The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25
ODD FELLOWS CELEBRATE.
ST. Paul Lodge and It's Thanksgiving
Festivities.

st. Paul Lodge No. 2, 1. 0. o. F., the
Oldest odd fellow lodge in the state
and the owners of Odd Fellow block,
Fifth and Wabasha streets, last night
celebrated a pleasant Thanksgiving
custom iraugurated fifteen years ago.
The lodge has every year for the past
fifteen years celebrated Thanksgiving
with a banquet and entertainment. The
lodge is now in it's forty-eighth year.
Last nights affair far surpassed oil
former celebrations Of the lodge ana
st. Paul Lodge No. 2 has reason to
feel proud of its magnificent success.
Five large tables were heavily laden
with all the viands of the season and
about four hundred sat down to the
festive boards after the informal re-
ception in the large room from 1880 to
9 p. m. The Bostonian orchestra fur-
nished music while the guests were
satisfying the inner man and DIS
posing of all the good things with
which the tables were loaded. The
menu was an elaborate one and was
served in an excellent manner by
staff of lady walters from one OF the
hotels After the menu had been dis
posed of w. r. Johnson, the toastmas-
ter. called the gathering to order and
introduced Francis H. Clark, who re-
sponded to the toast thanksgiving
Day" Mr.. Clark's discourse was In
teresting throughout. He went back
to the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers
two hundred and fifty-seven years
ago and credited the day to the New
Englanders, and told story of how
number of New England farmers went
out for turkey shoot on that DAY,
and thus it came to pass that since
that time the turkey has been the
recognized bird Of Thanksgiving cele-
bration.
Mr.. Clark was followed by Miss Mil
lie Pottgieser. who sang o"e ,tt
Visions" in so pleasing a manner she
was Obliged to respond to an encore
and rendered Osgoods Shadow Song,
which brought hearty applause from
the audience. Frank Llllygreen Kept
the audience in a roar of laughter for
twenty minutes with a scandinavian
dialect story. Edward Gill responded
to the toast, "Fraternity." Mr.. Gill is
an orator. In his half-hour talk he
gave a thorough and complete history
of his subject and showed by his talk
it was a favorite with him, and one
that he had we'll in hand. In his finish,
Mr.. Gill told of the ending of fraternity
and showed how it would go on and
finish finally in the hereafter. He was
applauded to the echo. Waldron Hol-
der entertained the echo. Waldron Hol-
which was well received and was fol-
lowed by Grand Secretary Bolton, who
delivered an original comic selection,
which he made local, entitled, Bottoms
Dream" Secretary Bolton kept the au-
dience in screams of laughter and was
obliged to leave the hall to, avoid an
encore Tenny, Wolf and Dellifeld
closed the programme with several
comic trios all of which were we'll re-
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ed for dancing. A pleasant feature of
the affair was the remembrance by the
lodge of B. w. Brunson, the only liv-
ing charter member of the lodge. Last
nights affair was the first meeting he
has missed since the institution of st.
Paul No 2 He was detained at home
by serious Illness but in the gayety of
the occasion he was not forgotten and
a committee was dispatched to his
residence carrying him large box of
handsome flowers and a letter of re-
glets from the lodge.