The herald., 1894-09-20

republic of Hawaii. in the British colonies of
Australia and New Zealand, in the great en-
pirsof Germany, in switzerland and Denmark, 4,
aud whose white banner of peace and good
wal am IN men" is gradually making its way
into every civilized country ON the earth-the
Infe pendent Order of odd Fellows, An order
CON posed of men who glory in its achieve
ments. and who, if true to their obligations,
ded icate their lives to The study and practice OF
The term "Odd Fellow might, and formerly
did suggest to the uninitiated .omething out
of the ordinary-Something exceptional, &C.
centric or gI otesque. But now 1T IL well under
stool thatit has no such meaning, as applied
either to the mem Dership or to the ceremonies
OF the order. None of its teachings, ractlces or
ceremonies are either exceptional, objection
able, eccentric or grotesque.
1t would ba unpardonabls to detain you, at
this time. with detailed statement of the his
tory, 6 owth and work of our independent or
der, but the ceremonies of the 'casion would
b; incomplete without brief summary of
results. As you / know, the order was organ
IL d April 26, 1919, rs years ago last Ap IL,
with five members There is complete
record of the growth or work of the order
for the first 10 years of its existvnce and since
then there is a cor1plete loss OF one years ac-
emulation of our statistics, but from such
record as are at hand we are able to report in
.ttlpn- into the snborolnate lodge OF about
100000 men up TO January l, 1894, and at
that t me the existence OF 10 55S lod les, with
an active membership Of fuzzy 100000, to
VIII ch may be added 3679 Rebesah d gree
lodges, with mem b. ish poi 224. 900, and 1924
encAmpments, with $4,000 members Up to
JANUARY lst me 10 Nj revenues OF the Df der
havs been apout $l6S 900. 00l: otal mum her
OF Others relieved, about 1,725, 900; mum er
OF widowed families relieved, about 10000:
number of brothers who have been borne to tn
asst home of m 4n by the tender care of their
be en-, little over 10000, ind Tho total
amount expended in leliei, S6l, 900. 600. The
PRESENT annual revenues are about $4,000. 900
and the present annual r1lief abol. $3, 900, 600.
In Ca iiorni we have 800 lodpe,, SO encnmp-
m .uts AMI 1S2 Rebexan Decree lodges ana pas
out annually for the relief of dlstr, So and the
burial of the dead the sum OF So 1000.
During he first 30 wears of lis existence our
oidsr, like others OF its kind, the vic i'm o
ial ostrsci. m. Woman, od's last but best
gift to man, was almost universally its enemy,
III .picious OF it's secret coneaves. aud fsarful
OF its inhuente OF all The domes ic relations.
It gradual y II, one after an lher of its men,
Ders-their hu bands. fathers and brothers,
were PROSTATE ed, al men are like y ut times
to b., by the wasting hand of disess 40, and the
wives, mothers and sisters of those brothers of
the triple IL K found themselves relieved of the
night watch by the lex bed, and realized that
the love d one lying on u bed of pain had, not
one but many, wiling and loving hands work
ing for his relief, and that though the pow a. ~
earn had been susp snded, VIII lie the GaTN
bread continued. the supply had never Aa6es3t
or, when death cime and the strong ar ~ ~
breadwinner was forever paralyzed, H14 IN
house was filed with woe, silenty461 t6ae