The Portland daily press., 1891-07-27
GOLD LACE AND cAYErY.
chevai.eis Will Gather at Old Orchard
In septe mber Next.
Especial to the Press. !

OLD ORCHARD, July 26.-The meeting of
the committee Of Patriarchs Militant was
held at Hotel Fiske Saturday to arrange for
three days encampment and field day at
Old Orchard, Sept. 1-3. The following gen.
tlemen were present: Major General o. B.
Whitten, Portland; Brldadier General,
Second Brigade, Division of the North, III.
A. Harrington, Manchester; Col. w. G.
Plummer. Portland; Major F. L. Nose eley,
Portland; Capt c. j. Butler, Portland; Col.
Joseph 81. Dearborn. Biddeford; Col. F. T.
Merrill, Portland; Capt. j. L. Mason, Bid
deford; Capt Wesley G. Smith, Old Orchard;
Chevalier r. NJ. Smith, Old Orchard; Ensign
F.B. Ross. Saco; Capt. Geo. III. Piper, Bidde-
ford; Clerk C.L. Batchelder, Saco; Chevalier
Ira Clay, Portland. The following pro-
gramme was arranged:
First Day-Cantons VIII meet in Portland and
Of Portland They viii take the afternoon train for
Old Orchard. In the evening at Old Orchard
there will be band concert and general recep-
tion at Major General Whitten's headquarters,
which will be at Hotel Fiske.
Second Day-Dress Parade and review at a,
M Uaatoas tSo1 & %l go 70 Blaaet0Fd OF az 2la p
Canton Of Biddeford. They will parade Bidde-
ford and Saco and return to Old Orchard at o D.
m. In the evening banquets will be served at
the hotels at 10 p. m. after the band and
promenade concerts. This viii be the ladies'
evening
Third Daytime will be formed at 8 p. M, and
cheyaliers will be dismissed by the Major Gen.
eral The Cant0ns will then be placed In charge
of their several commanders.
This will be the first affair of the kind ever
given and great preparations will be made
for 1t. Cantons from Maine, New Hamr-
shire and Vermont which are included In
the Northern Division will be in attendance
with bands. It Is expected that1 1900 Odd
Fellows with ladies will attend. The COM
mittee will meet again in August
This week will be gay at Old Orchard. and
the seasons revelIy will be fairly inaugural.
ed. Two invitation hops. one at the Old Or
chard House Tuesday night, and one at He
tel Fiske Thursday night are on the boards.
Yesterdays arrivals at Hotel Fiske were:
A. Gibray, Detroit; John S. Robinson, Syca-
more, I'LL; Mrs. j. M. Kirk. Miss Kirk. Mon
treal; j. NJ. Whittemore. Boston; S. Curtis,
Tucker, Homestead, N: H.; B.. P. Lovejoy,
Somerville. Mass; James Walker. wife,
child and nurse, Montreal; Mr.. and Mrs.
Harmon ]. Webber, Portland. Me-; Florence
Rhodes. st; Louis; E. D. Steel, st. Johns
Fessenden, Portland; G. l.. Welles, Woon-
socket, r. /. Fl. w. Hubbard. Boston; w.
III. Cameron, New York; Mrs. L. p. Mitch
ell, Matte Mitchell, Eudora Ii. Mitchell,
Mary McEwan. John McEwan and wife,
klnson. Lowell; 5. Boethby and wife, Miss
Henrietta ID. Rice. Miss Annie Rice, Miss
McGlinchey. Miss ". Seely. Portland; Geo.
c. Clark, +. P. Holden and wife, Boston;
John A. Wiley and wife. North Andover;
e. p Buffintop, Boston; G. E. Greeley, Ray
mOnd. n. r.; Charlotte NJ. BROOKS.
and child, Sioux City. Iowa; Florence
Z. Hamlin and child, Hyde Park; George f.
Gray, Boston, Mass. A. G. Glasgow, Phila-
delphia; j. G. Kelley, G. G. Benson, Lewis
ton; +. NJ. Hoyt, Manchester, N. H.; b.
Block, Boston; John Waldron, Farmington;
Joshua G. Libby, Portland; l.. LuddeD,
Pittsburg; U. G. Marks, Pittspurg; G. FL.
Greol, wife and daughter, Toronto; II. A.
Autman, wife and child, Chicago; Sydney
Howard, Montreal; William 5. MerrymaD,
Haverhill, Mass. w. S. Wiggin, Charles f.
Marshal, Dover, N. H.. Z; d. IL. C0nnor, E. p.
Boston; Benjamin p. Pin, E. D. Walker,
Boston; Andrew Dennis, Jr, Fall River;
William A. Preble, Fall River; o. l.. Ride
out, Portland K. A. Rideout, Boston; +. o.
Snow, North Berwick; w. Q. Osgood and
lady, Q. ID. Shepherd and lady, Portland; l.
T. Gould, Sanford; Egbert G. Myers, New
York; Harry Voltney, Springfield, Mass;
.. b. Whittep. Portland; ii. A. harrington,
Manchester; W. E. Plummer, Portland; w.
X. Studley, A. Hopkins Gardner, w. w.
R0wsoD, Boston; Mrs. J. Il. Bradley, NAL
den; G. A. Burns and wife. .Portland;C H.
Richter and wife, New York; w. G. Toby,
Portland Mr.. and Mrs. w. IL. Bryant, Bid
deford; Thomas B. Mosher, Mr.. James
Mosher, Miss A. NJ. Littlefeld, Saco.