The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-01-10
THE INSTALLATIONS.

Last Saturday was what might bt
called installation and feast day in
Onida, and the people from the sur.
rounding country came in to enjoy it
At about 2 o'clock the Grand Army
gavel was sounded in the Court House
and after few preliminaries Past Com
mander Toomey duly installed the
officers of U. s. Grant Post. At the
close of the services Mrs. G.. w. Everts
on behalf of U. S. Grant Corps, w. r
c., stepped forward and in q neat little
speech presented the Post with their
charter nicely incase in a beautiful
oak finished frame. which was accept
ed BY Commander Porter in few well
chosen remarks. In return for the
Corps token of friendship for the Post,
to which the Corps is auxiliary, Past
Commander Toomey stepped forward
and surprised the ladies by presenting
them With a large Bible, which the
Post had contemplated doing. Thus
both societies were pleasantly surprised
by each other, and drawn nearer to-
gether.
After short recess for the rear
rangemeht of the hall the ladies of u.
S. Grant Relief Corps, No. 30, announc-
ed that they were ready to install their
newly elected officers.
Mrs. n. w. Porter acting as Presi-
dent pro. TEN. announced that in the
absence of the Grand Installing Off
GERS the retiring President, Mrs. VIM.
Toomey, assisted by Mrs. j. Fl. Gro
pengieser as Conductor, would act in
their stead, and the manner in which
the ladies proceeded-this Eeing the
first installation since the organization
of the society-showed that they were
interested in its success and had thor
oughly posted themselves in the work.
They made no errors but proceeded as
if their first pubic exercise had been
an every day occurrence. We heard
many compliments for them from those
in the audience, which were deserving
At the close of this exercise the
tables were set and spread with pork
and beans, hard tack, etc, and the
large crowd present invited to "fall m
and help themselves which they did.
The third installation of the day was
that of the Sons of Veterans at the
school house. This was "secret' so
we can't say how the boys acted, but
will wager an old copper cent that they
were not as polite and courteous To
each other as were the ladies'.
In the evening Welcome Lodge, A.
o. wv, held a public installation in
the Court House. The exercise was
quite impressive, solemn and grand, and
was conducted by p. G.. NJ. w. JAS. j.
Houtz, of Blunt, assisted by Arthur
Moore, of Blunt, as Grand Guide.
At the close of the installation MIR.
Houtz made n short speech in behalf
of the order, showing by statistics that
it had done a grand work for humanity
by caring for the widows and orphans
of deceased members of the order,
by providing an insurance of $4,000
upon the life Of each member. There
is no doubt that the society as be-
nevolelt institution is in advance of
many others working under similar
charters.
This being the last installation work
the next thing was oysters, and every
body and their friends were ready for
them. The A. o. U. W., as was pre-
viously announced, gave free oyster
supper. Three long tables were spread
and the walters were kept busy for
three straight hours supplying the
hungry with the fresh bivalve and trim
mings. To show that several persons
were present we will state that ten gal
Ions Of oysters were used in making
soup.
Everyone felt good and enjoyed the
afternoon and evening, and would no
doubt have felt better had the Court
House been large enough to hold the
crowd comfortable.