The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-05-30

The Odd Fellows festival at Winfield, OF
! Thursday, the 21st inst, was grand success
/ Over one thousand people attended it. st
Stephens Lodge, of Defiance, deserve grea
credit for their enterprise and management
| The visiting lodges we're New Windsor Lodge
who were accompanied by the Union Bridge
Band, with their bright uniforms and elegant
4 band wagon; Springfield Lodge, of Sykesvllle
with the celebrated Taylorsville Band. This
band started with the lodge from their hall
taking in Eldersburg and Freedom on the
route There were also present members o.
Rainbow Lodge, of Howard county. St
| Stephens Lodge secured the Oak Orchard
Band, and marched from their hall to the
grove, where they received the visiting lodges
and escorted them to the stand. David Cover
marshaled St. Stephens, - Myers, New
Windsor, and Chas. r. Favour, Springfield
Addresses were delivered by Messrs. Jones
and Cover, of the Grand Lodge, and by Chas.
r. Favour, Larkin Shipley, Mr.. Lookenbilli
of Unionyille, and others. Rev. Jas. Gladden.
closed the exercises. There was music al
short intervals during the day. The wives
and daughters Of the members of st. Stephen s
spread a sumptuous repast for the visiting
Odd Fellows, and fed many hungry fellows
besides A cask of ice water kept the crowd
cool. The politicians were there in force,
but the great number of pretty girls prevented
them from talking to the young voters.
All appeared to enjoy themselves. 1t was the
most orderly gathering ever known, and that
is Just what the Order wanted.
The ladies of St. Paufs NJ. Z. Church gave
a pink tea party in Bennett & Barnes hall,
Sykesville, on the night of the 10th. The
proceeds were applied to the Sabbath school
fund of the church. The attendance was
good. 1t was the first affair of the kind here,
and quite novel in its way. The lady attend
ants wore pink dresses, the tables were
trimmed in pink and the lamps shaded with
the same color. In fact, everything looked
pink bat butcher Forsythe, and he was painted
black Some of the boys have since caught
the pink-eJe.
The Springfield Socials gave an entertain
ment at Springfield Church on Whit Monday
evening, which they styled "a chocolatiere
The exercises were very entertaining. MISS
Lille Hewitt read the proceedings OF the last
meeting. The singing of Mr.. Chas. Pond, OF
Morgan, and Miss Mollie Merceron, of How
ard, was excellent. Mrs. Flournoy read a
capital essay, s'Women's Work" by Mrs.
Henry jenkins. Miss Fannie Beach fur
nished delightful music. DR.. d. b. Sprecher
read tsChiils and Fever with good effect.
Miss Annie Beach repeated in her usual good
style ssTbe Settlers Wife, Mrs. Col. Polk
gave fine reading, "The Girl of New-a-
DAYS. Then chocolate and refreshments.
Mr.. Zimmerman closed the there in the role
of auctioneer.
Work on St. Barnabas P 3. Church will be
commenced next week. The contract has
been awarded to Kirby & Son, of Ellicott
CITY. A memorial window of new design will
be put in the church.
Frank Brown, Esq, and family, will shortly
occupy their Springfield home for the summer
months. Mr.. Brown contemplates still greater
improvements for Sykesville. The hammer
and trowel will make music for us from now
to Christmas tide.
Mr.. E. NJ. Mellor has completed the work
on his store, and has now the second largest
one in the place.
w. H. Anderson, Esq, has taken posses
sion of his summer home. Bennett d Barnes
have finished painting their warehouse. Ev-
erything is frightening up.
The recent rains have greatly helped the
wheat and taken some of the wrinkles out of
the old farmers faces.
Warm work is going on among the politi-
clans; some of them are swearing their re-
tainers.
An excursion of twenty-eight persons left
Sykesville Thursday morning for Washington.