El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-11
RECEPTION TO THE GRANDMASTEI
A Very Entertaining Time Last Night
In Odd Fellows Hall.


friends gathered last night in Odd Eel
:, lows hall to welcome Judge Hunter,
u who has just been installed grand mas
ter OF the jurisdiction of Texas. The
hall had been carefully and tastefully
decorated by the younger members of
the two lodges, which united for the
occasion. The chandeliers and the
A walls were draped with national colors
and bunting, including the flag of
Texas, and the general arrangemen is
were such as to give an unusual bright
ness and attraction to the scene.
Noble Grand Horace B. Stevens, of
f Border lodge, presided, with Grand
Master Hunter at his right hand, and
l District Deputy Grand Master Henry
l.. Capell at his left On the right side
of the hall sat Uncle John Julian, past
grand, the original charter mem oer of
the order in Ell PasO and member of Ell
Paso lodge. He was supported by Past
Past Grand w. M. Price, of Border
lodge. At the west end of the hall was
Vice Grand p. G. Faddis, of Ell Paso
lodge, supported by Past Grand w. E.
Sharpe, of Ell Paso lodge, and Past
} Grand j. A. Shannon, of Border lodge.
Chaplain Lengstadt, supported by Past
Grand Charles Rokahr, of Border
lodge, and Past Grand Lee Robertson,
J of Ell PasO lodge. One commendable
feature of the evening was that all of
the audience was seated, and every one
was at their ease.
Noble Grand Stevens opened the ex-
ercises by welcoming the brethren and
friends, and called attention to the fact
that this was the first time the Odd
Fellows goat had been exposed. This
occasioned considerable merriment,
owing to the fact that t the head of the
stairs was located fine, great goat
wit oI1r-l lo6 Foot
Of his kind, and decorated with blue
and red ribbons. The animal was
trotted into the hall later. Mr. |
Stevens also made pertinent allusions
to the strength and increasing worthi |
ness of Odd Fellowship, and altogether |
was guilty of making very neat and
appropriate speech. He had the pro-
gram of the evening, and read the
events as they occurred. The Odd
Fellows opening ode, to the well known
tune of Greenville, was sung and
Chaplain Lengstadt offered prayer.
Then District Deputy Grand Master
Capell made brief and well balanced
master formally to the audience. He
said the Baltimore blacksmith,
Thomas Wildey, organized with five
members in 1919, the first lodge; the
devotees to the ideas advanced by
Wildey now number over one mil
llOu, anu GuS lEGS Will OlSFluR upOu GuS
altar of humanity now exceeds $780,,
100000. Then turning to Grand Master
Hunter, Mr.. Capell referred to the
formers services to the order, and in
the name of the Odd Fellows extended
to him hearty welcome.
Grand Master Hunter responded in
his usual interesting manner, thanking {
his odd Fellow brethren and friends
for their cordial friendship and inter- ,
est manifested in him and his elevation
to the grandmastership' of Texas.
The speaker expressed his strong in {
terest in the order, and told of the i
strong ties which ever drew members
of the order together. Moreover the
ties extended not merely from one
member to another, but to their chill
dren as we'll. As an instance of this
Grand Master Hunter related how
some years ago boy got stranded in
El Paso from Baltimore. He had come
west to Albuquerque on the written
repre- seutatiors of a friend whom he
failed to find on reaching Albuquerque, {
and as he could neither find work
there, he came to Ell Paso. Judge {
Hunter took the matter up, cared for
the boy, and on wiring his folks found
that his father was the grand repre- {
sentative of Maryland. Money was {
wired on for. the boys return home,
and the father was not backward 8
about expressing his hearty thanks to
the Texas brethren who had so con- I
siderately looked after the son of an 8
eastern brother. !
Both the speeches of Messrs. Capell p.
and Hunter were we'll received, and t
the following musical program was
carried out: piano solo, Miss Adele
Schultz; mems quartet, Messrs. Brown, /
Brockenbrow, Mudd and Rokahr: re-
citation, Miss Thornton: vocal duo, \
Misses Windsor and Phelps: soprano !
solo, Miss Windsor: song. mems 1
quartet. The last number was parti- S
cularly interesting from the kissing t
sounds the quartet made as illustrat-
ing the sentiments expressed in the
song. The ladies especially seemed to
take kindly to this number. The eX- I
ercises were very much enjoyed, and
deservedly too.
At the conclusion of the program,
Noble Grand Stevens announced it was 5
now in order to molest the boiled feed:
that is to say, it was high time for the
refreshment gong to vibrate. 1t vi
brated and the younger Odd Fellows
present served fine ice cream, cake,
sand wiches and coffee. Moreover the
goat was trotted in for the general de-
lectatiOD, and he amused the children
nightly. There were goodly num-
Der OF Odd Fellows children present,
and they were strictly on their good be-
havior-albeit they did feed the goat
half a dozen sandwiches, and offered
him coffee. His goatship was pleased
to eat the sandwiches. but stated with
much dignity that at coffee he drew the
line, that is, at that time of night, as
he did not wish to lay awake all night.
So the evening was pleasantly spent,
and it was IL: 30 before the pleased aud
ience got away. The grand master
| had his hand so steadily and persist
emily wrung in congratulation that he
stopped on the way home to buy bot
| tie of St. Jacobs oil with which to re-
store the circulation and reduce the in
| famatIon. The Judge was also wished |
many returns of the happy occasion"
| There is quiet little tug between
the governor of Arizona and the legis- |
lature. The latter appropriated $500
to pay the expenses of Legislative junk |
| citing com mitteeS. The uOYernOr will |