The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-04-28
ODD FELLOWS PIcNIcs.
Interesting Times In Territory Towrs
Among Triple linked Brethren.

/ the | nlted states. All lodges
were supposed to have some suit
able exercises in commemoratiOn to
that event, and we are free to say
| that nearly all Of them did.
At the little town Of Lebanon
some twenty. FIVE miles from here
the members of the order celebrat.
ed the DAY by giving a general
picnic.
About IL o'clock the members
assembled in the hall where ami
versary services were held.
The members then formed in
procession and headed by the brass
baud Of the place aud a big United
States flag, the sts.s aud stripes,
inspired by the strains of Dixie, "
marched to the ground, one mile
hence Everything here was hut-
ter and furry" but in a short
time order reigned.
The speakers who had informed
the kind people that they would be
there with a gush of wit and
wisdom" failed to respond, but the
program was not all blank, tor
Odd Fellows would belle their
name if they were not equal to all
occasions.
DR.. w, T. Gardner, who, by the
way, is the Grand Master of all
Indian Territory Odd Fellows, was
asked to fll the vacancy. No one
knowing the size of the doctor
could doubt for a moment but be
could fill the bill, and he did in
one of the best, neatest and most
logical speeches it has been our
pleasure to listen to. He captured
the ladies from the start, did not
forget the widows and orphans,
lauded the Order throughout, and
when he took his seat was deluged
with a storm of fragrant boquets
After this every body knew every
body else, because if they wer'
; not Odd Fellows it seemed al
though they wished to be.
, Then there was dinner, and sucl
feast-well, we don't want to g
to Lebanon for dinner any more
J.. for there seemed to be no stoppinI
,. place and we did not know whel
Il TO quit. The good things of cart
s emed piled up in wagon loads
. and wagon loads were left over.
= The day was agreeably enjoye
o by all. Truth is, 1t was low
IS tea. But one word more, "
Is would be derelict in orr note
.,ere we to omit, what in ou
b mind was the most pleasing seen
n on the picnic grounds. The chi
N dren from the Chickasaw.Orpha
- Home at the place. 1t was pi
i, ture. Imagine, and you can, a
W army of children boys and girl
full blood Indians, in the reguli
=. uniform, blue, trimmed in whit
:. neat and dressy, OF the schoo
mingling and moving among Il
N whites, by far the most sedate an
)r reserved people on the grounds.
Everything to them was We've
10 in the most matter of fact mann'
and no questions asked. The'
were all orphan children, and
an Odd Fellow on the ground ha
not a loving respect for each al
lu every one of them. he is unwortf
NC OF his order today.
ne Leaving the gay and festi'
III scenes at Lebanon, the little TOW
Ic' OF Pleasant Mound, a place wit
out post Office or a public w
IL WAS reached.
81 Here the Odd Fellows had C
n Just such capeis as they did
H. Lebanon, and the speakers b
" treated them with the same respet
ial The vacancy we learned was fill
at this place by Frank Fox edit
g's of the Appeal, from Ardmore.
t6t The day here had been enjoy
nd by all in feasting and good "
and everybody was in splenc
good humor.
'n' The |. O. O. f. held meeti