Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-12-26
When birds Of paradise have but
The music of their vino.n

NJ, NJ. Ivy 8eneious entertainment you have afforded us.
We nave enjoyed your bountfui hospitality beyond
measure. Also, your beautiful ceremonial, dating isck,
Is II dues. to a time when under .blue Syrian skies, "
without the SQUAD Of hammer or buzz Of cutter. saw.
were laid the foundations Of your great order, that now
casts its grateful shaduw athwars thu worl Whose
roll includes many famous in our national and in the
the outstretched finger of all tiinel"
God-speed You In every good and noble aim Of your
order, encompsssing, as We are told it does, the wholn
circle Of ths human affections The organized concrete
embodiment OIL We, duty and morality. The t~ripartite
hover: THE great shadow ruse upon the water Of life;
vital, fructuCus ruse. whose tcalyx holds a hundred
leaves; loves Alial, loves frsternal,1 mel .hber love-,
loves civic; Nil fair petals, all sweet scents. allsredo.
!ence and sweetensd from the great central heart r.
May 1t move on in every beneacent. purptse solid,
contract united. until merged in the recognised reasa
u the -reat brotherhood Of all mankind, and II su.
the universe.
"rill he var drums ,hrob no -iongcr,
And the battle flags are furled,'
H. In the parliament OF man, eadths
Federation of the world"
A beautiful custom is narrated Of the Hindoo maid.
out with some caravan across the arid, treeloss, sun.
scorched plains. the dusky damsels gather on the
banks Of one Of their rvmant c river and launch tiny
and watch the tiny crafts, with anxious eyes, ~ they
dance with their trembling lights along the current.
II they pass a certain point and the little slender fame
the loved ones! Tonight your many friends have
gathered to se you launch your Institution hers, and
methtnks, with prophetic. eye, catch the siimmer Of
rent. We are glad that all your hopes are coming. like
missing vessels laden back from diamond isles. And
that you, like the faeied archer, can now see the arrow
drawn. Good night.
The seemingly exhausted, and yet
inexhaustible subject of Dakota" was
given o the editor of the lNrER-OcEAN,
who proceeded to exhaust himself in
just three minutes by the watch. His
remarks are printed in full, not for their
literary value, but simply as a pointer
for Col. DOMAIN. After getting himself
together, Mr.. Hansbrough said:
Ladies and Gestsmen and Brsueru of the Graft: I
am glad my elo.uent friend, Mr.. Brooke. preceded
ME, " be has left sou ing prime humor to bear with
one who couldn't be humorous or entertaining il be
tried am sorry our honorable chairman didn't des.
isnate as my task \ three column article for the news.
papers and let me write it when l feel like it. l see in
th's room many old pioneers who know more about
Dakota than l can tell YOU. They know its wonderful
history. its length and It's bresdth. Thev could tel you
~ its rapid deteaepment; -its fertile soil and iu rarc
tell it, future: II an cosy thing for W. " ~ that Lako.
tA Is over 100 miles long and over 100 miles wide; thas
il extends from the boundary limo Of the Dominion Of
'Anada on the north 10 Hebraakron the south; that the
greatstste 6 Minnesota cannot bound il on tn. EAST
a dfth2t Mountains and = large share Of Wyoming ART
REQUIRED to torn its western limits. In fact. Dsk ia
York, four times the size Of Ohio, aud IL Il larger
than Rhode Island which haa one u. !. senator aud
twp congres~men, while Dakota only has "A delegate
18th parallel OF Ia itudc, aud either section Of Dakota
would be larger than Massachusetts New Hampsh ~
Maryland, vertnont, Rhode Island. New Jersey and
Weat Virginia combined. | saw this in . newspaper
aud it must be true. Ds OTIS has lhO,OOo square miles
each containing II section Of land. II these land &c
tions. which have GfD acres and arc warranted no,
to rip. were placed in q line, they would reach three
times around the globe aud we'd have enough left to
make two states AZ big as Nevada. Cut Dakota int
townships ak iniles square,. place them in q line. and
The delicate little rib'~n Of sod and soil would reach
: X times across the Atlantic ocean. What u foot bridge
for the oppressed people Of Europe to walk over {
America upon. and when they ali got here we could
take our bridge down and make each Of them a h me
One more metaphor by way Of illustrating the enor
mnusness Of Dakota. Pile her rich acres one upon thu
other, surprising each acre to he a foot deep, and wee
have a monument upon which one might stand and
inscribe the name IT our territory nOpn the face of tn,
mOon-and I'D like to sec amy one rub it out
These arc but n few Of the geographical impossible
ties Of Dakota. But, lali"s and gentlemen, what Of tn,
real anil tho actual? What OF the population she al
ready has? What of her wealth, her suporlatiYe eli
mate and her unparalleled productions? can tell 20,
no hing on this subject that y"n do DOT ALREADY Know
In fv year. i'akotas population has increased from
l35,b0 to 4l6,uU, according to the census, and I b+liev.
that 5O,uO PIE pie have come to Dakota since the as
censu, WAS taken. IN 1881, when We had but la5, uh
/ IoDIle III al Ills RTeAt teTEltJTS. II UDtAl gram SlelG
was 7,2sio,0N bushels. Five years later. when the pop
ulatiuu had reached over four hundred thousand people
the yield Of grain wheat, oats, rye, barley and corr
land this don'tinclude four millions b,lsl.sls ofthe fines
Irish potatoes ever grown)-reached the enormou'
grand total of73, 779. a5l bushels. Over half of this W..
wheat, worth in the great markets thirty millions .
dollars. History does not record such progress ant
such prospr, ity in any other part Of the world.
But, my friends, statistics are dry, the hour is late ant
there are Others who will entertain YOU. THANK You
"The Ladies' was the final toast, re.
~ponded to in a happy vein by Mr.. A,
3. Bennett. who closed by relating the
| following reason who a woman cannol
become a Mason:
Women sometimes complain that they are not per
United IL enter our lodge, work with the craft In theii
\ lAbors and learn all that there Is to be learned In tn,
institution. We will explain the reason. We lrarr
that before the Almighty had flushed his work no wa
every living, creeping thing had been accomplished
and tho Almighty had made Adam twho WAS the frs
Mason) and created him for the finest lodge in thu
world and called it Paradise. No. l.
He then caused all the beasts of tho field and birds o
the air to pass before Adam for him to name them
which was = oiece Of work he had to do alone 50 tina
no confusion might therefore arise wen Eve WA
created. which he knew would make trouble if she wa
allowed to participate in it ifhe created her beforehand
Adam being very much fatigued with the labors y
his first, task fell asleep and when he awoke he foun,
Ey. In the lodge with him. Adam heing senior war
den placed Eve as the pillar of beauty in the south an
they re- eived their Instructions from the grand mAstc
in the east. which. when furnished she immclistel
called the craft from labor to refreshmrnt. Instead o
attending TO the duties of the office as she ought sh
LEFT her station. violated her obligation, LIT in an ex
PEELED mason who had no business there and wen
around with him. leaving Adam to look after the je"
els. This fellow hal been expelled from tn" lodge wit
several other. some time before. but hearing tn: foo,
steps Of the grand master he suddenly took hi, leave
telling Eve to go to making APRONS q. she and Adam
were not in proper regalia. She won't and told Adai
and when the grand master returned he fund hi
gavci had been stolen. He called for the senior WI,
den and junior warden who had neglected. to guard tn
door. hut found them absent. After searching 70
sometime h. came ~ where they were hid and demand
ed Of Adam what he WAS doing there instead Of occupy
ing his official station. Adam replied that he wa
waiting for Eve to call the craft from r-~freshmrnt {
labor again and that the craft were not rr.l~rl, clothes
which they were mixing provisions for. Turning t
Eve he asked her what excuse ,he iGad to offer for lie
unofficial and unmasonic conduct. She replied that
fellow passing himself off IA 3 grand lecturer had feth
giving her instructions and she thought il no harm
The grand master then asked her what had become {
hi, gtvel. She said she presumed that fellow had take
.aM1y with him. Finding Eve was no longer trus
worthy and that she had CAUSED Adam to neglect hi
dnt, and having let Que in whom he had expelled, tn
grand mn.,er closed the lodge and turning them tut s.
= faithful tyler 10 watch the door with q flaming swors
Adam rcI+nting Of his folly went 10 work like a ma
and good mason to get reinstated aSaiu. Not 3" wit
Eve; sh. gos angry over it and just raised Cain! Adam
on account II his reformation. vas allowed u cstahlts
lodges and work IN the degrees. but while Eve was .
lowed Ia Join him in acts OF charity outslae she W.
mover again admitted to the regular lodge work Of ii
craft. fence the r"~-on why = woman cannot beconl
an inside mason.
There was considerable general mlrt
!! and a great deal OF Masonic mirth whe
!. Nj. Bennett finished his reason" TIL
. audience was then. a. Has, dismisse
.. By the junior warden's benediction, an
!. all repaired to their homes Ia partak
. of the prescribed 'eight hours for r.