Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-23
VISITING ODD FELLOWS
Royalty Entertained and feasted by
Their South Gardiner Brothers.

Especial to the KEFsEBEc JougsAL.l
So GARDfsER, Jao. % The thirty five
loyal, entbuslssuc Odd Fellow who resiie
| in this city have honer,d tbemselves, theil
fraternity ard their village tonight in a
gisnd complimentary reception and bar que'
| rendered ,her brothers of Gardiner ledge
and Invited guests at Forest hall. The
affair 10 the largest in magnitude OF
any ever given here and yet go
carefully had all the details been srrarged
that il goes down in local history as also
the mos. successful reception ever held in
South Gardiner.
The committee hsviug the arrangements
in charge were Vsn X. Beedie, j. 4.
Potter, Wm. MsgIl, Frank Allen.
Wallace Lawrence AID Henry Albee, as
sisted by a ut-committee consisting of c.
A. Eldridge. Freemsn Spesrin9. jerome
FerrelI, Fred Savage, Charles Cobb and
Warren McFsdden. Too much praise can
not be bestowed upon these gentlemen.
Nothing that could add to The pleasure Of
the occasion was omitted, tho members Of
the committee working night and day to
prepare for the reception and bsr quet.
AT Ia U C4OCA tue spSblhl iIdiu
the members Of Gardiner lodge. No. ..
their ladies and invited guests r,om S,n-
born lodge, Hsllowell, aud Asylum lodge,
Augusta, steamed into the depot il charge
Of Conductor Wight, one hundred AID
twenty five passengers on bosrd. They
were met at The station by .
depu.stiou Of local Odd Fellows
and Perry's cor1et bard. The line was
formei and marched to Forest Hall.
When ali were snusly accommodated ia
the pretty hall the JOURNAL msn made it a
good three hundred Odd Fellows and
friends present. In dirion to ihs breth-
rea of Gardner lodge there were present
A. N. j Lovejoy, w H. Reid, r. b.
C.pen, Fred Libby. F. A. Pond. A. ID.
Ward, C. C. Hunt, Rev. Mr.. Leland, and
ladies, of Augusts, and Mr.. Chas. +. XII
brsth sr Herbert Head of Hsiloweli. "A
few moments Of social intercourse Al d this
following excellent programme vas rer
dered:
Selec ion-"Hunter's JOY"
Winthrop Street Quartet. Augusta
RI sctation-"Hero of the Tower"
Miss Carrie Douglass. Gardiner.
Soio-"Apohored " A. d. =" ard. Augusta.
selection-"Dtnal Doe Quartet.
Recitation-'Ueacon browns Cou tship,''
Miss Douglass.
The Winthrop Street Qusrtet. always
good, were at their best and were given a
rousing reception by the su3ience, beir z
accorded hesrty encores after every selec-
ton. Miss Douglass, Ar eiocu.iotist of
rare power snd ability, rendered her recits =
tions in an admirable manner and was we'll
received
At the conclusion of the entertsio me ut
the Odd Fellows sId their gusts repsired
to the banquet halls below, where q most
bountifu! COLLATION. was served. A
prior glimpse by the JouRsAL man
showed tables splendiily spread, covers
being laid 10, 29t gress.
This part of tee ST ,ir was uUdef the per
sor al arrangement Of that veteran, FfaI
l. MoGowsn, who proved an able sesistant
to the committee. BAKED beans, cold ton
que, cold ham, cold corn beef. pickles.
brown and white bEesd, cakes snd p'stry of
every description, tea, coffee and other s1t T.
stantisl and tootbsome eatsbles comprised
the menu. A hsf hours contest With
knife and fork broushtihe gentlemen and
ladies' Of victorious.
An adj urnment was then made to the
hall where the post prsndlsi exercises were
he'd Prof. X B. Cspen OF Augusta.
resp0ndtd 10 the tosst "Odd Fellow
ships" Rev. r. W. jenkins, Gardner,
Gardiner Lodge No 81" Rev r. Leland
Augusta. "Odd Fellowship and Relision :"
DR.. Donneli, So. Gardiner, Oar Home
Guests" Mr.. Chss Kilbreth. Hsllowell,
"Ssnborn Lodge" + A. Pond, Augusta,
d" The Future Of Odd Fellowship The
speakers were happily introduced oy Mr..
Van. X. Bsedle snd iespor ded io short but
pithy, bright, interesting remarks. The
Winthrop street quartet rendered several
selections between the sidresses.
At the conclusion Of these exercises the
floor was cleared and few hours very
pleasantly passed in social dance, music
for which was furnished by Mons ghap's
OF chestrs of Gardner. Il was most en-
j,yaDis evening throughout and the South
Gardiner Odd Fellows are to be congrsiu-
lated upon lts unqualified success.