The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-13
NEWS ABOUT THE LODGES.
BUT THESE ITEMS ARE MAINLY
ABOUT THE FORESTERS.

The Rapid Growth of the Courts in This
County Ill~ustrated-The Oldest of the
d Fellow Lodges-General Secret
Society Gossip.
1t seems wonderful how fast the
order of Foresters is growing in this
country. A court is instituted and in
a few months the number of members
has trebled. As an instance of this
take Court Hamilton. Not quite
three months ago the court was in
stituted with but thirteen charter
members. At the last meeting the
roll called for 175 members.
Court Paulus Hook is another in
stance in point. This court is but two
months old, and it has a membership
of seventy-seven. At the meeting last
Wednesday night it was stated that
since the court was organized seventy
nine propositions had been sent in.
All the candidates have been initiated,
except two, who were thrown out by
DIR. Hoffman. AS far as can be learned,
this is something that has never oc-
Cured in the annals Of the order in
this country.
The new Foresters' Court. which will
be instituted in the Booraem Building
the last of the month, will be under
the charge of Deputy High Chief
Ranger McHale, of Court Ashley. A
big boom will be given it the night
that it is instituted.
The seventh annual picnic of Court
Booraem will be held at Caledonian
Park, June %. 1t will be a big thing.
Court Jersey City has been insti-
tuted five years, and during that time
800 propositions for membership have
been sent in. OF these about six
hundred have been initiated.
If there ever was a grand blowout
in Court Ashley, A. 0. F., it was the
one last Monday night. The court
meets at the Avenue House, and that
place was awful lively that night.
Sometime before the meeting it was
decided to hold a lovefeast IN that
night. Among the visitors were Chief
Ranger Goodwin, of Court Ho-
boken, and a delegation of fifty
members from his court. Dur
ing the evening twenty-five
candidates were initiated, and thirty
propositions were received. Speeches
were made by Chief Ranger Crissy,
Chief Ranger Mcdonnell, of Court
Emmett, and Goodwin, of Court Ho-
boken. A duet was sung by Crissy
and Dale, and "O'Brien's Rattle" was
sung by Brother John Smith, of Court
Lafayette. Brother McHale gave a
dissertation upon the "Redheaded
Girl and the White Horse Brother
Crissey was simply immense in the
promised song and dance act.
Brother Andrew Mcclure, of Court
Emmett, sang with such good will
and power, at the Court Ashley pow
WOW, last Monday night, that, as n
of the members said, he most raised
the roof
Brother Baker, of Court Ashley, A.
0. F., is a hustler.
The annual excursion of Court
Emmett, A. O. F., will occur on
August 90. One thousand tickets
have already been sold, and this is
due in a great measure to the energy
of Brother James A. Murphy.
The fourth annual festival of the
United German Odd Fellow Lodges of
IAuuoOA OOuLluys Will OC uOAo GU
Schuetzen Park on Thursday after
noon and evening, June 25. The
lodges that will be represented are
Augusta Rebecca Lodge, Jefferson
Lodge, Beethoven Lodge, United
Brothers Lodge, Stenben Lodge and
Mozart Lodge.
Hudson Lodge, I. o. o. F., is the
oldest lodge of the order in the
county. The next oldest is Mechan-
ics' Lodge, which was instituted in
September, 1847. The Oldest encamp-
is that of Mount Sinai, which was in
stituted in 1S43,
At the meeting of Mechanics, Lodge,
I. o. O. F., an election for Noble
Grand will be held to fill a vacancy.
Since the reduction of the initiation
fee in the lodge the number of appli-
cations for membership are increasing.
The seventh grand annual after
Don and evening picnic of Court
Pavonia 6, $50, Ancient Order Forest
ers, will be held at Caledonia Park
on June %, 1889. The picnic COM
mittee will spare no means in giving
their patrons a good time.