The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-03
Odd Fellows.

The Odd Fellows or OTTAWA joined
with Ottawa Lodge, No. Al, at the
hall in Cheever's block Saturday eve'g
the celebration of the seventy-frst
anniversary of the founding of the
first lodge of Odd Fellows in America.
Over $50 people were present, good
crowd considering the inclemency OF
the weather and the dampness under
foot.
The evening opened with pleasant
address of welcome by Noble Grand
d. McDougall, followed by music by
the Eloise orchestra. The Misses
Cole then sang, "The Flag and the
Union Forever"
DR.. j. O. Harris delivered the ad-
dress of the evening, upon Odd Eel
lowism and its teachings. During
the course of his address Doctor Har-
riS said:
From the Atlantic to the Pacific,
from Canada to the gulf, in the is
lands of the sea, and in lands beyond
the sea, GOO, 900 Odd Fellows have been
and are now celebrating this day with
oratory. music and dancing.
.'The order of Odd Fellowship is
founded upOu the broad principle that
all men are the children of common
Father and that therefore all men
are, or should be. brothers.
1T is unfortunately true that
many men have forfeited all their
claims to a common brotherhood, and
hence we, as Odd Fellows, must re-
fuse admission TO our sacred rites to
some men.
each degree from the initiatory
to the Royal Purple, is designed to
and does teach some moral lesson,
some duty of man to his fellow man.
some high rule of action which makes
man better, nOblcr. And if he be-
comes true Odd Fellow these cere-
monies these, teachings will SO leave
their impress as to govern all or MS
future life and conduct.
Here no artificial distictions are
recognized, here we hail each other as
brothers and meet as upon common
level"
The doctor embraced in his address
an explanation Of all of the advar t.
ages and benefits of the order in i'll
ness and death and when among stran-
gers. His voice was clear and strong
and his address was received with gen
erous applause.
The Misses Cole then sang German
dialect piece, son, Yah, Amt Dot
Fine" which was well received.
Short addresses were then delivered
by Vice Grand G. b. Chapman and
Chaplain l.. L. Mckinley, Mr. Chap
man speaking in humorous vein of
the goat, etc. The evening closed
with music by the orchestra.
The petition of business men and
other citizens that the city council
vacate twenty feet OF Marquette
street for the use of the King &
Hamilton company, as requested by
them in order that they might increase
the size of their factory in rebuilding,
had the desired effect upon the council
when convened to consider it last
evening, and an ordinance vacating
twenty feet of the street, already pre-
pared, was passed by the city council
on Tuesday without comment.
This action 10y the council assures
to Ottawa the permanent location Of
the King & Hamilton Co.'S works in
Ottawa, and also gives the city the
added advantage of a larger and more
attractive factory building. The com
pany will have something over 200
feet of additional floor space, which
will make room for the storage Of an
immense amount of material and the
employment of double the number of
men, as the new works will be four
stories in height.
The fact that this company refused
a building ready for their occupancy
at Kansas City and also declined other
good offers. asking only the strip of
ground on Marquette street, proves
that these gentlemen are the kind of
men Ottawa needs and should appre-
ciate.
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