Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-22
The Pythian Knights.
Their Castle Hall the Scene of
Rare Enjoyment Last
Week.

JOURNAL hes taken pleasure In lud-
TO Bs filling the measure Of every ones
expectation IN the rounding out Of an
evening OF unalloy'd enjoyment, but
Of the whole ist, there IL no oec sion
more profits bly, spent or more
thoroughly enjoyed by all thInN the
"Symposaic Dlsputailon" held at the
Castle Hall Of Crusader Lodge No. z,
Knights uf Pyth as, on Thursday
evening last in observance Of the
twenty. seventh anniversary OF the
founding Of the order. The knightly
hospitality Of the chivalric age seems
to have been reNiv- d by the PytSian
brotherhood who never fail,d on oc
cssions of this kin to gather within
their portals the most desirable ma er-
isi and no exception to this rule could
{ be obs rived in the personnel OF the as
semhlsge of Thursday evening.
Shortly after eight o'clock the guests
were invltes TO seats 10 the lodgeroom
and he lodge was OTened with the
ceremonies observed n public OCCASIONS,
followed by short welcoming address
delivered by Chancellor Commander
T. J. Potter, In the delivery OF which
the visiting menbers from Glendive
and those who were outside of the
mystic fold we've made to feel tho rough.
ly at home. Vice Chancellor Edmun
Butler followed with q few remarks
on the 4tate Of the order. In which he
contrive to clothe the dry statistics Of
the growth and strength Of the order
with such pleasing lang uage as 10 inter-
est h's auditors and impress upon :hem
the intrinsic worth Of this younge-t Of
the secret societies that has In the
comparatively short space OF twenty
seven years spreadover thIee continents
and numbers nesrly three hundrt d
thousand followers. Mr.. z. W. B.
Harvey visiting bro,bsr from Glen
dive lodce. wss next on the llst with
an ddnss on PyIhianism, which for
thorough application Of the sub
ject. elegaDce Of .ctlon and rhetoric
force txcelled the best efforts that pre-
ceded or followed IL. and made every
bra ;e knight f.el an added interest In
the principle, be had espOused. Mr..
Harvey spoke for iIlly halt an hour,
clssing with an eloquent reference TO
Justin II. RathbOne, the founder OF
the order, His address closed the
certmonits In open lodge and q brief
intermistion wPs then taken to permit
Of the arrangement Of the hall for the
bsnqust which was In waiting. Small
tables wepe caiterC d around the room
and ss on ne the guosts were seated
10 groups Of four or five ct each table
sn elegant SUPPER was served, the en-
joy ms mt Of which occupied the next
half hour.
The d. lends Of the timer msl be-
ing spTesscd End cigars l'gbted, DIR.
Whitney es toastmester arose and an
nouDto 1 the first toe sst-Chivalfy-l
which had been resigned TO DIR. Ha, vey
Of Fort Keogh. The doctor responded,
mast happily freeing the course Of
medieval cbivalry from T., origOn TO
Its decline md dtIinCltipy the exist.
ence of the new chivslry so thorough
ly sxemplified in this rye and natio1
In the exsltation Of the pen.l sex,
TO HON in ooncl' san the speaker
proposed hee'th which was heartily |
drunk.
"Is there anything in in? was the
seLtiment which the II. d. Wiley
was next c''led upon to respond.
Assuming that he was expected TO
testify fs TO whether or not there
were benefits accruing from member
ship in secret sOcieti,s. Mr.. Wiley IN
opening gave q numerous recital Of ~
Initiation I'm a secret society not named
but which ives shrswdly believed to
be the Red Men, which excited much |
laugh sr. Taking the serloOs side Of
the sentiment he spoke feeliDgly of
the countless services that, unknoWn
to the out side world, are daily rendered
by the brotherhood Of secret orders.
where the helping hand aud wise
counsel h7s oft-n put week aud dis
cOurs ged brother on his feet again, Of
the ministering care Of the sick, the
hOnOrs 10 the dead, and the many
times helpful succor to the widows
end orphans Of the departed brothers
that forced him to assert most unequlv-
Ocally that there was something in ~
aud much more than uninitiated are
aware Of
allow an outsider feels" was the
next sentiment and the POSTMASTER
called upon Matt Murphy to r spOnd.
Mr.. Murphy, though taken somewhat
by surprise. accepted the task and as
sured the assemblsge that he as one Of