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VOLUME 3. PORTLAND, ME., JAN. 15, 1892. Nu. 19

Wardwell, m; Geo P Billings, sw; Isaac Carter, m ; John H Tutt.le, sw; Fred W Published quarterly by Stephen Berry, Bingham, jw ; Ruel W Gerald, sec. Perkins, jw ; Wm C Spratt, sec. No. 37 Plum Street, Portland, Maine. Central, 45, China. James O Fish, in ; Pythagorean, 11. Fryeburg. Frank Saw- Twelve cts. per year in advance. Carroll W Abbott, sw ; John A Woodsum, telle, m ; Frank L Mark, sw ; Frank A Hill, jw ; EE Hastings, sec. Established March, 1867. 25th year. jw; Willis W Washburn, sec. Nezinscot, 101, Turner. Edwin P Rams­ Atlantic, 81, Portland. Franklin D dell, Tn ; Frank S French, sw; Albion W Rogers, m ; Andrew M Haseltine, sw; Geo Advertisements $4.00 per inch, or $3.00 for Roberts, jw; Seth D Andrews, sec. C Ricker, jw ; Charles D Smith, sec. half an inch for one year. Keystone, 80, Solon. Alonzo Moore, m ; Penobscot, 39, Dexter. Owen W Bridges, No advertisement received unless the advertiser, Fred Drury, sw ; Leslie W McIntire, jw; m; Alberto P Bement, sw; Lafayette B or some member of the firm, is a Freemason in Geo W Gower, sec. Waldron, jw ; Andrew II Knight, sec. good standing. Amity, 6, Camden. Orris I Gould, m; Lynde, 174, Hermon. West D Eaton, m ; Charles A Wilson, sw; Wallace E Easton, Thurston Hunt, sw; Frank P Whitaker, From the Chronicle. jw; Leander M Kenniston, sec. jw ; Edgar S Smith, sec. The Departing Guest. Star in the East, 60, Oldtown. Everett Union, 31, Union. Fred M Lucas, m ; W Chesley, m ; John E Haynes, sw ; Orren Frank H Pratt, sw; Peter C Robbins, jw ; Bussell, jw; Geo T Sewall, sec. Benj Burton, sec. Along Presumpscot’s river bank The twilight falls so drear and dank St George, 16. Warren. Chester Hall, m ; Tuscan, 106, Addison. Fred A Chandler, That shadows fall upon my heart. John W Dunbar, sw ; Chas E Blackington, m; Uriah W Curtis, sw; Oscar A Curtis, Frozen, Sebago’s waters lie, jw ; Amasa D Tracy, sec. And ’cross the bleak and wintry sky jw; Alvin V Hinkley, sec. The cold, unwelcome snow-flakes dart. Drummond, 118, Parsonsville. Geo F Casco, 36, Yarmouth. Charles A ColLns, An aged friend beside me stands Chapman, m; Willie F Edwards, sw; Jr, m; Walter B Allen, sw; Alvinza I) While burdens till liis wrinkled hands— Stephen E Towle, jw ; Albert R Leavitt, Doble, jw ; Monroe Stoddard, sec. Burdens that I myself have laid. sec. And ’though the snow-flak crown his way Mosaic, 52, Dover. Wm W Thayer, m ; I dare not bid my guest to stay ; Tyrian, 73, Mechanic Falls. Hollis E Warren L Stoddard, sw; E D Merrill, jw ; His sorrows make my soul afraid. Dennin, in; Orin H Guptill, sw; Frank O James T Roberts, sec. Only a short twelve month ago Purington, jw ; Lewin Jeffreys, sec. Arion, 162, Goodwin’s Mills. J Burton We welcomed him with gleam and glow, Molunkus, 165, Sherman Mills. Alfred Roberts, m ; Frank S Day, sw; James A And decked his brow with brightest flowers. Why is it that he thus has changed ? Cushman, Jr, m; John C Hussey, sw; Roberts, jw ; Leonard C Walker, sec. Why are we thus from him estranged? Isaac T Maddocks, jw ; John Gosnell, sec. Meridian Splendor, 49, Newport. S Why grudge his few, short, weary hours ? Vernon Valley, 99, Mount Vernon. Wil­ Earnest Plummer, m; Wilson M Stuart, No pledge he gave will he revoke. liam T Morrill, m; Irving R Bradley, sw; sw; Cyrus W French, jw; William II What vow of honor has he broke ? Wm M Tyler, jw ; Silas Burbank, sec. Mitchell, sec. Has he or us no rightful claim? We gave him promises of rest, Portland, 1, Portland. Edwin F Vose, Tremont, 77, Tremont. Gilbert L. Lur- We said with us thou shall be blest, in ; Ermon D Eastman, sw ; Herbert W vey, m; James S Fernald, sw; Wm R And now, we scorn to own his name. Robinson, jw; George F Gould, sec. Keene, jw; Cyrus H Lurvey, sec. We bid him go, while night winds blow, Cumberland, 12, New Gloucester. Ozias Mt Kineo, 109, Guilford. John Houston, And high is heaped the winter snow— The broken, sorry, sad, Old Year. M Goff, East Gray, m ; Peter M Austin, m; James B Greenleaf, sw; Angus O Then with fresh pledge and vow we turn, Danville, sw.; Thomas G Galvin, New Glou- Campbell, jw; David Pearson, sec. And high we heap the festal urn, cester, jw ; George II Goding, Auburn, sec. To usher in the glad New Year. Pine Tree, 172, Mattawamkeag. James Asylum, 133, Wayne. J M Gordon, No. H Chadbourne, m ; Edson P Reynolds, sw ; And when another twelve month’s past, Wayne, m ; B II J Ridley, sw ; II J Bamford, John E Clark, jw; Geo W. Smith, sec. Shall he go laden as the last, jw; J M Moulton, sec. With heavy burdens from our door? King David’s, 62, Lincolnville. Robert Or shall each good resolve mature, Piscataquis, 44, Milo. Edwin C Moores, W. Perry, m ; William Bragg, sw ; Stanton Bach thought be gracious, chaste and pure, m ; Louis C Ford, sw ; Justus C Crockett, II Freeman, jw ; Wm L Howe. sec. Thus crowning him, forevermore? —[Florence AT. Varney. jw; Albert W Murray, sec. Harwood, 91, Machias. Eldredge H Bry­ Quantabacook, 129, Searsmont. Adelbert ant., in ; Amos L Heaton, sw ; Stephen Had­ Millett, m ; Llewellyn L Cross, sw ; Chas ley, jw; Cyrus W Beverly, sec. MASONRY IN MAINE. S Adams, jw ; Loima C Poor, sec. Ancient Land Mark, 17, Portland. Alfred Chapter Elections. Lodge Elections. King, m ; Fred E Bickford, sw; Frank R Union, 36, Norway. Vivian W Hills, hp ; Village, 26, Bowdoinham. Henry E Redlon, jw; John S Russell, sec. Lewis I Gilbert, k ; Charles F Ridlon, s ; Cornish, in; Geo D Pratt, sw; Wm R Rising Star, 177, Penobscot. Wm L Bow- Howard D. Smith, sec. Frost, jw; Benj L Higgins, sec. den. m ; Cyrus K Bridges, sw ; Charles N Franklin, 44, Farmington. Enoch O Lebanon, 116, Norridgewock. R Alonzo Leach, jw ; Hosea B Wardwell, sec. Greenleaf, hp ; Arthur D Parsons, k ; Geo Davis, m; Herbert E Hale, sw ; Geo E Solar, 14, Bath. Albert A Robinson, m ; M Currier, s ; Geo B Cragin, sec. Porter, jw; Henry C Powers, So. Norrid^e- Seth f Snipe, sw; John Eagle, jw ; J Luf- Dunlap, 12, China. Chas W Jones, hp ; wock, sec. kin Douglas, sec. Edwin A Ward, k ; Chas A Drake, s ; Oriental, 13, Bridgton. Wm II Foster, Aina, 43, Damariscotta. Charles W Stet- Willis W Washburn, sec. in; D Eugene Chaplin, sw; Lewis II Cor- son, m ; Amasa B Hall, sw ; Walter M Bar- St John’s, 25, Dexter. Stephen C Fletch- jw liss, ; Richard T Bailey, sec. slow, jw ; Wm A Jones, sec. er, hp ; Henry S Dole, k; John Martin, s ; Maine, 20, Farmington. Levi G Brown, Temple, 86, Westbrook. Thurston S Newell H Bates, sec. m ; Geo L Stevens, sw; Geo McL Pressou, Burns, m ; George A McCubrey, sw; Har­ Siloam, 92, Fairfield. Herman W S Love­ jw ; Geo B Cragin, sec. lan P Babb, jw ; Oliver A Cobb, sec. joy, m ; C H Maxfield, sw; Geo C Eaton, Carrabassett, 161, Canaan. Samuel W Rural, 53, Sidney. G K Hastings, m; jw; Henry F Arnold, sec. Moore, in ; Walter H Smith, sw ; Thomas S C Hastings, sw; 8 A Clark, jw ; J F War­ Timothy Chase, 123, Belfast. Francis II B Gleason, jw ; Geo W Johnson, sec. ren, sec. Welch, m; Frank L Field, sw; Evander L Sebasticook, 146, Clinton. David S Kenduskeag, 137, Kenduskeag. Geo N French, jw; Emery Robbins, sec. 146 MASONIC TOKEN, - - JAN. 15, 1892.

Greenleaf, 13, Portland. Wm N Howe- Dispensation. The Masonic Constellation announces the hp; Henry B Bennett, k; Chas E Snow- On Oct. 22d, Grand Master Denison E death early in December of our old friend s ; Francis E Chase, sec. Seymour issued a dispensation for a new Wm. R. Penick, of St. Joseph, Mo. He Oriental, 30. Bridgton. James P Lown, hp; William H Foster, k; Isaiah S Webb, Council at Farmington, Maine, with the fol- was Grand Master in 1861, and was then s ; Richard T Bailey, sec. lowing officers: very active and influential in the fraternity. Dirigo, 39, Cherryfield. W H Dresser, Benj. M. Hardy, T. I. M.; hp ; D W Campbell, k; E R Wingate, s; Seth E. Beedy, D. I M ; MaiNE MasoNic Text Book.— Grand G R Campbell, sec. Roswell C. Boothby, P. C. W. Master Albro E. Chase said in his annual E B French, 42, Damariscotta. Chas W address: Stetson, hp; Abraham T Gamage, k; SN Lodge Noles. Hall, s; Wm A Jones, sec. I desire to call the especial attention of Portland Lodge, No. 1, presented its re- Mt Vernon, 1, Portland. Charles S. Har- the craft to the fact that this is the author­ ized work in this jurisdiction. In confer­ mon, hp ; Edwin F Vose, k; Wm E Wil- tiring Master, Wm. N. Howe, with a Past ring the degrees and in the performance of lard, s; John S Russell, sec. Master’s jewel. masonic work, so far as the work is moni­ Eagle, 11, Westbrook. Stephen II Skil* Chapter Notes. torial, there is no authority for the use of lings, hp; Everett E. Reade, k; Jetson D any other book than this. This Grand Gilbert, s ; David W Babb, sec. Greenleaf Chapter, of Portland, presented Lodge has by a vote so made it, and from Piscataquis, 21, Dover. Crowell C Hall, its retiring High Priest, Charles W. Pierce, it the craft can gain the required informa­ tion. hp; Frank D Folsom, k; H A Robinson, with a P. H. P.’s jewel. s ; James T Roberts, sec. Mount Vernon Chapter, of Portland, pre- Council Elections. Contributions to Portland Masonic sented a P. H. P.’s jewel to Convers 0. Portland, 4, Portland. Charles E Snow, I.ibrary. tim ; Edwin F Vose, dm ; Stephen 0 Shaw, Leach, its retiring High Priest. Stephen Berry—Freemasons’ Repository, pcw’ ; Chas D Smith, Rec. Conventions. V. 20. Commandery Elections. A convention for teaching work was held Pilgrim, 19, Farmington. George M Cur- There is now in the Bangor Union Lodge rier, ec ; Arthur D Parsons, g ; Newell P at Calais, November 10th, but was not very a mallet which is probably without an equal Noble, cg ; George B Cragin, hec. fully attended, owing to the dedications at in the world. It was presented to Lord Clanmorris by the Marquis of Dufferin and St. Alban, 8, Portland. John H Fogg, ec ; Winter Harbor and Mt. Desert, 10th and Ava in 1883, and the following letter, which Ermon D Eastman, g; Henry B Bennett, llth. The convention at Belfast, Nov. 17th, accompanied it, tells the story of the find. cg ; William N Howe, hec. was postponed to a future date not yet fixed. The mallet is laid in the lodge room in a Scottish Rite. That at Auburn, November 24th, was well glass case and bears evidence of good usage, Portland Council Princes of Jerusalem. the edges being completely rounded. The Almon C Waite, m ; A D Pearson, dm ; M attended, and both Grand Lecturers were letter is as follows : ** Clandeboye, 3d Sep­ A Dillingham, sw; Millard F Hicks, jw present, Bro. Raymond having recovered tember, 1883, My dear Clanmorris : At last Wm N Howe, sec. from bis illness. I have found the mallet, which I have much pleasure in sending you. Its great merit is Constitutions. Princes of Jerusalem. its genuineness. On that you may rely, for Grand Master Denison E. Seymour con- A petition has been forwarded for a char- I myself dug it out of a temple tomb erected by King Mentu Hotep of the llth Dynasty, stituted Aroostook Council, No. 16, at ter for the formation of a new council of a personage who certainly flourished before Presque Isle, on November 10th and in­ Princes of Jerusalem, Ancient and Accepted Moses. The mallet was buried beneath the stalled their officers, several companions Scottish Rite, to be formed at Machias, sand and ruins with a number of articles of the same date. Its handle still shines with from Calais and other places accompany­ and to be named George W. Deering Coun- the sweat of the old Egyptian masons, and ing him. cil, after the late George W. Deering, of I have great pleasure in presenting it to On November 18th he constituted West- Portland and Berlin Falls. your lodge. Yours sincerely, Dufferin.” —[London Freemason. brook Council, No. 15, at Cumberland Mills, Westbrook, and installed their officers. A The first temple of the Mystic Shrine in During the recent celebration of St. John’s large number of companions were present Maine has been organized in Lewiston under the name of Cora Temple, W. F. Day at New Orleans, a mason gave his life from Portland. to save others. In the evening, while the Lord, Recorder. To the shivering dwellers New Hall. fireworks exhibition was in progress, a team in this northland there is something very of horses ran frantically into the crowd, Riverside Lodge at Jefferson is to build a attractive in the idea of camels, sand and fatally injuring two and hurting several new hall, W. H. Weeks having presented a others less seriously. Mr. Harry Russell, the glowing yellow sunshine of the desert, fifty-eight years old, a member of Louisiana fine building lot. and many are ready to bow down to the Lodge, No. 102, in an effort to stop the Dedications. Crescent. Some may doubt if camels can frightened animals and thus protect others from injury, was knocked down and tramp­ Grand Master Henry R. Taylor dedicated be successfully reared in this climate, but led upon. Shortly after he died. He was the new hall of Winter Harbor Lodge, No. Kennan records that they are used in Sibe- buried with masonic honors. Thus another 192, at Winter Harbor, on Nov. 10th, and ria, and we are confident that in Lewiston hero’s name is added to the Masonry’s long the new hall of Mt. Desert Lodge, No. 140, there is plenty of sand. list. at Mt. Desert, on Nov. llth. On both occa- 2^=The following lodges pay §1 or $2 a Edwin Booth has been a mason twenty- sions there was a full attendance of masons year, receiving 11 and 22 copies of the Token, one years. The Masonic Veterans of the and ladies, and supper and entertainment State of New York made him a member a respectively, to distribute to the members who followed. week or two ago. Jerome Buck was elect­ are promptest in attendance; ed most venerable President. Mr. Booth Consolidation of Lodges. Copies. belongs to New York Lodge, No. 330, which Oriental Star Lodge, No. 21, of Livermore, St. Andrew’s, Bangor, 22 is composed largely of actors. Nat C. Temple, Saccarappa, 11 Goodwin is another member. He doesn’t and Reuel Washburn Lodge, No. 181, of Hancock, Castine, 11 bother with paying dues quarterly. He Livermore Falls, have voted to consolidate Ira Berry, Bluebill, 22 shows up once a year to settle his bill. under the name and charter of Oriental Cumberland, New Gloucester, 11 Star Lodge, No. 21, and the consolidated Rising Virtue, Bangor, 22 HoxjstoN, Dec. 10. At the annual session Kenduskeag Lodge, Kenduskeag, 11 of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Texas, lodge will be located at Livermore Falls. What lodge shall be next added 2 Grand Master Roseinboy, of Mexico, was On the fourth of January the endorsed char­ introduced. The legitimacy of the masonic order of Mexico was then recognized by the ters were signed, and would be delivered For Lists of Subscribers, Masonry of the United States for the first and the officers elected and installed by P. We are indebted to Bro. C. II. Kingston, time. It is expected that this will result in G. M. David Cargill on the 13th. Vanceboro, Me. a benefit to commerce as well as Masonry. MASONIC TOKEN, JAN. 15, 1892. 147

Past Grand Master W. T. Boyd kindly the circular is repeated ; and it is declared position of a Grand Chapter, however, was favors us With the constitutions of the that it is expedient to establish a Grand prescribed ; its membership was limited to Grand Officers, Past Grand Officers and the colored Grand Lodge of Ohio. Chapter “ for the regular government of all chapters.” It starts out with the statement High Priests, Kings and Scribes, or their that the chapters are “ destitute of a supreme proxies, of the chapters ; but by constitu­ Madame Blavatsky’s steady refusal of head or superintending power.” tional enactment, Past High Priests may be late years to work signs before an unbeliev- Now it is a universal fact from the very made members ; also a chapter may elect a ing generation was in one instance set nature of the case, that when a body with representative, but to act only in case no aside (asserts the London correspondent of granted powers is created, the powers one of the officers or their proxies is pres the Manchester Guardian). She would ab­ granted are described in some manner in ent. solutely refuse to admit into the class study- the instrument by which they are granted : Through all these years the old practice ing occultism under her any who wished to if no statement of the powers granted is in the formation of Grand Chapters has pre­ enter it simply to master the marvelous for made, it is because the body is to possess vailed. Referring to our review of Mon­ its own sake. The first condition imposed the powers growing out of the previously tana, it will be found that the High Priests, was the proof given that reverence, not idle existing law, without reference to any pow- Kings and Scribes or their proxies were curiosity, was the note of the student. On ers coming to it from the instrument by summoned to assemble and organize the one occasion one came who was deeply in- which, under the law, the body was organ­ Grand Chapter. The first Grand Chapter terested in Indian philosophies, and had ized. Marriage is a perfect illustration: and the last one was formed in the same devoted himself to the service of his fellow- the parties find their rights and duties in manner. creatures, but who doubted the power of the law, and do not derive the one, or become It will be seen that in the. formation of “ wonder-working ” in adepts. To her vis- subject to the other, by any grant from the Grand Chapters, the chapter cuts no figure itor Madame Blavatsky, it is said, did give clergyman who solemnized the marriage. whatever. In practice, the chapters have a sign. In a ray of astral light projected In the constitution of the [General] Grand signified their desire that a Grand Chapter on the centre of the table.be saw the sign Chapter are found no enumeration of its should be formed, and after that they have of the degree he held in freemasonry. No powers, no grant of any powers, and no nothing to do. The law steps in and pre­ one, he believed, but a freemason of his limitation upon the powers assumed to be scribes what shall be done, who-shall do it, own degree knew that sign, and there before inherent in a supreme body. and the effect of what is done: and the him it appeared in a ray of unearthly splen- It is also provided that “there shall be” chapter has no voice in the matter. dour. Such at any rate is the story.—[Pall in each of the states, a [Deputy] Grand This sketch will not be complete without Mall Gazette. Chapter; fixed their membership; and pre­ special mention of two Grand Chapters, scribed the manner of their organization, Maryland and Texas. Original Formation of Chapters. viz: A Grand Chapter was formed in Mary­ Every chapter formed since 1798, has “The High Priests, Kings and Scribes of land without the authority of the General been created by a Grand Chapter or the the several chapters within the states afore- Grand Chapter. The time and manner of General Grand Chapter: for the purposes said shall meet in the manner following, to its formation are not certainly known : b it of this discussion we shall limit our inquiry wit: * * * who shall elect by ballot there was an organization antedating that to chapters under the General Grand Chap- their [Deputy] Grand Officers as herein­ of the General Grand Chapter. In 1816, the ter system. before enumerated.” General Grand Chapter found a Grand The chapters formed previously to 1798 Thus were Grand Chapters to be formed, Chapter existing in Maryland, exercising were few in number. All of them assumed and thus were the Grand Chapters of Mas­ supreme power in that jurisdiction : by mu­ that they must have authority—originally sachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and tual consent that Grand Chapter came under from a higher source than themselves—and New York formed immediately afterwards. the authority of the General Grand Chap­ so they worked under warrants from a In 1806, the General Grand Chapter ex­ ter, upon an equality with the other Grand Grand Lodge; they assumed that all the tended its jurisdiction over the United Chapters, except a possible reservation of authority they possessed came, not by grant Siates, and provision was made for the for­ a privilege in relation to the work. from themselves or the craft, but by grant mation of new Grand Chapters " by the In Texas, in 1844, chapters were formed from a Grand Lodge ; later, notable in Cou- High Priests, Kings and Scribes of the said under charters from the Grand Lodge : and necticut, some chapters acted under a war- chapters, who shall be authorized to elect they organized a Grand Chapter; applica­ rant from another chapter established un­ the Grand Officers.” Several Grand Chap- tion was made to the General Grand Chap­ der a Grand Lodge warrant. If there ever ters were formed accordingly ; an attempt ter in 1847, for recognition, which was was a chapter in this jurisdiction, which was made to form one in Alabama, but denied. In the papers it is stated that the was not avowedly held under a lodge char­ another provision of the constitution of the chapters were voluntary associations with­ ter, a charter from another chapter, a General Grand Chapter was violated, and out charters. It is a matter of record that Grand Chapter, or the General Grand the organization was declared to be illegal, the Grand Lodge did grant dispensations or Chapter, it has escaped our notice after as and was abandoned, and a new organiza­ charters or both ; and whether the clupters full examination as we have been able to tion effected according to the provisions of were formed by virtue of these charters or give: if Comp. Wait knows of a case, we the constitution of the General Grand Chap- by voluntary associations is not material, hope he will name it. No one of them ever ter. as the General Grand Chapter decided that claimed to be formed except by authority from In 1829, the constitution was revised, and Royal Arch Masons could not form a chap­ some other source than the power inherent in the following provision was incorporated ter without a warrant granted by authority themselves, or the craft in their individual into it: of a Grand Chapter duly organized or the or collective capacity. It was soon under­ “ Sec. 9. Whenever there shall have General Grand Chapter. The consequence stood that a warrant for a lodge gave no been three chapters regularly instituted was that the organization was abandoned ; authority for a chapter, and that a chapter, and consecrated in any state, country, Re­ charters were taken from the General Grand even if legally organized, could give no au- public or Territory, by virtue of authority Chapter, and a Grand Chapter organized in thority to create another chapter; but an derived from this constitution, a Grand the regular manner. In later- times, our organization was necessary, and as neces- Chapter shall be established as soon as con­ Texas companions felt deeply aggrieved by sity knows no law, they maintained their venience and propriety may dictate, pro­ this action of the General Grand Chapter, existence without law. vided the approbation of one of the first but we have never seen a just reason there­ Such was the state of Royal Arch Ma­ four officers of the General Grand Chapter for ; for conceding that they had the same sonry in 1797: the Grand Lodge system shall be first obtained. And said chapters, right to organize a system as the General was in full existence as the supreme, legis- by their regular officers, shall assemble at Grand Chapter had, still they certainly bad lative, judicial and executive power in Sym­ some suitable place, elect their officers, and no right to demand recognition by a body, bolic Masonry. A movement was set on make such rules and regulations for their which had agreed for nearly fifty years that foot to organize not create, a supreme gov- government as may be necessary, not in­ the Texas method was contrary to masonic erning body upon the same plan as the consistent with the regulations of the Gen­ law, and forbidden its recognition: in other Grand Lodge system. eral Grand Chapter.” words, if the old law did justify the course In the circular calling for a convention, it The practical construction of this clause our Texas companions pursued, they cer­ is said: was precisely the same as of the previous tainly had no ground of complaint that they “It is an opinion generally received and provision, and the former practice con­ were not recognized by a body which held, we think well authenticated that no Grand tinued. and had held for nearly fifty years, that the Lodge of Master Masons can claim or exer- In 1850 and 1853, the constitution, as law was otherwise, and whose position in sise authority over any convention or chap­ amended at the convocations of those re­ that respect was well known to them when ter of Royal Arch Masons : nor can any spective years, was published ; section nine, they applied for recognition. chapter, though of standing immemorial, ex- quoted above, was retained, except that the This illustrates our proposition, that a ercise the authority of a Grand Chapter.” words “ Grand Chapters ” was substituted course justified by necessity in the first or In the preamble to the constitution of the for ‘‘chapters” in the last sentence. ganization of an Institution ceases to be Grand Chapter (now General Grand Chap- This provision, as found in the constitu­ lawful after the organization and the neces­ ter), express reference is made to the Grand tion of 1850, was continued till 1880, when sity has ceased to exist. Lodge system ; the paragraph quoted from the last sentence was dropped. The com­ [Drummond s Chapter Cor. 148 MASONIC TOKEN, - - JAN. 15, 1892.

GRAND LODGE OF MAINE. P. Gr. Master W. T. Boyd, of Cleveland, The Masonic Advocate thinks Masonic sends in the proceedings of the Colored Homes an expensive method of providing ANNUAL MEETINGS. Grand Lodge of Ohio for August 19, 1891. for beneficiaries, and says Grand Lodges Jere A. Brown, Cleveland, Grand Master. should consider well before embarking in The Masonic Grand C. L. Maxwell, Xenia, Gr. Sec. 46 lodges, such an enterprise. Bodies in Maine will 1,185 members, 75 initiates. hold their Annual Ses- FINANCIAL STANDING. — Bro. J. Ferd. sions for 1892 at Ma- In Ancient Egypt there were two classes King, District Deputy G. M. of the 16th sonic Hall in Portland, of masons. The masons of the priestly District, made the following excellent com­ as follows : ■order, the sacred sculptors and draughts­ ments in his report for 1891, to the Grand Grand Lodge, Tuesday, May 3, at 9 o’clock A. M. men, who belonged to the first class, and Lodge of Maine : Grand Chapter, “ “ 3, at 7 o’clock p. m. common masons and sculptors, who be- I have examined the records and found Grand Council, Wed’sdy, “ 4, at 2 o’clock p. m. longed to the third class of people. There little to criticise, except that in several of Gr. Com’dery,'Thursday, “ 5, at 2 o’clock p. m. the lodges the annual reports do not show Lodge officers, in making applications to were several lower classes. such a clear and full statement of the finances of the lodge as they should. In the Charity Fund for Relief, must be partic­ An invitation was received from the one or two instances it was difficult to as­ ularly careful to comply with all the direc- Acacia Club of Chicago to its reception of certain the exact financial standing of the tions required in filling out blanks. See pp. lodge. A report should be made and the Illinois Veteran Masonic Association, spread upon the records, at least once a year, 299 and 300, proceedings 1891. Nov. 25th, which we should have been containing a statement of all the resources pleased to have attended if we could have and liabilities of the lodge, including arrear­ To Secretaries: Blanks for Returns of ages of dues. annihilated the distance. "**«** Lodge, owing to the neg­ Lodges will be sent first of February. If not ligence (or worse) of former Secretaries, received by the llth, notify me, and give the Bro. Charles Bartlett, U. S. Consul at has about six hundred dollars of arrearages. proper address. If there has been a change Guadeloupe, favors us with a tableau of The present Secretary is striving to lessen in the office of Secretary, call on the former membership of Lodge La Paix of Point-a- the amount outstanding, but is not meeting with so good success as could be wished. one before writing me. Pitre, which shows that it has twenty-eight This state of affairs is very injurious to the STEPHEN BERRY, members. It meets on the first Monday prosperity of the lodge, as of course no man Acting Gr. Sec. and third Sunday of each month. Meeting can keep up an interest in the order when be is feeling all the time that his dues Portland, Jan. 15, 1892. on Sundays seems unusual to us, but the amount to more than he wishes to pay. It lodge is under the Grand Orient of France, is easy to say that it is the duty of every ^^’Secretaries should instantly report which has eliminated Sunday from its ob- member to see that his dues are paid with­ out being reminded by the Secretary, but the election of officers, if they have not done servances. so, that the returns, &c., may be sent to the we know that many good men will not do it, and it is necessary that the Secretary of a proper addresses. The Comenius Society has decided to lodge should possess that which our Dep­ celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth uty Grand Master once so graphically de­ Every Master who has served a full year, scribed aS “collective ability,” and possess­ of John Amos Comenius on March 28,1892. is entitled to a Past Master’s diploma, and ing it, should not suffer it to rust for want Any one interested can address Dr. W. T. of use. I believe that the lodge would be his District Deputy will furnish one on ap- Harris, U. S. Commissioner Education, actually better off if the whole amount of plication. outstanding dues could be cancelled and a Washington, D. C. new set of books started, taking care in the The friends of Bro. Robert Freke Gould, future to carry no dead wood. We are indebted to Bro. John C. Smith of London, the eminent masonic historian, of Chicago for proceedings of the sixth an- are endeavoring to raise money enough Rev. Henry R. Howard.—The Pythian nual meeting of the Masonic Veteran Asso- to purchase him a small annuity. We are Journal of Memphis says of our old towns­ ciation of Illinois, which are very interest­ about to remit a small contribution for that man, now a resident of Tullahoma, Tenn : ing and valuable. They contain a number purpose, and should be glad to add anything The honorary degree of S. T. D. was con­ of portraits and other plates. ferred upon Dr. Howard by Avondale Col­ that may be sent us for that purpose, im- lege, N. Y. Dr. Howard is a ripe scholar mediately, either from lodges or brethren. The irregular Grand Lodge of Ontario of large and cultivated reading and owns a large and valuable library. He has resided Can you not spare a dollar for that worthy has now existed for sixteen years, and the purpose ? His eminent services to the craft in Tullahoma for the past ten years and is Grand Master, at its late annual meeting, Rector of St. Barnabas (Episcopal) Church, are certainly worthy of the recognition. July l5th, suggested the possibility of a and his people are devoted to him and his most estimable and lovable wife. future union with the regular Grand Lodge Bro. John H. Brown, Grand Secretary Dr. Howard is not only a Knight of Py­ of Kansas, was recently severely injured in by referring to the union of the two Grand thias, but is high in honors in other frater­ Lodges of England. nal orders. As a Mason he has been re­ a railway wreck. He is now recovering. peatedly re-elected to and is now W. M. of his lodge, II. P. of the Chapter, T. I. M. of The lodges in Ohio who lost their char- We have had occasion to refer lodges the Council, E. C. of the Commandery, I. ters on account of Cerneauism have formed who wished to buy furniture for their lodge D. G. M. of the Grand Council, Noble of the an independent Grand Lodge at Wortbing- rooms to W. W. Stratton & Co., of Ashley, Mystic Shrine, Vice-President of the High Priesthood and a 33° Scottish (Pike) Rite Ohio, who make a specialty of it. Their ton. This is denounced by Grand Master Mason. Levi C. Goodale, and regular masons will advertisement will now be found in the Dr. Howard is a recognized authority of accordingly hold no intercourse with any Token. fraternal Jurisprudence and a master of the hailing from that body. liturgical, monitorial and secret work. Dr. Howard is, in short and in full rounded Reports come from all quarters of ex sense, a man, priest and scholar. We are indebted to Grand Secretary J. travagant rates charged at Denver for C. Corbin, of Pine Bluff, for the proceedings rooms during the Triennial. One com­ Bro. John Lane, of England, in reviewing of the Colored Grand Lodge of Arkansas, mandery has contracted to pay §6 a day for the new history, quotes Huglian to show for Aug. 11, 1891. M. A. Clark, of Mariana, board, and $500 a day for headquarters that the earliest reference to the Royal Grand Master. Ninety-eight lodges return room. It is also said that hotels promply Arch is in Dr. Dassigny’s “Serious and Im­ 1,618 members and 211 initiates. It will break contracts when offered higher prices. partial Enquiry,” published at Dublin in be seen that the average membership is It is not too late to change the place of 1744, and consequently it was not invented only 17 ; one lodge reports only 6! meeting. by the “ Ancients.” MASONIC TOKEN, JAN. 15, 1892. 149

Fees for Degrees.—In Massachusetts The Oldest Mason. Samuel J. Le Fevre, Gibson City, G. M., a motion has been made to raise the mini­ The death of John B. Hollenbeck, May Gil. W. Barnard, Chicago, Gr. Rec., L. R mum fee for degrees from $25 to $40. It is 24th, left the position of oldest mason to Jerome, La Grange, Correspondent. found that 46 lodges charge $50 Hon. Samuel Chipman, of Halifax, N. S., —The Grand Lodge of Wyoming elected 3 “ “ 45 who was 101 years old October 18th, and Dec. 1st, Perry L. Smith, of Rawlins, Grand 29 " " 40 initiated Dec. 23, 1813. He died Nov. 10th. Master, W. L. Kuykendall, of Saratoga, 52 “ “ 35 David McDaniel, of Johnson, Vt., who fol- Gr. Sec. and Correspondent. It will be 72 “ “ 30 lowed Bro. Hollenbeck on our list, died Feb. noticed that the Grand Secretary’s head 29 “ “ 25 29, 1888, aged 95. Hon. Bonum Nye, died quarters are removed to Saratoga. at North Brookfield, Mass., Nov. 12th. He —Benjamin M. Rowell, of Lynn, has been 231 was born Sept. 18, 1795, and initiated Oct. elected Grand Recorder of the Grand Com­ so that only 29 or % of the lodges are will- 1, 1816, but there were older masons than mandery of Massachusetts and Rhode ing to work so cheaply. It is a matter he, so that he did not rank first. We have Island. worth looking into in other states. When not heard of the deaths of Wilkinson Dean, —Chicago placed the copestone of the a majority of lodges raise their fees above Belleville, Mich., Theodore Barton, Barton new Masonic Temple, Nov. 6th in the pres­ the minimum, it is time to raise the bar. Hill, N. Y., and Robert J. Chester, of Jack- ence of a great concourse. Past Gr. Master John C. Smith officiated. It has been one It seems natural to masons to speak of son, Tenn., all initiated in 1814, but as they year in building. the Supreme Architect of the Universe, but have not been mentioned for many years —John D. Jennings was the first to pro­ when they see it imitated and the Creator we suppose they are dead, and that Con- pose the Michigan Masonic Home, the first spoken of as the Supreme Commander, the necticut has the oldest mason in the person contributor, tbe first inmate (having been Supreme Dictator, the Supreme Incohonee, of Israel Coe, of Waterbury, initiated in stricken with disease., and lost his property) etc., it almost seems as if it would be better 1815. There are a large number of initiates and the first to die (Nov. 2d) and be buried to confine oneself simply to the terms of of 1816, but they must wait. from it. Scripture. The Odd Fellows of Chicago propose to —Samuel H. Jumper, of Aberdeen, South The London Freemason gives a copy of a build a temple thirty-four stories and 556 Dakota, President of the First National warrant dated Dec. 1768, from the Provin- feet in height; thirteen stories higher than Bank there, and Grand Commander of the Masonic Temple. If there is a deep cial Gr. Master of Quebec, for a lodge on South Dakota, was a New Gloucester boy. board H. M. S. the Canceaux. This must layer of soft mud under the city as affirmed, —W. J. Florence, the actor, who died in have been the Sloop of War Canceau, 16 there will sometime come a slump. Philadelphia in November, was a mason, guns, the flag ship of Mowatt’s squadron, Editorial Chips. and much interested in the Mystic Shrine. when he burned Portland in 1775, and —A beautiful gold jewel was recently —Grand High Priest Charles II. Fisk, of probably the lodge still existed on board at presented to Grand Secretary A. M. Woli- Covington, Ky., and wife celebrated their the time of the bombardment. hin, by the Grand Chapter of Georgia, in ac- silver wedding Oct. 23d; 150 guests were knowledgment of his faithful services as present. Bro. H. O. Nickerson, of Readfield, died Grand High Priest. — Wm. Parkman, P. G. M., of Massachu­ September 17, 1891, at the age of 58 years, —The masons of Chicago have appointed setts, died Dec. 26th, aged 80 years. 7 months. The funeral was conducted by a committee of entertainment to greet all —Notice has been received of the death Lafayette Lodge and was one of the largest visiting masons during the world’s fair. Gen. ofFrelon J. Babcock, of Salem, Oregon, and ever held there. He was beloved and re- John C. Smith and Gil. W. Barnard will be the appointment of Seth L. Pope, of Port­ spected by all, and had been an active and of the committee. land, 0., as Grand Recorder of the Grand valued member of the Grand Lodge in —Bro. Thomas R. Patton, Grand Treas­ Council, in his place. former years. urer of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, George O. Mitchell, of Bucksport, Master has added $25,000 more to the $25,000 he A modern order of Christian Chivalry, of Felicity Lodge, No. 19, has prepared a gave in 1890 for a charity fund in memory called the Warriors of Sahara, has been or­ full and excellent history of that lodge, of his wife. ganized in France. Its headquarters are to from its foundation in 1809 to the close of —In Melbourne, Victoria, Bro. Thomas be at Biskra, on the Algerian borders of the 1890. It is now in press by Stephen Berry, Smith criticised the Trustees of the Grand Great Sahara Desert, and it will combat and will be soon issued. It will be a valu- Lodge Charity Fund in Grand Lodge. Bro. slavery, and oppose the Arab traders. Tbe able contribution to masonic history. Philip Blashki, President of Trustees, re- first group of postulants were twelve mem plied sharply. Bro. Smith pursued the bers of the French aristocracy. A lecture before Royal Clarence Lodge, matter in the Australasian Keystone. Bro. Bristol, Eng., by F. H. Fulford, on Dunker- Blashki sued him for libel and was defeated. A story by Herbert D. Ward, in the Au­ ley, states that his son, who was a mason, Charges were then brought against Blashki gust Century, called the White Crown, became dissipated and an outcast. He be- for carrying masonry into court, and he was figures the end of war by a league into sieged lodges and individuals for aid, became expelled. which soldiers of all nations enter, pledging a hod-carrier, and finally this grandson of a —Canada has about the same number of themselves not to kill each other. The idea King died in a cellar in St. Giles's. members as Maine, but almost twice as is masonic, but although we know that the many lodges and twice as many initiates. masonic tie will save tbe individual in battle, Amity Lodge, of Hackett, Arkansas, pro- — Bro. Richard .Vaux, of Philadelphia, it never prevents the mason from attack­ poses to build a hall by contribution of was seventy-five years old, Dec. 19th. He ing the mass. The end of war must come stones, inviting Grand Lodges, subordinate was made a mason at sight Dec. 20, 1842, from lodges and individuals to contribute a stone forty-nine years ago. “ Tbe Parliament of man, the Federation each, the stone to be inscribed with the —Rudyard Kipling, the author, is a of the world.” donor’s name. This building is styled novel mason. and unique, and the plan reminds one of —California writes the date of initiation Now that Tom Thumb is dead, Robt. H. the way Mark Twain’s hero whitewashed under the flap of the apron given to the Huzza, of Zeredatha Lodge, No. 483, Brook­ his fence. Stones may be sent to G. P. candidate. It is a good thing to adopt. lyn, N. Y., is said to be the smallest mason, Hackett, Secretary, Hackett, Arkansas. —The Grand Council of Illinois elected | His height is thirty-three inches. 150 MASONIC TOKEN, JAN. 15, 1892.

THE HARVEST MOON. The illustrations are numerous and good, January Wide Awake, D. Lothrop & Co., and signed L. J. Bridgman. Publishers, Boston, $2.40, comes full of good The harvest moon stands on the sea, Her shining rim’s a-drip ; Scribner’s Magazine. An exceptional year. things which tbe young people thoroughly She gilds the sheaves on many a lea, appreciate. The. sails on many a ship : The year 1891 has been marked by a greater Glitter, sweet queen, upon the spray, advance than any similar period since the A new masonic monthly comes from And glimmer on the heather ; Right fair thy ray to show the way Magazine was established. Not only has Cedar Rapids, Iowa, called “ Iowa Mason­ Where lovers walk together. the literary and artistic excellence been ry,” published mouthy by Sidney Smith, at The red wheat rustles, and the vines maintained and increased, but a correspond- •$1. Bro. Smith is a practiced journalist, Are purple to the root. And true love, waiting patient wins ing gain has been made in the sale and in­ and if the magazine is like Iowa Masonry Its blessed time of fruit; Lamp of all lovers, lady-moon, fluence of the Magazine. At the end of it will be grand and earnest. Light these glad lips together, 1891 the circulation has risen to more, than Which reap alone a harvest sown The historian George A. Wheeler has Long ere September weather. 140,000. It may justly be promised that written Part 3, of Hancock Lodge, No. 4, of —[Sir Edwin Arnold. the further improvements for the coming Castine, 1881-1890, in bis usual elegant and Books, Papers, etc. year will be proportionate to these largely accurate manner, which is just issued by I. 0. 0. F,, Gr. Encampment Maine, proc. increased opportunities. For next year, Stephen Berry, Portland. This completes 1891 from Benjamin C. Stone, Grand it is not possible to give, in a brief space, the work from 1794 to January, 1891. Scribe. an account of all the features in preparation, but the material is deficient in neither im- Our Thunks. Pocket Chart of Co-operative Fraternal As- portance nor range of subject. Among the ColoRado.—Grand Lodge, Sept. 15, 1891, sociations, by F. H. Leavenworth Publish- from Ed. C. Parmelee, Denver, Gr. Sec. subjects treated : The Poor in the World’s ing Co., Detroit, Mich. 25c. John M. Maxwell, Leadville, G. M. 89 Great Cities. It is proposed to publish a lodges, 5,719 members, 499 initiates. The Maine Farmers’ Almanac for 1892 is series of articles, upon a scale not at- Grand Chapter, Sept. 17, 1891, from Ed. received from Charles E. Nash, the pub­ tempted, giving the results of special study C. Parmelee, Denver, Gr. Sec. Wm. W. Rol­ lisher, and also from Loring, Short & Har- ler, Salida, G. H. P. 26 chapters, 1,946 mem­ and work among the poor of the great cities. bers, 285 exalted. mon, Portland. It is as homelike and inter- The plan will include an account of the con- Idaho.—Grand Lodge, Sept. 8, 1891, from esting as ever. ditions of life in those cities (in many James H. Wickersham, Boise City, G. Sec. Robert B. Thomas’ Old Farmers’ Alma- lands) where the results of research will be John H. Meyer, Placerville, G. M. 23 lodges, 825 members, 60 initiates. nac, for 1892 is received from Loring, Short helpful for purposes of comparison as well & Harmon, Portland. This is the centen­ IlliNOis. — Grand Lodge Oct. 6, 1891, as for their own intrinsic interest. While, from Loyal L. Munn, Freeport, Gr. Sec. nial number. from a scientific point of view, the articles Monroe C. Crawford, Jonesboro, Gr. M. Bro. Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of will be a contribution of great importance, 43,930 members, 2997 initiates. Grand Chapter, Oct. 29, 1891, from Gil. Labor, sends in his Sixth Annual Report, the treatment will be thoroughly popular, W. Barnard, Chicago, Gr. Sec. Jacob which covers the cost of Production of and the elaborate illustrations will serve to Krohn, Freeport, G. H. P. 176 chapters, iron, steel, &c Bro. Wright is making a make the presentation of the subject vivid 14,046 members, 92S exaltations. Grand Council, Oct. 28, 1891, from Gil. W. great reputation for himself, at home and as well as picturesque. Washington Allston. Barnard, Chicago, G. Rec. Samuel J. Le abroad, in his chosen field. It is not a Unpublished Reminiscences and Letters of Fevre, Gibson City, G. Master. 28 coun showy kind of literary work, but the fel- this foremost among early American paint- cils, 1861 members, 187 candidates. Grand Commandery, Oct. 29, 1891, from lows who want to know things have to go ers. A number of illustrations will lend Gil. W. Barnard, Chicago, G. Rec. Sylves­ to him. additional interest to the articles. Impor­ ter O. Spring, Peoria, Gr. Com. 58 com­ Notes and Queries,by S. C. & L. M. Gould, tant Moments. The aim of this series of manderies, 7978 members, 566 knighted. very short articles is to describe the signal Report on Correspondence 1891, from Manchester, N. H., commences its 9th Gen. J. C. Smith, Chicago, chairman. occasions when some decisive event took volume with the January number. Month- INDIAN TERRITORY.—Grand Lodge, Aug. ly SI- For those who are interested in place, or when some great experiment was 18, 1891, from Joseph S. Murrow, Atoka, History, Folk-lore, Mathematics, Mysticism, first shown to be successful—such moments Gr. Sec. Leo E. Bennett, Muskogee, G. M. 43 lodges, 1570 members, 196 initiates. Art, Science, etc., this magazine is ex- as that of the first use of the Atlantic cable, the first use of the telegraph and telephone, Iowa.—Grand Lodge, June 1891, from tremely interesting. Theo. S. Parvin, Cedar Rapids, Gr. Sec. the first successful experiment with ether, Lippincott’s Magazine for January con- Ralph G. Phelps, Atlantic, G. M. 509 lodges the night of the Chicago fire, the scene at 22,525 members, 1,288 initiates. tains “ The Passing of Major Kilgore, a the moment of the vote on the impeach- Memorandum Book, with the compli­ novel by Young E. Allison, complete, and ments of the Grand Lodge, from Theo. S. ment of Andrew Johnson, etc., etc. Out of among other interesting articles, a series of Parvin, Gr. Sec. Door Papers. In the early spring will be Grand Commandery, July 14-17, 1891, journalistic sketches from editors-in-chief, begun a number of seasonable articles, from Alf Wingate, Des Moines, Gr. Rec. giving their personal experiences. The W. F. Cleveland, Harlan, Gr. Com. 54 com­ among them being: Small Country Places, opening article is by Col. Alex. K. McClure, manderies, 3,763 members, 232 knighted. how to lay out and beautify them, by Sam- with a portrait. J. B. Lippincott Co., Phil- KeNtucky.—Grand Council, Oct. 1891. uel Parsons, Jr. Fisning Lore from an from Lorenzo D. Croninger, Covington, G. adelphia, S3. Angler’s Note-Book, by Dr. Leroy M.'Yale. Rec. Thomas P. Grant, Louisville, G. M. The Smugglers of Chestnut, is a charming 18 councils, 553 members, 40 candidates. Mountain Station Life in New Zealand, by story of boyish adventure in the Aroostook Grand Commandery, May 27, 1891, from Sidney Dickinson. Racing in Australia, by Lorenzo D. Croninger, Covington, G. Rec. forests, by Clarence B. Burleigh, editor of Sidney Didkinson, with illustrations by John W. Pruett, Franfort, G. C. 24 com­ manderies, 1,689 members, 103 knighted. the Kennebec Journal. While it is inter- Birge Harrison. The illustrations are made Manitoba.—Grand Lodge, June 10, 1891, esting to the grown folks, it also meets the from original material. A full prospectus hearty commendation of the young people, from Wm. G. Scott, Winnipeg, Gr. Sec. appears in the Holiday Number, now ready. Wm. G. Bel), Winnipeg, G. Master. 45 who look forward with pleased anticipation Price, 25 cents. $3.00 a year. Charles lodges, 1,878 members, 160 initiates. to the future adventures of the hero. We Scribner’s Sons, Publishers, 743 and 745 ■* Maryland. — Grand Chapter, Nov. 10, congratulate Mr. Burleigh upon opening up Broadway, New York. 1891, from Geo. L. McCaban, Baltimore, so excellent a field of fiction, which he can- Gr. Sec. Win. H. Clark, Baltimore, G. H. P. 16 chapters, 1420 members, 127 exaltations. not fail to follow with success. It is hand- Open Court, 169 LaSalle Street, Chicago, weekly, $2. A liberal paper which discusses Massachusetts.—Grand Lodge quarter­ somely printed and bound, and issued by ly, June 10,1891, from Sereno D. Nickerson, E. E. Knowles & Co., publishers, Augusta. all subjects without bigotry. Boston, Gr. Sec. MASONIC TOKEN. JAN. 15, 1892. 151

Council Qf Deliberation, from Benj. Dean, DIED. Office of Westbrook Board of Health, 33°, Com-in-Chief. John L. Stevenson G. Sec. 14 bodies, 5,922 members, 751 initi- In Deering, Oct. 31, Moses G. Dow, aged 80 yrs. Saccarappa, Me., Sept. 29, 1890. ates, 63 deaths. 5 mos. He was made a mason in Portland Lodge Gentlemen:—Having for many years made in 1855. MichigaN—Council of Deliberation, May In Portland, Dec. 26, Capt. Charles Merrill, use in my family of “ L. F.” Atwood’s Bit- 18, 1891, from Hugh A. Holmes, Detroit, aged 70 y. 5 m. He was made a mason in Ancient ters, and always with good results, I do not Gr. Sec. Hugh McCurdy, Corunna, Com- Landmark Lodge January 3, 1855. hesitate to concede all that is claimed for in-chief. Same from Hugh McCurdy, Com- In Detroit, Mich., Jan. 1, James H. Richardson, in-chief. aged 49. He was a resident of Yarmouth, and a them. They are among the very few pro­ member of Casco Lodge and Cumberland Chapter. prietary medicines that have gained for Mississippi. — Grand Chapter, Feb. 11, In Portland, Jan. 2. Francis E. Cummings, aged 1891, from John L. Power, Jackson, G. Sec. 59 y. 2 m. 13 d. He was a master mariner, and themselves a good and permanent reputation initiated in Portland Lodge in 1878. P. M. Savery, Tupelo, Gr. H. P. 36 chap­ on their own merits instead of having a rep­ ters, 1040 members, 129 exaltations. utation manufactured for them by loud ad­ Grand Commandery, Feb. 10, 1891, from John L. Power, Jackson, Gr. Rec. J. E. When you attend the Grand vertising. To aid in breaking up a cold, Leigh, Columbus, Gr. Com. 9 command- Lodge Meetings and for complaints of a bilious character, it eries, 297 members, 36 knighted. Also ser- is safe to assert that there is no article now mon preached before Grand Commandery, by Rev. William Cross, Gr. Prelate. ST. JULIAN HOTEL, selling at so low a price that has equal It. W. UNDERWOOD, Prop’r, Portland. medicinal value. Yours truly, MissouRi.—Grand Lodge, Oct. 13, 1891, The only Hotel in Portland on Underwood’s from John S. Vincil, St. Louis, Gr. Sec. B. Plan. H. K. GRIGGS. H. Ingram, Sedalia, Gr. M. 555 lodges, [N. B. The True “ L. F.” Medicine is war­ 28,816 members, 1876 initiates. ranted to contain more medical properties Grand Commandery, April 21, 1891, from New Masonic Bible Agents wanted for our New Large Masonic in a thirty-five cent bottle than any other In- Wm. H. Mayo, St. Louis, Gr. Rec. Noah Quarto Family Bible. Every mason should have M. Givan, Harrisonville, Gr. Com. 55 coin- one. Every mason wants one. Every mason will vigorator or Sarsaparilla sold for a dollar.] manderies, 3435 members, 278 knighted. have one. Price only $14.00. Wanted an Agent in every NebRaska.—Grand Lodge, June 17, 1891, state. $100 per month profit guaranteed. 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Wright, Phila., Gr. Com. 66 com- p ECORDS and other Masonic Blank Books fur- 1L nished or made to order. manderies, 9,270 members, 765 knighted. MANUFACTURERS OF EALS.—Embossing Seals and Presses, very cheap South Carolina.—Grand Chapter, June and of the finest workmanship, by the best 11, 1891, from Park Davis, Sioux Falls, G. SSeal Engraver in the country. H. P. 24 chapters, 1,200 members, 136 ex- Lodge ailed. Grand Commandery, June 8, 1891, from IRA BERRY, Jr., Bruce M. Rowley, Huron, Gr. Rec. Sam- uel H. Jumper, Aberdeen, Gr. Com. 8 com- Watches, Clocks, Charts, Furniture, inanderies, 559 members, 72 knighted. AND NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS. AND Texas.—Grand Commandery, Report on Correspondence 1891, from Robt. M. Elgin, Agent fok U. S. COAST SURVEY CHARTS. ALL KINDS OF Houston, chairman. 4S Exchange St., Portland. West VirgiNia.—Grand Commandery, Special attention paid to Repairing. May 13, 1891, from R. C. Dunnington, Fair- mont, Gr. Rec. John W. Morris. Wheeling, LODGE SUPPLIES. Gr. Com. 10 commanderies, 572 members, Send your Mark Books to 81 knighted. Send for Price List. GeNeral GraNd Council.—July 21, JOHN B. HUDSON, Artist, 1891, at Minneapolis, from Henry W. Mord- 345 Cumberland Street, hurst, Fort Wayne, Ind., Gen. Gr. Recorder. Agents wanted in every Lodge. Orestes A. B. Senter, Columbus, Ohio, Gen. PORTLAND, Gr. Master. 291 councils, 19,638 members, 99—32 I, 707 candidates. To have the Marks drawn in. 152 MASONIC TOKEN. JAN. 15, 1892.

SHAW, SON & LOTHROP, WILLIAM SENTER & CO., OWEN, MOORE & CO., Chronometers, Watches, Clocks, SilverWare, Jobbers and Retailers of Wholesale Grocers, Jewelry, Nautical, Optical and Math­ Ladies’ and Gents’ Furnishings. ematical Instruments, Reliable and fashionable goods at moderate prices. No. 225 COMMERCIAL STREET, PORTLAND. Largest stock Kid Gloves in the State. No. 51 EXCHANGE STREET, 505 & 507 Congress Street. George R. Shaw. Wm. W. Lothrop. William Senter, Jr. PORTLAND, ME. Geo. M. Moore. SEND ALL ORDERS FOR SWAN & BARRETT, ESTABLISHED 1841. Crackers, Loaf Bread, Bis­ H. H. HAY & SON, cuit, Cakes and Pastry, ' Bankers and Brokers, Wholesale or Retail, to No. 186 Middle Stueet, Wholesale Dru&gisbs, WEST & CALDERWOOD, BAKERS, PORTLAND, ME. 532 Congress Street', Portland, Maine, Junction Free and Middle Sts., Dealers in Investment Securities. And they will receive prompt attention. Rufus H. Hinkley. PORTLAND. J. A. MERR I L L & C0., HALL L. DAVIS, CHARLES M. RICK CO., Jewelers, Manufacturers and Dealers in BOOKSELLER, STATIONER, Dealers in all the varieties of Masonic, L 0. 0. F., Mili­ PAPER, PAPER BAGS, & TWINE, tary; & Society Quads, And Blank Book Manufacturer, No. 47 Exchange Street, No. 14 Exchange St., Poktland. Removed to 503 Congress St., PORTLAND, ME. Paper of any size or quality made to order. J. A.MERRILL. PORTLAND. ALBION KEITH. Charles M. Rice. R. K. GATLEY, ANDREW MULNIX, FARRINGTON BROTHERS, Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces and 21 Union Street, Portland. □F* UNTIL! CLOTHING. Kitchen Furnishings, PLASTERER, STUCCO 4" MASTIC WORKER, Hats, Caps and Gents’ Furnishings, 109 Centre, between Free and Congress Sts., Whitening, Coloring, Cementing, Ifc. PORTLAND. Contractor for Concrete Walks, Drives, Streets, &c. No. 542 Congress St., New Bines Building, James E. Mulnix. PORTLAND. GEO. II. GRIFFEN, Diamonds, Vacheron, Waltham, Elgin RANDALL & McALLISTER, and Hampden Watches, FALMOUTH HOTEL, ALSO THE NEW WATCH “FOREST CITY." ANTHRACITE & BITUMINOUS Jewelry, French Clocks, and a fine line of COAL, 212 Middle Street, sterling silver, and silver plated ware. By the CaRgo and at Retail, 504 Congress St., Portland. J. K. Martin, Prop’r. PORTLAND. PORTLAND, ME. ROBERT B. SWIFT, Offices:—78 Exchange St. and 60 Commercial St. OPTICIAIXr. H. H. NEVENS & CO., ,0. Particular attention paid to fitting spectacles, Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in and eye-glass frames, thus bringing the center of OF NEW YORK. the lenses directly over the eyes, as otherwise per­ COFFEE AND SPICES, fect vision cannot be obtained. Established 1843. Assets $125,000,000. CREAM TARTAR, CAYENNE die., J. W. FITZPATRICK, 513 Congress St., PORTLAND. Eagle Mills, Office 184 & 186 Fore St. General Agent for Maine, LORING, SHORT «fc HARMON, PORTLAND, ME. Oxford Building, Portland. BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS, ERBERT <3. BRIGGS, Attorney H and Solicitor of Patents, No. 98 Ex­ And jobbers of change Street. Portland Masonic Relief Association. PORTLAND, ME. President—J. B. DunbAR. Paper Hangings and School Books, Treas.—Leander W Fobes. Manufacturers of Clerk—Albro E. Chase. Invested Fund $25,170.00. 183 deaths in 16 years. BOOKS, Rubber Goods! Amount paid at death §1000. Assessments each And Dealers in death are from 70c to §2.00, according to age. Ex- OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. pense assessment per year §l.o0 additional. No New and Second Hand Law Books, better or cheaper assessment society in the State. 474 Congress Street, opp. Preble House, Engineers’ Supplies. For particulars apply to the Clerk. PORTLAND. J. & E. R. BARBOUR, The Boston Regalia Co., C. P. BABCOCK, 8 Exchange St, Portland, Me. 7 TEMPLE, PLACE, BOSTON, Bank Safe Locksmith. Manufacturers of and Dealers in EASTMAN BROS.& BANCROFT, Safes of all makes opened and repaired. Jobbers and Retailers of Masonic, Odd Fellows, 36 TEMPLE ST., PORTLAND, ME. Notice.—Special and immediate attention, by Dry and Fancy Goods, And. other Society Regalia and Jewels, skilled workmen, given in answer to calls’ from LADIES’, MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S Banks troubled with defective doors, bolt work or CLOAKS AND SUITS. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR UNIFORMS, locks of any manufacture. B. M. EastmaN, I 492 and 494 Congress Street, Badges, Banners and Flags, E. D. EastmaN, J PORTLAND, Me. GOLD AND SILVER TRIMMINGS. J. G. HAYES & CO., 18—21 DANA W. FELLOWS, M. 1)., Hatters, Men’s Furnishers, DENTIST, uee t PORTLAND, e 7 MONUMENT SQUARE, No. 23 F S ., M .

GEORGE e. Thompson. Portland, Me. GRAND LODGE CERTIFICATES Can be had at the Grand Secretary’s office, accord­ RUMMOND & DRUMMOND, At­ ing to vote of Grand Lodge in 1868. Price $1, (or torneys at Law, Union Mutual Life ln- in ]>ocket book form $1.25). The quickest and best D way is for brethren wishing them to apply through surance Building, Portland, Me. the Secretaries of their respective Lodges. Josiah H. Drummond. STEPHEN BERRY, Acting Gr. Sec’y,