Excerpt from Odd Fellowship: What It Is, What It Has Done, What It Is Doing, Why You Should Join ItThe Independent Order of Odd Fellows was established On this continent in 1819. T'at Baltimore, Maryland, and was for some years largely a social convivial club. Its possibilities as a reforming society soon he came apparent, and gradually its social p'ractices at its lodge and other meetings Were changed, and the days_ of conviviality at lodge meetings are now gone forever, and the careful mother may safely allow her son or daughter to join the Order.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.