Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-04

--ex-Gov. Hubbard, whose ciouuence
is surpassed by few Ii any men, and
whose powers of expressing the feel.
Jugs that s|umber In his heart are won-
deIful. Your correspondent has heard
the greatest orators the county boasts
Of, such men as Jim Blaine, VIM. M.
Evarts, Dan Voorhees,, Richard Coke
aud others, but never did listen to n
more beautiful Grafton, never did see
more elcquence displayed than In the
sddses OF Gov. Hubbard. Without n
noe, he pictured the duties of an Odd
Fellow, aud Judging from what the
grand old orator said, God never gave
man power to form more grand and
noble order than the Odd Fellows, one
whose object was more beautiful and
God-like than the object of this order.
viz, the protection of the sick, the pro-
vision for the widow aud the education
of The orphan.
Could man conceive amore noble OBJ
| ject than the protection aud provision
OF the poor widow, left without that
love to which she clings like AN ivy t.
the church wall, to which she laokcl
for and received both food for her heart
and DO iy, or the education of the little
babe, left without the strong arm aud
burning love of IA father; and for
strangers to step In and carry out the
object which The proud father had
| cherished aud for which he may have
been laying up his earnings-that Of
| fitting his child for life; fitting him to
be IN honor to himself and country.
1t must be the grAndest aud most noble
order on the earth.
1t may have been a mystery to Gov.
l.I ~ 81. a..
messed his readiness at all times 10 de-
fend the widow or the orphan, the sis.
ter or the mother, but had they heard
all been explained. The vision he
pictured To his large and attentive
audience was one that none could APP.
preciate, unless hearing him with his
heart running over with admiration
and love for that noble sex. How
when but a young man and an Odd
Fellow he was sent by loving parents
TO the city 0f Boston to finish his cdu'
cation, how he was stricken down
with fever, and told by the doctors he
could not live, a thousand miles from
the care of II loving mother or sister, Il
perfect stranger. Now II was ascer.
tanned that he was an Odd Fellow,
and the hands Of loving and tender
mothers, wives and sisters of brother
Odd Fellows nurscd him, until again
the bloom of health settled on his
cheek. The high tribute he paid to
woman's love was most beautiful.
Friends who have been life long
. friends, with whom you have
divided your last dollar,
will soon pass you by rs stranger
when your money is gone, when you
have met with national defeat. Blu.
when will mother forsake Il chill | or
a wife husband, or a sistera brother?
Never, SO long rs q star shines in the
heaven above, or the sun casts his
+ beautiful rays over the earth. Where
, do men look for help and comfort
I when in trouble? To friends who have
: used them before. and meet with re
, buff; but when they turn to n mother,
wife or sister. there, and theie alone
, do they find true sympathy, a heart
. teeming over with love, selt-sacriiicing
/ love: for where Is the mother wht
. would not give her last drop of blood
4 to secure the happiness of her child
!, And,as rule a true wife always place:
!, her life in the hands of the man sh,
n loves
- The poor wife, mother and sister
!, who have travelled miles and miles ol
a foot to beg and pray for pardon from
y the hands of executive power for some
g poor unfortunate husband, son o
. brother, only to meet the stern an
~ swer: "The law must take Its course.
Well do | believe Gov. Hubbard whei
!, he said his heart bled for them, ant
often has he received the cOndemna
= ton of these loving wives, mother
= and sisters for refusing to see them
II knowing we'll their object and his In
- ability to serve them. He took tina
- course to save pain to himself as wei
- as 10 them. The governors addres
- was filed with wit and humor hi
~ allusion to his not being candidat
20 for any office, not even lieutenant
4. governor, WAS applauded ana en)oye
- b. the audience at Senator Gibbs' on
) pense, but your correspondent ihiie
n To recognize any Dlusn mantle IN
a cheek OF Gov. Gibbs chat is 10 l'
N unless IL was that OF pro-
~, ~ for any man, even Roscoe Conklini
~ would have felt proud had the tribui
"a which was paid Senator gibbs bee
NJ paid him.
~ The governor closed his address wit
y an earnest appeal TO the young men
- ioin the order, and begging the ladl'
AZ to look for husbands among youn
y Fellows, assuring them that
T. they were not provided for by 4
~, husbands they would be by IL
ar |. O. o. +.
er The governor during bis address FL
~ nished his audience with the statisti
ie of the |. o o. f., for the year endit
:. June, 1883. as follows; ,u,..a.
Grand Lodges ....'..".,." ~
OF Grand Encampments. Al, q
on, Sub Lodges ,...... ,.,,.,.'''.-" ~,
" Sub Ignoamp.n ents.-...,,, o9h ,