Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-30
Communicated \. o. o. F.

Fellows To Baltimore And Washing ton.
 The headquarters of Ridgely U. D. camp l No. 8, l. O. O. F., in Hoadley building pre-
 sented lively scene Monday evening of last ] week. The uniformed patriarchs of Sassacus l encampment No. 1 were assembling in full
 uniform preparing to visit Baltimore for the purpose of appearing in parade at the unveil- ing of the Ridgely monument on Tuesday, 22nd About 9 o'clock, headed by the fa- nous Sassacus drum corps, street parade was made, guided by red fire. from the head quarters on Church street, to Chapel, to State, to Elm, to York, to Chapel. Next the command by kindly invite of member MT. Max Thalheimer-sat down to colla- ton specially prepared in his spacious dining rooms This was happy thought and brotherly act that prepared all for the jour ney to follow. The command then left for the Union depot, and with a number of members not uniformed and some friends boarded two cars sent up by the Pennsylvania railroad and at tached to the il :50 p. m. Washington night express. On the trip all the way down all was life and good nature. George Washing ton Pierson, full of witty sayings, kept the party in one car out of the arms of Morpheus,
 
 the party in the other car. On the transfer steamer Maryland the two cars were tracked side by side. Here many had time for a lunch and walk about the spacious cabin above. Among the members of the party we noticed 0. Captain Peter Terhune, s.
 Captain Frank Lane, J. Captain John S: Hinman, E. H. Sperry, H. P. Perry, Fred Botsford, Thomas Phillips, the veteran mar ble and granite dealer on High street; s. D. Fairchild, C. H. Rentz, Parry, the tall bass drummer; H. S. Nichols, leader of Sassacus drum corps; Mr. John Mccarthy, Edgar Phelps, W. Frank Peckham, Gurney (not the New York artist), J. W. Hammond and very many others: for with the
 drum corps, friends and all we had a party of eighty or more. In due time we arrived at Jersey City and were soon hurrying over the soil of Jersey. Upon reaching Philadel- phia the train was cut in two and the regular Washington express passed on and we fol lowed in about thirty minutes as a special train with no stops to Baltimore. On the platform of the depot at Philadelphia we saw J. B. Northrop, the Grand street grocer, and Charles L. Johnson, the State street grocer near Skinner school, 0. 0. Smith of N. H.
 Baking company, J. R. Bradley, John Kay,
 we must refrain for the present from naming more.
 We arrived at the Union station in Balti- more at about 10:20 a. m. on Tuesday, meet ing light rain storm. We were escorted by committee of the Encampment Drill associ-
 ation to the quarters which had been engaged for our party.
 The parade was to form at 1:30 D. m., but the storm put discouraging aspect upon the subject However all were intent upon pre- pairing for the dinner to come. After dinner Captain Terhune called upon the committee of arrangements and learned that the cere- monies would take place in any event. Sas- in front of the hotel, and the captain then ad- vised that the patriarchs do not parade, and upon vote it was SO decided. About an hour after ''the clouds rolled by, "and many "did" the city on foot, by cars and in carriages. After supper Sassacus in uniform, and head ed by the drum corps, attended a ball, or hop, in Concordia Opera House, given by the Encampment Drill association to all visit ing uniformed patriarchs. The following morning, Wednesday, some forty or fifty members took the morning train for Wash irgton, D. C., those remaining in Baltimore intending to return home by the afternoon express about o'clock.
 Sassacus members in Washington were met at the depot by members of the uni formed battalions, l. O. O. F., and escorted to the Odd Fellows hall on Seventh street, where they had accommodations for baggage until their leaving for home in the afternoon Every attention was shown in escorting about the Capitol and other places of inter est, and many left on the 3 p. m and p. trains with regrets that they could not remain longer. Captain Terhune left on the latter train, and those of his command who re- mained regretted that he must leave them The uniformed patriarchs remaining were most co1 dially invited and urged to join in the ranks of the battalion while they re mained in the city so that they could receive all the attention possible for brothers who came unexpectedly, but who were none the less most heartily welcome. In the evening in the ranks with the Washington battalion were found members of Sassacus and accom- panied by Mazeppa encampment No. 12, of Providence, R. l., in fatigue, they visited the armory of the Washington L. l. company and then entered the doors of Albangh's Grand Opera House, where there was being given the play of 'tClio" by Bartley Camp. bell. Some two hundred or more of the patriarehs were soon seated in the dress cir cle of the beautiful opera house and giving attention to the play.
 Thursday morning Sassacus was astir and the uniformed members were out in full rig and not to be too conspicuous in the ranks of their host each procured black gloves for the occasion. Falling in proper position to height and under command of Captain John Chauncey of the uniformed battalion we formed for the line of march to the boat for Mount Vernon, the members insisting that Sassacus must go wherever others went. a0aQeQ Dy Uu0 OulU0u OLaUeS Artillery DanQ and at the St. James Hotel joined by Mazep- pa encampment, all proceeded to Baltimore 6 Potomac depot and received Bunker Hill encampment Mo- of Charlestown, Mass, in full uniform. Here all under escort of the uniformed battalion, with Sassacus' members still in the ranks, marched to the Seventh street wharf and took the steamer Corcoran to Mount Vernon. A beautiful day it was and a pleasant sail down the Potomac where places of interest were pointed out on either hand. On the right lay the old scenes of Virginia, while on our left were the slopes of Maryland.
 Arriving at the wharf at Mount Vernon we pass the gate at the foot of the road lead ing to the tomb of Washington. At this gate the ticket by steamer was given up. On other occasions the fare is collected on board; but here were some five hundred Odd Fellows with friends and ladies. As we as- cend the road many are picking up acorns, beans and leaves as mementoes. At the tomb the American band of Providence played dirge. Passing before the grated door of the tomb each person looks in and upon the marble that was all that remains at this late day of the sainted Washington. The men rev erently uncover. Proceeding on we soon reach the house and stroll about looking into the rooms and about the grounds; names are registered in a book which is kept in the hall for the purpose Soon all are at lunch con under large tree back of the house this treat prepared by the committee of the battalion-and it makes one think that the organization had "Aladdin's Lamp" ready at hand. Photographs are taken of each com mand separate, making three groupings. The whistle sounds for the return; all wend their way back to the steamer and ar rive at the wharf from where we left and the lines are formed for the parade in the af- ternoon. The following is the line of pa rade, and Sassacus is still represented by all that started out in the morning: From Seventh street to southeast end of Smithsonian grounds, to Agricultural grounds, to Monument grounds, to 1515 street, (here was deploy to take in the steps of the Treasury building and the entire body was photographed by Cudlipp,) to Pennsylvania avenue, to the White House, passing in review of the President of the United States, (who was there with head un- covered), thence returning to 161s street, to Connecticut avenue, to Rhode Island avenue, to Massachusetts avenue, to Vermont avenue, to Fifteenth street, to Pennsylvania avenue, to the hotel. The battalion on returning to the Odd Fellows hall were dismissed until 7:30 D. m. Here the thanks of the officers were extended to all members of Sassacus who participated with them and their be-