St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-05-17
VOL. LVIIl---NO. 3O16

outside sentinel, y. II, henL, ol' JoHH9
bury.
After transacting other business per-
tanning strictly to the interest OF the
body the Grand Encampment closed in
the usual form.
The Parade.
The procession formed at 4.45 p. m.
and marched through the principal
streets of the village. Many OF the
stores and residences along the line OF
march were handsomely decorated and
there was large crowd on the street to
watch the procession. The St. Johns
bury police headed the parade and were
Immediately followed by the st. Johns
bury Band. There were 102 uniformed
Odd Fellows in line and | 13 belonging
to the subordinate lodge. Five carriages
containing distinguished guests brought
up the rear. BY actual count there were
over $50 Odd Fellows in the procession
and it was very handsome parade.
The men marched in good style and per-
formed the evolutions well. 1t was one
of the best professions seen in this
this town for many day.
Decoration of ChivaIry.
The prettiest feature of the whole ses-
sion was the conierring of the Decoration
of Chivary. This took place at the close
of the parade in Odd Fellows hall, and
was witnessed by a large and interested
audience of Odd Fellows and their wives.
The members who were so fortunate as
to receive this high honor were David L.
Saunders OF Montpelier, Capt. W.. e.
Morse of Burlington and Ola II. Hender-
son of this place. The grand officers,
assisted by the officers OF the local branch
of the Daughters of Rebekah, conferred
the decoration. They were assisted by a
company of II members OF the Patri-
archs Militant under the command OF
Gregory Beck. The service was very
impressive one, and those who saw it
will not soon forget it. The decoration
was placed on the breast of each OF the
candidates by the three-year-old daugh-
ter of Ola H. Henderson. This is the
first time this decoration has been con-
ierred here.
Complimentary Entertainment.
A complimentary entertainment was
rendered the visitors in Music hall on Tues
dayeyening. The hall was well filled and
an attractive programme was provided.
The st. Johnsbury orchestra opened the
entertainment with three selections.
The Mahogany Quartette gave fine
rendering OF The Phantom Band" and
in response to an enthusiastic encore
gave the humorous tale about the ostrich
that knew it ALL"
Rev. DR.. A. H. Heath was introduced
by the president of the evening. Major
N. p. Bowman. Dr. Heath said he pro-
posed to answer three questions What
is Odd Fellowship; whence came it, and
what does it stand for 1T is product
of the 10th century April &c, 1919,
, waslits real birthday and it was born in
Baltimore. Before this it had existed in
, Liverpool, Manchester and London, but
, the lodges in these great English cities
. had been short lived. The cities were
the places where the lodges thrived, and
the order was at first purely social one.
In the city of St. Paul there are $4,000
young men living in flats, hotels and
boarding houses. The order of Odd Fell
lowship arose to meet just such an occa-
sion as this. Every city has its homeless
young men, and the lodge makes a home
for them.
But some one says it is secret society.
Society itself has its secrets. The home
has its secrets. There are secrets in busi-
ness life and secrets in trade. What are
the secrets of Odd Fellowship? There is
not principle of our order that you
would not be willing should tell abroad
tonight,
Lastly, what does it stand for? The
motto of the order tells us, Friendship,
Love and Truth. 1t has been one of the
problems OF human society to know
how to weave the web of kindness
between men and knit them together.
, Odd Fellowship does this. The speaker
4 .1.,.,
much good the order had done in individ-
ual cases, and spoke of the great amount
of money it paid out every year lor
. benevolent work.
, Mrs, p. F. Hazen captured her audi
ence with the song by Dudley Buck en-
titled when the Heart is Young" She
received an encore and beautiful bou-
) quet. Willis Cunningham followed with
3 a brilliantly executed piano solo ofVerdi-
Lists and received deserved encore.
Rev, Thomas lyric was next intro
duced, and in place OF an address gave a
in Odd Fellowship. Mr. lyric delivered
S was one of the features of the evenings
/ entertainment. The programme was
= brought to a close by another selection
: by the Mahogany Quartette.
h At the close of this entertainment a
+ reception was given the grand officers in
/ the Museum. The visitors were greatly
S pleased with the collections in this beau
t tifu building, and there was good at
: tendance at this reception.
The Grand Lodge Session.
The 49th annual session of the Grand
Lodge opened in Odd Fellows hall on
. Wednesday forenoon and continued
Il throughout the day. 1t was the largest
: attended in the history of the order, near
,. y 175 being present These officers
. were present:
; Deputy Grand Master c. A. Perry,
Readsboro, acting Grand Master IN the
absence of F. H. Hyde. G. NJ; H. w.
:, Hail. Burlington, Deputy Grand Master
Il pro tem Grand Warden H. L. Parker.
:" Lyndonville; Grand Secretary H. E.
Parker, Bradford Grand Treasurer E. P.
Adams, Swanton; Grand Chaplain F. A.
Sherburne, Montpelier; Grand Represen-
y tatives L. ]. Retting, Brattleboro, H. c.
Farrar, Rutland; Grand Marshal H. M.
l. Mcfarland, Hyde Park; Grand Con-
ductor pro TEN, w. E, Conway, Bellows
y Falls; Grand Guardian J. H. Blakely,
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