Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-23
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\ AND CEREMONY
Sons of ST. George Hold Their
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INSPIRING ? ADDRESSES
Rev. Shayler of Sandusky Speaks Of
the Order-Concert and Dancing
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The sturdy Britons Of Butte today
made merry in honor of the patron OF that
dominant race-St. George of merrle Eng
land. The day was bleak, the sky was
%overhung with clouds. snow fell intermlt-
entity all day, and the streets were ankle
deep in mud, but these ~unfavorable con-
ditions did not prevent the parade and
hundreds of members of the order march
ed through the streets to the time of Eng
lish airs. The exercises began at $3.50
in the morning, when the various lodges
met in their lodge rooms and observed
ritualistic exercises. At 10 O'Clock Peace
and Harmony lodge formed in Centervflle
and headed by the Alice band, marched
to Butte, being met on West Broadway
by Victoria and DR.. Livingston lodges.
The procession marched west on Broad
way to Idaho street, south on Idaho to
Park, east on Park to Wyoming, north on
Wyoming to Broadway, west On Broad
way to Main and north on Main to the
lodge hall in Centerville. William Bartle
officiated as grand marshal, assisted by
Aides John Basher, Edwin Bowden and
Amos DOney.
The distinguished guest of the order
was Rev. E. ". Shayler, of Sandusky. O.,
supreme chaplain for the United States
of the Order of st. George, whose ora
ton. delivered at the afternoon exercises
was a gem The committee on general
arrangements, which had charge of the
entire affair was as follows:
Victoria Lodge-WillisRn Bartle, Edwin
J. Bowden, J. L: B~uckthought, John
Smith and William Hooking.
Peace n Harmony Lodge-Matt H.
Brown, John Basher. James Richards, j.
T. Richards and Ed. Dingle.
DIR. Livingston L~odge-Amos Doney,
Nink Cor, h,r11ook Tnhal frinnott Too J[nnt-
well and Ben York. hnf'e -
The afternoon exercises were held in
st. Georges hall.a Centerville, and before
the hour of opening. 2 o'clock, the vast
building was crowded to it's utmost ca
pacity. Professor "A. CoNewell, president
of the day, was in the chair. After pray
err by Rev. John Hosking, chaplain of the
day, and a song by the Stevens Glee club,
the president with his usual dignity said:
"Fellow Sons and Daughters of st.
George and Visitors: This day is I'M
doubtedly the Englishman's day and we
are here assembled to with
each other for a few hours, to remind
ourselves and one another of happy days
spent in the old country, to keep our
memories fresh sWithathe traditions of the
mother country, and to urge each other
to show by our lives andqconduct that al
though born in the o~idscountry, we are
willing, nay anxious to prove to our
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preciates the rights of American citizen
ship and can point with pride to the fact
that in each and every community the
Anglo-American is an ideal citizen. I
should like to transport you in thought
to some of the happy scenes of your child
hood and my childhood.
Four years g and then two years ago
this order hOnored me with the appoint
ment of orator of the day m then I
spoke of the necessity of Englishmen and
Americans standing shoulder to shoulder,
and together controlling and pushing for
ward the civilization and Christianity of
the world. Then it was merely a condi-
ton, now it is almost an accomplished
fact n the other great powers of the
world are fearing such an alliance be-
cause 1t means that the combination
will be triumphant in war, exultant in
peace-mistakes and misunderstanding
have occurred in the past, but that to me
is over now, blood is thicker han water
and the hand of friendship is now
stretched across the quondam chasm of
discord and hatred.
This order is intended to do good in this
community. Certain restrictions for men,
bership, have of course to be made, but
the object of this order to make a man a
better son, a better brother, a better ia
Their, a better citizen, a better man.-Fra-
ternity, concord and love-is our motto.
IT we live w to thish high ideal surely the
community in which we live must be
benefited by us. We want more to join
this order. we feel that now if never be-
fore Englishmen should stand together
and show to the community in which we
live that we can help them and that we
do help them. Others are to speak, and
therefore I shall close by introducing to
you a scholar and a gentleman-a broth
err of st. George who is a past grand pres
ident of the grand lodge of the state of
Ohio, a past supreme chaplain of the SUI
preme lodge of the United States. We
feel honored by his presence today and it
is I am sure the wish of all, that he will
carry back with him to Ohio the same
good impressions of ourselves, thai he has
made u,On us.
Another song was then rendered by the
Stevens Glee club, after which the presi-
den introduced Rev. E. v. Shayler,
Dr.. Shayler opened his address with re-
marks appropriate to the day. The pa
tron saint of the English people, st.
George, he said lived and did his work in
Asia Minor in the year 800. II have not
much time to go into many of the tradi-
tions hat have come down to us regard
ing his life and work." he said. but 1 wish
to show that the characteristics which
animated him are the true characteristics
of the true Englishmen of today. His life
was spent for the good of his fellow men
and it was a life of thorough bravery and
self denial. History tells US that he
faced death rather than betray the trust
reposed in him
1.-THE order of the Sons of st. George
seeks through it's members to emulate
his virtues and to practice in the great