LOYAL MASTERTON LODGE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 794, 15 June 1881, Page 2

LOYAL MASTERTON LODGE.

ANNIVERSARY DINNER,

The anniversary of tlio nbove Lodge of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows ira held last evening- at tho Empire jHotel. ;A summoned imeetin ipf tho .Lodge was held at G p.m., at which the Provincial 'Grand Mastet,'BrOr.Carr;. Deputy-ProV jvincial, Grand i-Master, 1 *Bro. • It, iW. Buiclc; 'and I'jM.'ißro. Johnston were; welcomed'; and.after tlio business of the Lodge terniihatod : ; the ! Brethren and visitors, adjourned'fo;'lhe' 'supper room, where 1 it,was found that a Bpread which )vould charm ..the, eyo ,atid gratify the palate'of aiijepicure had-beon prepared by Bro. Oorbett.; The room, which is at all times a very handsome one, was, on this occasion,-:further; adorned ma tasteful manner by Bro','Jago with the various e'mbrems of the Order; and, with the numerous lights, and its many handsome pictures, ornaments, and emblems the room looked a paragonof a banquetting hall,, and reflected great credit on the host; who appeared, however, only to be anxious that the guests present should enjoy themselves.-' '. '.;':' Bro; Corbett had also arranged for the presence' of three well-known-high-class rauaiciana— Ist violin; Pearsoni'violihbello; Herr Keisenberg, piano;'and their efforts were highly appreciated by-the Brethren andvisitors. "■■ '•''•' : 'V V '•'••

The chair was taken by .Bro. Oorbett, P,M., supported by the Provincial Grand Master andrßroij ■ Johnston,-.-JP.M.y Rose of the Valley Lodge, on tke right, and the. Deputy'P.GiM,, and : Bro;' Jago, P.M., MastertonLddge, ; dnhis left.- The vice.;chair.-was. 'occupied .by, ,8r0. ;) .G.. Harvey,' T.G.; supported'on the right by Brp. ,Jameß,Browii,;,PiM.)- Masterton Ledge','ahd on' the left'by Bro,' Harvey, Y.&.. .' /,;:A.t&\\\v,-:6 ', About fifty' Brethren' and viators. Bat down to,the table, ;and did '& full justice tb.the-good-things-before -them,- after vfhich the ,ffefe duly jhonored. '. \, v I Bro. Bish^(^M|grpßo3ed- ( ' The Army and NaTyi'^cfllipled'Witt the name I : TH 1 1 Brp. Dalryiiiple^P.'S^in-respon'dJßg,' v the" Petite. ;o£|thß;MaitM^

and laughter), aud he thankedlthe.nl for; drinking the health of the/defenders of' their hearths and .lioijsj ; "M. ''f| : \ j Band—" Selecfioirffrpmihe Sorcerer." j The Chairman gave^fiislilxeelleticyi the Governor," wluch|TO,9WyiKQnor6d. | Band-'* King ordanniOTalaMß." "^

The Provincial Grand Master proposed' the health of the:"Grand Master and Board of Directors." Drank, with honor. '6Tto'order;::"r::t'"'""""-^"" ; "-"' -' ."■ Band—Seleotioh "When lie is Here.". Bro. Bish, Jago, Coker,. _olayson, dered " Angelus," 'which' was' greatly appreciated. 1 The Vice-chair then gave "The health} ,of th r e Mayor an r d/Borou!;h Councillors of; Asierton'/coupled with the name of Bro.j Bish P.M.-J}ranLwiih musical honors.:

SoNO-Bro. Coker,- •" The Man who.! 'played'the Trombone," chorus by all, the song giving great amusement.., --,-■ ; Brft B'sli i» returning thanks oti behalf of the; Mayor* and Borough- Council,' .regretted,.that-the Mayor himself was" not' 'present; as he would certainly have con-j tributed towards.the .harmony of the, 'evening:-• 7 However; i 'hV'returned thanks,' for the kind mannor. in,which.,the r toaat! had-been drank/and whilelonhiaJfeeWto makV-m'atters " shorter, lie. would' ,',' The. healih of "the visiting officers'." Hefelt sure that all would join heartily with; him in this, and he hoped the visits of f the officers, would be more frequent, aa [ ■they'would'always be prepared to give, them a hearty: welcome —Drant with the; honors:of the order.' •■ : 1■ '■ !' I '■)■£■■ ! i 'SoNG-Mr Sellar, "The Milf'WKeel!"! Bro. Ca'rr, in rising to respond to thef health of the visiting officers, thanked them for the heartyimanherin: which, he had been- received- arhohg : them. He hoped this visit would; not' be his' lasl,| and assured-thein' th : it,'ouy'timß',h'acouldi ' promote:' their interest', 'he .would 'gladly conie, notwithsta'ndihg the iength.-of journey.' '(Cheers.)- . '[-.,. . ; b:. : , SoNQ-8r0..' Bish, ,".Tis. but.a iLittle' .fadodFlower.'!;,';;.:;-u-.y

Bro. Jago then proposed "Kindred; Societies." He hud been an Oddfellow! for 19 years, and belonged to no other, Order/ and 'this gave him the more! pleasure in drinking 'the health of other] Societies, coupled with the name of Mr 0. F. Woith,-(Oheers). • ! SoNG-Bro. Olayson, "LaushingTom,"' causing great merriment. 6:, .* '■) V.'. i

~ Mr .Worth had great- pleasure in res-j ponding to the toast. He was a Forester/ and in the Old Country ho had known! the Foresters' and Oddfellow's ban frequently worked together. All Friendly, Societies were really very little removed; from each/other in the objects which each; sought to gain. He was glad to see so! many'"young men among those at this; gathering; ns'it showedithe'prpgress of the! lodge, and it was in fact the best training, for'them to belong to Societies of this kind. He approved of comfortable social meeting)! like the, present', as they did a greiit '"deal of gori'd,' and he -hoped shortly to meet them' and many more at a similar tfathering of Foresters. Anything he could 'do to bring about meetings which created afetling of fellowship amongst all he would always be found ready'to do.—(Applause). ~

Bastd—Selection from "La Somnambula," greatly appreciated. . Bro. Brown, P.M., spoke of the claims to iv toast of the )' Sister Lodges," and mentioned the • name 'of Buick, of the Rose of the Galley Lodge of : the Hiitt; Visits like those made to-night by' the officers from other Lodges were certain to do much good. The toast of.Sister Lodges was duly given and honored. \ ;■" So.NG~l3ro. Jajjo, "The Little Log Cabin." .

Br,b. Buick briefly : : responded ; to the toast of the Sister Lodges. He' wished that some one else had been chosen to respond, as he was not much, of a speechmaker, and could only thank' them for so honoring the toast.—(Applause;) ''

SoNO-Bro. Coker then gave " Kissing in the; Tunnel," ;\vhich caused considerable merriment. ~.,.

Bro. Johnston, P.M.,' proposed "The I Masterton Lodge," coupled with the I nanio' of Bro. Dalrymple, P.S. . SoNQ-Bro. Bish r "Nelly Ray," a pretty song, which was much appreciated. Bro Dalrymple, in responding, gave a brief history of the progress and formation of the Mastertpn lodgo,; He.particularly addressed himself to visiting friends and brothers,, It was often said by persons after a dinner party that that was the happiest hour .of their. ..lives.. He would not say'that, but of the 305 days in the year, the evening of the celebration of the anniversary was the happiest one he spent. When he came .to'. Masterton in 1877 he [thought [i t.\v[aa. a,- t pity there was no lodge' iti the town". Ho met Bros; Bish and Jago, old Odd Fallows, and they managed to form a lodge with 22 members, which was opened on the 11th June, 1877, and from that time ho had beoneonnectbd with the lodge, mid ho had much to thank the brethren of it.for thoircouN tesy to him, and attention to any hints he threw out for their guidance. Many fluctuations in business had occurred since the start, and they had now only increased to 50, but he was glad to aay they were comparatively well off.: They had;a credit' of LIOO to their: sick and fiineral fundi and a good current account for working expenses,' They had only lost one brother by death, and he was N.G, at the time of his decease, Ho hoped,; iiu:; accordance with the custom of., their order, the de-. parted'brother would lio remembered in their'toasts before,th'oy separated. They of. course had to,act inan.oxclusive manner to a certain extent, but as a result of this there, was .not a brother in their lodge that any would be to: give .the right hand of fellowship to. He pointed out that in many lodges.there was a difficulty in getting members "to accept office; but this was not the case in the Masterton Lodge, whore there was,alaijdabje.amhi-•; tio'n to "take" the highest decrees.'- He claimed; that; young,,men;fwere'.greatly benefited by joining a lodge, as it trained them tn stand upon their feet andexpross themselves properly, it taught them- how to act when in company with other men, it taught them how to occupy, a subordinate position, and it might be a means of training them for the House of Representatives. He concluded, a capital speech by .thanking .those,, who. had, drunk ,the| health of the Masterton .Lodge,!/-..,' h \ 1

A chorus was then-given "by several members, and the .band, w,hioh .added con-:, siderably to'th'elinrmony of the 1 • /The Yioe'-Ohairrniti then; proposed'th'e r health of the, name of Bro JBishl''"' 7 "'!' ! ; V" •"''' Jl " i '" '' Soiia-Mr Rapp; "Where wal'Moses when the light went-out?" This caused considerable.laughteri.aomeiof, the verses being extremely coroio, '..••/'■ : Bra Bish, in returning thanks for the he was afraidi he"cbuld" not"do' justice to theriL ; He was unfortunate* Tp' not being a manied man, as none liked' the ladies. : mbre ; than 7 he T didv r Whether with one or. twenty,'he' greatly, enjqyed. their s6f> ! etf J prefefrSd* tHe former number;'' been called. so, 'and to' reXi>rit^'ti.iß\^fii9.Bre*^]fianWs.*fdr the toaato'n''their .fetialf'; "but'He hoped by their ; nß^t i .gathß,rjng;:heiw?uld;:rip,W,b6 eligible for the duty, and the lot would fall:to aomeonemorfl unfortunate? : and laughter)at Uw-f&ftwhms ;i SoNO-Brd Olayson:- "Babies on.our thWKShaMliv^T^ and he thought all would do it honor, it

"Press." .The nowspaperain Vh'a • always found ready'to'., suppet) ga.tHerintia of. this kind, and to/push 6ntthe''inWes(B of the order/and W.nad majhlpilasSre in proposing its health, coupledsitfi the name of Bro, Roydhouae ffiftiMRiRAPA Daily, " .. Johnston, "Thy bright smite haunts me still." ',. ' „. 8r0..-Rojdhouse-btiefly-res^fiondejUn behalf of the press," arid" tiwnkearifienTfoc ■ - M ahddranlc. \'..:L: , 'W diale'ot.'ilh'e well\khown louoHine' lihls',. ,"!OomelWhbaYnl.to thl Ohildre! an'.Mj,'' in such a natural, unaffected stylo, thit •it was one • of•■ the^gr'iatestjtreataafthe wenirigj' 'i" , ' i ': 1 i*s ' ,! ' ftil ba> - : ;. Sv . ■Bro. Dalrymple proposed "The'commercial interests.of theßorqugh of.Mas-, 'tKe'l'mnW of-a member of the youngost established .firm Mr Rapp,"- f He .wished the firm pfospe'ri ity, and topedlittwould onethe leading .one, of jthe.town,' -Itm by . energy and determination to'suc'ceed'that )' Masterton adyancedj ; and He alluded to t|ie-./reezingiprpcesß ;, shipping meat to England,/(iAhd.makin|r/ it dearer here !".Laushter,),i?epp)e would soon be able.to fix a;day ahdudine off the. same animal in Londdn at the'sanie timei' l b'y : the ; In speaking of new industriesV'and new firms, hementio'ned.theMG.' aiidjhisfirm and 'held that the' new indicated an "advaniio, ariapdb'd times were in store.', He, had much .pleasure in proposing ,Jthe. toast musical honors;' "'" ' ' '■" ut " Seleotion'jrem'jMart.ha.".. Mr Rapp, in ( respondipg; to the, toast, said he regretted not being*able to say he was 'abrother,' ; but before long triiated to have that privilege.rjHe.had. beeri.told that,he.was Joplish' f to"'^,business in ■ jyfastertonVbut He had great faith iivM flit'ure'of Masterton, and, in fact," of.;all..New, : Zealand. Ha was no hand at speechmaking, and would Booner sing to them allj night than; ipeak to them five them for drinking:the,toas,t—((3^6^). SoKO-Mr iWorthy!..f!.The.7Enctianted Wand,' 1 -•-■• --.:;:;»;,>,:,Kte Sj ..; Bro. 06keriproposed : "'0ur ; ».Vi8itor8," ! coupled with the h'a'nWof Mr Sellar. ! SoNQ-Bro. ;; ' Gok'efi 1 ; i; " ; MvcSawley'a ! Twins.".,. , t'7;'"" ? j; _- . . i Mr Sellar Teturried. tiiahkV'dn^bbhal f of i the visitors'. ,j ; He| felt Bure;',tKat' meetings ! conducted in such .'/a'aopiab'le,' temperate i manner as the present w'e'rebenefioial to all : attending them.,; :Though nifca brother at j present, ; seeing he had so many, friends' ajteady ill | tneOrder.-(oheerß). ; ''i ,j, ; '.'.';.'7 ; * i Several German imompers and the band I then .gave.VwitH.' righ't'goodwill "Dio i Wao'h t am/RJwiti,'' to the great satisfacI tiop.of/the listeners. i' Bro. Ijairymple,gave'a couple of anec- ! dotes;arid' theloiiowihg'songs-'we're rendered ;-Bro. Dalrymple, "Some Folks;" jMr ißapp,.'.' The Handful of Nuty Bish, "Still,l love tlioe;".Mr Rapp, "Can'tmake it out/car* youl" The' Band played several selections, atid, Bro., Coker gavo "The health: cißro.UCor]b|.tt, Mrs Oorbett/iand all which was druiik/.withrthree times.three and musical honors.}?- \ y •■.\\> f\ ' BroCorbett responded, and after the memory of "Departed OddFellows" had been duly : hnnored,{B.vmpatr -auccoasful, well-conducted, aud iri.eVery way satjsfao- :• tory gathering came to an end, arid thus passed the fourth Anniversary of the Loyal Masterton Lodge., - -,;;-•;.-.-,-1--..