The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-10-22
I. O. o. F.
1he Odd Fellow - OF Tallahassec
Decorate the Graves of Their
Deceused Brothers.

Decorate the Graves of Their
Deceuscd Brothers.
Friday afternoon the Odd Fellows OF
Tallahassee and visiting Brothers met at
the Lodge room and, wearing tul regalas
and mourning rosettes, and bearing gar
lands woven into the three links OF the
order, formed into line and paraded down
A'iams street TO ST Augustine street, thence
east 10 Murroe, down Munroe TO McCartv,
thence west 20 Cemetery, where one Of the
floral designs was placed upon the grave of
each deceased Dad Fellow buried there.
Few preltier sights have ever been wit
messed IN Tallahassee than tins parade.
The gold and scarlet Of the regalias CLINT
ing in the bright sunlight The long line
II OdG Fellows marching two abreast and
keeping sep like old soldiers, each bear
ing upon his arm one of HE floral de-
-igns-iruly a picture 10 please the artists
we.
Alter decorating the graves the Odd
Fellows and quite number of ladies
and gentlemen who were present assem-
hl' d near the center of the Cemetery, the
Brothers sang one Of the hymns Of the
order, the Chaplain offered up fervent
prayer and Grand Secretary ". NJ. Nc
lnlo~h, j., introduced Past Grand b. A.
NeGinni>s, the orator OF the day, WHO
81, k as follows:
Noble Grand and Brothers
IL accOr 'ance With resolution OF our
Sovereign Grand Lodge and BY the proc
lam4iiOn of our Grand Master, we are as
,embltd - day, not for the purpose II pay
ING The last sud right the ljyinr can pay
their dead, but 10 pay lhai homage and
honor 10 the memory OF those OF our mys-
nc circle who have in the years nast been
.a.lc,i by the Grand Master OF the Universe
to the Crane Lodge above
'l!ilr over 20 lvHls a4o. ThOs WiIdcy
and ;Oul others in a sm i room il, The q Y
OF Baltimore, or nileA Ii, i.~t LoGgc Of
ODD Fellows in lie United Stats. The
purpose G.. lhc OrlpniZatiOu were
Geclacd % hc tor mutual ;tid and p.Otcc-
iior. | can scarcely macj"e WHAT he
= tU,N 'LInh 10 cay Nl thc b0Dlr amy }ha;
has grown from his small bcglnninp
an We i.ot lr0ly c,aim "a bc carrying ou'
The objects aud principles for which tEty
~ .iii.:r', :. relieving lie ,i.,. Sc, ,.l-
ing for the sick, bnrying the dead and e.
uctiing the orphan
4 marble >iali las been erected e. the
memory OF Bro. Wildcy in the ciiy O: l. .lti-
more, hut another and more lasting mon
ument has been erected, and will las; Tor all
time in the hearts OF Odd Fellows, and as
we aic assembled on this the anniversary OF
his death, we say rcverently, God bless the
noble hearted and true fri, nd who inau
guratcd Odd Fellowship
The membership has increased until tne
little band has become vast amy, num-
bering more than 100000 souls. Man
has been drawn closer to his fellow man.
Sorrow untold has been alltvjatcd in the
past and il is gathering strength Tor It's
| work in the years to come G)Oriously has it
prospercd, and lis abors have been crowned
with most abundant success
We have much to hold up our han Is an /
encourage Us 10 continue members Of this
noble Order. Elch year finds steady ad-
vance in membership, and Il growth OF
5coi viii and good deeds Firmly banded
together much can bc accomplished and
many heats ii9h,ened and made clad, and
tAoy gil the si.adow~ Wll in.l and di>cour
| autmcht- present Themselves ike Il dark
| pail across our pathway, III, uni;,d w
may sWe ecp them aW y and the sU'isnln- o;
prosperity DHlitcr"1r ali influences, save
those cmgcndered by Friendship, Love and
Truth.
lndcpenlcnt as an Order, dependent arc
We each upon the other for counsel, advice
| and assistance, and 1t is the realization ot
this very dependence that brings about The
feeling OF Brothcrlv Love.
In The memorial proclamation Of Grand
sire Underwood, we gel the official notice
| of the death of the following Past Grand
| tpresentatives, who have died since our
last memorial day:
L. ID. Freer, California Samuel Tolles,
Conneciicut; Stephen Terry, Connecticut
Jno. b. Hlnkle, Kentucky; G. A. Tracey,
Michigan ; Benz. Vernor, Michigan; l.
N. Weslace, Minnesota; Andrew Red
heffer Missouri; J. II. Locke, New
Hampshire; Geo. Haskins, New York
Belden Seymour, Ohio; Geo Sligo, Penn
sylvania H. B. Hinsdale, Wisconsin; Chas
G. Cheney, Wisconsin, and one of our own
lodge, Bro. G.. c. Pearce who at the last ses-
| sion ofthe Sovereign Grand Lodge was mp.
pointed to the office of Grand Herald.
| Bro. Pearce was a true and devoted Odd
Fellow, STRIVING always TO carry out III hls
life the tenets of the Order, with a hand
ever ready and purse always oper to re-
lieve the distressed, not only of Odd Fell
lows but any worthy object which pre-
sented generous, noble and true, he was
never appealed to in vain.
How we miss his counsel and advice in
our deliberations, and what a void his death
| has left For twelve years he was the rep
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