Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02

Their voices cross the 1sthmus. comes and rings
through Yucatan:
Come, brothers of the mystic tic; wo want to
learn YoLr plan,
That wars may cease and man may learn to love
his fellow man.
And SO the voice goes round the world and
circles every sphere
Come. brothers OF the mystic tie, come plant
your Order here.
Beginning with tiYe earnest men, on little Oyster
Bay,
Five hundred thousand swell the ranks Of Odd
Fello,cs to-day.
And, as the hosts Of Lincoln said when war was
on our shore,
" We're coming, Father Wildcv, ,rith fire hun
drcd thousand more"
Oh! Maryland my mountain home, my heart
returns to thee
AS OH thy shore each day returns the full swell
OF the sea.
see thy pleasant cottage homes; smell the
mountain breeze:
hear the soft winds gently sigh among thy
forest trees. \
see the twilight softly fall when summer day
declines,
hear the cuckoo's lonely call among thy
brstling pines
Upon the meadows velvet breast see the
lambkins play,
summer day.
There is !. charm within thy gates, oh! sunny
l,atimorc:
The Chesapeake rolls all its waves upon thy
pcbbly shore,
Tie Sisquehanna brings its stores from regions
i'll the north.
Aid from thy harbors every day the merchant
ships so forth;
Thy avenues and public parks are lovely to be
seen,
Thy hostleries and palaces would please n royal
queen,
Til. monumental shafts appear upon Thousand
I hills,
And Ginning bells from every tower the air with
1 music fills.
Still stands the Urildcy monument. the proudest
shaft on earth,
But gone the little dwelling where the Order had
Its birth;
Upon the apex Of that shaft Is seen the widow
! lone,
With orphans clinging to her skirt, all cut IN
sold stone.
4 The grass waves green around that spot, when
fed by April showers
And orphan children bring each year their
Offering ofilowers.
And when the pilgrim from afar remembers
what he gave,
He bends his knee and drops tear on Thomas
Widcy's Urdre.
President Roper said that he noticed
the program called for "other eXerci-
scs,' but he was ut a loss to know what
they We're, and so called ON Bro. Bach
for an explanation.
Bro. Bach gave notice that they
would be attended to at l o. o. L. hall
soon, ard after singing the Closing Ode
the meeting Was dismissed.
Next on the program WIS the BAN
quet, which WAS partaken of by at
least 800 persons, and was provided in
the bountiful manner which character
ICES the acts of this order.
Following the banquet an open air
concert was given by the Parker, Cen
treville and Hurley bands.
AT eight o'clock Opera hall commen-
ced filing with dancers and spectators
Numbers We're given out TO the NUM-
ber Of no, and there were ut least half
as many more spectators. The music
for the dance was furnished by the
' Salem string band, under the leadership
), of ii. +. Spaulding and we have no
hesitancy in saying that it was the best
a ever danced after in Hurley, while the
calling Of Mr.. Spaulding Won the adj
miration of all.
With the dance closed the observan-
ces of the day. and all passed off in a
very satisfactory manner. The supper
tables were kept running until two
o'clock, where all were welcome to re-
fresh the inner man.
The day is long to be rememberedsby
r the citizens of Hurley and tie Odd
Fellows OF Turner county. and while at
: each succeeding gathering there will
doubtless be some missing who were
' present, their places in the ranks will
II be Tiled by otlers, who, seeing the good
work done by those who have gone be.
n fore, will join this growing brother.
hood whose motto is " Friendship, Love
d and Truth"
The playing of the Hurley band was
= exceptionally good for the practice they
have had, and we all felt proud Of
them.
II 1t hustled the hotels to provide din.
ner fro the strangers within our walls
IS but they got there.
,s Miss Roper received many words Of
praise for the manner In which she
10 recited the poem.
10 Yes, Hurley has bv far the best hal
Accommodations Of any town its size i1
N Dakota.
,s The beans will speak for themselves
Bro. Jones spoke for them at the ban
lie quet.
70 The Centreville band has some fin,
music, and the boys know how to pla.
in it.
az Bro. Peter Allen showed himself t,
hn a ho,,,n IN ontor;prr t, TIM 1o1iao