MASONIC TOKEN.

WHEREBY ONE BROTHER MAY KNOW ANOTHER.

VOLUME 3. PORTLAND, ME., OCT. 15, 1892. Ng. 22.

Published quarterly by Stephen Berry, Constitution. and Rev. Bro. J. L. Seward, of Waterville, Jephtha Council of R. & S. Masters, No. delivered the oration. We return our No. 37 Plum Street, Portland, Maine. 17, at Farmington, was constituted Septem- thanks for an invitation. Twelve cts. per year in advance. ber 23d by Grand Master Wm. R. G. Estes, The Grand Master has received tbe res­ Established March, 1867. 26th year. assisted by Deputy Grand Master Roak and P. C. of Work Crowell, with companions ignation of R.W. Bro. Emilius W. Brown, filling the other offices. The officers were District Deputy Grand Master of the 2d Advertisements $4.00 per inch, or $3.00 for half an inch for one year. installed by Deputy Grand Master Roak, as Masonic District, and has appointed in his No advertisement received unless tlie advertiser, follows: Benjamin M. Hardy, tim; Seth E. place R. W. Albert Whipple Clark, of East- or some member of the firm, is a Freemason in dm pcw port. good standing. Beedy, ; S. Clifford Belcher, ; John ______« J. Linscott, Rec. A Grand Chapter of the Order of the TO A MAINE POET. Dedication. Eastern Star was organized at Rockland, The new ball of Riverside Lodge, No. 135, August 24th. Miss Ella M. Day, of Rock- Kathleen Mavourneen !—The song is still ringing As fresh and as clear as the trill of the birds ; was dedicated September 14th by R. W. land, was elected Grand Worthy Matron ; In world-weary hearts it is sobbing and singing In pathos too sweet for the tenderest words. Charles W. Stetson, D. D. G. M. 10th dis- Dr. A. H. Burroughs, of Westbrook, Gr. O, have we forgotten the one who first breathed it— trict. A fine address was delivered by Rev. W. Patron ; Mrs. Annette H. Hooper, Bid­ O, have we forgotten his rapturous art— Our meed to the master whose genius bequeathed Bro. C. S. Cummings, of Rockland. Music deford, Grand Secretary.

O, why art thou silent, thou voice of the heart? was rendered by a quartette, and a supper- followed. In the evening work was ren­ Sabatis, Me., August 10th.—Bro. Judson Kathleen Mavourneen ; thy lover still lingers ; Bangs, of Sabatis, was injured the 9tb, by The long night is waning—the stars pale and dered on the third degree. few ; a bursting emery wheel in the grist mill. Thy sad eerenader. with tremulous fingers. Di«peiinationsl, Is bowed with bis tears as the lily with dew ; One piece of the wheel struck him on the The old harp-strings quaver—the old voice is shak­ Grand Master Taylor issued a dispensa- collar bone and made a painful but not ing­ in sighs and in sobs moans the yearning refrain— tion July 22d, to twenty brethren in the serious wound. Another piece struck him The old vision dims, and the old heart is break­ town of York, for a new lodge, to be called ing— on the neck, grazing the big artery and Kathleen Mavourneen, inspire us again ! Saint Aspinquid Lodge, with the following badly bruising the flesh. A very large —James Whitcomb Riley. officers: piece, fully five inches long, struck him on Frank W. Smith, Master. the cheek, making a huge gash. It was a Wilson L. Hawkes, Senior Warden. narrow escape in more respects than one. MASONRY IN MAINE. Albert D. Walker, Junior Warden. ------, Secretary. Bro. Bangs is District Deputy Grand Lodge Elections. Master of the 14th district, and his brethren Rural, 53, Sidney. Albert IT Reynolds, Grand High Priest Penley has issued the will unite in congratulating him on his M ; Nathan A Benson, sw ; Sewall A Clark, dispensation for a new chapter at Water­ narrow escape. On the 26th he was suffi­ jw ; James F Warren, sec. ville, to be called Teconnet Chapter, ordered ciently recovered to resume his usual busi­ Asylum, 133, Wayne. Renj II J Ridley, by the Grand Chapter in May. It is dated m; James M Moulton, sw ; Clarence M ness. Stevens, jw; B Frank Bradford, sec. August 1, and it will come in as No. 52. Star in the East, 60, Oldtown. Melvin L Tbe officers will be Books, Papers, etc. Emerson, rn ; Chas A Dillingham, sw ; John H. W. Stewart, High Priest; —Camp Hammond is a beautifully illus­ W Gould, jw ; Geo T Sewall, sec. A. L. McFadden, King; trated pamphlet reprinted from the Ameri- C. H. Alden, Scribe; Oriental, 13, Bridgton. D. Eugene Chap­ can Architect, of a Mill-Built Dwelling lin, m; Lewis H Corliss, sw; Frank W W. D. Spaulding, Secretary. Seavey, jw; Richard T Bailey, sec. House, referring to the mansion of Bro. Grand High Priest Albert M. Penley is­ Davis, 191, Strong. Andrew J Norton, Geo. W. Hammond at Yarmouthville, Maine, m; Nelson Walker, sw; CF-Tbompson, jw ; sued on August 10th a dispensation to seven- ft is evidently both beautiful and comfort­ G S Porter, sec. teen companions to form a new Royal Arch able and little liable to conflagration. A Chapter at East Machias, to be called War- Chapter Elections. fine view of the mills of the Forest Paper ren Chapter, with the following officers : Saint Andrew’s, u. n., Mechanic Falls. Co., of which he is manager, is also given. Prescott R Cobb, hp; Diman B Perry, k ; High Priest—Herbert Harris. — Thomas Manning ham, M. D., is a paper King—James E. Tuell. Chas H Dwinal, sc; Frank O Parington, by the historian Robert Freke Gould, re­ SEC. Scribe—Austin F. Kingsley. Commandery Elections. Secretary—Austin Harris. published from the proceedings of the Lodge Portland, 2, Portland. Chas I Riggs, c ; The first meeting was held September 9th. Coronati. It is a valuable memoir of a Wm S Corey, g ; Geo E Whitney, cg ; John celebrated mason. In it we find a historical S Russell, kec. Lodge Notes. point of extreme interest regarding tbe St. Omer, 12, Waterville. Fred C Thayer, Herbert Harris recently presented to origin of Templar Masonry. He says that c ; John A Lang, g ; Horace A Burrell, cg ; Warren Lodge of East Machias a fine-toned in 1760 most of the English regiments bad W D. Spaulding, Rec. organ for the lodge room. army lodges. Most of tbern served on tbe Euclid, 194, Madison. Chas. A. Wilber, continent while the Rite of Strict Observ­ m ; Leonard O. Paine, sw; Granville D. Per­ Asylum Lodge, No. 133, at Wayne, kept kins, jw; Joseph IL Hoyle, sec. its twenty-fifth anniversary, October llth, ance was flourishing, and fraternized with 188 MASONIC TOKEN, OCT. 15, 1892. brethren of that rite. He cannot doubt, —We have received the ever welcome age of $17 to the eighty cases relieved, therefore, that these lodges obtained the and valuable Massachusetts report on the enables eighty to get along with the help of Orders of Knighthood from that rite and in­ Statistics of Labor, with the Statistics of the local lodges and friends. In some cases, troduced it into England and America, as Manufacturers for 1891, from Horace G. the receipt of a little cash assistance each they were favorites with Army Lodges. Wadlin, Chief of Bureau, Boston, and re- year, induces friends to keep them, who —History of the Crusades, by Michaud, turn him thanks. could not venture to take the burden un- illustrated by Dore, Geo. Barrie, 31 Milk St. Wide Awake for October contains—In assisted. Boston, Publisher. M. M. Simmon, agent. Grandma’s Kitchen, by Ella Wheeler Wil­ But the time will come when some wealthy •31 a number. Part 17 gives Dore’s elegant cox ; The Narration of Irish Will of Gal­ brother of strong opinions on this subject, line engravings of the arrival of the German way, by Elbridge S. Brooks ; The Diver, by will drive the fraternity into it, by giving or and Danish fleets at Ptolemais; the Siege II. P. Whitmarsh ; Growing, by Juliet C. leaving it an endowment so large for a Home of Ptolemais; Crusaders surrounded by Marsh ; The Youngest Planet and how he that it cannot afford to lose it, and then the Saladin’s army; and Burying the Dead after became a Comet, by Helen Clarkson ; The Home will be built and the craft will really the Battle of Dorylaeum. The text con- Elf’s Beacon Light, by Lilian Crawford take up the burden of masonic life. tinues the narrative of Louis IX crusade ; True; Cinderella, by H. S. Huntington; Mourning circulars from the Grand Chap­ his captivity, release, his conduct in Pales­ Some Simple Astronomy, by Vesper L. ter and Grand Council of Connecticut an- tine and his final return to France with the George; Tbe Bee Hunters, by Richard nounce the death of Chester Tilden, in little remnant of his expedition. Malcolm Johnston ; The Cruise of the Willimantic, August Slat, aged 66 years, 7 Part 18 contains Dore’s A Friendly Dolphins, by Mary E. Blake; On Board a months. He was Gr. II. Priest in 1883, Tournament; The Baptism of Infidels ; Ed- Pirate Junk, by Lieut.-Col. Thorndike ; A and Gr. Master of the Grand Council in ward 3d of England kills his attempted as- Piece of Red Cloth, by M. Carrie Hyde ; 1880. sassin; The Crusaders Massacre the In­ London Bridge, by Mary Hardinge Conolly ; habitants of Caesarea. The text continues Cane Rush, by Malcolm Townsend ; “ I Comp. Hiram Chase, of Belfast, is the the history of St. Louis, and of the effect-of Spy,” by John Preston True ; A Fresh Air oldest living member of the order of High his crusade upon Europe, especially upon Girl, by Grace Mildred Thompson ; The Priesthood in Maine, having been admitted France. It then takes up the Eighth Coral Ship, by Kirk Munroe ; My Horse- in 1856, over thirty-six years ago. Crusade. At this time the two orders of back Ride, by Dorothy Holcomb ; “ That Gen. James W. Husted, who died in the Temple and of St. John waged bitter Mary Ann,” by Kate Upson Clark ; Men Peekskill, N. Y., September 25tb, at the age war against each other. At this time, also, and Things ; Odd Business. XI, by L. J. of 59, was Grand Master of Masons in 1876. the Moguls captured Bagdad and deposed Bridgman. the last of the Abbaside Caliphs. They He was a graduate of Yale, held many also invaded Syria and terrified Europe. It The Charity Fund of the Grand Lodge of public offices, was a member of legislature was at this period that the massacre of Maine was organized in 1822, when Simon for eighteen years, and speaker six. Sefed or Safed took place, when 600 Knights Greenleaf, the distinguished jurist, was Comp. McCaban correspondent of the Templar and Knights Hospitallers were Grand Master, with a fund of -$1,144.50, of Grand Council of Maryland, estimates that murdered in cold blood, but two escaping, which the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts there are 414 active councils of Cryptic one of the latter order being sent to his contributed §1000 as the share of their Char- Masons in the United States, with 27,612 brethren to carry the news, and one of the ity Fund fairly due to the District of Maine members, which is about one-fifth the num- Templars abandoning his faith to save his at the formation of the new Grand Lodge. ber of the Royal Arch Masons. life. All the others preferred death to In 1826, $65 was distributed in relief; in apostacy. The Eighth Crusade was con- 1827, $220 ; in 1828, $170 ; in 1829, $107 : it Joseph H. Branham, Grand Secretary of ducted by Louis IX in 1270, and made its continued until in 1850 the distribution the Grand Chapter of Kentucky for sixteen attack upon Tunis. Here the plague de- amounted to $200; in 1860, to $515; in 1870, years, and late Emeritus Grand Secretary, stroyed them and Louis died. the fund amounted to $15,600, and as a high did at Bowling Green, August 6th, after a —September Galaxy of Music, contains rate of interest was received, the distribu­ long illness originating in sunstroke. His forty-four pages of choice music, including tion was $1,420; in 1880, losses had been age was 77. He had been Gr. H. Priest. nine vocal and nine instrumental selections made, but the fund amounted to $18,800, The Keystone thinks inviting ladies to (all of the latest and best), for 10 cents. An­ and tbe distribution to $675. The amount Red Cross banquets after tbe work, is un­ nual subscription, $1.00. Boston, Mass., F. of tbe fund is now $26,183.80, and $1,410.00 wise, saying that it will lead to inviting them Trifet, publisher, 408 Washington St. were distributed to over eighty applicants in to witness the conferring of the Orders. —Scribner’s Magazine, for October, con- in 1892. tains The Making of the White City, by H. While it is a pleasure to see how much We regret to learn from Assistant Grand C. Bunner; Salem Kittredge, Theologue, by suffering is thus relieved, it is sad to find Secretary W. A McLean, that Grand Sec­ Bliss Perry ; French Art, II, Romantic 1’aint- the families of old friends in reduced cir­ retary DeWitt C. Dawkins of Florida was ing, by W. C. Brownell; Stories of a Western cumstances, sometimes quite pitiable. But prostrated by paralysis May 16th. He is now Town, by Octave Thanet; The Education of no man can forsee the changes of a score of very low and linle hopes are entertained of the Deaf and Dumb, by Walter B. Peet; Au­ years. The first contributor to the Mich- his recovery. tumn and tbe After-glow, by Edith M. Thom- igan Home, became poor and ill, and was as; A School for Street Arabs, by Edmund its first occupant, and a girl in the English William Wallace Lee, President of the R. Spearman ; Launching Cruisers and Bat- School for Girls is one of the Life Govern­ Connecticut Masonic Veterans, favors us tle-ships, by William J. Baxter, U. S. Navy; ors, her father, when alive and prosperous, with their annual report for 1892. His ad- Wood-songs, by Arthur Sherburne Hardy ; having contributed largely in her name, little dress was interesting and 110 were present. Homer, by Andrew Lang; Thomas Jeffer- thinking that she would one day receive its Sixty new members were admitted. Seven son in Undress, by Paul Leicester Eord; In charities. are reported died during the year. a Medicean Garden, by Grace Ellery Chan­ Some may strongly wish that a Masonic ning; Historic Moments: The First Capital Home could be started in Maine, but it is W. H. Holt, Recorder, sends us a gor­ Operation under the Influence of Ether, by evident that we cannot yet afford it, for the geous notice of the pilgrimage of El Riad Daniel Denison Slade, M. D.; The Point of amount distributed now would maintain but ! Temple of tbe Mystic Shrine from Sioux View. six or seven cases in a home, while the aver- j Falls to Mitchell. MASONIC TOKEN, OCT. 15, 1892. 189

FleuR de Lis.—The fleur de lis should Berry’s Templar Statistics, 1S9'2. In the admirable statistical tables of the be classed as a masonic flower. It has Grand Lodge of New York, for 1892, by three petals which turn down, three which Jesse B. Anthony, we find one giving the Grand percentage of masons to the white popula- turn up, and three others between, making Commanderies. three times three. It is claimed that the tion, similar to one which we prepared for Deceased. proper name is Fleur de Louis, whence the Subordinates. M em bers. K n ig h te d . the Grand Commaudery of Maine in 1881, only much more full, and requiring an in English name, Fleur de Luce, which is a Alabama, 9 342 51 7 very old form, found in the chronicles of Arkansas, 12 497 42 9 finite amount of labor. From it we find the middle ages. It is said that an angel California, 33 2,735 200 56 that the white population is 55,753,392, Colorado, 22 1.395 281 10 brought to Queen Clothilde a shield with the Master Masons 640,101, or one to 87.10 ; Connecticut, 11 1,934 146 39 three fleur de lis upon it, which caused its Georgia, 8 559 75 9 the Royal Arch Masons 156,554, or one to adoption as the heraldic flower of France. Illinois, 59 7,978 566 101 4.09 masons; the Cryptic Masons 33,395, or 35 2,989 211 43 It is an emblem of purity, consecrated to Indiana, one to 4.70 Royal Arch Masons ; the Tem- Iowa, 54 3,763 232 32 the Saviour, and one of the most beautiful Kansas, 34 2,383 273 27 plars 86,878, or one to 7.36 Master Masons of flowers. Kentuckv, 24 1,804 169 33 and one to 1.80 Royal Arch Masons. Louisiana, 3 284 9 5 Maine heads the list of M. Masons with Maine, 19 2,590 187 38 In Paris, Tenn., four farmers were lately Maryland, 8 890 50 20 one to 31.97 of the population, or about three imprisoned and three of them put in the Mass. & R. I., 43 8,995 709 109 per cent., while New York has one to 79.15. chain gang for keeping the seventh day as Michigan, 42 4,758 517 67 Rhode Island heads the Royal Arch list 2,148 31 the Sabbath and working on Sunday. It is Minnesota, 24 186 Mississippi, 12 339 65 7 with one to 2.02 masons, nearly half; while wonderful to see such barbarism in the Missouri, 55 3,435 278 40 Maine has one to 4.40. nineteenth century. Montana, 8 313 29 4 Texas heads the Cryptic list with one to Nebraska, 22 1,386 101 19 New Hamp., 10 1.665 139 23 331. Royal Arch Masons, while Main? has Endowment Societies. Having re- New Jersey, 16 1,511 155 19 one to 3.88. ceived the following letter, and having scru- New York, 56 9,139 833 124 Washington heads the Templar list with 37 1 ples about making “ big money ” out of the N. Carolina, 9 269 No. Dakota, 4 190 18 1 one to 1.40 Royal Arch Masons, while “genteel and remunerative employment” Ohio, 51 6,714 484 83 Maine has one to 1.90. of roping in our brethren, we publish it to Oregon, 4 283 28 1 show the methods employed by numerous Pennsylvania, 72 9,532 903 149 ReveRSal of Teials.—Bro. Drummond’s So. Dakota, 8 587 51 6 statement of the rights of members on ap- societies in all parts of the county. As Tennessee, 15 1,052 88 25 there is sure to be somebody, who has no Texas, 27 1,722 200 18 peals, is so clear, that we copy from his scruples, remember, when he solicits you to Vermont, 10 1,212 91 22 Chapter Correspondence of 1892 : Virginia, 18 1,138 129 22 join a seven year endowment order, that We do not claim that the Grand Chapter Washington, 9 426 54 3 can put a new member into a chapter, or there is “ big money ” in it for him and for W. Virginia, 10 637 73 6 restore one who has been legally put out. the originators, and that it is your money : Wisconsin, 24 2,388 194 20 But the question is can a chapter put a Wyoming, 4 186 44 1 member out by proceedings in violation of "Dear Sir:—Having received informa- G. Eu. sub’s, 30 2,653 330 56 law i Chapters have rights, and so do the tion that you are interested in Fraternal So- individual members; we have always under­ cieties, I take the liberty of addressing you Total, in U. S., 914 92,821 8,228 1,286 stood one of the landmarks to be that a and placing in your hands literature of the Canada, 30 1,053 109 15 mason can be deprived of no right, without Order of----- . We wish to establish the Eng. & Wales, 105 3,000 ...... an appeal to the Grand Lodge to set the Order in your locality by the institution of Ireland, 41 1,300 matter right. A companion is a member of one or more Temples. To come to tbe Scotland, 10 450 a chapter, with the same right to remain as point at once, we want you to get up a char­ Victoria, Aus., 4 80 1 ... . any other member : the chapter undertakes ter list and institute a temple. If you are --- . ■ ——. — to put him out; he says that the action of engaged in business,that will be no bar to it; Tot. in world, 1104 98,704 8,338 1,301 the chapter is contrary to masonic law and by devoting an hour or two each evening for All the jurisdictions of the United States appeals to the Grand Chapter, which says a couple, of weeks you can do it: and we don’t have increased except Louisiana and Mary- so too : is he out ? Has he ever been out ? want you to work for nothing either. A little The Grand Chapter decides that he never exertion amongst your friends and neigh- land. The increase in tbe United States has has been out; the chapter says that he is bors will bring you in big money. If you been 5730 against 3158 last year, or 6f per out; which decision shall prevail? While are so situated that you can give your whole cent, against 3% last year, almost equal to chapters have rights so has the individual, time to the work, you will find it genteel and the right of appeal is given to pro­ and remunerative employment. In either the 7 per cent. in 1890. Colorado increased tect him against tbe illegal action of his event you should correspond with us, as we almost one-third, as might have been ex- chapter. But, says Comp. Southgate, “ that believe the laborer is worthy of his hire. pected, in anticipation of the Triennial. would destroy the harmony of the chapter.” “ We have an arrangement whereby cer- Does Masonry teach that to preserve har- tificates of membership in Temple-at-large Pennsylvania increased 774, t gain of almost mony we may deprive a member of his can be issued at once to applicants, and as- nine per cent., ant a number greater than membership in violation of masonic law ? sessments remitted direct to the Supreme the membership of thirteen of the smaller Shall we do evil, that good may come ? Temple until you get a full charter list. At One of two things is certain; either a Grand Commanderies. Massachusetts gained institution all will be transferred to the new member has no right of membership and temple. By this method you do not lose 505, which is greater than the membership holds it merelj’ at the pleasure of his asso­ your first applicants while you are filling up of ten states in the list, or of Scotland with ciates, or else illegal proceedings by a lodge the list. Then the first in are first' out her Foreign Encampments. North America or chapter to deprive him of it are void and seven years afterwards. of no effect, and he still remains a member. “ If you don’t succed in getting up a tem­ has 93,874 of the Templars of the world, The North Carolina law seems to admit the ple, those you get can remain as members- against 4,830 in Great Britaii aud Australia, right, but holds that proceedings of the at-l’arge and continue to pay direct to the or more than nineteen times as many lodge to deprive him of it are effectual, Supreme Secretary, and be entitled to all whether those proceedings are legal or ille­ monetary benefits of the Order. COMPARISON OF NORTH AMERICAN Sta- gal ; or at any rate that the lodge is the “ If, however, you are not in a position to TISTICS. final judge of their legality, thus depriving avail yourself of this offer, we will esteem the member the right of appeal given him Date. Templars. R. A. M. M. Per cent.* it a favor if you will hand this letter to some by the landmarks. one whom you know that will appreciate 1870 25,844 96,275 483,535 5 The talk about “ creature and the crea­ the opportunity ; or send us their name and 1880 506-

?^=Secretaries should instantly report spondents is said to have been delightful, Horn among tbe “ forty-niners, when barely the election of Officers, if they have not but we have as yet no account of it. eighteen, but returned to Boston in 1852, done so, that communications, &c., may be The officers elected were and, during tbe summer of the same year sent to the proper addresses. G. Master—Hugh McCurdy, Corinna, Mich. went, via the Isthmus of Panama, to South Every Master who has served a full year D. Gr. Master—W. La Rue Thomas, Dan­ America, where he chanced to be in Guaya­ ville, Ky. is entitled to a Past Master’s diploma, and G. Generalissimo—Reuben II. Lloyd, San quil, Ecuador, when that city was attacked his District Deputy will furnish one bn ap- Francisco, Cal. by tbe insurgent fleet of General Flores in plication. G. C. General—Henry B. Stoddard, Bryan, the “ Rebellion of ’52.” Texas. G. S. Warden—Geo. M. Moulton, Chicago, Having acquired a proficiency in the Span­ New EditioN of Maine MasoNic Text HL ish language, he obtained a position in the Book, by Drummond. $1-40 in cloth or G. J. Warden—Henry W. Rugg, Providence, Chilian service as a member of the Govern­ R. I. §1.50 in leather tuck. Enclose money to G. Treas.—H. Wales Lines, Meriden, Conn, ment Coast Survey of Southern Chile and Stephen Berry, Publisher, Portland, and it G. Rec.—Wm. B. Isaacs, Richmond, Va. Western Patagonia, in which he continued will be sent by mail. G. Prelate—Joseph M. McGrath, Illinois. for nearly four years. As only five months Grand Master Albro E. Chase said in his G. S. Bearer—Wm. B. Melish, Cincinnati, O. of each year could be utilized for Hydro­ G. S. Bearer—Geo. C. Connor, Chattanooga, annual address: Tenn. graphic and Topographic work bis un­ I desire to call the especial attention of G. Warder—Harper M. Orahood, Denver, employed time was devoted to travel the craft to the fact that this is the author­ Col. through Chile, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador, ized work in this jurisdiction. In confer- G. Capt. of the Guard—John A. Sloan, St. ring the degrees and in the performance of Louis, Missouri. where he met with many interesting adven­ masonic work, so far as the work is moni- tures and experiences. While we shall miss the ever courteous torial, there is no authority for the use of In 1857 he returned to North America, any other book than this. This Grand and kindly Gen. Gobin from tbe chair, it is and entered the service of the United States, Lodge has by a vote so made it, and from pleasant to know that “ Our Hugh,” long it the craft can gain the required informa­ being employed two years in the govern­ tion. beloved and everywhere a favorite, is en­ throned there. Grand Recorder Isaacs is ment surveys of the Territory of Nebraska, and subsequently in the U. S. Coast and The Triennial Conclave. always lovely, and all will rejoice at his continuance. It is gratifying to have our Geodetic surveys in Little Kennebec and The twenty-fourth triennial conclave of Rev. Frater Rugg, of Providence, put in line. Machias Bays. the Grand Encampment was held at Den- Melish, Connor and Orahood, are three He married, in 1862, Amelia N., daughter ver, August 9th, and Maine was represented pretty men, popular and acceptable. of A. B. Longfellow, and settled in Machias, by its four Grand Officers and P. G. Com. The next triennial will be so near that where he has since resided. His wife died Locke. The Denver papers state that St. Maine will be strongly represented. Our in 1873, leaving two daughters and one son. Alban Commandery did not occupy its as- His second wife is Laura E., daughter of commanderies should therefore be practic­ signed place, but was detailed to escort the ing up the street drill so as to excel in wheel­ Kingman Smith, by whom he has had two Grand Commandery of Maine. If the re- ing and forming crosses. This is a good sons and two daughters. In the town re­ liable papers of Denver had not seen it time to begin. Fall in, Sir Knights! gister he is given as a land surveyor and there St. Alban would have thought that it civil engineer, but we also find that he was staid at home. The only business reported Our Grand Master. elected Register of Deeds of Washington by the Denver press was the unanimous County in 1886, and re-elected in 1890. His The translation of an Italian diploma by adoption of the new ritual and the selection accuracy and elegant penmanship evidently our Grand Master, alluded to in his last of Boston as the place of meeting in 1895. recommended him to that position, for we annual address, suggested that he was not Frater Locke, as the chairman of the ritual find that he has been equally appreciated simply a land .surveyor, away down-east, committee, must have felt very happy over by his masonic brethren, who have re-elected but something of a cosmopolitan. On in­ ,the unanimous adoption of their work. It him Secretary of Washington Chapter for quiry we found that he had been in the U. must be uncommonly good to have captured twenty-four successive years, during which S. Coast Survey, and we have thought the the suffrages of every one. The new rituals time we have learned to look upon him as brethren would be pleased to know the re­ Red Cross and Temple, become obligatory a model Secretary. cord of a man who has for so many years after January 1, 1894. One cipher copy We have not the date of his initiation, so modestly worked with and for them, and will be furnished to every commandery, but it was early in the sixties, as the his­ have therefore looked it up. and one full copy to each Grand Com- tory of Harwood Lodge shows him as mandery for reference. All the old rituals Henry Robekt Taylor Junior Warden in 1863, S. W. in ’64 and are to be called in. was born in Newfane, Vermont, May 31, ’65, Master in ’66, '67, ’68, ’69 and 70, five Tbe edict regarding shoulder straps was 1830, and is the grandson of Rev. Hezekiah years. He was District Deputy of the amended so that Commanders wear emerald Taylor, a graduate of Harvard, the first Third Masonic District for ten years, hav­ green, Past Commanders red, Past Grand settled minister in the “grant of Fane,” or ing been appointed first in 1872, and again Officers red, excepting Past Grand Com- “Newfane,” tbe present shire town of in 1876, continuing successive years until manders, who wear purple. Windham County. His great grandfather 1885, when he was elected Junior Grand The Christmas Toast was adopted, and it on the mother’s side was also a clergyman, Warden. In 1889 he was elected Deputy was left in the same hands wheie it has and a graduate of Harvard, the Rev. Eben- Grand Master, re-elected in 1890, elected heretofore been. ezer Morse, D. D., of Woburn, Mass., whose Grand Master in 1891, and re-elected in There were probably 15,000 Templars in three sons were the first settlers of New­ 1892. Denver, and the procession was very attrac- fane. Of Pilgrim stock, the family were He was a charter member of Washington tive. The receptions were thronged and noted for activity and longevity, the three R. A. Chapter, served four years as District were a great feature of the occasion. The brothers living to complete respectively the Deputy G. H. P. and as Grand Scribe in visiting commanderies, who were not inter- ages of 93, 96 and 103 years. 1873 and 1874. ested in Grand Encampment sessions, did a Henry R. entered Townshend Academy He was a charter member of St. Elmo great deal of excursioning round about at fifteen, and fitted for college in Saxton’s Commandery K. T., and its first Com­ Denver. River Seminary, (now Vermont Academy) mander. The banquet given by Past Grand Com- making a specialty of Civil Engineering and He is also Secretary of Delta Lodge of mander Orahood to the Templar Coriae- Surveying. He went to California via Cape Perfection, A. and A. S. Rite. MASONIC TOKEN. OCT. 15, 1892. 191

He is Grand Representative of the Grand New Zealand has 147 lodges, of which 82 Chips. Lodge of California, Grand Chapter of belong to the National Grand Lodge, 40 to —The Master Mason of Minneapolis has Florida, and Grand Commandery of New England 20 to Scotland and 5 to Ireland. suspended for want of patronage. Jersey. Northern Supreme Couneil. — The Rough Ashlar is of the opinion Bro. Taylor is as helpful as he is quiet that Masonry is increasing faster in Virginia The annual meeting of the Northern Su- and modest, and his ready help when re- than for many years. preme Council was held at Providence Sep- quested makes it a pleasure to call upon —The Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chap­ tember 20-1-2, Sov. Com. Henry L. Palmer, him for masonic service, as we think the ter of New Zealand was constituted April presiding. Forty-three of the forty-five craft have found. 27th. E. T. Gillon, Grand High Priest. active members were present, with a large Headquarters at Wellington. Chapters are Obituaries. number of honorary members, many of made peripatetic, and Mark lodges are to IIoN. JoiiN Lynch.—Bro. Lynch was born whom were accompanied by ladies. The be chartered. in Portland, February 18, 1825, and died Providence brethren entertained them hos- here, of paralysis, July 21, 1892, aged G7 pitably. On Tuesday evening eighteen —Robert B. Folger died in Brooklyn, years, 5 months and 3 days. For many from different states received the 33d N. Y., September 13th, aged 90. He was years he was a leading merchant. In 1865 degree. The Grand Commander submitted early prominent in the Scottish Rite, having he was elected to Congress, where he con­ a communication from John J. Gorman, joined it in 1827. His mother was a cousin tinued until 1873, after which he removed styling himself Grand Commander of the of Benjamin Franklin. to Washington, where he published tbe Supreme Council 33° of the United States, —The Freemasons, Journal of New York Washington Daily Union, now the Post, &c., proposing measures looking to a union has become a weekly at $2. We hope the and later established a terra cotta inanu- of tbe Northern and Southern Supreme experiment may prove a success. factory. He leaves one son by his first Councils with his Body, but by a unaminous marriage, and a wife, the eldest daughter of vote the M. P. Grand Commander was Bro. James C. Ayer, Secretary, favored the late Samuel E. Spring. He was a mem­ directed to return the communication to us with a complimentary ticket and invita­ ber of Portland Lodge. Bro. Lynch was the writer thereof, inasmuch as the Supreme tion to the Ossipee Valley Union Agricul­ honored and esteemed for his ability, his Council could not entertain any proposition tural Fair at Cornish, August 30th to Sept­ integrity, and for his affability and agree- from the clandestine body represented by ember 2d, for which he will please accept able manners. the writer, much less one looking towards a thanks. Bro. Howard Brackett is Presi­ CHARLES W. BelkNap. — Bro. Belknap a union between it and the legitimate Su- dent. was born in Leominster, Mass., July 12, preme Councils. On Tuesday afternoon 1815, and died Portland, of apoplexy, July there was a steamboat excursion down the Twice IN PeRil. Of trial for the same offence in lodge and chapter, Bro. J. H. 21, 1892, aged 77 years and 9 days. He was river, with a clambake and dinner; in the first in business in Leominster, Mass., pre- evening a reception by Mrs. Newton D. Drummond says, in bis Chapter Corre­ paring steamed tripe, and in I860 came to Arnold. On Wednesday a steamboat ex- spondence, 1892: Portland to conduct a similar business. cursion to Newport with a ride about that The reason why a mason suspended by city; and on Thursday a visit to a manu­ bis lodge cannot be in good standing in the Here he had a successful business career, chapter, is not because the lodge has power and bis only son, Charles B., grew up and factory. The next meeting will be at to try him for the chapter, but because, by engaged in business with him until his Chicago during the Exposition in September, the fundamental law of Royal Arch Ma­ 1893. sonry, a mason, who is not in good stand­ early death in 1888. Bro. Belknap leaves a ing in the lodge, cannot be in good standing wife and a daughter-in-law. Grand Secretary A. A. Keen, of Albuquer- in the chapter. But the converse is not He was made a mason in Massachusetts que, favors us with papers giving an account true; and a Royal Arch Mason may be ex­ pelled from the chapter and yet be in good and joined Ancient Landmark Lodge in of the meeting of the Grand Lodge of New standing as a Master Mason. Each body 1868. He was active in other branches of Mexico October 3d and 4th. Joseph H. administers its own laws, with the single Masonry, having been Commander of Kuhns, of Albuquerque, was elected Grand limitation that if a mason loses his good standing in the lodge, such loss involves the Blanquefort Commandery, and having re- Master, and Bro. Keen was re-elected. same result in the chapter. The fact of ceived the 33° in the Scottish Rite. Temple Lodge, of Albuquerque, gave a ban- conviction by the lodge is decisive; but no proceedings of the lodge are admissible as Nathan Cleaves was born at Bridgton, quet to the Grand Lodge, and it was prepared evidence in tbe chapter. Therefore, an January 9, 1835, and died at Portland, of by Paul, the head cook at the Armijo hotel, acquittal by the lodge on a charge of a acute Brights’ disease, after but two weeks’ and intended to eclipse anything seen there violation of its laws, is of no force in a trial illness, September 5th, aged 57 years, 8 before. by the chapter for a violation of its laws. months. He graduated at Bowdoin College The Grand Lodge of Ontario (clandestine) The cipher ritual or any printed or writ­ in 1858, and in 1864 became the law partner held its 17th annual meeting at Toronto, ten document appertaining to esoteric work of Judge Joseph Howard, whose daughter August 10th and llth. The Grand Master is under tbe strictest bane in the state of Caroline, he married in 1865. She died in said a committee had held several informal Maine; a proved possession is followed by 1875. He had filled many public offices, trial punishable with suspension or expul­ conferences with representatives of the sion.—[Colambus Chronicle. notably that of Probate Judge and Surveyor Grand Lodge of Canada, respecting a union, We had no idea it was so severe. of the Port, and in 1884 was Democratic the result of which would be reported at candidate for Congress. He was a member that meeting. The result is not reported The three anniversary festivals in Eng­ of Atlantic Lodge, of Portland Command- in the paper sent us. We hope it may re- land for 1892 have netted the Masonic Be­ ery and other bodies, and was interested in sult as wished. Pending negotiations no nevolent Institutions £90,000, or §450,000, the Order although not a working officer. new lodges had been chartered. His ability, integrity, high principles and as much as our Triennial Encampment amiable character, made him a general fa- Bro. A. V. H. Carpenter, of Milwaukee, cost. vorite, and his loss is mourned by the craft who has been suffering some time with We are indebted to Bro. John C. Smith, and by the public. blindness, has met with another misfortune in the death of his wife which occurred in of Chicago, for an invitation to the Seventh The American Tyler ot Detroit, published Milwaukee, July 13th. The sympathy of annual reception of the veterans at his in full the Wiscasset address of our Rev. his brethren in all parts of the country will house, 65 Sibley St., October 26tb, for which Bro. J. L. Seward. be with him in his hour of affliction. we return thanks. 192 MASONIC TOKEN, OCT. 15, 1892.

The Harvest Moon. the other to a sepulcher, whose stone is Aug. 12, 1752, among the visitors appears already rolled away, revealing the comfort- the entry : “ Sami. Austin, not a brother.” The harvest moon stands on the sea, ting Angel “ in raiment white as snow,” wbis- That matters at this early day did not al­ Her shining rim’s a-drip ; pering “ not here,” but with Faith’s finger ways run smoothly is shown under date of She gilds the sheaves on many a lea, pointing to a Heavenly and Immortal life. Aug. 5, 1749, when a ballot was taken The sails on many a ship : Glitter, sweet queen, upon the spray, Masonry, which is only passive, cold and “whether or no three of the leading mem­ And glitter on the heather ; formal, is like the Pagan creed. Masonry, bers should be continued or excluded from Bight fair thy ray to show the way which is active, ardent and sincere, makes the lodge,” after which the secretary was Where lovers walk together. earth the prelude of brighter joys,—im­ ordered to “ raise ” their names off the book The red wheat rustles, and the vines mortal and eternal. as members. Are purple to the root, I can understand why the mason’s north Three weeks later a petition was sent to And true love, waiting, patient, wins Its blessed time of fruit; is inasonically ostracized from the lodge- Benjamin Franklin, Prov. Gr. Master, to Lamp of all lovers, lady moon, ’ room, when figuratively “ a Polar atmos- grant a “deputation ” under his sanction. Light these glad lips together, phere ” freezes out every warm sentiment Early in September the master, being ac­ Which reap alone a harvest sown, and emotion of the brethren; when con- cused by several members of some irregular Long ere September weather. —Sir Edwin Arnold. gealing, instead of congenial elements pre- “ practices, contrary to the dignity of the dominate. The Arabic “ Roba el Kahly,” chair,” is asked in open lodge to clear up the Grand Council Assigments for 1892-3. or “abode of emptiness,” is not more charges by the next regular meeting. This ghastly or forbidding than a lodge-room he succeeded in doing at the lodge Sept. 27, To the M. I. Grand Master, W. R. G. Estes, devoid of human warmth and fraternal 1749, agreeable to the members.” After Skowhegan. sociability. this episode matters went on in harmony, Mount Vernon, No. 2; Bangor, No. 5; St. [Henry R. Taylor, G. M. of Maine. and at the lodge Dec. 19, 1749, it was agreed by the majority, to celebrate St. John’s day Croix, No. 11; Aroostook, No. 16. by a dinner at the Tun Tavern, at ten To the II. I. Deputy Grand Master, Alger­ SUSPENSION in Chapter.—He had made o’clock, and “ each mason to bring his wife one decision in which we cannot concur. A non M. Roak, Auburn. or partner to a dance at night, the expense companion was suspended by his lodge for of which to be left to the majority of the King Hiram, No. 6; Maine, No. 7 ; Mount non-payment of dues, and then was suspend- members after the dinner is over.” The ex­ Lebanon, No. 13; Oxford, No. 14; West­ ed by his chapter for the same cause. He pense of this celebration, as shown by the held that the latter action was void, because, brook, No. 15; Jephthab, No. 17. next minutes, was .£23, 17s. 5d, and 20 shill­ under a former decision of the Grand Chap- ings were voted to the servants of the To the R.L Grand P. C. of Work, Okestes ter, a Royal Arch Mason suspended by his tavern. E. Crowell, Oakland. lodge could be tried only for an offence, the Several cases are noted where members penalty of which might be greater than tbe King Solomon’s, No. 1; Alpha, No. 3; were imprisoned for debt, application being one imposed by the lodge. In this case, the made to the lodge to release them from Portland, No. 4; Dunlap, No. 8; Adoniram, penalty was in effect greater, because under durance vile — tbe most interesting case No. 12; Mount Moriah, No. 10. the lodge sentence restoration by the lodge being that of Bro. Smith, in 1763. Six restores him in the chapter, but if he has pounds were voted for his relief, but did ^^The following lodges pay $1 or $2 a also been suspended by the chapter restor- not prove sufficient, when the master offered ation by the lodge does not restore him in y^r, receiving 11 and 22 copies of the Token, to advance £10 for the brother’s relief, pro­ the chapter, but only places him in a condi- vided he gave his watch and books as se­ respectively, to distribute to the members who tion to ask for restoration. We hold that a curity—“upon condition the lodge, when in are promptest in attendance: Royal Arch Mason, whose rights are in abey- cash, pay him and take the watch and books Copies. ance in consequence of action by his lodge, if they be not redeemed by Smith ; to which St. Andrew’s, Bangor, 22 may be tried by his chapter, and the penalty the lodge agreed, and the things to be left Temple, Saccarappa, 11 imposed is additional to that imposed by the with the lodge in pledge.” Hancock, Castine, 11 lodge.—[Drummond, Chapter Corr, Me., Another entry, in a different vein informs Ira Berry, Bluehill, 22 1892. us that “ the question being put how we as Cumberland, New Gloucester, 11 masons ought to be regulated in respect of Rising Virtue, Bangor, 22 our expenses at a regular lodge night, and Kenduskeag Lodge, Kenduskeag, 11 Oldest MiNute Book. A historical find a ballot being made, agreed that no member King Solomon’s, Waldoboro’, 11 of more than ordinary importance has been shall spend more than two shillings and made near Media. Among a number of What lodge shall be next added ? sixpence during lodge hours without his old books and papers, resurrected from consent, and not to depart paying less than their long forgotten resting place in the two shillings and sixpence.” CALLING off FROM Day to Day.—Calling attic of an old country house in Delaware “ It being proposed that no liquor be off from one meeting to another, to avoid county, where they had lain undisturbed called for in lodge hours,but by the consent closing and opening, should not be allowed ; for almost a century, was a leather covered of the Master and Wardens, a ballot being but when tbe pending business (a trial, for folio blank book, which upon examination made, passed in the affirmative ; but so that instance) cannot be finished in one day, to say proved to be one of the long lost records of nothing be understood to the contrary of that the meeting may not take a recess to the masonic lodge which was held at the Tun each brother’s spending two shillings and another day, but a special meeting must be tavern, on Water street, in Philadelphia, sixpence.” called and notified, is as absurd as it is in- during the early decades of the last century. There are numerous entries showing that convenient. We have no doubt that the rul- The contents of the book consist of 106 officers were entered, passed and raised in ing was correct in the case in which it was closely written pages, setting forth all their one night during the exciting French and made; but we notice it because it is often proceedings, and, in addition, recording the Indian troubles. made in the same terms in similar cases, and names of every candidate, member and vis­ has caused doubts to arise in the other class itor who was present or advanced at the of cases which we have mentioned, when various meetings. In fact, it is the first Contributions to Portland Masonic they have actually arisen.—[Drummond, minute book of the lodge, and covers the Library. Chapter Corr. Me. 1892. period from June 28, 1749, to July 2, 1755, Stephen Berry—Chronicle, Columbus, vols. when tbe lodge changed its meeting place 8, 9, 10. Live MasoNRY.—In that grim repository to the newly erected Freemasons’ ball, in Freemason. London, vol. 28. of past Ages—the Vatican, where the dead Norris (Lodge) alley. of more than twenty centuries lie entombed, The first entry in the book is dated Keystone, vol. 25. as you wander through its subterranean “ Wednesday, June 28, 1749—present, Bro- galleries, upon one hand you note the ther Griffin, Mr. Reily, S. W., Shee, J. W. * Our Thanks. sepulchers of those once famous in Pagan Members present, Brothers Corfe—Arsti- Rome. On the other hand reposes the dust dale—Mullan—Wright—Eve—Foster. Vis­ Canada.—Grand Chapter, July, 1892, from of martyrs and the early Christians, and, iting brethen, Brothers Murray—Alsop— Thomas Sargant, Toronto, Gr. Sec. John E. even by the symbols and inscriptions, you Gantony and Duglap.” The business of Harding, Stratford, Gr. Z. 86 chapters,4,032 are reminded of their contrasted lives and the lodge consisted of electing a tyler and a members, 337 candidates. the “day-springs” of their different creeds. committee to amend the by laws, after On one side are chiselled words, suggest­ which a number of gentlemen were pro- Iowa.—Grand Lodge, 1892, from Theo. S. ing mortality alone,—on the other, the joys posed for initiation, together with reconi- Farvin, Cedar Rapids, Gr. Sec. Ralph G. of brighter hopes and of future existence. mendations for passing and raising others, Phelps, Atlantic, G. M. 451 lodges, 23,016 One displays its lessons of finality, extinc- a separate ballot being taken in each case. members, 1,537 initiates. tion, dtist,—tbe other peace, hope and res- Another curious feature was that the lodge MaNitoba.—Grand Lodge, June, 1892, urrection. One tells of departure,—the always met in the E. A. degree, and occa- from Wm. G. Scott, Winnipeg, Gr. Sec. other of returning life. One points you to sionally admitted visitors who were not John W. H. Wllson, Portage la Prairie, G. the silent grave—dark and forever closed,— Freemasons. Thus in the proceedings of ( M. 46 lodges, 1,992 members, 213 initiates. MASONIC TOKEN, OCT. 15, 1892. 193

MARYLAND.—Grand Council, Nov. 1890 Premiums—Any brother w.ho will pro- and 1891, from Geo. L. McCahan, Baltimore, cure subscribers for us, remitting not less Gr. Rec. Henry C. Larrabee, Baltimore, than $1 at a time, may retain one-fourth of G. M. 4 councils, 372 members, 99 candi- the money for his services. Those who dates. wish to assist us, without caring for the premium, can gratify some indigent brother Mississippi.—Grand Lodge, Feb. 1892, from Fred Speed, P. G. .VI. W. A. Roane, by sending him a paper free. It is better Oxford, G. M ; J. L. Power, Jackson, Gr. to take subscriptions for two years. Sec. 275 lodges, 8,950 members, 691 ini­ THE LIVER FINDER, it goes straight tiates. Same from Gr. Sec. Power. DIED. to Ever, thoroughly renovates it Grand Chapter, Feb. 1892, from John L. Power, Jackson, Gr. Sec. P. M. Savery, Tu- JOHN LYNCH, at Portland, July 21, aged 67 y. and restores the whole system to pelo, Gr. H. P. 42 chapters, 1,248 members, 5 in. 3 d., (see obituaries.) a healthy condition. ItistheTrue 151 exaltations. CHARLES W. BELKNAP, at Portland, July 21, “L. F.” Bitters, an honest med­ Grand Council, Feb. 1892, from Fred aged 77 y. 9 d., (see obituaries.) Speed, Vicksburg, G. M.; J. L. Power, Gr. DAVID AVERILL, in Portland, Oregon, July 23, icine, honestly made, and sold at Sec. 7 councils, 235 members, 42 candi- suddenly, aged 70. He was a veteran member of Ancient Landmark Lodge, in which he was in­ an honest price; but it cures alike dates. itiated in 1851, of Mt. Vernon Chapter and of the ills of honest man or knave. Grand Commandery, Feb. 1892, from John Portland Commandery. For many years he was L. Power, Jackson, Gr. Recorder; W. A. in the Livery Stable business in this city. He Of course you are the former and Bodenhamer. Okolona, Gr. Com. 12 com- went to Colfax, Washington, some years ago, but failing in health went to live with his son in would not encourage dishonesty uianderies, 339 members, 65 knighted. Portland, O., where he died. by purchasing an imitation, even New Hampshire.—Grand Chapter, May ROSCOE G. GREEN, in East Hiram, July 25, 17, 1892, from Geo. P. Cleaves, Concord, Gr. aged 54. He was a son of Roscoe G. Green, once at a lesser price. Sec. Horace A. Brown, Concord, Gr. 11. P. editor of the Eastern Argus and author of Green’s Grammar. He was a member of Lodge The True “L. F.” is the sick 21 chapters, 2,889 members, 186 exaltations. and Chapter at Cornish and Commandery at man’s friend. 3 5c. of your dealer. PENNSYLVANIA.—Grand Chapter, Dec. Portland. 1891, from Charles E. Meyer, Phila., Gr. Sec. SAMUEL R. SHEHAN, in Kennebunkport, Aug. Alex. H. Morgan, Phila., G. H. P. 114 chap- 6, aged 74- y. 3 ni. ters, 13,645 members, 1,022 candidates. ALBERT LOVEJOY 2J»in Houlton. Aug. 26. QUINN & CO., Funeral services by St. Aldemar Commandery, Grand Commandery, June, 1892, from of which he was the first Commander. Chas. E. Meyer, Phila., Gr. Rec. James H. A. M. PHILLIPS, Lawrence, Mass., drowned. Boiler Makers, Codding, Towanda, G. Com. 72 coinmand- Aug. 21. Buried at Pittsfield, Me., from the old eries, 9,532 members, 903 knighted. family homestead. Blacksmiths and Machinists, South Dakota —Grand Chapter, June, HENRY J. SLEEPER, of Union, at Rockland, Special Attention Paid to Repairs. suddenly, Aug. 29, aged 60. He was a master 1892, from P. G. H. P. Park Davis, of Sioux mariner and served in the navy during the Falls. Edward B- Bracy, Mitchell, G. H. P., late war. Office, 49 Commercial, cor. Franklin Street, Geo. A. Pettigrew, Flandreau, G. Sec. 24 NATHAN CLEAVES, in Portland, Sept. 5, aged PORTLAND, ME. chapters, 1,308 members, 155 exaltations. 57 y. 7 m., (see obituaries.) Grand Commaudery, June, 1892, from LUTHER G. PHILBROOK, in Castine, Sept. 10, Thomas B. Merrill. Bruce M. Rowley, Huron, Gr. Rec. Geo. Trustee of State Normal School, ex-deputy col- W. Burnside, Sioux Falls, Gr. Com. 8 com- lector, and postmaster. inanderles, 587 members, 51 knighted. REV. CHARLES D. BARROWS, D. D., in Wor­ cester, Sept. 14, aged 48 y. 5 m. He was a mem­ W. W. Stratton & Co., Texas.—Grand Commandery, April 20, ber of masonic bodies in San Francisco, where 1892, from Robt. Brewster, Houston, Gr. he was a popular Congregational preacher. He Rec. D. C. Proctor, Cuero, Gr. Com. 27 was a native of Fryeburg, Me. Ashley, Ohio, JOHN HOWARD HANNAFORD, in Portland, commanderies, 1,722 members, 200 knight- Sept. 17, aged 26 y. 10 m. A member of Ancient MANUFACTURERS OF ed. Landmark Lodge. UNited States.—General Grand Chap­ EDWARD F. WYMAN, in Fayette, Sept. 27, aged ter, July, 1891, from Christopher G. Fox, 53. He was a Captain in the 9th Maine, and spent a year in a Southern prison. He was a Lodge Buffalo, Gen. Gr. Sec Joseph P. Horuor, charter member of Augusta Lodge and a mem­ New Orleans, Gen. Gr. H. P. ber of Trinity Commandery. VermoNt.—Grand Lodge, June 23, 1892, JOHN U. P. BURNHAM, in Portland, Sept. 30, from Warren G. Reynolds, Burlington, Gr. aged 69. A veteran photographer, and a mem­ Furniture, ber of Atlantic Lodge. Sec. Delos M. Bacon, St. Johnsbury Center, AND G. M. 102 lodges, 8,976 members, 415 ini- tiates. BERRY, STEPHEN, Book, Job and Card ALL KINDS OF D Printer, 37 Plum Street, Portland. All kinds of Printing done to order. Orders by mail prompt­ Our Masonic Exchanges. ly attended to. BLANKS.—Masonic Blanks of all kinds always LODGE SUPPLIES. London Freemason, weekly. JD on hand. (tS^Send for a circular. Keystone, Philadelphia, Weekly, $3. 1Y-LAWS.—Model By-Laws always in type, so Masonic Review, Cincinnati, Ohio, $2.00. ) that Lodges can have them at half price if few Send for Price List. El Oriente, Buenos Aires, Weekly. 1alterations are made. Freemason, Sydney, N. S. 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Kenning, Publisher, PORTLAND, Rough Ashler, Richmond, Va., $2. 16 Great Queen Street, enclosing postal order for Ancient Craft Mason, Cleveland, Ohio. 15s. 6d. To have the Marks drawn in. 194 MASONIC TOKEN OCT. 15, 1892.

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SEND ALL ORDERS FOR SWAN & BARRETT, Are constantly needing something the drug­ Crackers, Loaf Bread, Bis­ gist keeps ; perhaps some kind of medicine, or a cuit, Cakes and Pastry, Bankers and Brokers, toilet requisite. We can supply you with about everything that a really first-class Pharmacy Wholesale or Retail, to No. 186 Middle StReet, handles. You’ll find a big variety of goods at WEST & CALDERWOOD, BAKERS, PORTLAND, ME. prices that will convince you of the advantage gained in buying of us. 532 CongRess StReet, PoetlaND, MaiNE, Dealers IN INVESTMENT Securities. And they will receive prompt attention. Rufus H. Hinkley. H, H HAY & SON. Middle St., Portland, Me. J. A. MERRILL & CO., HALL L. DAVIS, Jewelers, Manufacturers and Dealers in C. M. RICE PAPER CO., Dealers in all the varieties of masonic, I. ®. 0. F., mili­ BOOKSELLER, STATIONER, And Blank Book Manufacturer, PAPER, PAPER BAGS, & TWINE, tary & Socictt, Soods, No. 47 Exchange Street, No. 14 EXCHANGE St., PORTLAND. Removed to 503 Congress St., PORTLAND, ME. J. a.MERRiEi.. PORTLAND. aebion keith. Paper of any size or quality made to order. Charles M. Rice. ANDREW MULNIX, R. K. GATLEY, Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces and 21 Union Street, Portland, FARRINGTON & BICKFORD, Kitchen Furnishings, PLASTEHER, STUC'CO $ MASTIC WORKER, djOTHIKTGr, 109 Centre, between Tree and Congress Sts., Whitening, Coloring, Cementing, Stc. Hats, Caps and Gents’ Furnishings, PORTLAND. Contractor for Concrete Walks, Drives, Streets, &c. No. 542 Congress St., New Rines Building, James E. Mulnix. GEO. H. GRIFFEN, PORTLAND. Diamonds, Vacheron, Waltham, Elgin and Hampden Watches, RANDALL & McALLISTER, FALMOUTH HOTEL, ALSO THE NEW WATCH “FOREST CITY.” ANTHRACITE & BITUMINOUS Jewelry, French Clocks, and a fine line of 212 Middle Street, sterling silver, and silver plated ware. 504 Congress St., Portland. By the Cargo and at Retail, PORTLAND, ME. J. K. MaRTIN, Prop’r. PORTLAND. ROBERT B. SWIFT, Offices:—78 Exchange St. and 60 Commercial St. O FTICIAN. H. H. NEVENS & CO., Particular attention paid to fitting spectacles, Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in and eye-glass frames, thus bringing the center of the lenses directly over the eyes, as otherwise per­ COFFEE AND SPICES, OF NEW YORK. fect vision cannot be obtained. CREAM TARTAR, CAYENNE &c., Established 1843. Assets §125,000,000. 513 Conghess St., PORTLAND. Eagle Mills, Office 184 & 186 Fore Si. J. W. FITZPATRICK, PORTLAND, ME. General Agent for Maine, LORING, SHORT & HARMON, Oxford Building, Portland. BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS, RUMMOND & DRUMMOND, At­ torneys at Law, Union Mutual Life In­ And jobbers of D PALMER, ANDERSON &. CO., surance Budding, Portland, Me. Paper Hangings and School Books, Josiah H. Drummond. Manufacturers of Fire Insurance Agency, BOOKS, And Dealers in Rubber Goods! OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Office 29 Exchange St., New and Second Hand Law Books, T. J. Little. PORTLAND. 474 Congress Street, opp. Preble House, Engineers’ Supplies. PORTLAND. J. & E. R. BARBOUR, The Boston Regalia Co., 0. 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, skilled workmen, given in answer to calls from And other Society Regalia and Jewels, 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,) 492 and 494 Congress Street, Badges, Banners and Flags, E. D. EASTMAN, J PORTLAND, Me. GOLD AND SILVER TRIMMINGS. J. G. HAYES & CO., 22—25 DANA W. FELLOWS, M? J)., Hatters, Men's Furnishers, DENTIST, 7 MONUMENT SQUARE, No. 23 FREE St., PORTLAND, Me.

GEORGE e. THOMPSON. Portland, Me. GRAND LODGE CERTIFICATES Can be had at the Grand Secretary’s office, accord­ ing to vote of Grand Lodge in 1868. Price $1, (or pIIAS. D. SMITH, M. D., Physician in pocket book form SI.25). The quickestand best C and Surgeon, Office and residence No. way is for brethren wishing them to apply through 126 Free St., Portland. the Secretaries of their respective Lodges. STEPHEN BERRY, Grand Sec’y.