The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1896-01-17
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AN ODD FELLOWS WELCOME.

This is the humorous way W. A.
Germany welcomed the Odd Fellows
10 Fort Scott, Kansas:
ITO me has been assigned a very
pleasant duty: il Is to welcome you
to our city, which | do on behalf of
every Odd Fellow, their wives and
sweethearts, and indeed, all the
good people Of Fort Scott. Need |
say more? Now that you are most
cordially invited to unhitch and feed
You will please heat the frying pan
over our fire and turn your mules
loose in our corral.
We have been looking for you: we
have been cooking for you; might
say we have been laying for you. We
desire to- take you in. Accept the
freedom Of our city from the ice
bound coast OF Walnut Hill addition
70 the fragrant meadows and potato
patches OF South Side Park. From
far across the Marmaton on the west.
even unto the hill in sight Of Clayton
on the east you are at liberty to shout
the ''battle cry OF freedom"
Doubtless you have heard OF Fort
Scott, but the half has only been tolG;
1t would not be expedient to tell all
OF 1t. You will find our people are
hospitable. They trace their lineage
to the jayhawkcrs and bushwackers
who for several years devoted their
time and talents to entertaining one
another, and so fratcrual has our pop
ulatiOn become, that guests have yisl.
ted US from far and near for an entire
generation. Dan Rice and Henry
Ward Beecher have been here John
Sherman and General Weaver: Bar.
NUNS circus and Mrs. Lease Presi.
dent Hayes and Emma Abbott; Sol
Smith Russell and james J. Corbctt
Anna Dickinson and DR.. Brownticld ;
Hic. Jones and Joseph Cook: John
Waller and Alphabetical Taylor, the
Rev. Anna Shaw and the poet from
THE banks OF Yellow Paint
Where the breakers loudly roar,
And the women loudly snore,
II they're sleep or II they amt"
So that you are not the first beetles
who eyer bumped your heads, OF
sc0rched your wings against the daz
zling light Of our municipal glory.
Here you will observe a city will
two national banks, one savings bank
thirteen coal banks and nary fare
bank. We have three artesian miner
al wells, and each one tastes better
and smells worse than both the others
"Have the kindness to examine oul
sugar factory, our flax tow mill, oul
match factory and our beautiful and
charming opportunities for making
other matches. We have the benefit
OF two cement mills, one Touring mil
and a tax Of forty-hve mills. We have
carriage works, soda water works and
fire works. Here are ice plants, light
plants, gas plants and sweet potato
plants. We have four court rooms
two reading rooms and one club room
We have street cars and street fakirs
Everything is harmonious, nothing
out Of joint and nothing in joint.
During your SojOurn you will min
gle with 100000 Of our best citizens
barring few who are Temporarily
absent at Lansing (penitentiary) AMI
even these would willingly come home
II they knew you were here. If with
all our best at your disposal-boar rt
and lodging thrown in-yOu fellows
can't have Il good time here, you arc
Odd Fellows sure enough. With Ont
hand upon our hearts and the othcl
upon our pocketboOks. we entreat yol
to be at home.
Let this be an oasis in the desert
OF your lives, a sort Of olfalfa patel
TO cheer the sandy waste OF your cx
perience and when your summon.
comes to leave, because your pass i,
about to run out. may you 90, not a.
the statesman returning from Topeka
discouraged, to his luncheon. but ma,
you cuddle up in your linen duster
and revel in refreshing Dreams"