The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-17

guarding these peaceful homes from
cyclone or from tempest
We open the gates of a. city of $4,000
inhabitants and bid you welcome. A
city that sways the sceptre over one of
the fairest provinces of this great
American empire We welcome you to
this verdure clad valley, with it's
beautiful churches; its lakes, it's rip
ping streams, its hills and dales, its
waving trees with the ceaseless music
of singing birds. A home and resting
place fit for the gods themselves.
We hope the memories of this visit
will linger with you pleasantly through
all the years TO come.
We congratulate ourselves that it is
our privilege to entertain so august a
body of people, whose mission in life
is to cast sunshine to hearts In gloom;
to raise the fallen, 70 be strength for
the weak; factors in the development
OF the human race.
OTHER ToASTS.
Toastmaster Weber responded to the
address and introduction of the grand
chancellor, thanking the knights OF
Salt Lake for the hearty welcome eX-
tended. He referred to Grand Chan-
cellor Meakin as being the ideal grand
chancellor of the inter-mountain coun-
-
knights for the honor conferred on
him and the lodges of the order in Og-
den by assigning him to the position OF
POSTMASTER Four requisites We're
necessary to make a good POSTMASTER
viz, extreme mOdesty, taciturnlty,
baslnfulness and more modesty. Tnese
qualities, the speaker said, he poSSeSsed
in am eminent degree, and concluded
a very neat little speech by calling up
II To, IA n
toast of "Knighthood'
Mr. Farnsworth explained the three
grades of the order, page, esquire and
l5nigflt, and said few words ON the
principles behind and actuating the
forms and ceremonies attendant upon
the comforting Of the several degrees
True knights were true American cit
liens in every sense. and true Knights
of Pythiats were true men of the high
est order
W. B. Weddell, responding to tbs
toast of .'Pythian Heroes" mentioned
the names of Pythegoris, Damon
Pythias. Samuel Hotder-Hines, Justus
| Rathbone and others pre-eminent in
the annals Of the order. There were
humber names in the order, names OF
those who had passed the ranks OF
page, esquire and knight and who be
lieved that to be a true knight was tt
In responding to the toast 1.-THE La
dies" E. E. Dudley said his subjec
was charming one, so vast in every
way that he felt lost in attempting tx
respond to it. The speaker referred K
the greater opportunities opening up t.
women, and said he was almost in IA
vor of women joining the order. Wo
man was mans temporal salvation, eX
alting virtue and trampling on vice.
F. W. Hoyt, responding to the toast
of "The Sir Knights referred to tn,
glorious deeds expected of the knight!
under the banner of friendship char
ity and benevolence. The young meq
and boys should be encouraged to be
come sir knights as. a sure way O.
e'evating them to live lives of useful
ness to themselves and the world, to
become purer and better men.
Ed w. Duncan, in his usual happ,
and humorous way, replied to the teas
of Our Guests and bid them al
thrice welcome.
Ed w. Price replied to 'The Pythial
Press" showing what a power tn
press is and the great work the pres
devoted to the interests of Pythianisn
was doing,
1t was a. m. when the guests de
parted, and all We're unanimous in say
ing they had spent most enjoyable
evening.