The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-01
THEY FRATERNIZE.
Roger Williams Lodge Royalty
Entertained at Worcester.
Sight Seeing In the City and Ban
Quet at Horticultural Kall.


SO, 10. o. +. of Worcester, Mass. was the
guest of Roger Williams Lodge No. 81 o.
o. F., of this city. The visitors number
ing about 200 were in the big anniversary
parade here, and after the formal exercises
were taken In hand by the sons OF Roger
Williams and shown the sights OF the
town and had everything their own way
until they left these plantations. They
had a great time and II has remained one
OF the traditions of the Worcester Lodge.
Time and again the Worcester Odd FeI-
lows planned to have the members OF
Roger Williams Lodge feel that the debt
had been fairly repaid, but the event was
not consummated until yesterday, wheo
about 125 memb bers of the Providence
Lodge went to Worcester on the 1880
o'clock morning train, feeling that rare
day was In store for them. They returned
home at 2 O'CLOCK this morning on q
special train, satisfied that anticipations
bad not been over estimated.
Arriving at Worcester the visitors were
met by nearly a hundred entertainers
and taken to the narrow gauge railroad
! fora "racket" on lake Quinsigamond.
They had lunch IN the club house and q
| charming sail on the beautiful lake. This
| also inclu ied a spirited race between the
| three well filled little steamers. After the
exceedingly gratifying experiences at the
| lake the visitors were taken back to the
| city, where the merriest trolley party
| ever seen In Worcester started on q sight
seeing tour of the town which Is called
the heart OF the Bay State. A complete
circuit of the city was made and all the
principal points of interest were brought
to view until darkness abridged the
vision.
The program after this was ad lib and
| the visitors amused themselves under
proper escort, looking at W hatever pleased
| their fancy until 1880 O'Clock, when there
| Vas q reception in the handsome Od d
Fellows Hall on Pleasant street. The
grand master and other grsnd officers of
Massach chusetts were present, as
were also Deputy Grand Master
Henry o. Martin, Grand Warden W. s.
| Southwick and Grand Representative q.
| +. Mackinnon. Following this very ele-
with the grand officers the large company
wos escorted to Horticultural Hall, where
| the banquet and formal exercises were
| neld. 1t was handsomely decorated for
| the occasion.
The great center of attraction here was
Deputy Grand Sire Alfred s. Pinkertop,
who modestly received the congratuls-
nf hor
| Rhode Island and Massac hu husetts. His
presence was unexpected, but IL was ex-
ceedingly gratifying to all concerned.
After the much-apprecieted eating ex-
ercise, during which Putnam's orchestra
played appropriate music. Past Grand
| Theodore IL. Day was appointed toast
master. The postprsndial entertainment
consisted of the following tonsts, inter-
spersed by serious and humorous recita-
tions by Charles I. Grilley OF Boston:
Address of welcome by Noble Grand
George II. Fuller; "Tne City OF worces.
ter" response bv President white of
the Board of Aldermen; "The Grand
Lodge Of M Massachusetts," reponse
hy w. 4. Nevins, grand master;
sponse by Deputy Grand Master Ii. o.
Martin; "The Odd Fellows Home of Mas
sachusetts, response by fas Grand Mas
ter W. +. Ford and Past Grand Patriarch
Nathan Taylor;' Anecdotes by Veteran"
Past Grand Charles B. Pratt; "Roger Will
liams Lodge" response by Vice Grand
G. III. Holden; The Sovereign Grand
yj hx,
Ell. Pillsbury;" How Massac chusetts feels
about the election of Deputy Grand Sire"
response by Past Grand Representative
&. N. Alexander; "The Encampment
branch OF Odd Fellowship response by
Grand Senior Warden 4. L. Fuller; The
Rebekah Branch of Odd Fellowship, re-
spouse by Past Grand Master Lindsay
Anderson; "The Jurisdiction OF Massa-
chusetts, RESPONSE by Grand Represen-
,ative Austin s. Estey; "lhe Jurisdic-
tion of Rhode Island, 'response by Grand
Representative q. +. Mackinnon. Senten-
tious remarks by Past Grand 7. V.Heath;
remarks by Grand Representative Frank
Merriman ana Winslow }. Rowell of Mas
sachusetts; "Odd Fellowship in worces.
Ter, response NY W. hs'iies 'ouT LIS
tr let Deputy Grand Masters" response
by J. T. Cooper OF Worcester, and q. c.
Mccormick OF Providence "Recollections
Of our visit to Providence" response by
Past Grand L. NJ. Woodward.
1t was miGni gbt when this part of the
festivities was over and after singing
"Auld Lang Syne" the Worcester broth
ers escorted their guests to the special
train which started homeward at 1
O clock.
The whole OF Worcester Lodge was COM
ni,tee on reception ana entertainment
and the preliminary and concluding
arrangements for Roger Williams Lodge
were made by Past Grand Master Lindsay
Anderson and Past Grands David +.
Dyer and Johu II. Campbell. AN hands
declared il was a dsy OF unalloyed pleas
ure.