The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-04-30
ruiz THREE LINKS,
The !. Q. o. 2. Celebrate The &IAty-SecOnd
anniversary u That Order IN q Moat
Agreeable Manner.

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Monday was a great day for the mem
bers Of the Independent Order Of Odd
Fellows. 1t was observed generally
througholt the country, but nowhere did
II pass d. more satisfactorily than In
North Yakima. Early in the afternoon
ne two lodges, the Encampment and the
Daughters Of Rebekah, paraded the streets
to the inspiring music Of the North Yak
ina brass band. This organization, under
the leadership Of Prof. L. C. Read, Is i'm
proving very rapidly and II the present
rate Of progress Is maintained Yakima
will soon have reason to boast Of one Of
the best bands in the northwest. The
line oil marcn included the principal ousi-
ness streets, beginning at the lodge rooms
md terminating at the opera house, where
fha feature of the exercises was the ad-
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Nala' the grand secretary Oh the oroer
tor the state. Mr.. Shaw Is q pleasing
talker and he handled his aubiect with
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oil reproduction In us ennrety, Dut the
crowded condition Of The HERALD col
umns this week forbids more than n brief
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In the evening the opera mouse was the
scene Of much enjoyment, the large hall
hein0 illed with ladies and gentlemen in
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teu' ny" P'0~Sue' Huu e'e'yOuo S'o'"e.
TO realize his or her desire. There must
have been Q hundred couples present,
and. with the execution of the bour taken
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there was no cessation In the dancing
until about o'clock in the morning and
t,en many were 10th tn ouit
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SYNOPSIS OF MR.. sHAw's ADDRESS.
Mr.. Chairman, Brothers and Sisters,
Ladies and ntIemen:-Invited to ad-
dress you on this, the anniversary Of our
natal day, am frank to confess that
never, in any task that have ever nnder-
taken, have felt, 90 fully and entirely,
my own shortcoming, my inability to sue
ceksfully cope with the subject. The field
is so vast and the subject SO sublime that
| feel like sitting at the feet Of one more
learned than myself-as an humble lis
tener to the truth-rather than to assume
the character Of a teacher Of our system,
which is 80 simple and yet so deep that
the 5proudest genius Of the age cannot
fully comprehend 1t.
Mr.. Shaw then proved that the order
was not 'conglomeratiOn Of idle mum
meries, Of senseless sounds and meaning
less symbols, invented to amaze the ignor-
ant or amuse the base" nor that It had
for its objects simply the congregation
of idle men for amusement, mummery
and show" "But," he said, "if the
great object which it has in view be not
to make men better and wiser and nobler
and bolier-if its philosophy in higher
sense does not purify the body and
magnify the soul-then are Its tenets, no
matter by whom advanced, no matter by
what authority sustained, but as sound.
ing brass and tinkling cymbal.'"
Mr.. Shaw then briefly stated the man
ner Of the organization of the first lodge,
as follows: "Seventy-two years ago To-
RuOLc uouse ~ the Guy oi DAtimoleJ
nVe brethren met, and, the necessary ar
rangements having been made 80 far Is
lay IN tnelr power, they proceeded to or
lganiZe, with all the forms and ceremonies
Of which they had o knowledge, the flrst
hd0e m Odd EeIIoTa IN Hnoes;cs -
. He then reviewed the rapid advance Of
the order, its increase in membership
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