The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23

Winchester Every one of the 900 men
forming this division wore a full uni
form Of the rank. with side arms
The second division was composed of
lodges from Shelby, Cass, Pulaski, Full
ton, Rush and Sullivan counties, to-
gether with lodges and members
of the order from Danville. III,
and one ON Chicago being among
the visitors. The division boosted Of
two bands, The Shelbyville military band
being especially attractive both on ac-
count of the excellent music rendered
and the handsome uniforms. With this
division was the first float, THE Sea OF
Life" This was a boat in the form Of
Cleopatra's galley painted white to sig
nifty the initiatory degree of odd fellow
ship. In the stern sat Father Time
guiding the boat. and in front Of him,
under a canopy, were two figures, FORM
ing a tableaux vivant. One was an old
man. guide. the other a young man,
nOvitate into the order. The sage pointed
10 the altar, on which was written the
words: Friendship. Love and Truth. y
In the bow Of the boat was a young
woman representing truth. The divis-
ion was commanded by Edward Farrar.
The third division was under the COM
mand of Seth D. Coates and was made
up Of lodges from Randolph, Delaware.
Montgomery and Greene counties. The
Richmond city band and strong mill
tary band from LoganSport made the
marching music for the division. Phil
oxenia lodge of this city contributed to
this division float representing Jona-
than before King Saul pleading for
David. This float was richly draped in
scarlet, and represented the king on
his throne, surrounded by his body guard
and Jonathan, harp in hand, kneeling
before him. All the accoutrements Of
the Hebrews were reproduced with good
effect.
The fourth division was under the
command of o. H Bogue, and contained
Wabash. Miami. Grant, Upton, john
son and Howard county lodges besides
Capital lodge No. 124 Of this city. The
latter lodge contributed float entitled:
The Good Samaritan" This repre-
scented the biblical road TO Jericho. the
two priests. who have passed by on the
other side and the Good Samaritan,
who was assisting the fallen man.
The fifth division had two very good
bands and two floats. The first float
10 appear was a humorous one entitled
"CapTicOrnus." 1t was a white pyramid
surmounted by a white goat. On the
side Of the pyramid was the inscription:
1.-The cause of all the trouble" The
other float was The Temple of Truth"
and was contributed by Marion lodge
No. 4S0 This temple was Of pure white,
decorated in gold and surmounted by
golden dome Four figures were in front
of the temple. They represented the
high priest and his assistants. They
were dressed in white, pink. blue and
scarlet. denOting rank. Near the front
of the float was an altar in gold with
an angel on the other side of it,
The fifth division was made
up of the Hendricks county
lodge. Putnam county lodge. Clay
county lodge, the Nashville lodge, Car
roll county lodge and Madison county
lodge The last named lodge had over
four hundred men in line and presented
a striking appearance under the COM
mand of J. ". Zeublin. The division
was commanded by George w. Scarce.
G. G. Binkley, who was to command
the sixth division. was unable TO be pres
ent in the parade. and the chief of his
staff was placed in command The divis-
ion was made up Of lodges from Wayne,
Bartholomew. Marion, Morgan, Knox,
Greene. Owen. Hamilton. White and Lake
counties. Midway in the division was
the float entitled THE Altar of Odd Fell
lOwship." The altar was made OF layers
Of different oOlOrs of marble-white to
rypfgy purity, pink, friendship; blue,
love, scarlet. truth, green. faith: old
gold, hope; royal purple. charity. There
were also three figures for friendship, love
and GrUTn, and a female figure at each
pillars TO represent the character designed
\ secOrd altar in white and gold, ap-
prOacned by nine steps, represented the
nine degrees Of the order. This float
was contributed by Indianapolis lodge
No. L65. Some Indiana odd Fellows"
was another feat of this division, which
brought up the rear. This float con-
tanned four interesting members of the
order. The first was the largest odd
fellow in the state. p. Thurman of
Mooresville. He weighs 3S5 pounds
Near the center of the float was Louis
A. Steeg of 'freencastle. and Frank g
Eppy of Anderson. The former is six
feet six inches high and is the tallest
odd fellow in the state. His companion
is four feet four inches in height and is
the smallest odd fellow in the state. The
other odd fellow was Thomas L. Bed
ford Of Danville. He is eighty-siX years
old and has been a member of the order
since he was twenty-one years of age
He is supposed TO be the oldest in point
Of membership in the world
W. W. Lane commanded the seventh
division. one of the largest in the parade
II was made up mostly of lodges sur
rounding indianapolis. as follows:
Mapleton lodge, Traders Point lodge
Broad Ripple lodge, New Augusta lodge,
Lawrence lodge. OaklandOn lodge
BrightwOod lodge. Acton lodge, South
port lodge, Glenwcod lodge and Irving
ton lodge. Besides these there were
lodges from Boone. Tippecanoe and
Franklin counties. The feature Of the
division was the float Charity" con-
tributed by the Mapleton. Broad Ripple
Traders Point and New Augusta lodges
This float was emblematic of the care
given by the odd fellows Of the aged and
orphans Of its membership. 1t repre-
scented the "Odd Fellows Home There
was a house. a fac smile Of the home,
in the door of which was seated an aged
couple, while in the garden, which was
filed with flowers and plants, were chill
dren at play.
Lodges from Hancock. Fayette Yer
million. Henry. Vigo, Clinton, Fountain
and Parke counties, together with those
of Haughville, Mt. Jackson and West
indianapolis, formed the eigth division,
under the command of NJ. II. ChappeIl.
The division contained the famous Rim
gold band Of Terre Haute and the float,
"Rebekah at the Well" The latter was
contributed by the Rebekah lodges Of
Indianapolis, Mapleton. Haughville. West
Indianapolis and Mt. Jackson. The float
represented the scene from the bible,
where Eleazer meets Rebekah at the
well. There were nineteen figures in the
scene. In the rear of the float sat the
queen surrounded by maids of honor.
The ninth division contained the noble
grands. vice grands. secretaries and
treaSurers, each group Of officers fol-
lowing a float IMPLYING the office. The
floats were THE Gavel' 1.-The Hour
Glass; ''The Pen" THE Key
The tenth division did not march with
the parade. II was made up Of the
grand marshal and staff, the grand
lodge and grand lodge officers, also the
grand sire, Col. T. Campbell, Governor
Matthews and Mayor Denny, all in car
riages. The grand officers and the gov
ernor and mayor left the procession
when it was discovered that it would
be so long and took up positions at the
to hn ont