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Show I. 0. O. F. 'rtland, Me., Ia the Odd Fellows' City of the World. ue following taken from The Register ws that Portland, Me., is the Odd Fel-"V Fel-"V city of the world: "In 1889 the asses-fsof asses-fsof Portland returned the number of 'Is as 9,948, and estimated the population the city at 43,000. There are 3,805 Odd Hows in the soven subordinate lodges, so at there is one Odd Fellow to each S 47-100 the voters, and one to each 14 66-100 of e total population. This is believed to the largest ratio of Odd Fellows to the 'ers and population of any city in the -Till. There have been 29 grand sires, of whom are Uving and 18 are dead. 'he order in New Hampshire gained 417 k year, and now has a membership of W reports 475 lodges and 23,531 mem-!rs- A gain of 5 lodges and 716 members. Massachusetts has 88.779 members in Ki Ending in the subordinate branch. 6 new Odd Fellows' hall in St. Louis s a library contai ning 5,000 volumes. It supported by the grand and subordinate s; the former contributes $300 an-lall5i an-lall5i whilo the subordinate lodges sate 50 cents for every new . member in-tfcd. in-tfcd. Brothers who visit tho city from rer jurisdictions are allowed all the "ges of the library room. to Odd Fellows' temple at Toledo, 0., n nearly $3,000 yearly on the invest- s:ree lodges are not as numerous as 7 might be. St. Louis has a good one, ever, that has been in existence since UbanyRebekah lodge, of Albany, N. Y., to have one of the finest degree ft,1? 11)8 country. Its paraphernalia '1,500, and in giving the work ten tab- are exhibited. te Odd Fellows' home at TJnionford, -b free from debt and has a surplus "exw in the treasury. There are now aty-eight inmates in the home who are 'ported by 13,000 members of the order that jurisdiction, each of whom con-"tes con-"tes annually twenty-five cents, erprise lodge, of Baltimore, has de-2 de-2 to visit the World's fair, wherever he Albany Argus of recent date says is a mistake to say that the Order ' ttstituted at Baltimore in 1819: "A Waf formed in New York city in 1806, as known as Shakespeare lodge. It ' wmposed mainly of gentlemen of the ricai profession. It was a self consti-jxhje, consti-jxhje, the same as Washington No. timore. New York should have the r of being the first to promulgale fraternal ties and beneficial princi-; princi-; hich have made Odd Fellowship a ' the front rank of all homani-10 homani-10 .societies. . " |