The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-05-25
Knights Of McGinty.

AM18 8uto VI MCUAutys
The above interesting organization has
departed the scenes of earthly activity
and followed its patron saint "to the
bottom of the sea-" But the members
who enjoyed the festive ritual will be-
glad to hear from one of their number
who now sojourns in the distant West.
He says:
The pleasure of painting in words this
small company of Natures noblemen has
fallen to one who feels that he is made
quate to the task.
1t is not his intention to shrink from
so pleasant duty, but to try with all
the strength there is in him to carry it
out to the end.
Possibly two years ago, at a supper
given by q secret society of Hillsboro, in
Armory Hall, a small corps of young
men were chosen to dispense the good
things to the jolly, good natured set Of
men AMI their wives who were seated
around the groaning table.
To say they performed the duties of
walters to perfection and with the ease
of those born to it, is waste of words.
They succeeded in pleasing this small
army of hungry lodgemen so we'll that
they were the recipients of many COM
plments on their proficiency.
These men enjoyed this sort of thing
so much that it was decided to organize
a lodge of their own. The next question
OF much moment was the choice of name.
After much discussion, in which they
showed themselves able parliament
tarians, knights of McGinty" was de-
cided upon. Thus closed the initial and
one of the most memorable meetings of
this famous lodge of good fellows.
A lodge.room was afterwards secured,
and at the first regular meeting com.
plete organization was effected.
One of the main features OF this lodge
and one which showed the sterling and
noble qualities of it's members, was the
constitution. 1t embodied many things
which the writer is not at liberty to
state. Suffice it to say that in that con.
stitution were woven silken threads of
good fellowship and unselfsh love one
toward another. A solemn oath being
taken by each one to love and protect
his brother member in any emergency.
This lodge is long since dead, but it's
good work still lives and all its members
save one. Dennis J. McCabe was the
first to 60 down on the death roll. At
his funeral was demonstrated to full
degree the esteem in which this brother
was held by the other members.
The good old days may be dead, but
their memory still fingers with fresh.
ness that will not die. The writ r, a
thousand miles away, looks back to
those days with tear dimming each
eye and thanks his God for the Joys
they bore. No earthly power could in.
duce him to wish them blotted out. For
each member he has an ever increasing
love which will live as long as his life
endures.
All personal enmity is laid aside when
one INDUCES thoughts which weave
around him scenes and incidents of the
lodge-room. Petty enmities, are not to
be associated with thoughts which can
only be pleasant.
AS 1 write my heart seems saving
Backward, turn backward, of time in
thy flight"
Sweetly painful are those thoughts
Yet, no true knight would wish to avoic
them. Those dear ghosts of dead past
how comforting Let them come near
sit on the arm OF the char and viii. pei
little "reminiscences while we think
think.
One can see them in the fire, in tn,
smoke of cigar, everywhere-al way
near, and who would wish them away
Who would forget "Auld Lang Syne p
Surely not knight. They are not bull
of that sort of timber.
What Joy if one could run across
knight a thousand miles away from
the old lodge room? What hand shak
ing and tears there would be. Tears
did say? Yes, at least there would b,
strong suspicion of moisture about ou
optics.
Realizing common end for all, W,
draw closer together by mutual consent
There is bond which cannot be severed
} What tender sympathy, what tende
) care was bestowed upon that dear, dea,
, brother in his last days! With wha
fearful tenderness they laid him away i,
his last home! Everythingpossible wal
done for his poor emaciated body an,
} they had to let him 90 at last. But
was a reluctant parting There wer
no dry eyes. This brother was loved a
, all.are loved, who are fortunate en- ougl
70 be 'McGintys."