The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-11-13
ASHLAND.

Covenant Lodge /. .. o r. held
regular meeting on 5a'ursAy evening
with a good attendance. There ha, Been
q decided increase in the Interest mani.
tested by the members for some time.
The Rev. Levi II. Elwnd, gave an
illustrated lecture on his tCsyels In 'hc
Holy land last Sunday evening Ia A'h
land church there was a large nun ber
present and III, talk vas ve'J inler,sting.
Lat Saturday morning Mr. Sins Smith
and Irwin and irwin Jr. Smith with one
other took the 7 O'Clock car from Ash.
land tor the happy hunting ground In The
western part OF the Town OF Foster and
ON the border OF the state line between
Rhode leland and Connecticut The
ground was covered with a white car.
pet Of snow. II was an ideal morning
for hunting, the dogs had hardly entered
The woods before they had a large white
rabbit running for dear HE ard eneT
about one hours run. the odd one oil the
party, who by the way had never been a
hunting In hi, life brought him to time
With one shot and he had the unusual
luck OF shooting three white ones before
either OF the others hrd captured any.
There were eight bagged during the day
some OF them very fine ones, two of
them In particular, one Weighing ~ 81
lbs. and The other 10 Ia lbs. The game
shot Included Xix white rabbits and two
gray ones. They returned feeling very
much pleased with their days hunting.
This was rot very large 10, IN number
for the Smith Bros. TO get In one ds'.
They were out about Two weeks ago and
brought home twenty one rabbits and
several birds. There /, one great secret
about II all and that 4 TO have good
dogs and Mr. Sllss Smith OF Ash and has
them every time.
laurel Lodge made vitit To Martha
Washington Lodge OF Pawtucket on
Wednesday e"ening. They chartered
one OF the large cars Of The Providence
& Danlelson K. X. Co leaving Ashland
S:ISp. IN returning home al II ASP. IN.
There were iortJ eight in the parry, and
III was one Of the best Vi ila,ious the
lodge has ever made. The principal
feature Of the evening WAS the p'esenta-
ton OF the Embematic Star 70 Martha
Warrington Lodge by the Npb'e G'and
of Laurel Lodge and .ixleen other mem.
bers. The presentation address bl the
most excellent manner and hx4Agh
forth much praise as dii also lie dc.
by Mrs. G. H. L,wton and Ms. Il die
Wilbur entitled "Star of the Evening
and "Star OF the Twilight" and also the
duet by Mrs. Henry Potter and Mrs.
Clara Bennett The singing by the sev
enteen ladies entitled. beautiful Star
Shine On" was very nicely rendered
They made very pretty appearance
when they entered the hall with Mrs
Edward Page as marshal. The NJ arch
and recitntions were very pleasing TO all
who we're present. The n. G. NJ.
Allen also presented the ic'ing y. G. f
Martha Washington lodge with very
pretty bouque, Of whi'c chrysantheumms
for tke n. G., who W IS si,k and could nC'
be present Alter the exercises The p ,t'-
dent made some very pleasing remark,
and compllmented Laurel Lodge for the
very excellent manner In which they Pre-.
sen,ed the Star and many OF the other
speakers referred To the same I'm their re.
marks, There were 6cyen or eight differ.
ent lodges represented, numbering be.
tween two and three hundred and they all
claimed they had never seen the work
done better, even to the past n. &. OF
Victoria Lodge, who claimed 10 be the
mother OF the Star and had seen II pre-
sented TO all the Lodges with one or two
exceptions. Laurel Lodge came home
feeling very well pleased with the effort
they had put forth. There Is much
praise To be given TO Mrs Henry Walker
who acted as drill master and also 10
Miss MARY McGIary, who presided at the
piano. Martha Washington Lodge fu'-
nlshed very nice collation. aud CutC q.
tsned their sister ledge in most ~ t.
lent manrer.