The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-30
The /. @. O. F.
THE SEVENTY THIRD ANNIVERSARY
OF AMERICAN ODD FELLOWS,
h Largest Gathering OF the Ordcr
That Ever Assembled i'm south
east N~i,souri.

4 ltaNt anu gnu VIII "aN-h'' 'u'
people to activity Yesterday. Tuesday
April 2Gth. The sweet scented
, zepvhrS ca mc murmuring FROM liz
D., south. touching Natures harp>tring.
with Soiicst fingers ANA with the
varIie of tt.c birds was music tia
charmed the senses &nd spread 4:
sweet friendly mile on every coun
tcGance.
We Stro!lcd forth i'll the early morn
ing to sec what pra@rc>s had been
made in ile elaborate decorations
and were surprised nj ti'r 'ian>forma.
ton. Color blended with color 4;
every turn which tiled the heart Will.
.!atlnc>s to know that the dcl.izen> ul
the Cape appreciated nj lis full value
the honor that had been laid at our
.ecl bv ih" ti~mr-honorcd Brotherhood
of Tie independent Order Of Odd
Fellows.
~ nine o'clock a. M. our streets
became crowded with vehicles OF ali
t,nl-. from the c"siiy carriage to
the farm wagon. filled with people.
Old and YOUNG. who came 10 Leip
woIc"nr oar friends and guests.
At 1870 Cape Lodge No. 81. sixty
strong. AMI Sylvan L"dgc No. $40.
ifiy trnng formed on Main street
and headed hy the Eureka Band.
marched to thc depot to meet the
special tram ,iuy AT iU:!0. The &rtii-
lrry COMPANY made lis pieces fairly
jump fr"m the arowui - each r"uEd
was fired. aad the thunder from the
runs echoed and rc"chca down the
line ufthc railroad for miles, telling
the traveller, that their iricnds were
in waiting. The whistle sounds
answered the roar Of the CannOn and
the Music of the band and the special
uf eight COACHES slides up TO the plat
form. Gaining an elevation we watch
ed the thIorg - they stepped from
the coaches aa.ii WIS an aaimating
shit. The R~ro;bcrhood in tl.cir
b-inLt uniforms. the bands with silver
n:or:.. and tic thrcnps of ,oun..
handsome and ln.!v dressed iadic>
WA. s;.rLf meyer b,for, Witnessed al
the dcnn, in iii, city. Marshal
A>,hnlz. bv extraordinary effort.
formed the line tour deep and quirkl,
/ h~ouobt order from the confusion.
aud ,hc Thousand r,rp,o ycr, fuarri,-
/ cI il, good order to our city park
where lee, were dismissed for din
,.r
r,.,on Valley Inng. Y, -. t:oa
n.S,;o nadc sp,cpdiI ~arnrarar,c
i, line. marrhiry with the precision
Of we'll drilled .u!G.,rs. !iichl>tad
/ Io,i... No. l.. !,a.i mil ranks wiki,
! Ci~i.r lcSrcu. Tarain.,nn and Fred
icL..v. I,J"c, w,~s wei rcprr-cnt-
! ri i, ;,,c n..lHc, During The ~.H::a,.c
V,ju street WI, "a i,4rirrire irld Of
banners Of w;.irh Il Va d.i.:ru!: !"
"a. which was bet. They wcic nj
ncoi and we =, wei done.
ON broadway the decorations were
line and we would not Ike 10 pas,
ind. meat :. to which was hc>i. Mr,
Whitc!au' ward wa. a regular boNrr
Of bcaa,y. Next came the resi-
lcnrc of Mrs. Alexander Ross. and
thc residence Of ". Y. Lccch. il i,
/ ,lqinncd hy manv. was the lanisume>i
{ of all. isrnaGwnN in fact was tia,
nicc,i decorated street III the city.
Al o'clock y. III. after NiayoI
( P]cirunnrrs address OF welcome. ;hc
/ procession VIZ, AGAIN formed and
I took The lire of march NJ BROADWAY
to the Normal SchooI where the pco-