St. Paul daily globe., 1892-04-27
AGED sEvENTY-THRE@
Members OF the ]. q. o. +. Ccie-
brate Their Natal Day


Rain could not stop the Odd Fellows
yesterday. Despite lowering clouds
they gathered as they promised 70 DO
and marched through q drilling raiG.
all ig hQneE q the seyenty-ihlrd anni-
yeIsary OF the order In America.
a good many visiting Odd Fellows
came from all parts OF Minnesota The
night before aud on early trains yesfer-
day morning TO assist in the demOnstEG-
ton. 81. Paul sent Il delegation OF 4O.
with companions OF the Daughters OF
Rebekkah. Local committees met them
on their arrival and escorted the men 10
odd Fellows hall. white the ladies'
were taken 10 Fraternity hall 253
First avenue south. There the
ladies OF Ioda lodge gave AN eXempiib-
cation OF degree work. That done. they
spread lunch for their visitors. 1he
men got acquainted with each other IN
Odd Fellows hall and then began to pre-
pare tor the parade. The eheyailers Of
the uniformed rank, made a gay showing
In their brilliant uniforms, despite the
rain. The parade was not so long as IL
might have been but for the rain, but II
was large enough 10 show that Mime
ap0iis has plenty Of Odd Fellows. Ar
rived at the Grand Opera house. the
CheVallers took seats on the right Ot the
house. the Daughters Of Rebekal Oh
the left and the plain Odd Fellows oceu-
pied the central section. Officers OF the
Daughters OF Rebekah were seated ia
tile boxes. H.. &. Conner presided over
the assenIblage. On the stage were
seated the following well known ODD
Fellows aud members OF the Grand
Lodge Of Minnesota:
Lieut. GOV G. ; Ives. Of 81. Peter; Grand
Master " K. Johnson, II. J. strauss, David
kamaiey. Charles Griswold, Grand Secretary
4. /. BaltoU, col William smith, Sherwood
Hough +. q. ;. Charles Webber Pc. O; 81
Paul; ~ G.. bye, OF Winoua; }. +, Clerk, u
Pine Island; Charles A. Lambert, or loung
America: Rev e. VI. Heard. Rev. ;.
sample, Robert strattOn. Ed A. Stevens.
William Cheney, &. =. HuFd, Nathan
Schaaek. T.. A. Taylor Of Minneapolis Brig.
Gen. +. A. N OodWard and staff.
Rev. {. NJ Heard made the iny0ca-
tion. DanZ's band played march, aud
give brier history OF the order.
Mr.. Johnson began by complimentiDg
the Minneapolis Odd Fellows OH the
energy and care they had shown In pre-
pairing for the celebration of the ami
versary OF American odd Fellowship.
l he only criticism possible was that the
committee OH weather had been little
derelct. Mr. JOhnson's part on the
programme was 10 tell OF the growth
and present condition OF the order, there
being in existence an old print showing
Adam in the act of laying The corner
stone. Odd Fellowship really origin
ated, so far as tangible, credible records
show. Ia England In the early
part of the eighteenth century.
That the order was prominent then
a. =. H. "A
the writings OF Daniel Defoe, the author
OF Robinson CrusOe. In l745 the Gen
tleman's Magazine mentioned lodge Of
Odd Fellows as place where many
pleasant evenings were spent. In 1888
Richard Montgomery wrote poem for
Il band OF odd Fellows. In those days
the lodges were made up of working
men who wanted to get together for
social purposes. Then they adopted
the plan OF aiding a member who might
lose his position Oh 10 city where he
could find work ana giving him a card
10 lodge OF Odd Fellows.
In 1882 Thomas Wiidey was born. He
early became an ardent ODD Fellow.
He removed from London to Baltimore,
and there met another Odd Fellow, one
John Weleh. They determined to es-
tabIish lodge, so advertised in
IUt DdllllDOIS American. hlCu-
ard Rushworth, John Cheatham and
John Duncan answered. Five were
sufficient to form lodge, and one was
instituted April rs. 1919. Wildey was
the only one of the five to attain emil
nence in the order lie passed to the
highest office IN the American order,
leaving 100000 odd Fellows where five
had been. The order now has lnein-
bership in America of 700, 900.
The Anchor lodge quartette sang, and
Lieut.. George &. >. Ives spoke Oh odd
Fellowship and Its Principles"
Another song and an encore number
by the Anchor Lodge quartette and the
exercises closed with The prononncing
of the benedictOn by Rev. 5. w. sam
pie.
Last evening, from until 0, there
was an eXemplllicatiOn Of degree work
at Odd Fellows hall, II North Wash
ington Thence the Odd Fellows went
to the Masonic Temple and several huIi-
Gred couples danced away the hours TO
the glory of Odd Fellowship.