MASONIC TOKEN.

WHEREBY ONE BROTHER MAY KNOW ANOTHER.

VOLUME 2. PORTLAND, JULY 15, 1886. No. 37.

Published quarterly by Stephen Berry, Commandery Elections. George W. Webster, S. D.; H. N. Peterson, Maine, 1, Gardiner. Henry S Webster, J. D.; Nelson Walker, Chaplain; J. Frank No. 37 Plum Street, Portland. ec; Loring C Ballard, gen; Leroy W Good- Hutchins, Marshal; John M. Soul, Organist; Twelve cts. per year in advance. Postage speed, cg ; George N Johnson, eec. Charles F. Thompson, S. S.; Llewellyn A. prepaid. Bradford, 4, Bradford. Charles T Rey- Jackman, J. S.; Robert Keef, Tyler. nolds, ec; Royal E Gould, GEN; William A Advertisements $4.00 per inch, or $3.00 for Foss, cg ; Horace H Burbank, Rec. At 7 p. m. the lodge re-assembled, and half an inch for one year. headed by the Strong Cornet Band, marched No advertisement received unless tiie advertiser, Constitutions. to the M. E. church, where the officers were or some member of the iirm, is a Freemason in good standing. June 17th, Springvale Lodge, No. 190, F. publicly installed by Grand Master Fessen­ A. M., was regularly constituted by M. W. den I. Day, assisted by the Grand Lodge THE FORTUNATE ISLES. Fessenden I. Day, Grand Master, assisted by officers. At the close of the installation R. W. You sail and you seek for the Fortunate Isles, P. S. G. W. Wm. H. Smith, Horace H. Bur­ Wm. H. Smith, of Portland, delivered an The old Greek Isles of the yellow bird’s song ; address in his usual able manner. « Then steer straight on through the watery miles, bank, Grand Marshal, George A. Gilpatric, Straight on, straight on, and you can’t go wrong. D. D. G. M., Warren 0. Carney, Grand Ty- Nay, not to the left; nay, not to the right; Festivities. Baton, straight on, and the Isles are in sight, ler, and other brethren in various stations. Twenty-seven members of Harwood Lodge, The Fortunate Isles, where the yellow birds sing, Large numbers were present from Libanus And life lies girt with a golden ring. Machias, visited Warren Lodge, East Ma­ Lodge, Great Falls, N. H., Fraternal, of Al- These Fortunate Isles, they are not so far, chias, June 15th. The third degree was giv­ They lie within reach of the lowliest door * fred, and Preble, of Sanford, and other lodges You can see them gleam by the twilight star; en and a collation was served. You can hear them sing by the moon’s white in the county. shore. Dunlap Commandery of Bath visited Bur­ T he ceremonies of constitution were in the Nay, never look back 1 Those leveled grave­ lington, Vermont, and the White Mountains, stones afternoon, and in private, at masonic hall. They were landing steps; they were steps unto starting Wednesday, June 23d, and returning „In the evening at the Free Baptist Church, Fridav. 25tji. On their return they were re­ Ami li.-ivo set white feet on the fortunate shore. installed by the Grand Master, aided by the land, and gr;3 . And what are the names of the Fortunate Isles ? Portland Cbu^ Commandery at Port- Why, Duty and Love and a large Content. Grand Marshal, and this ceremony was fol- Lo ! these are the Isles of the watery miles lowed by an interesting and excellent address Bar Harbor, St. John’s Day, starting^ une That God let down from the firmament. Lo, Duty and Love and a true man’s trust; by Bro. William H. Smith, of Portland. The 23d and returning Thursday night. Com­ Your forehead to God and your feet in the dust; new lodge, with officers of Grand Lodge and mander Pierce and Past Commander Noyes Lo, Duty and Love and a sweet babe’s smiles. And these, oh, friend, are the Fortunate Isles. other guests, then repaired to the town hall of St. Omer Commandery, of South Bos­ [Joaquin Miller, in the Current. and partook of a bountiful collation, after ton, and others, were guests. They quar­ which those present were entertained by short tered at the West End Hotel and had a MASONRY IN MAINE. speeches from several brothers. very enjoyable excursion. On their return The entire programme was a success. they were entertained at Bangor by St. Lodge Elections Following are the officers of the new lodge : John’s Commandery, who gave them a din­ Nezinscot, 101, Turner. Charles II Bar­ Wm. Dart, M.; John W. Frost, S. W.; ner at the Windsor. > rell, m; James N Donham, sw; J W Newell, Amos W. Low, J. W.; Rollins A. Kemptoq, jw; SD Andrews, sec. Oriental Star Lodge celebrated its 75th Tr.; Daniel M. Frye, Sec.; Charles H. Og- anniversary June 24th at Livermore. Chapter Elections. den, S. D.; Charles W. Lord, J. D.; Chas. The masons of Portsmouth, N. H., cele­ Somerset, 15, Skowhegan. Greenlief A Ham, S. S.; William J. Gowen, J. S.; Rev. brated the one hundred and fiftieth anniver­ Wilbur, hp ; Frank H Wing, k ; George W F. G. Davis, Chap.; Frank H. Peck, Mar.; Nash, s; Charles M Lambert, sec. sary of masonry in New Hampshire on St. Fred. N. Whitney, Tyler. Washington, 16, Machias. William G John’s Day, and Charles Levi Woodbury Stone, hp ; G Harris Foster, k; Eliphalet S June 24th, Davis Lodge, 191, at Strong, was the orator. Fifty years ago, in 1836, Means, 8; Henry R Taylor, sec. was duly constituted, and their new hall was when the centennial was celebrated, Portland Corinthian, 7, Belfast. Cyrus B Hall, hp; dedicated. The Grand Lodge was repre­ and Ancient Landmark lodges went up to as­ Charles W Haney, k ; Henry L Kilgore, s ; sented by Fessenden I. Day,"G. M. ; F. E. Waldo B Washburn, sec. sist. Sleeper, D. G. M.; A. M. Wetherbee, as Murray, 33, Kennebunk. Frank Downs, That a prophet is not without honor save in hp; Walter H Cloudman, k; Andrew S Big- S. G. W.; Wm. E. Dresser, as J. G. W.; gar, s; Edward W Morton, sec. Walter B. Fletcher, as G. T.; S. Clifford his own country and in his own home, is ex­ King Hiram, 9, Lewiston. Albert Ring, Belcher, as G. Sec.; Rev. L. II. Bean, G. C.; emplified by our receiving a notice from the up ; Benj Jackson, k ; F H Johnson, s; A Horace H. Burbank, G. Mar.; Elbridge Post Master last January that the venerable S Plummer, 8f-.o. Gerry as S. G. D.; John C. Seavey, as J. G. Bro. Daniel McDaniel, (Token list No. 4 of Council Elections. D.; C. O. Leach, as G. Tyler; Fred. H. aged masons) was not a resident of Johnson, Mount Lebanon, 13, Oakland. Orestes E Webster, Frank E. Laughton, as Stewards. Vermont. We made enquiries all through Crowell, tim; William 11 Wheeler, dm; H The officers of Davis Lodge are: George Vermont for the lost brother, and in June C Winslow, pcw ; William Macartney, REC. Z. Higgins, W. M.; Andrew J. Norton, hunted him up through the kindness of Bro. St. Croix, 11, Calais. E Howard Vose, S. W.; Alfred Hitchcock, J. W. ; S. Frank Frank W. Baxter, of Highgate, who procured tim ; S D Morrell, dm ; Rev James Vincent, pcw ; Denison E Seymour, kec. Knowlton, Treas.; Albanus McKeen, Sec.; a letter from Bro. C. H. Stearns, Master of 290 MASONIC TOKEN, - - JULY 15, 1886. the lodge at Johnson, saying that Brother report of the board, a very valuable and matter of fact, John Hancock was made a mason in Merchants 277, Que- interesting document. Lodge, No. in McDaniels is a resident of Johnson, living bec, prior to February, 1762, for in this latter with his daughter, Mrs. L. H. Grow. He is —La Union Masonica is a new octavo month be was proposed to be a member in a afflicted with rheumatism and does not get magazine published in Oaxaca, Mexico, by lodge then and now in Boston, Mass., was admitted, and afterward proposed Thomas down to the village very often. Bro. I. P. Guzman, and is the official organ Paine to be made a mason. It is also a mat- Here is a man known everywhere except of the Grand Lodge of that State. ter of record that he was a frequent attendant in the little town where he lives. —La Gran Logia is a new octavo magazine at the meetings of this lodge. Why he published in the City of Mexico by Bro. came to be in Quebec is an incidental matter. Relief. Merchants Lodge was No. 220 in 1770, but Carlos K. Ruiz, and is the official organ of its subsequent history is obscured. It is Grand Treasurer Fox, of Maine, in his an- the Grand Lodge of the Federal District. quite likely the records referred to will be nual report said : —Masonic Records 1717-1886. Bro. John made more familiar to the Masonic world within a reasonable time. At present we “ The Charity Fund amounts to some Lane of Torquay, England, will issue this $23,000 to $25,000 at the present time if con­ speak only of the main fact.— {Liberal Free­ verted into cash; if distributed among the summer a work of 300 pages, containing a mason. brethren of the Grand Lodge each member list of all the lodges at home and abroad, William H. Mayo—We regret to hear wotdd receive about $1.25, whilst the income warranted by the four Grand Lodges and the of the Charity Fund is from $1,200 to $1,500 that Brother and Sir Knight Mayo was per annum, a contribution to the relief of the United Grand Lodge of England, with much thrown from a horse-car in St. Louis, by needy of but 6 to 8 cents to each member, valuable information about them. Subscrip- negligence on the part of the conductor, and had his left shoulder dislocated, besides re­ yet this small contribution of each does much tion one guinea, and names of subscribers good to many.” ceiving severe and painful bruises. Brother will be inserted. Mayo, who is Grand Secretary of the Grand We know how much good this $1,500 does —The prospectus of the New England Chapter of Missouri, and Grand Recorder of every year, distributed among those whose the Grand Commandery, has secured an as­ Agricultural Fair, to be held at Bangor, Aug. needs are not entirely supplied by the lodges, sistant, so that very little if any delay will 31st-Sept. 3d, is received. J. P. Bass of Ban- occur in the business he has the care of.— and it is a surprise to note how so small a gor, President; Ezra L. Sterns, Bangor, {Liberal Freemason. contribution from each member of the craft Secretary. can do so much. May it not also suggest —The Official Bulletin of the Supreme Public Installations. how great a work of charity might be done Council Southern Jurisdiction, Vol. VII, No. BY J. H. DRUMMOND. in addition, by each of the 20,000 craftsmen 2, for June, 1886, is as usual a superb book. Now a word in relation to the propriety of in the State contributing an extra dollar each public installations. The whole ceremony It contains tributes to the memory of several year to his lodge to be expended in relief to (except that which cannot be performed even distinguished members, among them Robert in a Master’s lodge) has been published in the most needy. Toombs and Wilmot G. DeSaussure. our Text Books and Monitors for nearly a century, as Bro. Dove well says. They in Bro. Diehl, Grand Secretary of Utah re­ —The Master’s Mallet, or the Hammer of no manner whatever, expose or tend to ex­ ports as follows: Thor. Bro. S. C. Gould of Manchester, N. pose, the secret ritual It will not be pretended “ I wish the Committee on the Grand Sec­ ,H. has issued in pamphlet form his excellent that there is any appreciable difference be­ retary’s Report would take the time and ex­ tween publishing these ceremonies in the address on this subject, delivered before the official books of the craft and repeating tliqpi amine the letters received at this office during Massachusetts Rosicrucian Society; It, ’?_? the past twelve months. It would eive •>'«>>? Lut’-iv ~rs said tnat frequent public displays " ..._ am « i?iqns.?.Kiem if they —Maine Register, 1886, Hoyt, Fogg & are injurious to Masonry : wre confess we have had fears that such might be the case as would read some of the letters. It is aston­ Donham, Portland, $1.25. Notwithstanding ishing what an opinion some masons have of we have read the description of the magnifi­ the duties of a Grand Secretary. They must the death of Mr. Hoyt, this valuable book cent processions and parades which our Penn­ hold him to be a sort of intelligence office comes, as usual, with increased statistics and sylvania Brethren—more, we think, than in for the whole masonic family, and make all thickness. New features are added, such as any other jurisdiction—have indulged in dur­ sorts of requests of him. For novelty’s sake, ing the past few years. But the public in­ I will mention two such letters. A mason in the ancient and Indian names of many towns stallation of the officers of a lodge is a different Texas wants me to procure for him in this and localities. It is always so complete that affair : there is generally no display, not even city a situation as barkeeper. He assures me it is indispensable to every business man in a procession: the lodge opens in a safe room that as a mixologist he has no superior ; that with its officers and a few members only, and he would work cheap, and he even encloses the State, and of striking interest to histo- proceeds into the hall where the services are in the letter his photograph, from which I rians. It can answer more questions about to be held, the officers taking their stations ; judge that he is a good looking fellow. He Maine in the year of grace, 1886, than any and there, in the presence of the brethren and parts his hair in the middle and waxes his their mothers, wives and sisters, with a few moustache, a la Napoleon. Another informs other book or person, and a stranger commit­ invited guests, the new officers take upon me that his wife has deserted him—gone to ting it to memory would instantly become a themselves their new duties, and listen to the Utah and joined the Mormons. He wants native. usual charges. ,We believe that such a ser­ me to hunt her up and persuade her to return vice once in a while, is of essential service to to a loving husband. Now I am willing to do —Geo. G. Brackett, Gr. Sec., favors us the craft. Each mason, in the presence of those almost anything for a Brother mason, but I with proceedings of the order of Good Tem- who have a stake in Freemasonry scarcely absolutely decline to procure a situation for a plars of Maine for 1886. The statistics show less than himself, is reminded of his duties as barkeeper, or hunt up a runaway wife, who, a mason, not only to his brother, but to him­ perhaps long before the letter reached me, 310 lodges and nearly 20,000 members. self, his family, his country and his God, and had become the second, third or fourth of —The Mount Desert Herald at Bar Harbor renews his solemn obligations to perforin some Mormon Bishop. I have noticed that those duties. Can any one doubt that the has started a dainty little daily, 9x13 page, other Grand Secretaries make similar com­ presence of such witnesses makes the cere­ plaints. It ought to be stopped for good. four pages. The daughter looks just like monies more impressive 1 Or that all the Life is too short to even open and read such the mother, who was always a beauty. It masons present are not more strongly moved letters.” will be run during the summer months. to govern their lives by the principles of the Bro. Diehl is so kindly that we feel assured Institution ? No one, who has had the actual —Thomas Gliddon, Recorder, sends us a experience, doubts it. he will hunt up any strayed or stolen wife Directory of Monroe Commandery for 1886. Again, it gives those who are not masons a for a distressed brother if he can be assured more correct and higher idea of masonry and that she is worth the finding, notwithstanding of what they have a right to expect of John Hancock.—Within a comparatively masons. his protest. short time we have been asked whether It is true that sometimes, but rarely, how­ John Hancock, of the “ Declaration of Inde- ever, public installations are conducted on a Books, Papers, etc. pendence ” fame, was a mason. He was more extensive scale: but the display even —We are indebted to Bro. Fred. H. Ger­ once present at a dinner in Charleston, S. C., then is a secondary matter; we simply call when a toast was proposed to Brothers Han- more witnesses to our pledges of fidelity to rish, M. D., President of the Maine State cock and Adams, and this was thought to be the Institution and the principles on which it Board of Health, for a copy of the first annual the principal proof in the affirmative. 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We have been present at a good many pub- ent power of enacting laws for the govern­ to be specially entrusted to the Master, for lic installations; at no one have we seen ment of the craft. The proposition, which the time being, at his installation, who is re­ Masonry dragged in the dirt: on the contrary, some masons are attempting to establish, sponsible for its safe custody and shall produce we never attended one which did not, in our that the Grand Lodge is the creature of its judgment, have a beneficial effect upon the it at every meeting of the lodge.” If a warrant subordinates, finds no support: on the con- is lost, the lodge must suspend its meetings Craft and upon the community in which it trary, under its provisions, lodges are the until a warrant of confirmation has been re­ happened.—[Maine Correspondence 1886. creatures of the Grand Lodge, and receive all ceived by it. the rights and powers from it. 9. Visitors can be admitted only upon Maine Statistics for 1886. “ 2. The Grand Lodge has also the power voucher, examination or certificate of a BY J. H. DRUMMOND. of investigating, regulating and deciding all Grand Lodge with proof of identity, and as Grand matters relative to the craft, or to particular Members. Raised. Died. we interpret the provision, producing vouch­ Lodges. lodges, or to individual Brothers, which it ers that lie has been initiated in a regular Alabama,...... 7,726 299 145 may exercise, either of itself, or by such del- lodge. Arizona,...... 363 11 5 egated authority as, in its wisdom and dis- 10. A lodge may “exclude” a member, Arkansas,...... 10,452 531 209 cretion, it may appoint; but the Grand after due trial for non-payment of dues or British Columbia,.. 312 10 j Lodge above has the power of erasing lodges other cause. If such “excluded” member California,...... 14,260 598 220 and expelling brethren from the craft, a pow- apply to another lodge for admission, the Canada,...... 18,983 1,009 183 er it does not delegate to any subordinate lodge must be “ made acquainted with his Colorado,...... 264 21 authority in England.” former neglects,” so that the brethren may Connecticut,...... 14,904 389 207 The original jurisdiction of the Grand use their discretion in admitting him, and Dakota,...... '2,644 317 21 Lodge to try cases of discipline, is herein ex- any lodge, failing to make due inquiry in Delaware,...... 1.457 66 30 pressly declared. such case, is “ liable to pay the arrears of Dist. of Columbia,.. .. 3,032 113 52 The significance of the words " in En­ such brother, if any, to the lodge from which Florida,...... 2,302 173 36 gland” is, that while Provincial Grand he was excluded.” Georgia,...... 11,024 602 194 Lodges cannot exercise the power of erasure Massachusetts, Maine and some other juris­ Idaho,...... 495 26 5 and expulsion, “ District Grand Lodges,” on dictions retain this old law, but have added a Illinois,...... 40,015 1,424 384 account of their distance from the Grand greater limitation than the Grand Lodge of Indiana,...... 22,548 989 298 East, are given, in their respective Districts, England, as a brother excluded or deprived Indian Territory,.. 653 89 13 the full powers of the Grand Lodge in rela­ of membership, can be received in another Iowa,...... 21,309 784 104 tion to discipline, to be exercised “ of them­ lodge only upon payment or remission of all Kansas...... 13,277 922 110 selves” or by delegation. arrears. Kentucky,...... 14,823 713 218 3. No attempt is made to enumerate the But the constitution provides that when a Louisiana,...... 3,826 118 77 powers and privileges of the Grand Master. brother has left a lodge in any manner, he is Maine,...... 20,077 662 269 The idea of granting power to the Grand entitled to a certificate, stating the circum­ Manitoba,...... 1,350 136 7 Master is not found in the constitution. It stances under which he left the lodge, and Maryland...... 4,896 82 30 is assumed that his powers and privileges this certificate must be produced in any lodge Massachusetts, .... . 27,590 1,027 346 are inherent in the office. to which he may apply for membership, be­ Michigan...... 27,045 1,282 320 The only reference to them is in the pro- fore the ballot is taken upon his petition. Minnesota,...... 8,677 600 76 vision, that in the absence of the Grand 11. Neither lodges nor brethren can ap­ Mississippi,...... 8,422 208 183 Master and Pro. Grand Master, the Deputy pear in public in masonic clothing, on any Missouri,...... 25,821 1,000 356 Grand Master has “ all the powers and priv­ occasion, without permission. Montana,...... 1,234 73 11 ileges of the Grand Master.” 12. The ceremony for laying corner .Nevada...... __ iLL. 4. The powers of Grand Wardens and stones is given. The Grand Lodge does the New Brunswick,... . 1,910 115 14 case ot the ueam wx. o» v.u. -—---- i_, the Pro. Grand Master, if there is one, com­ as a Qrand Lodge, thus ap- New Hampshire,... .. 8,144 220 99 sylvantaTthat L°,dge> contrary New Jersey,...... 12,403 528 192 pletes the term ; if there is none, the Junior New Mexico,...... 553 68 1 Past Grand Master, who is willing to act, ceremonies. New York,...... 72,318 2,119 599 succeeds to the office : but if none will accept, It is very gratifying to find the law and North Carolina,...... 8,211 345 117 the Grand Wardens call a meeting of the usage upon all these points under the juris­ Nova Scotia,...... 2,966 187 41 Grand Lodge to elect a Grand Master for the diction of the mother Grand Lodge, in accord Ohio...... 29,345 1,160 365 remainder of the term. with them in our own jurisdiction. It is not Oregon...... 3,261 131 38 If the Master die, the Senior Warden, and strange that it is so; the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania,...... 37,175 1,696 497 in his absence, the Junior Warden, and in Massachusetts was almost contemporaneous P. E. Island,...... 428 35 1 the absence of both, the Immediate Past in origin with the Grand Lodge of England, Quebec,...... 2,822 141 30 Master, and in his absence, the Senior Past and yet derived its origin from that Grand Rhode Island,...... 3,597 127 56 Master acts in summoning the lodge until the Lodge. It would naturally maintain the South Carolina...... 5,477 232 89 next installation of a Master. In the ab- same usages and laws; and the fifty years Tennessee,...... 14,755 474 266 sence of the Master, the Immediate Past during which masonry in Maine was gov­ Texas,...... 18,690 ' 965 354 Master, or in his absence, the Senior Past erned by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Master’ of the lodge present, or if there is no Utah,...... 474 23 6 would as naturally lead us to maintain the Vermont,...... 7,940 334 106 Past Master of the lodge present, any Past law and usages of our “Mother Grand Lodge.” Virginia...... 9,013 161 Master, who is a member of the lodge, takes There is always a tendency among men to Washington,...... 1,703 106 17 the chair: but if there is none present, the endeavor to improve everything; but it is West Virginia,...... 3,542 156 47 Wardens according to seniority, preside, but one of the fundamental principles of masonry Wisconsin,...... 12 968 646 132 cannot take the Master’s chair or confer a de­ that we should hand it down to those who Wyoming,...... 432 37 3 gree. come after us, the same as it came lo us from 5. The Master Mason’s degree, “ includ- the fathers; and in its name, we appeal to *Total,...... 596,464 24,818 7,426 ing the Supreme Order of the Holy Royal those who would accommodate masonry to Arch,” is expressly declared to be a part of modern methods to call a halt, lest they " re­ “ pure Oriental Masonry.” move the ancient landmarks,” and “ make Constitutions of the Grand Lodge of We commend this to the attention of our innovation in the body of Masonry.” England. Illinois Companions, who are asked to de- Bro. J. H. Drummond, in his report on clare that the Royal Arch degree is not a “ masonic ” degree, and therefore that a Roy­ Premiums.—Any brother who will procure Correspondence to the Grand Chapter of al Arch Chapter is not a “ masonic body.” subscribers for us, remitting not less than $1 Maine for 1885, says : 6. At each quarterly communication of at a time, may retain one-fourth of the money We have had occasion to examine with the Grand Lodge, the minutes of the last for his services. Those who wish to assist some care the Constitutions of the Grand quarterly and every intervening communica­ us, without caring for the premium, can grat­ Lodge of England. As that Grand Lodge is tion of the Grand Lodge are read and “ put ify some indigent brother by sending him a the original source, or at least the successor ot for confirmation.” paper free. It is better to take subscriptions the original source of masonry in this coun- 7. While, as before stated, nothing is said for two years. try, and has always been a very conservative in relation to the power of the Grand Master, body, we may well expect to find in its Con­ Provincial and District Grand Masters are Lilts, or Lilith.—In the popular belief of stitutions the old laws of the craft. We, expressly authorized to suspend brethren from masonic rights. That the Grand Mas­ the Hebrews, a female spectre, in elegant therefore, have taken pains to ascertain its attire, who secretly destroys children. The bearing upon the questions which now agi­ ter is held to have the power, as an incident inherent in his office, is well known. fabled wife of Adam, before he married Eve, tate masonic circles in this country. by whom he begat devils.—[Encyclopedia of 1. The Grand Lodge is the source of all 8. With the exception of two old lodges, Freemasonry—M c Clenachan. power in masonry. It alone has the inher- every lodge must have a warrant, “ which is 292 MASONIC TOKEN, JULY 15, 1886.

Publications sent Post-paid on first edition, as it contains 405 pp., while that has auctioneer, but for eighteen years has been Receipt of Price. only 216. Retailers supplied at the usual discount. mayor of his native city, a term of service STEPHEN BERRY, unequalled elsewhere so far as we know. He 37 Plum St., Portland, Maine. History of 1-10-29 Me. Rest, by Maj. J. M. had been Grand Secretary and Grand Master Gould, 720 pp. octavo; illustrated with cuts, of the Grand Lodge, Grand High Priest, and plans of Battle-fields and portraits of MAINE MASONIC TEXT BOOK. officers, cloth,...... $5.00 active in Templarism and in the Scottish Rite, The proprietor of the Token has purchased the Mtiine Masonic Text Book, Digest and and was widely known and esteemed through- Monitor, by J. B. 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In Masonry he had 1875, in sheets,...... $3.00 ______' which affected his throat and Vol. 3,1876 to 1885,...... 3.00 been Grand Master, Grand High Priest, Pres­ tongue. By Monday morning he had recov- Grand Commandery of Maine, Vol. 2,1868 ident of the Order of High Priesthood until the to 1873, in sheets,...... 3.00 eredH their use, and has since steadily im- Vol. 3. 1874 to 1879, in sheets...... 3.00 end, Grand Commander, and for many years Vol. 4,1880 to 1885,...... 3.00 proved, so that it is hoped he may be in a Grand Secretary of the Lodge, Chapter and Grand Chapter of Florida, Reprint 1861 and short time entirely restored to his usual 1862, in paper, ...... 1.00 Council. ______health. His advanced age, nearly eighty- Masonic Token, Vol. 1, 1867 to 1877, with Index and illuminated title, in sheets, $2.00 five, made his friends much alarmed, but his Thomas M. Reed. LODGE HISTORIES. strong vitality and vigorous general health Bro. Thomas M. Reed, of St. John, N. B., Lincoln Lodge, Wiscasset,...... 40 seem to prevail over the enemy. died May 26th, at the age of 59 years, having Lincoln Lo., Wiscasset, Supplement, to 1870,..20 Arundel Lodge, Kennebunkport,...... 30 been born in that city June 16, 1827. He The TRIENNIAL.—Before our next issue Casco Lodge, Yarmouth,...... 40 was Mayor of St. John 1870-74, and always Lewy’s Island Lodge, Princeton,...... 25 the Templar Triennial will be held at St. York Lodge, Kennebunk...... 50 an active and ^rqjpi^gt^kfo^ / Eastern Frontier Lodge, Fort Fairfield,...... 25 Louis, Sept. 21st-24th. There will..DQkfe? Messalonskee Lodge, West Waterville... .25 He left a wife and three sons. .rittiTUtJtnrLodge, Castine,...... 35 going may like to know that they can join Paris Lodge, South Paris,...... 40 the New York State Battalion, which escorts Forest Lodge, Springfield,...... 25 Colored Masonry. Crescent Lodge, Pembroke,...... 30 Deputy Grand Master Roome. The route is Cumberland Lodge, No. 12, New Gloucester,. .50 From the proceedings of the Colored Greenleaf Lodge, No. 117, Cornish,...... 30 over the Baltimore & Ohio R. R., leaving Grand Lodge of Ohio we gather the follow­ Rising Sun Lodge, No. 71, Orland,...... 25 New York City Sept. 18th, and returning Aina Lodge, No. 43, Damariscotta...... 30 ing statistics: Tremont Lodge, No. 77, Tremont...... 20 25th. The cost is $60, including sleeping Grand Lodges. Waterville Lodge, No. 33, Waterville,...... 90 Lodges. Members, j Sebasticook Lodge, No. 146, Clinton,...... 30 cars, meals, hotel accommodations and transfer Alabama, 27 443 Howard Lodge, No. 69, Winterport,...... 30 of ladies and baggage between depot and ho- Arkansas, 45 813 Somerset Lodge, No. 34, Skowhegan,...... 50 Crescent Chapter, No. 26, Pembroke, . . 30 tel. Children, under twelve, half fare. Ad- Dis’t Columbia, 11 474 Drummond Chapter, No. 27, W. Waterville, .35 Florida, 40 Meridian Lodge, No. 125, Pittsfield,...... 40 dress James McGee, Manager, 64 Duane Illinois, <36 861 Mt. Vernon Chapter, No. 1, Portland, Berry, .40 street. Iowa, 13 Portland Lodge, No. 1, Drummond, cloth,..1.50 290 Hancock Lodge, Supplement to 1880,...... 25 Kansas, 22 446 Olive Branch Lodge,...... 20 The San Francisco Bulletin reports the re- Kentucky, 27 789 Lewy’s Island Lodge, Supplement to 1880,..20 Louisiana, cent death at Georgetown, of Capt. John 18 480 Portland Commandery. Berry,...... 75 Massachusetts, 10 211 Crescent Lodge, 187O-’8O,...... 20 Paul Jones Davison, born in Norwich, Conn., Ancient Land-Mark Lodge, Berry,...... 80 Mississippi, 78 1,137 Aina Lodge, Supplement to 1880,...... 20 Nov. 8, 1787, and raised in St. John’s Lodge, Missouri, 113 2,189 Rising Star Lodge, Penobscot...... 15 Boston, Nov. 10, 1810. This would make Ohio, 47 1,120 ’ Tennessee, 45 688 Proceedings by Mail post paid. him the oldest mason in America, but Bro. Texas, 13 290 Henry J. Parker, of Boston, has searched the Virginia, 47 1,145 Grand Lodge, 1866,1867, 1869, 1870, 1872, 1874, records and finds no mention of his name in 1875,1878, 1879, 1880, ’82, ’83, ’84, ’85, each, 60c. Total, 592 11,406 Grand Chapter, 1866, ’67, ’68, ’69, ’70, ’72, ’73, ’75, either St. John’s, Massachusetts, Columbian ’76, ’77, ’78, ’79, ’80, ’81, ’82. ’83, ’84, ’85, each, 50. No figures are given for the Grand Lodges Grand Council, 1867, ’69, ’70, ’71, ’72,’73,’74.’75 or Mt. Lebanon lodges. No doubt he was a ’77, ’78, ’79. ’80, ’81, ’82, ’83, ’84, ’85, each, 30c. of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Dela­ very old mason. He served in the Algerine Grand Commandery, 1857, ’66,’68,’70,’71 ,’73,’75, ware, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, ’76,’77,’78,’79,’80,’81,’82,’83,’84,’85, each,..40c. war, in 1812 and in the Mexican war, in the Master Mason’s Hymns, mounted on heavy New York, North Carolina, New Jersey, On­ pasteboard, (by express) each...... 10c. navy as warrant oificer. Masonic Hymns for Lodges, 9 hymns with tario, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South music, paper, by mail per doz.,...... $1.25 Carolina, West Virginia, and San Domingo, Chapter Music < ards, per doz.,...... 1.25 Thomas A. Doyle. Visitors’ Books, Lodge and Chapter, bound The telegraph brought the sad intelligence but if they average the same as the others, half blue and red morocco, 160 pages, printed heading, express...... $2 25 that Bro. Thomas A. Doyle, Mayor of I’rov- there are probably 1,200 lodges of African Black Books, express...... $1.00 masons with 25,000 members. Commandery Question Tablets, (50) 60c., (100) $1.00 idence, R. I., had been stricken with paralysis, Notice to delinquents, Lodge & Chapter, per 100, 65 and later that he died June 9th. He was With the proceedings, and also in a sep­ gggT"Send for List of Blanks, Sc. born in Providence, March 15, 1827, and was arate pamphlet, is given an address entitled, GRANT’S TACTICS. therefore 59 years, 2 months and 25 days old. “ The Negro Mason in Equity,” by Grand He left a widow, two brothers and two sisters. Master Samual W. Clark. It is a strong Latest Edition, by mail, $1. This edition has presentation of their claims to recognition. much valuable additional matter more than the He was first a cashier, then stockbroker and MASONIC TOKEN JULY 15, 1886. 293

Be begins by quoting ritual and expressions —We are indebted to Frank W. Baxter of “ Had the learned professor of * Things in Highgate, Vt., for Burlington papers giving General’ enjoyed the privilege, as we have, of distinguished white masons bearing on of a careful study of the Proceedings of thirty- the question of universal brotherhood. Be the proceedings of masonic bodies in June five Grand Commanderies, he might have goes on to give the arguments against them annual session. been still further confirmed in his belief, and —General Logan was present at the semi- added that a Noble and Magnanimous Order as formulated, and proceeds to argue each is principally engaged in discussing the style point. The principal point, that of irregular- annual conclave of the Grand Commandery of clothes that shall be worn by its members ; ity, he meets by showing that many lodges of Mass, and R. I., at Providence, May 21st, and the profound problem which disturbs its in good standing started as irregularly as the and was introduced by Senator Aldrich. deep thinkers and consumes the time of its conclaves, is one of * BUTTONS-’ ‘ Buttons of early African lodges. Be concludes as fol- —The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts now brass 1 ’ cries one faction. ‘ Buttons of cloth 1 ’ lows : requires a Grand Lodge certificate or personal cries the other; aud the war of the roses But this is why we demand it: We have avouchal for visitors. will be forgotten in the greater magnitude and importance of this modern battle of the always been taught that masonry is univer- —Bro. John W. Simons of New York is sal in its character; that neither race nor buttons. So momentous are the issues in­ creed can debar one from an entrance there­ reported as very ill at the residence of his volved, that it is generally anticipated that in ; that the beggar and the prince are alike friend, Dr. Ferguson, on the Hudson. the great conclave at St. Louis in September equals within its its closely tiled doors, and —The Barron Memorial church at Dexter will be largely devoted to a display, if not to the discussion of buttonsand clothes.” that its “ central idea is the ‘ brotherhood of was dedicated July 7th. We congratulate man because of the Fatherhood of God.’ ” Because of all these things; because we the Congregational denomination in their Let Non-affiliates Alone.—It is use­ desire that the stigma of hypocrisy, deceit, faith in Bro. J. W. Barron, which has led less to undertake to legislate them into activ­ ity ; the time expended upon them is lost. and injustice shall be forever blotted out; be- them to thus honor his memory. We trust cause we desire that our ancient and noble If a mason has not enough of interest in the and grand institution shall have a name hon- his brother masons are equally staunch. fraternity to unite with a lodge, let him float; ored of all men and all nations, in all countries —DeMolay Commandery of Washingtort, flood-wood is always at a discount.—[Grand Secretary Delhi, of Utah. and in all climes, of all creeds and all faiths; D. C., was entertained by DeMolay of Bos­ and because we desire that our institution shall be as beauteous and glorious as the ton, June 16th, 17th and 18th. Bro. Col. George B. Corkhill of Washing­ noonday sun at meridian height, darting its —Richmond and St. Andrew’s Command­ ton, D. C-, whose sudden death occurred at rays to the North and the South, to the East eries of Richmond, Va., visited Providence, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, on July 7th inst., will be and the West, bathing all humanity in a glor- regretted by a large circle of friends and rious flood of the sunshine of peace attd good- June 15th, 16th and 17th, and were enter­ brethren. Bro. Corkhill was well known to will, is why we demand that you bury your tained by St.John’s Commandery. a number of the fraternity in Philadelphia. prejudices and prove yourselves masons in- —William Parkman Commandery of East His conviction, while District Attorney, of deed. Guiteau, the assassin of Bro. President Gar­ We have nothing to gain in your legal rec­ Boston and Cocur de Lion of Charlestown vis­ field, will be remembered by the entire coun­ ognition of us as masons ; the gain is all for ited Littleton, N. H., June 22d, and were re­ try.—[ Keystone. you and the institution of Freemasonry. ceived by St. Gerard Commandery of that That we are just and legal masons is so well place, and most hospitably entertained. Akab PROVERB.—Four men meet. The established that it is now beyond the power first is ignorant and knows it not. He is a of man to controvert it. For more tVvan one . Every knight seems to have taken Ixis wife. fool; avoid him. hundred years we have existed as free and ac­ —Marvin H. Dana, son of our late brother, The second is ignorant and knows it. He cepted masons ; we have now commmenced Edw. S. Dana, of New Haven, Vt., graduated is a dunce ; instruct him. the second century of our existence as such ; The third knows but is not aware of it. from the lowest round of humility we have at Middlebury College, June 30th, with He sleeps ; awaken him. climbed far up the ladder of fame ; from the honor, his part being an oration. The fourth knows and knows that he small beginning of fifteen black men, scoffed —The Grand Lodge of Quebec, on July 5th, knows. He is wise; follow him. [Chaine at, sneered at, insulted, and ridiculed, we d’ Union. have grown to grand proportions, until to- issued an edict of non-intercourse with day we command the respect of masons in all lodges and brethren, holding under the S^^The following lodges pay §1 or $2 a parts of the world ; what we are to-day has Grand Lodge of England. year, receiving 11 and 22 copies of the Token, been accomplished by our own exertions, iso- lated and rejected as we have been; if, by respectively, to distribute to the members who In Clemente Amitid Lodge of Paris, accor­ own exertions alone, we must build our sec­ are promptest in attendance: ding to the Chaine d’ Union, it is the rule ond century, we will make it more illustrious St. Andrew’s, Bangor, 22 copies. than the first; we will proudly hold aloft our that each candidate must make an address on Temple, Sacearappa, 11 “ heads, and courageously fighting our battles, some question designated by the Master. Parian, Corinna. 11 “ we will neither give nor ask quarter. This must be very interesting if the candi­ Molunkus, Sherman Mills, 22 “ Jonesport, Jonesport, 16 “ Bro. Charles Spalding, editor of the Light date is an able man : if dull, it must be wear­ St. George, Warren, 11 " of Topeka, Kansas, proposes a meeting of ing. Doubtless this is an outgrowth of the Freeport, Freeport, 22 “ masonic editors at St.'Louis in September, Socialistic tendency of French masonry, for Hancock, Castine, 11 “ Ira Berry, Bluehill, 22 “ to form a permanent organization. We frequently the subject is of socialistic charac­ Warren, East Machias, 11 “ should be delighted to be present at such a ter. Piscataquis Chapter, 12 “ meeting, but fear our usual avocations will What lodge shall be next added 1 Buttons.—Grand Recorder Wilbur F. prevent. Foster, of Tennessee, is a new hand at the toy°'Ve have added Chapter notices to Editorial Chips. Correspondence quill, but he sticks it in vig­ delinquents to our list of blanks. Per hun­ —According to the Chaine d’ Union, the orously, as will be observed by the following : dred 65c. Grand Orient of France has under its obedi- “ The learned Teufelsdrockh remarked, NORTHERN JURISDICTION.—The Ancient ence 313 lodges, 35 chapters, 13 councils, in ‘ Society, which the more 1 think of it aston­ ishes me the more, is founded upon Cloth,’ and Accepted Scottish Rite for the Northern all 361, being a gain of 9 during the year. and forthwith proceeded to formulate his Jurisdiction of the United States has the fol­ —Senator David Davis was a mason. well-known, profound ‘ Philosphy of Clothes,’ lowing membership : Members of Lodges of Perfection, 1.1,164; of Councils of Princes of —Samuel W. E. Beckner, editor of the in which it is conclusively demonstrated that the fate of Nations, as well as the prosperity, Jerusalem, 9,045; of Rose Croix Chapters, New York Corner Stone, has been again ex- happiness and present and future welfare of 9,217 ; and of Consistories, 9,276. There are pelled from masonry. each individual, depends upon the color, style 55 active members of the Supreme Council, 6 emeriti, and 355 honorary 88° members.— —Grand Master Long of West Virginia and texture of the clothes that are worn. Without them wears but a set of‘forked, [Liberal Freemason. proposes a Masonic Congress to discuss the straddling animals with bandy legs.’ With claims of foreign grand lodges for recogni­ appropriate garments one man is a judge, Amru.—The name given to the Phoenician tion. It is an excellent proposition, for another a criminal; one man is a general, a. carpenter, who is represented in some legends duke or a bishop, and another a savage or a as one of the Assassins. Fanorand Metusael while it would not be binding, it would sug- peasant, his character and rank depending being the other two.—[Encyclopedia of Free­ gest a rule for general adoption. upon the clothes that he wears, etc., etc. masonry—McClenachan. 294 MASONIC TOKEN JULY 15, 1886

KNIUHTED. After this the lodge could not meet, but thes and this controversy had arisen! Indeed, regiment did considerable marching and fight-- when the Grand Mark Lodge was first put on SARAH D. Hobart. ing, and on the 31st day of December, 1862,, its defence, it defended its course upon en- was engaged in a severe action at Stone; tirely other grounds without the least allu- Because she takes me as her very own. river, and here the W. M. was captured,, sion to this, the discovery of which was re- Claiming my fealty while life shall last, given a parole and sent home, when he at­- served for its “ Provincial Grand Master ” to My soul renounces all the unworthy past ; tended the session of the Grand Lodge, andI make. We have already quoted the opinions "With ruthless hand its idols I dethrone. secured a duplicate dispensation, which I walk life’s devious path no more alone ; of others upon the soundness of the law; but Her eyes’ sweet magic binds my fancy fast. reached the regiment at Manchester, Tenn.,, we have only to say that masonic bodies are All aims ignoble from my heart I cast', August, 10, 1863. The regiment was mus­ not tribunals to settle controverted questions For youth's mad follies striving to atone. tered out at Indianapolis, January 9, 1866,, of civil law, and when they undertake to do Because she loves me. firm I take mv stand, Unflinchingly to battle for the right'; but it was not found convenient to hold a1 so, they are dangerously intermeddling with All womanhood is sacred for her sake, meeting of the lodge at that time. The> what is none of their business; when the For each oppressed a lance I freely break. brethren conferred with General Cruft, the■ proper tribunal decides a question, masonic I walk encased in armor pure and bright. Treasurer, and it was decided to call a meet­ Crowned with honor by her spotless hand. ■ bodies accept the decision without demur; ing of the lodge, and accordingly notice was until then, they are governed by masonic given that a meeting would be held at Terre law. REGIMENTAL MILITARY LODGE.----This Haute, May 22, 1866. The meeting was held As to the “ Time Immemorial Mark was one of twenty military lodges organized at the time appointed, Brother Lynden A Lodges,” the impression is apparently sought by dispensations from the Grand Master of Smith as IV. M., by special permission of the to be produced that they are held by virtue Indiana during the years 1861 and 1862. It Grand Master. At this meeting the Sec­ of the charter of a craft lodge: but as for was one of the few that after the close of the retary and the Treasurer, Brother Charles more than seventy years the Mark degree war made a full report of its work to the Cruft submitted their first final reports. has been repudiated by the Grand Lodge of Grand Lodge, and closed up its business in a Brother Cruft reported a balance of .$268 in England, and its degrees expressly limited to regular and systematic manner. The records his hands, and after payingall just claims, “the Entered Apprentice, the Fellow Craft, of this lodge furnish the early masonic his­ including Grand Lodge dues, the funds re­ and the Master Mason, including the Supreme tory of Bro. Charles Cruft, of whose death maining were appropriated by the lodge Order of the Royal Arch,” it is apparent that mention was made in our last issue, and they towards erecting a monument over the grave not only no authority is given by that Grand thus become of interest to the craft at this of the Worshipful Master, Bro. Richard M. Lodge for a Mark Lodge, as an annex to a time. The following sketch of this lodge and Waterman. Bro. Charles Cruft was elected Craft Lodge, but that the use of a charter as Brother Cruft’s connection with it, has been the representative of the lodge to attend the authority1 for a Mark Lodge would be in di­ kindly furnished us by Brother Wm. H. next session of the Grand Lodge, and the rect: violation of the Constitution of the Grand Smythe, Grand Secretary, which we take dispensations and records were placed in his Lodge. It follows that these lodges must be pleasure in placing before our readers : Mili- hands to bring to the Grand Lodge, which sustained, if at all, simply on the ground of tary Lodge, Thirty-first Regiment Indiana were duly laid before the Committee on Dis­ prescription. To acquire a right by prescrip­ Volunteers, was granted a dispensation by pensations, who, after considering the same, tion, the use of that right must have been the Grand Master of Indiana, on September submitted a detailed report thereon, showing open, notorious and continuous for a long 13, 1861. It first met in the hall of Terre that this lodge initiated, passed and raised inumber of years, and must not have been in Haute Lodge, No. 19, and its first work was twenty-six members; that the receipts of violation’ of the law of the Sovereign. These the initiation, passing and raising of Charles said lodge for degrees was $455; that no lodges1 do not come within the rule in any one Cruft, the Colonel of the regiment. At Cal­ )dues were collected from the members ; that particular.; If a Mark Lodge existed in houn, Ky., for three months the lodge held upon the close of tlxe wav each surviving!.Canada, in 1T60, (of which not the slightest weekly meetings in the masonic hall at that member was furnished with a diploma ano place. Committees were appointed, by-laws certificate of non-indebtedness. The com­ I do not believe), it must have been as an an­ nex to a military lodge which never acquired adopted and printed, and a neat set of jewels mittee further state that out of this $455 re­ any territorialjurisdiction. That the practice purchased, together with a sufficient number ceived for degrees the dues to the Grand of conferring the Mark degree in Canada has of lambskin aprons and a “ tin-box,” with Lodge had been paid, and after all other ex­ been “ open and notorious,” nobody claims. lock and key, in which to keep them. Feb penses were paid the balance, $226, was, ruary 9, 1862, the regiment received march- out of affection, appropriated to erect a mon- That the practice has been continuous no one ing orders and embarked on transports for ument to the memory of the decased Wor­ has the hardihood to assert. That the prac­ Fort Donaldson, where it arrived in time to shipful Master. The history of this lodge tice would have been in violation of the law take part in the fight; and it is made a mat- shows that General Cruft took great pride in of the Grand Chapter of Canada since its or­ it, and that he carefully guarded its interests, ter of record that “ fortunately not one of the ganization in 1857, is self-evident. brethren was numbered among the slain.” even if he did let the enemy capture the “ tin It has been said that when the Grand From Fort Donaldson the regiment moved box.”—[Masonic Advocate. Chapter of Canada was formed, “ it was to Fort Henry and from thence to “Pittsburg found that one or two English lodges Landing,” participating in the ever memor­ English Mark Lodges in Quebec. retained the right, under their warrants, of able battle of Shiloh. In this engagement conferring the degree of Mark Master,” and the little band of masons were not so fortu­ Past General Grand High Priest J. H. we believe some of our Quebec Companions nate. Here Brothers James Harvey and Drummond, in his report on correspondence have conceded this. That these lodges, when first chartered, may have had such Fred Arn were killed, and Brothers Charles to the Grand Chapter of Maine, for 1885, Cruft severely, and William P. Osborn mor- authority, may be true: but when the union tally wounded. Brother Osborn survived says : of the two Grand Lodges took place in 1813, some days, and died at St. Louis. After We confess to extreme mortification that a and the system was expressly limited to the leaving Calhoun, Ky., the regiment camped Grand Body, whose cause we have so earn­ three degrees as above quoted, it is absurd to in the woods or on the march, and conse­ estly advocated, should issue a document so say that any lodge “ retained the right, under quently no meetings of the lodge were held utterly unworthy of it and smacking so its warrant, of conferring the degree of Mark for work. After the battle of Shiloh, the strongly of the style and substance of the Master,” as that would be in direct violation lodge met in a tent and passed resolutions on plea of a pettifogger. of the Constitution of its Grand Lodge. the death of those killed. May 4, 1802, the The first point we answered last year, but The conferring of the Mark degree was in command again moved, and after taking part we will repeat it. The Grand Chapters of extremely isolated cases, and the right to be in the siege of Corinth, marched with the the United States can never consent to the a Time immemorial Lodge has not half the main army through Alabama to Nashville adoption of a rule, upon the assurance that foundation to rest upon which several clan­ and Murfreesboro,’Tenn. At Murfreesboro, the rule will never be acted upon as against destine lodges in the United States have ! Brother Cruft, not having entirely recovered them. The fact is that the Grand Mark Lodge from his wounds, was appointed Post Com­ The portion of the second point which is has been driven to abandon, as indefensible, mander. “ Transportation being scarce, included in parenthesis is puerile in the ex­ one position after another, and now rests Brother Cruft consented to carry our ‘tin treme. The law was well known when the upon the weakest of them all. box ’ with his private baggage.” The regi­ recognition was made as now : if the Grand We had not intended, for reasons to be ment was ordered out on an extended scout, Chapter of Quebec was really illegal under presently stated, to renew the discussion, be­ and while gone Brother Cruft received an the civil law, the recognition of the Grand yond giving the action and views of other appointment as Brigadier General, with Mark Lodge was a blunder so stupid that all Grand Chapters. immediate orders to report to General Nelson, connected with it ought to be so ashamed as We find that there is an element in this at Lexington, Ky., and in the hurry incident never to venture to take part again in any controversy not generally noticed. It is well to his departure, “ forgot to leave our ‘ tin similar business. What makes it all the known that in Quebec there are certain box,’ ” but took it with him. “ Brother Cruft worse, is, that this alleged illegality of the lodges holding under the Grand Lodge of was engaged in the fight at Richmond, Ky., Grand Chapter—now relied on as the main England. There are also one or more Chap­ and his baggage was captured by the enemy ; reason for the course of the Grand Mark ters hailing under the Grand Chapter of and with it ‘ our tin box,’ containing our dis­ Lodge—was never suggested or thought of England. The parties sustaining these bod- pensation, jewels, aprons and records.” until after all these warrants had been issued jI jes have been, and are now, disturbers of-the MASONIC TOKEN JULY 15, 1886 295 peace of the masonic world, the almost uni Joseph H. Hough, Gr. Sec., for proc. Gr. I .edge DANA W. FELLOWS, M. D., versa! sentiment of which is against them- New Jersey 1886. They naturally seek all possible means of W. II. Smyth, Gr. Sec., for proc. Gr. Lodge DENTIST, Indiana 1886. No. 23 Free St., Pokti.axi), Me. strengthening their position : and they have J. L. Bower, Gr. Sec., for proc. Gr. Lodge succeeded in making the Grand Mark Lodge Mississippi 1886. a cat’s-paw (this is a homely term, but its ac- Charles E. Meyer, Gr. Sec., for proc. Gr. Chapter IRA BEERY, JR., curacy justifies its use) to promote their Pennsylvania 1885. ends. VVe marvel much that the Grand Sereno D. Nickerson, Gr. Sec., for proc. Gr. Watches, Clecks, Charts, Mark Lodge should be willing to place itself Lodge Mass., January and March 1886. AND NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, in such an undignified position, even if it Frederick Webber, Sec. Gen., for Off. Bulletin was willing to be made a party to a contest Southern Supreme Council, June 1886. No. 48 Exchange Street. in which it would array itself against its Wm. P. Innes, Gr. Bee., for proc. Gr. Com’dy Special attention paid to repairing. earliest and warmest friends outside of its Michigan 1886. own organization. Edward M. L. Ehlers, Gr. Sec., for proc. Gr. This, however, being the real cause of its Lodge New York 1886. S. C . AN DRE W S, action, we have become satisfied that all ar­ Wm. P. Innes, Gr. Rec., for proc. Gr. Comd’y Counsellor at Law, gument, remonstance and appeal are in vain, Michigan 1886. and that the Grand Mark Lodge, with true 188 Middle St., Portland, Me^____ British obstinacy, will pursue the course Our Masonic Exchanges. RT M.MO.NI) * DRUMMOND, At­ marked out, without regard to consequences. London Freemason, weekly. D torneys at Law, Union Mutual Life In­ With this view, we had intended, as we have La Cadena de Union, Vera Cruz, Mexico. surance Building, Portland, Me. said, not to continue the discussion ; but we Hol etin Masonica, Mexico, per year, §6. Josiah H. Drummond. have concluded to state plainly our opinion Masonic Review, Cincinnati, Ohio, $2.00. of the conduct of the Grand Mark Lodge. La Acacia, Buenos Aires, Monthly. 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He was buried with ma­ PP IN Kings, V 11, 12. sonic honors, eighty craftsmen attending. 2. Then said they unto him, Do say, In St. John, N. B., May 26, Thomas M. Reed, aged 59. (See editorial.) DERRY, STEPHEN, Book, Job and Card Shibboleth; but when he said Sibboleth, and *> Printer, 37 Plum Street, Portland. All kinds was not able to pronounce it correctly, they In Providence, June 9, Thomas A. Doyle, aged of Printing done to order. Orders by mail prompt­ laid hold of him and slew him on the passages 69. (See editorial.) ly attended to. In Little Rock, Ark., June 13, Luke E. Barber, BLANKS.—Masonic Blanks of all kinds always of the Jordan and there fell at that time of aged 80. (See editorial.) the Ephraniites forty and two thousand. 1 > on hand. dST’Send for a circular. Judges, XII, 6. ) Y-LAWS.—Model By-Laws always in type, so HARLES D. SMITH, Physician and > that Lodges can have them at half price if few 3. 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