West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1898-10-13
A GOOD TIME ALL OVER.
Grand Chancellor's Reply to the
Address of Welcome.
GRAND LODGE REPORT.
The Knights are Having a Good
Time.

The meeting of the Grand Lodge
of Knights of Pythi;As in this city
during the past few days has been
very good one. There has not
been nearly as many people here as
was expected but what have been,
In attendance have been all that
could be desired. In yesterdays
paper it was impossible to give a
full report OF the meeting lof the
grand lodge and it is given today
in substance. After the address of
welcome yesterday by Rev, H. B.
Bowden, Grand Chancellor Com,
mander, Paul Prayer, of Parkers-
burg, responded In part as follows:
What shall / say after this beau
tiful-earnest and digni6ed address
which we have listened to? 1 was
asked last night by the papers of
Sistersville to kindly hand them in
advance a copy of my speech. The
thought of making speech had
never entered my mind up to that
moment. I have never made a
speech, nor did 1 think it was ne,
cessary; [ thought that all that was
necessary was to come into the hall
and say how do you do, comment
on the weather and say what will
you have? was very forcibly
struck with one quotation from
Shakespeare used by brother Boden
In his address-that quotation is
from King Henry. and was "a man
with one leg will fall" but he for.
got to add, that Pythian with two
legs might fall. was we'll pleased
with the brothers. address until
that omission. Theosophy teaches
us that if you place yourself in
room, and another person places
himself in another part Of the sans
room, let them think, and their
thoughts will run in the same chan
mel, and 1 am forced to believe that
when 1 entered the room last night
to think of what should say, thai
brother Bowden entered the room
at the same time and gathered my
line OF thought, and has left me
nothing.
On behalf of. the Pythians, 1 ac-
cept the hospitality of the city ex
tended to US, and before we leave
we will return it in like good con.
dition, natural wear and tear ex.
lcepted.
Ladies and gentlemen, I have
but one speech, / never was known
to make but that one; that one is on
the subject of pythianism-I am a
crank on that subject. At this
point Mr.. Prayer delivered with a
great deal of eloquence, a mastery
and learned address on the founda.
ton of the order, it's numerous yir-
tues and general objects. He spoke
with feeling as he eulogized Rarh-
bone, the founder OF the order.
After delivering his address all
those who were not members of the
grand lodge were requested to leave
and the grand lodge was organized
with all of the officers present as
follows: DtT
Grand chancellor. Col. Paul
Prayer; grand vice chancellor, Col
5. A. Posten; grand prelate, S. Y.
Benedum; grand keeper of records
and seal, Col. Maner Jenkins; grand
master of exchequer, M. H. Smith;
grand master at arms, Capt. c. H.
Wolfes; grand inner guard, B. r.
Sayre; grand outer guard, Hon.
William L. Mansfield; grand
trustees, DR.. S. M. Scott, Col. c. c.
Rand and Thos. D Bennett; su.
preme representatives, Fred a..
Lang and VIM. T. White; grand
tribune, VIM. HI. Dunbar, Frank C.
Reypffoaa and d. z. Philips. -