunity to Sc
cure like benefit. Two thousand dollars
in pocket few weeks after the demise of
brother is no small affair to his family,
and it behooves every man to MAKE fur
Their provision for those dependent upon his
daily existence. We know not how soon
we may be called to account for our earth
ly pilgrimage, and fund of this amount,
placed to the credit of our dear ones, would
assuredly give peace that no husband
or father would deny loving fold.
The A. O. U. w., Of Dillon, numbers
sixty odd members, and the order is in
most fourishipg condition. The attend
ance each meeting night-which is Tues
day of each WEEKS large, which clearly
proves the inestimable value each brother
places upon the privilege of being mem
Der.
Husbands and fathers, we, as brother
hood, appeal to you, severally and collec-
lively, and urge you all to come into the
sustaining and providing ranks of the An
cient Order of United Workmen.- Its
tenets are elevating and refning-purify-
ing life as we'll as providing for death.
A. D. DRUMMOND,
Committee of One,
Appointed by Master Workman, S. D. BEEBE
Dillon, Montana, Nov. II, 1883.
EASTERN WOOL MARKET.