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WHEREBY ONE BROTHER MAY KNOW ANOTHER.

VOLUME 3. PORTLAND, ME., MAY 15, 1891. Ng. 16.

Reports of Grand Officers and committees 7 William G. Fuller, Unity.* Published quarterly by Stephen Berry, 8 George E. Johnson, Belfast. occupied the morning session. No. 37 Plum Street, Portland, Maine. 9 Levi Morse, Thomaston. Grand Master Chase delivered a long and Twelve cts. per year in advance. 10 William A. Richards, Waldoboro. able address, giving an account of the dis- 11 William J. Landers, Gardiner. Established March, 1867. 25th year. charge of his duties and the condition of the 12 J. Eugene Lewis, Winthrop. 13 George A. Gower, Solon. fraternity. He reported the craft in a pros- Advertisements $4.00 per inch, or $3.00 for 14 Judson Bangs, Sabatis. half an inch for one year. perous condition. The number of members 15 William F. Lord, Auburn. No advertisement received unless the advertiser, is 20,968, against 20,675 last year, an in- 16 J. Ferd King, South Paris. or some member of the firm, is a Freemason in 17 William N. Howe, Portland. good standing. crease of 293. The initiates are 835; the 18 Melville Gould, Hiram. deaths, 302 ; number of lodges, 192. 19 Horace Mitchell, Kittery Point. At noon the Grand Lodge called off until 20 Harrison Piper, Lincoln. The Ould Plaid Shawl. 21 Benjamin L. Hadley, Bar Harbor. 2 p. M. 22 Charles E. Vickery, Pittsfield. Not far from ould Kinvara, in the merry month Afternoon. 23 Frank H. Hargraves, West Buxton. of May, The Grand Lodge met at 2 o’clock. The Grand Chaplains—Revs. Oliver H. Fer­ When birds were singing cheerily, there came naid, Castine ; Daniel Greene, Cumberland across my way. hour before election was spent in routine As if from out the sky above an angel chanced to Centre; Charles Whittier, Dennysville; fall. business, and distributing it to appropriate J. H. Barrows, Tenant’s Harbor. A little Irish Cailin in an ould plaid shawl. committees. The following officers were G. Marshal—Joseph A. Locke, Portland. I courteously saluted her—“ God save you, miss,” elected: S. G. Deacon—Herbert Harris, E. Machias. says I ; J. G. Deacon—Charles W. Jones, China. “ God save you, kindly, sir,” said she, and shyly Gr. Master—Henry R. Taylor, Machias. G. Stewards—Edwin K. Smith, Lewiston ; passed me by ; D. Gr. Master—Horace H. Burbank, Saco. Off went my heart along with her, a captive in Albert S. Farnsworth, Pembroke ; J. Robert her thrall, S. G. Warden—Geo. R. Shaw, Portland. Emery, Bucksport; Albert W. Clark, East­ Imprisoned in the corner of her ould plaid shawl. J. G. Warden—S. L. Miller, Waldoboro. port. Gr. Treasurer—Frederick Fox, Portland. I’ve heard of highway robbers that with pistols Gr. Sw. Bearer—W. Scott Shorey, Bath. and with knives Grand Secretary—Ira Berry, Portland. Gr. St. Bearer—G. A. Callahan, Lewiston. Made trembling travelers yield them up tlieir Committee of Finance—M. F. King, Port- money or their lives, G. Pursuivants—J. Burton Roberts, Good­ land ; Edward P. Burnham, Saco; Albro E. win’s Mills; William O. Fox, Portland. But think of me that handed out my heart and Chase, Portland. Gr. Lecturers—Frank E. Sleeper, Sabatis ; head and all Trustees Charity Fund for Three Years— To a simple little Cailin in an ould plaid shawl. George E. Raymond, Portland. Edward P. Burnham, Saco; Archie L. Tal- Gr. Organist—Charles F. Jones, Portland. Oh ! some men sigh for riches, and some live for bot, Lewiston. fame, Gr. Tyler—Warren O. Carney, Portland. And some on history’s page hope to win a glori­ The Grand Lodge then called off until At 11:30 the Grand Lodge closed. ous name; My aims are not ambitious and my wishes are but Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. small — NOTES. You might wrap them together in an ould plaid Wednesday Afternoon, May 6th. shawl. On the retirement of Grand Master Albro The afternoon session of the Grand Lodge E. Chase, District Deputy Grand Master I’ll seek her all through Galway, and I’ll seek was mostly occupied with an exemplification her all through Clare, Wm. N. Howe, on behalf of Portland Lodge, I’ll search for tale or tidings of my traveler of the Third degree by York Lodge of Ken- everywhere, presented him with a gold Past Grand For peace of mind I’ll never find until my own I nebunk, John C. Lord, Master. call Master’s jewel. That little Irish Cailin in her ould plaid shawl. Evening. The Grand Secretary is now the oldest —[New York Tribune. The Grand Lodge met at 7 o’clock. A Grand Secretary in office in the country, hav­ charter was granted to Aroostook Lodge at MASONRY IN MAINE. ing served since 1855, in the Grand Chapter, Blaine, and its dispensation continued until and since 1856 in the Grand Lodge, Grand the lodge is constituted under its charter. Annual Meetings. Council and Grand Commandery. Routine business occupied the rest of the GRAND LODGE. evening until 10:30, when the Grand Lodge Tuesday Morning, May 5,1891. called off until 9 o’clock Thursday morning. GRAND CHAPTER. The Grand Lodge of Maine met a'C Ma- Tuesday Evening, May 5th. Thursday Morning, May 7th. sonie Hall, Portland, at 9 o’clock, Albro. E. The Grand Royal Arch Chapter met at 7 The Grand Lodge met at 9 o’clock. Va- Chase, of Portland, Grand Master, presid­ o’clock, Charles I. Collamore, of Bangor, rious committees reported and routine busi- ing. Ten Past Grand Masters were present Grand High Priest, presiding. Twelve of ness was transacted. The Grand Officers —Hiram Chase, J. H. Drummond, David the 16 Past Grand High Priest were present, were installed by Past Grand Master Drum­ Cargill, Albert Moore, Edward P. Burnham, and 40 of the 49 chapters were represented. mond, the following appointments being Charles I. Collamore, M. F. King, W. R. G. The Grand High Priest, in his annual ad­ made : Estes, Fessenden I. Day and Frank E. dress, reported a prosperous year, which Cor. G. Sec.—Charles D. Smith, Portland. Sleeper—with many other prominent Past was confirmed by the reports of the visiting distRict deputy graNd masters. Officers and a large portion of the delegates, 1 James Archibald, Houlton. officers. while others arrived on later trains. The 2 Emilius W. Brown, Lubec. The report on returns showed 49 chapters, venerable Grand Secretary, Ira Berry, near- 3 Henry H. Smith, Machias. 4,969 members, a gain of 279, and 408 candi­ ly 90 years old, although feeble, was present 4 Walter J. Creamer, Penobscot. 5 Frank M. Briggs, Guilford. dates. at the opening. 0 Charles York, Bangor. The following officers were then elected; 122 MASONIC TOKEN. MAY 15, 1891.

G. H. Priest—Chas. I Collamore, Bangor. Westbrook, to be called Westbrook Council, Dispensations. D. G. H. Priest—A. M. Penley, Auburn. and Presque Isle, to be called Aroostook On March 13th, Grand Master Seymour Grand King—Judson B. Dunbar, Portland. G. Scribe—Seward S. Stearns, Norway. Council, and their dispensations continued issued a dispensation to Oliver A. Cobb, and G. Treas—Rufus H. Hinkley, Portland. until constituted under their charters. eight others for a new Council of R. & S. Grand Secretary—Ira Berry, Portland. At five o’clock the Grand Council closed. Masters at Cumberland Mills, to be called Committee of Finance—Josiah H. Drnm- mond, Portland ; Nathan Woodbury, Lewis- Westbrook Council—and ton ; Joseph A. Locke, Portland. On March 16tb, another to Wm. R. Pipes GRAND COMMANDERY. The Grand Chapter then called off until and eight others for a new Council at Presque 9 a. M. Wednesday. Thursday Afternoon, May 7th. Isle, to be called Aroostook Council. The Grand Commandery of Knights Tem­ These have now been voted charters. Wednesday Morning, May 6th. plar met at 2, Edwin M. Fuller, of Bath, The Grand Chapter met at 9. Grand Commander, presiding. Eighteen of Notes. The petition for a new chapter at Pitts- the 19 commanderies were represented. Presentation.—Mt. Moriah Chapter of field was refused. The Grand Commander made a long and Bangor presented a jewel to its Past High The following appointments were made : able report of the condition of the order in Priest, J. H. Kerr, April 2d. District Deputy Grand High Priests— the state, showing it to be active and pros- Scottish Rite.—Dickey Rose Croix Fifth District, Ahnon C. Waite, Portland; Chapter, at Auburn, worked the 17° and 18° Sixth District, Winfield S. Hinckley, Thom- pcring. Other Grand Officers reported at aston; Seventh District, Henry S. Webster, length. The report on returns, (not fully March 26th on 23 candidates, the officers of Gardiner. completed), showed 19 commanderies, 2,471 Dunlap Chapter, of Portland, doing the G. Chaps.—Rev. James Vincent, Calais ; work. A large number of masons were Rev. Chas. Whittier, Dennysville ; Rev. C. members, 197 knighted, 23 deaths. The S. Leffingwell, Bar Harbor. membership last year was 2,324. present. A supper was given at Hotel At­ G. C. Host—Albro E. Chase, Portland. The following officers were elected : wood after the work. G. Prin. Soj.—Wilford J. Fisher, Eastport. G. R. A. Capt.—Harrison Piper, Eastport. Gr. Com.—Arlington B. Marston, Bangor. Bangor Chapter of Rose Croix gave the G. M. 3d V.—William C. Mason, Bangor. Dep, Gr. Com.—Thos. P. Shaw, Portland. degrees to fourteen candidates April 16th, Gr. Gen.— Horace H. Burbank, Saco. G. M. 2d V.—Chas. K. Tilden, Hallowell. the officers of Dunlap Chapter, of Portland, G. M. 1st V.—L. M. Kenniston, Camden. Gr. Capt. Gen —W. J. Landers, Gardiner. Grand Stewards—Howard D. Smith, Nor- Grand Prelate—E. Howard Vose, Calais. R. H. Hinkley, Master, being present and way ; Algernon M. Roak, Auburn ; George Gr. Sen. W.—Fred’k S. Walls, Vinalhaven. doing the work. It was a well attended Gr. Jun. W.—Albro E. Chase, Portland. A. Callahan, Lewiston. and interesting meeting. Gr. Lecturer—Frank E. Sleeper, Sabatis. Gr. Treas.—Leander W. Fobes, Portland. G. Sentinel—Warren O. Carney, Portland. Grand Recorder—Ira Berry, Portland. Alpha Council, of Hallowell, gave the At 10.15 the Grand Chapter closed. Adjourned until 7:30 p. m. degrees to eleven candidates March 24th, in Thursday Evening. the presence of a large number of Cryptic Met at 7:30. The reports of committees masons from all over the state. We ac- ORDER OF HIGH PRIESTHOOD. and other routine business occupied the ses- knowledge an invitation, and regret being Wednesday Morning, May 6th. sion. The officers were installed by Past unable to attend. Deputy Grand Master The Council of High Priesthood met at Grand Commander Joseph A. Locke, tlie Estes made his official visit. 11, Joseph H. Drummond of Portland, Presi­ following appointments being made : The masonic friends of E. A. Blanchard, dent, presiding. Seventeen candidates from Gr. Stand. Bearer—F. I. Day, Lewiston. of Yarmouth, presented him with a gold Gr. Sw. Bearer—Herbert Harris, East all parts of the state received the order. The headed cane on his birthday, April 18th, following officers were elected: Machias. Gr. Warder—Chas. I. Collamore, Bangor. L. L. Shaw, officiating. President—J. H. Drummond, Portland. Gr. Capt. of Guards—Warren O. Carney, S. V. President—Edw. P. Burnham, Saco. Portland. The masons at Brownfield talk of buying J. Vice. Pres.—Marquis F. King, Portland. a house owned by Albert Blake for a hall. Treasurer—Levi A. Gray, Portland. At 9:30 the Grand Commandery closed. Recorder—Stephen Berry, Portland. Claremont Commandery, of Rockland, M. of Cer.—Horace H. Burbank, Saco. celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of Conductor—Fessenden I. Day, Lewiston. its organization April 27th. An address of Chaplain—Wm. J. Burnham, Lewiston. On Friday, May 8th, Maine Consistory Steward—Albert M. Penley, Auburn. worked the 21st and 30th grades, afternoon welcome was made by E. C. W. A. Allen, Warder—James M. Nevens, Bucksport. and evening, and many of the delegates re­ the historical address by P. C. E. H. Lowry, The Council was then closed. mained to witness it. A class of 44 candi- and the masonic address by Rev. E. C. Cum­ dates was received. mings.

GRAND COUNCIL. Past Grand Commander Joseph A. Locke has been made an honorary member of Bos­ Wednesday Afternoon, May 6th. COUNCIL OF DELIBERATION. ton Commandery. The Grand Council of Royal and Select The Council of Deliberation, A. & A. Masters met at 2, Denison E. Seymour of St. Alban Commandery, of Portland, will Rite met at 5 p. m. Friday. The usual re- Calais, Grand Master, presiding. Twelve visit Fitchburg, Mass., June 24th, as the ports were made and routine business trans- guests of Jerusalem Commandery. of the 13 councils were represented. acted, and the following officers elected: Jeremiah Parsons, who was the first to The report on returns showed 13 councils, Com.-in-Chief—M. F. King, Portland. 1,328 members, (a gain of 120,) 149 candi­ First Lieut. Com.—Charles I. Collamore, receive the degrees in Aina Lodge, of Dam­ dates, 24 deaths. The following officers Bangor. ariscotta, in Alna, March 15, 1823, is still Second Lieut. Com.—F. I. Day, Lewiston. were chosen : living in Brunswick, although in feeble M. of S. and G. O.—Geo. E. Raymond, Gr. Master—Denison E. Seymour, Calais. Portland. health. He is returned as a present mem­ D. G. M.— W. R. G. Estes, Skowhegan. Grand Prior—Herbert Harris, E. Machias. ber of Aina Lodge in 1891. G. P. C. of W.—A. M. Roak, Auburn. G. Chancellor—A. M. Roak, Auburn. G. Treas.—Leander W. Fobes, Portland. G. Treasurer—William O. Fox, Portland. We are indebted to Bro. George L. Beal, Grand Recorder—Ira Berry, Portland. G. Secretary—John S. Russell, Portland. Treasurer of the State of Maine, for his an­ G. Chaplain—Wm. J. Burnham, Lewiston. G. Eng. and Architect—Wm. Z. Clayton, nual report for 1890. G. M. of Cer —O. E. Crowell, Oakland. Bangor. G. C. Guard—Samuel F. Bearce, Portland. Grand Hospitaler—N. E. Bragg, Bangor. The Machias Union, copying the Token G. Conductor—J. M. Larrabee, Gardiner. Grand M. of C.—Frank E. Sleeper, Sabatis. item about the old “ Burnham Tavern,” G. Steward—Hugh R. Chaplin, Bangor. Gr. St. Bearer—Thos. P. Shaw, Portland. G. Sent.—Willard C. G. Carney, Portland. Gr. Captain Guard—C. E. Libby, Auburn. hopes that the town will buy and preserve Charters were granted to new councils at G. Sentinel—Warren O. Carney, Portland. it, which wish we earnestly second. MASONIC TOKEN, MAY 15, 1891. 123

A concert was recently given in Manches- Bro. Gould being an earnest masonic scholar the New York Sunday Mercury, died Feb. ter, England, for the benefit of a masonic gives many curious things of interest to the 20th aged 69. He was cashier of a city bank, charity, which masons attended in great Craft. Vol. VIII, commenced January, and popular in press and dramatic circles. numbers, “ many of them wearing the re­ 1891. The price is but $1 a year. — The Freemason’s Journal, of New York, galia of the craft.” —History of Tremont Lodge, No. 77, says the Grand Master of Maine has recom- Tremont, Me., from 1871 to 1891, by C. H. tnended the purchase of phonographs to sup­ Books, Papers, etc. Lurvey and William R. Keene, is published ply each lodge with the ritual. This was —We are indebted to Bro. Clifford P. in 48 pages octavo. Their early history has not recommended, but it was said, jokingly, MacCalla, for his address as Grand Master, previously been published, and this com­ that perfect uniformity would never be Dec. 27, 1890, a valuable and interesting pletes it to the present time. Tables of reached until that was done. document. work are given. —John Finzer, of Louisville, Ky., died at —Historical Sketch of Rising Sun Lodge —Liberal Freemason. The March num- Berne, Switzerland, Jan. 8th, aged 52 yrs, 7 and Social Friend's Lodge, Keene, N. H. ber closed the 14th volume, and with the mos. He was at the head of the Grand Con- This pamphlet contains a list of members death of the proprietor it ceases to exist. sistory of Kentucky. of both lodges, with valuable notes by Clark It was a valuable magazine and will be — The Canadian Craftsman hears it ru­ F. Rowell, Elisha Ayer and Jewett T. much regretted. mored that a Grand Lodge may be formed Locke. Printed by the Sentinel Printing —Bro. E. T. Schultz, 215 West German in the North West Territories. Co., Keene. St., Baltimore, fearing the possible destruc­ — Hosmer Allen Johnson, Senior Past —Bro. E. C. Birdsey, of Meriden, Conn., tion of the edition of his History of Free­ Grand Commander of Illinois, died at Chi­ favors us with the by-laws of the Connecti­ masonry in Maryland, by fire, as recently cago, Feb. 26th. cut Association of Past Grand Commanders, happened to the masonic hall of that juris- —Dr. James P. Wickersham, P. M. of and our old friend Dr. Daniel Calkins sent diction, offers to sell the four volumes, com­ Lodge 43, Lancaster, Pa., and ex-Minister a paper containing an account of the annual plete and bound, for §5, which is one-third to Denmark, died March 25th. meeting, January 15th. Resolutions were of the original price. Price must be en- —Col. Nathan Whitney, of Franklin adopted on the death of Nathan Dikeman, closed and expressage paid by the subscriber Grove, Ill., was one hundred years old re­ of Waterbury. on receiving it. This is an excellent oppor­ cently, and was initiated in 1817. — The Crusader’s Christmas. A tunity to secure this valuable work for —Masonic Temple at Lowell, Mass., was charming little poem got up in the most libraries, and we advise lodges and brethren burned April 5th, the masons losing §10,000 exquisite manner, in shape like a shield and to avail themselves of it. We have it our­ or more. helmet, and each alternate page a beautiful selves, it is in the Portland Masonic Library, —The corner stone of the new masonic picture in colors, comes from Bro. James H. in the Grand Lodge Library, and Bro. temple at New Orleans was laid March 25th Warwick, the author, 168 Madison St., Drummond has it, all at the original price. by Grand Master Chas. F. Buck. Brooklyn, N. Y. They retail at 25c. each, The Open Court of Chicago is ably discus­ —Norman T. Gassette, of Chicago, died and will be supplied wholesale at favorable sing the ethical relations of the sexes. suddenly under the effects of chloroform terms. while undergoing an operation of the throat --- The Victorian Freemason, of Melbourne, Editorial Chips. for asthma, March 26th, at the age of 52. has merged into the Australasian Keystone, —The per capita tax in Utah is §3, in He was a lawyer by profession, Clerk of the which is published quarto size, and has Washington and Montana $2, and so on down Circuit Clerk and Recorder of Deeds, and been published three years. to Maine, Vermont and Connecticut, where died a millionaire from the profits of those —The Masonic Home Journal has doubled it is 20c. offices. He was Past Grand Commander of its size to fit its new press, which is to be re­ —Elwood E. Thorne, P. G. M. of New Templars. gretted, because it is not so convenient to Yo. k, died at Shelter Island, January 2, aged —Seranus Bowen, of Boston, has been ap­ bind, and the change coming in the middle 60. pointed Gr. Sec. of Grand Chapter and Gr. pf a volume breaks up the set. —The Grand Lodge of New Mexico is to Recorder of Grand Council and Gr. Com­ —The Herald of Masonry is a new ma­ build a Masonic Hall at Albuquerque to cost mandery of Mass., in place of A. F. Chap- sonic twelve page quarto published in $50,000. man, deceased. Kansas City, Missouri, J. M. Detrick, Pub­ —Major G. Shanks, of St. Mungo En- —The “ United States ” Supreme Council lisher, H. M. Heller, editor. Monthly §1. campment, Scotland, has a portrait of De has issued a mourning balustre on the death We welcome it to the broad field. Molai taken shortly before his execution, of Albert Pike. —History of Lygonia Lodge, No. 40, Ells­ representing him in the Templar habit, a —There was a Lodge of Sorrow held in worth, Me., from 1874 to 1889, by James C. red Latin cross on the breast and his hands Fargo, Dakota, in memory of Albert Pike, Chilcott. This is a well printed pamphlet crossed and bound on his chest, says the which was fully fully reported in the Fargo of 45 octavo pages, from the press of the London Freemason. Argus. Bro. Pike was spoken of as the Hancock Co. Publishing Co., Ellsworth. —The Masonic Hall at Springfield, Mass., oldest mason in the world, which is incor­ The earlier history from the organization in was destroyed by fire Feb. 9th. The ma­ rect, as the oldest mason, Past Grand Sec­ 1822 to 1873 has been previously written. sonic bodies lost 810,000. The furniture in retary Hollenbeck, of Vermont, was made a A table of work from the beginning is given, the office of Woodbury, Moulton & Stearns, mason when Bro. Pike was but four years and Bro. Chilcott gives some valuable bio­ in the same building, was damaged §15,000 old. graphical sketches. worth. The firm is a branch of Woodbury —The late Lawrence Barrett, tragedian, —Easter Services in Golden Gate Com­ & Moulton, of Portland, of which Bro. Ed­ was a Royal Arch Mason, although a Cath­ mandery, 1891, illuminated, is received from ward H. York is a member. olic. Harry J. Lask, masonic editor of the “ Call,” —John M. Ware, of Starkville, has been —A case is recerded of a man in Edin­ San Francisco. elected Grand Master, P. M. Savery, of Tu­ burgh, Scotland, being initiated by special —Notes and Queries, by S. C. & L. M. pelo, Grand High Priest, Fred Speed, of dispensation on account of being a cripple, Gould, Manchester, N. H. We are indebted Vicksburg, M. I. G. M., J. E. Leigh, of Co­ March 4th, raised 11th, dimitted 12th, to Bro. Gould for No. 1 of Vol. V, which lumbus, Grand Commander, and John L. reached New York April 2d and applied tq makes our set of the first seven volumes of Power, of Jackson, Grand Secretary of the the Board of Relief 4th, all withiq one month, this admirable magazine complete. It is masonic bodies of Mississippi for 1891. -—The corner stone of the Masonic Home full of curious and interesting facts, and —Col. Thomas Picton, masonic editor of at Utica, N. Y-, will be laid May 21st, 124 MASONIC TOKEN, - - MAY 15, 1891.

New EditioN of Maine Masonic Text a one year term. His opinion was endorsed secrets, like making flexible glass and tem­ Book, by Drummond, now ready. $1.40 in by the Grand Commandery, and the officers pering copper tools, were so well guarded cloth or $1.50 in leather tuck. Enclose money were advanced one step. that they became “ lost arts,” but the great to Stephen Berry, Publisher, Portland, and The new Grand Commander, Arlington B. secrets were the arts and sciences, and when it will be sent by mail. Marston, of Bangor, has been long and fa- the craftsman had mastered them he was vorably known as a diligent worker in all entitled to the Master’s secrets, and they The Annual Meetings. branches of Masonry, and his successful ad- were awarded him promptly because he had The annual meetings were well attended ministration of the affairs of the Grand the true password, which was Knowledge. this year, but not so fully as in some years. Chapter in 1877 and 1878, and of the Grand Of the 191 lodges, 174 were represented ; of Council in 1881 and 1882, have made him George Waite Deering. the 49 chapters, 45 were represented ; of the known to other jurisdictions. He was also The first morning of the late Grand Meet­ 13 councils, 12; and of the 19 commander- Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge ings brought the intelligence of the death of tries, 18. in 1882. our lamented Bro. Deering, of heart disease. The sessions were very harmonious and Grand Commander Fuller’s able address It was not entirely unexpected, for we had agreeable. As no vexatious questions came showed not only a diligent attention to his known for a long time that he was liable to up there was plenty of time for pleasant dis­ duties, but that the Order under his adminis- serious attacks. cussion of all interesting subjects. The ad- tration had been held up to the highest state Bro. Deering inherited his love of Mason­ ditional session of the Grand Lodge on of efficiency, and is exceedingly active and ry, for his maternal grandfather, whose Wednesday evening gave time to dispatch progressive in this jurisdiction. name he bore, was made a Templar in Ire­ the closing business, aad allow more deliber- The formation of two new councils land early in the century. ation and less hurry on Thursday morning. evinces progress in Cryptic Masonry, which Bro. Deering was a Portland boy, but in Grand Master Chase retired with the is recognized as being healthy and advanc- a long residence at Chicago identified him­ unanimous verdict of a successful adminis- ing in Maine. self with that jurisdiction and went so high tration, and of a most faithful and able dis- In fine we can say for all branches of as to be Grand Commander of Illinois. charge of his duties. Masonry, All’s well in the Far East. Much of his later life was spent in Portland, Grand Master Henry R. Taylor, who suc- where he labored especially for the Scottish ceeds him, is well known to the masons of Thc Master’s Secrets. Rite, being long at the head of Maine Con­ Maine. He was born in Newfane, Vt.; edu­ Doubtless the craftsman of very ancient sistory and Deputy of the Supreme Council cated first in the common schools; entered times believed in an Abracadabra, some for Maine. Townshend Academy at 15; fitted for col- word of might, with which their Masters As a member of the Portland Board of lege at Saxton’s River Seminary (now “ Ver­ wrought the wonderful creations, which not Masonic Trustees he was chairman of the mont Academy) making a specialty of civil only astounded them, but whose ruins have committee which designed the present ma­ engineering. He went to Calitornia among astonished all later generations; but the sonic apartments, and our beautiful Corin­ “ the forty-niners,” and in ’52 to South craftsmen of Medieval ages knew that their thian Hall will be a monument to his memory. America. Having acquired proficiency in Masters must have some secrets by which He was a Quartermaster in the army and the Spanish language, he obtained a position to plan and draw great cathedrals and the accompanied Sherman in his March to the in the Chilian service, and in the Govern­ impregnable castles, which crowned the hills Sea. He left a wife, one son and three ment Coast Survey of southern Chile and of every county of Europe, and to estimate daughters. northern Patagonia. He devoted his unem- the cost of their construction. These secrets His remains were brought to Portland and ployed time to traveling through Chile, Bo­ were arithmetic and geometry, but to the buried on the 6th. livia, Peru and Ecuador until 1857, when he ignorant workman of the middle ages, who, returned via Cape Horn. He was employed although skilful with hands and tools, never Silas Alden. two years in U. S. Government Survey, in aspired to the knowledge of the alphabet This venerable brother, whom we met so the (then) Territory of Nebraska, and subse­ and the multiplication table, they were mys- constantly at the Grand Masonic Meetings quently, two years in the U. S. Coast and teries indeed, and it is not to be wondered for thirty-years past, died at Bangor Jan. Geodetic Survey. He married and settled at that they often sought some short and 23d, aged 86 years, 7 months. He was for in Machias in 1862. Since that time has royal road to that steep hill of knowledge, long years a respected and prosperous busi­ held many important town and county which can only be gained by painful climb- ness man in Bangor, and left a wife, three offices. He was elected Register of Deeds ing. When we see how few workmen are sons, and one daughter. He was District for Washington County in 1886, and re-elect­ competent to take the Master’s place and Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge ed for the second term in 1890, which office carry on the work in our own day of general in 1858 and 1859, a past Capt. General of the he now holds. He is identified in all the education, we can understand bow often, in Grand Commandery and Grand Representa­ masonic bodies,—lodge, chapter, command­ those times, the Master was obliged to tell tive of the Grand Commandery of West ery and A. and A. S. Rite. He served as the faithful workman that he must wait Virginia. He was a 33° in the Scottish D. D. G. M. of the Third Masonic District awhile and learn more before he could con- Rite. eleven years, exceeding in that office, the rec- duct a building party into other countries, ord of any other one man in the state. He and we can understand, too, how many Past G. H. P. Stephen J. Young, of Bow- is at present Secretary of Washington R. A. craftsmen had to be denied forever, simply doin College, calls our attention to the Chapter, having held the office for twenty- because, like most of the nobles and gentle­ article of Haskett Smith, in Blackwood, three consecutive years. men of their day, they could not master the Dec. 1890, affirming the existence of an In the Grand Chapter, the officers were re­ alphabet, but left such mysteries to the Ancient Masonry among the mountain elected. clergy. Druses of Syria. It is very significant, and In the Grand Council they were also re- No doubt, too, there were some secrets of confirms a similar statement made by Rob elected, except that the Grand P. C. of W. handicraft, which were jealously guarded by Morris, many years agone. The same thing Joseph M. Hayes retired, and Algernon M. the superior workmen, just as there are some is reported of the Hindoo Priesthood, and Roak, of Auburn, succeeded him. now, despite the patent laws, which guard if both are true, the Chinese also may have In the Grand Commandery, R. E. Edwin the inventor’s rights in that respect, and it. Moreover, if true, we must revise our M. Fuller refuged to be a candidate for re- these could be taught to the faithful crafts­ ideas of history, and give more weight to election, and recommended the adoption of men when the proper time came. Some our traditions. MASONIC TOKEN MAY 15, 1891. 125

Albert Pike, at the ripe old age of ninety-two years, A Templar ballon Good Friday, although died in Washington, April 2d, at the age of eleven months and thirteen days. meant well, is not a proper observance of eighty-one years, three months and four Bro. Morrill was born in Salisbury, N. H., the day. While neariy all Christendom days. He was born in Boston, Dec. 29, 1809, Feb. 11, 1798. He was by trade a cabinet unites in solemnly observing the death of entered Harvard in 1826, but left without maker, and later in life a farmer. our Saviour with fasting and prayer, it is graduating to become the principal of the He was made a Freemason in King Solo­ not comely in those who call themselves the Newburyport Grammar School. In 1831 he mon’s Lodge, New London, N. H., in 1821. “ Poor Fellow Soldiers of Jesus Christ” to went to Arkansas, where he settled at Fort Soon after taking his first degree he came dance and feast on that day. The Puritans Smith, taught school and edited a paper. to this county and settled in Skowhegan, or neglected church days and substituted He fought in the Mexican war, and on the what was then Milburn, where he carried others, but they did not profane Passion Confederate side in the late war. He after- on the business of cabinet making. Having Week, so their example is not an excuse, wards edited the Memphis Appeal and then obtained permission, he applied to and after­ and such action must aYise from a thought­ removed to Washington to practice law. wards took the second and third degrees in less misconception of the occasion and of He soon began to devote himself entirely to Waterville Lodge in 1822. In 1823 he Templar theories. affiliated with Somerset Lodge, then located the interests of the Supreme Council of the "Our Hugh” McCurdy made an eloquent at Norridgewock, and was its Master in Southern Jurisdiction, of which for nearly address at the dedication of the Masonic 1828. Bro. Morrill was a pillar of strength thirty-two years he has been Sovereign Home at Grand Rapids, Jan. 27th. Grand Commander. For several years he to Freemasonry all through the anti-ma­ had dwelt at the “ Holy House of the Tem- sonic crusade. In fact a man so thoroughly Herbert N. Laflin, son of the Grand Sec­ ple,” the official home of the Supreme Coun­ conscientious and fearless could not fail to retary of Wisconsin, was initiated Dec. 16th, cil, where is stored the valuable library, be such. In his house was stored the lodge in Madison Lodge, Milwaukee, by his father, which he had presented to that body. furniture and property, while the charter assisted by his grandfather. The Grand There he lived with his daughter, sur­ lay dormant during those dark days, and Secretary of Maine has two sons, and a rounded by the rarest of birds and flowers, he was among the first to counsel and en­ grandson, not to mention a son-in-law and a and the books which be loved, devoting him­ courage the revival of the lodge after the brother-in-law, all members of Ancient Land- self to literary labors, which have made storm had spent itself; and it may be said Mark Lodge of Portland. him widely known. He will be succeeded in truth, that he considered it next to a Brethren should be careful how they in­ in the Supreme Council by James C. Batch­ religious duty to ever after attend lodge vest in the large crop of beneficiary socie­ elor, of New Orleans, Lieut.-Grand Com­ meetings and be present at all masonic ties which have lately sprung up. The mander, until the meeting of the Supreme funerals, till old age made it impossible. Token has lately refused to advertise two of Council, in 1892, and in the command of Bro. Morrill had some peculiar and marked these because they promised too much, and the Royal Order of Scotland, by Josiah H. traits of character. Suffice it to say he was it never advertises anything which it cannot Drummond, who was Deputy Grand Mas­ no half-way man in his beliefs. What he recommend, although in one of these cases ter. believed, he believed with his whole soul. double rates were offered. A society which In his early life he was a zealous Methodist. Alfred E. Chapman Renouncing that belief, he as ardently offers more profit than money can earn can­ died very suddenly in Boston, March 20th, espoused spiritualism and died in the faith not be permanent. of Angina Pectoris, in his 62d year. He was of it. He was an early abolitionist and The best thing recorded of Louis XI, is editor and proprietor of the Liberal Free hated slavery as much as any man ever did. his answer when he was urged to destroy Mason, had filled many masonic offices, and After the war was over and slavery wiped the tomb of John, Duke of Bedford, at at the time of his death was Grand Recorder out of existence, he believed in fraternal Rouen. “ What honor shall it be to us, or to of the Grand Commandery of Knights Tem­ reconciliation, and with his political teacher you, to break this monument, and to pull plar of Massachusetts and Rhode Island; and High Priest, Horace Greely, he was out of the ground the dead bones of him, Grand Recorder of the Grand Council R ready to “clasp hands across the bloody whom in his life neither my father nor your and S. Masters of Massachusetts; Grand chasm.” Had our friend and brother lived progenitors, with all their power, puissance, Secretary of Grand R. A. Chapter of Massa­ in the time of the reformation, he would, and friends were once able to make flee one chusetts; Recorder of Boston Council R. with heroic fortitude, have suffered with the foot backward; but by his strength, wit and S. Masters; Secretary of St. Andrew’s martyrs of that day, equally with them, and policy, kept them all out of the princi­ R. A. Chapter and President of the Order of for opinion’s sake. But our brother has pal dominions of the realm of France, and High Priesthood. He was a member of St. gone the way of all the earth, having out­ out of this noble and famous duchy of Nor­ Omer Commandery, K. T., and of Massa­ lived all his early companions and asso­ mandy ? Wherefore I say, first, God have chusetts Consistory A. A. S. Rite, and also ciates, retaining all his mental faculties to his soul, and let his body now lie in rest, Chief Adept of Massachusetts College of the last. Few men, indeed, living to be which when he was alive would have dis­ Soeietas Rosicrucians. He had been Gen- within one month of ninety-three years old, quieted the proudest of us all." And as for eral Grand High Priest and was interested can hope to have more friends or less ene­ the tomb, I asstire you, it is not so decent in every branch of Masonry. He was widely mies than the subject of this brief sketch. nor convenient, as his honor and acts de­ known among masons, and was esteemed “ The hoary head is a crown of glory, if served, although it were much richer and and valued by the craft. He was born in it be found in the way of righteousness.” more beautiful.” Fort Lawrence, Nova Scotia, Sept. 7, 1829. W. R. G. E. The March number of the Liberal Free Bro. Morrill was one of the oldest masons We regret to say that the District Deputies Mason, issued in April, closed the fourteenth in Maine, but Bro. Samuel B. Brown, of brought in no contributions for the Gould volume and the existence of that magazine, Portland, initiated in 1819, antedates him. Testimonial, so that we shall have nothing and it is a noble monument to its author. to acknowledge from this state. William B. Morrill. The Token acknowledges, with thanks to Skowhegan, Jan. 30, 1891. Bro. Geo. W. Warvelle, President, an in­ —The St. Louis Constellation speaks of Bko. BeRRY : vitation from the Acacia Club of Chicago to " the infamous action of the Grand Com­ Our much revered and venerable Bro. meet “The Volunteers'” who so nobly as­ mandery in discarding their own laws.” William B. Morrill is no more, having sisted Bro. J. 0. Dickerson in the surgical That seems unparliamentary language. “passed over,” as he would say, Jan. 24th, necessity, at a reception February 7th. “Inconsiderate action ” would be better. 126 MASONIC TOKEN. MAY 15, 1891.

OVER THEIR CRATES. The Stratford-on-Avon Herald thinks fitted him, and it was thought he would re­ Shakespeare was a mason, because a seal, cover, but his system was too much weakened, Over their graves rang once the bugle’s call, and after a brief period of improvement he The searching shrapnel, and the crashing ball; pronounced by an expert to be of the time again began to sink, and hopes of saving his The shriek, the shock of battle, and the neigh of James I, has been found, with a portrait Of horse ; the cries of anguish and dismay ; life were abandoned. His death had been And the loud cannon’s thunders that appall. ot Shakespeare on one side and masonic em­ expected for several days. Now through the years the brown pine-needles blems on the other. It might show that the Can any one furnish us a No. 27 of Vol. 1 fall, first owner was an admirer both of Shakes­ The vines run riot by the old stone wall, of the Token, to complete the set of Bro. By hedge, by meadow streamlet, far away, peare and of Masonry. Over their graves ! Frank W. Baxter, of Highgate, Vermont? We love our dead where’er so held in thrall, The Order of Knights, of St. John was Bro. Baxter will be exceedingly grateful Thau they no Greek more bravely died, nor Gaul, A love that’s deathless ! but they look to-day dispossessed in England in 1540 by Henry for it. With no reproaches on us when we say, the 8th, and their prior, William Weston, The complete sets of Volume One are all “ Come I let us clasp your hands, we’re brothers all,” died of a broken heart in consequence. gone. It is gratifying to be able to say that Over their graves ! —[Henry Jerome Stockard in the Century. the last four stayed in Maine. Two of them Portland Commandery will receive and were taken by Past Grand Masters and the entertain Winslow Lewis Commandery of The Third Annual Convention of the other two by lodges. Salem, Mass., June 24th. Second Masonic District, was holden at The sympathies of the craft will go out to Eastport, yesterday afternoon and evening, —The old Masonic Mutual Benefit Society Bro. Clifford P. McCalla, editor of the Key­ and was well represented by members from of Indiana is having a serious discussion over stone and Past Grand Master, whose wife Eastern, Washington, St. Croix and Cres- a change of constitution. died April 7th at the age of 51. cent Lodges; Lewey’s Island not repre- S^^The following lodges pay $1 or $2 a sented. In the afternoon work on the first Grand Secretary Innes, of Michigan, was year, receiving 11 and 22 copies of the Token, degree, by Washington Lodge, with its lately seeking a form of dedication for Ma­ respectively, to distribute to the members who new board of officers, composed of its sonic Homes. He did not find one published, are promptest in attendance: young members, was excellent, giving every but now comes an excellent form from him Copies. used in dedicating the Michigan Masonic part of each lecture, all of which were St. Andrew’s, Bangor, 22 well rendered. The second degree was Temple, Saccarappa, 11 Home at Grand Rapids, Jan. 27th, and we given by Crescent Lodge, who unfortu- Hancock, Castine, 11 shall know where to send the next applicant. Ira Berry, Bluehill, 22 nately found themselves without one of their Cumberland, New Gloucester, 11 The old lodge at Melrose, Scotland, which principal officers, but proved equal to the Rising Virtue, Bangor, 22 has been independent from time immemorial, emergency, organized pro tem officers and Kenduskeag Lodge, Kenduskeag, 11 has finally joined the Grand Lodge of Scot­ performed the work well, after which tickets What lodge shall be next added ? land, and takes its place as St. John’s Mel­ were distributed for the banquet, served in rose, No. 1. St. Mary’s Chapel is numbered Armory building by the Methodist Society, Self-Sacrificing Templars. The oper­ 0, we think. which was excellent, plenty of it, and well ation alluded to in January is well related in the following despatches : served. In the evening Eastern Lodge con- ColoRed TemplaRS—The proceedings ferred the third degree in their usual good Chicago, Jan. 18.—One hundred and thirty-two Knights Templar of St. Bernard of the United Grand Commandery of Penn­ manner ; the rendering the lecture from the Commandery suffered the appliance of the sylvania, from 1881 to 1890, inclusive, are re chart by Bro. Fisher was grand. After surgeon’s knife yesterday to save the life of ceived from W. L. Underwood, of Philadel­ closing the lodge a long list of speakers their brother, Sir Knight J. 0. Dickerson. The latter has been afflicted with cancer, phia, Past Grand Commander. There ap­ were called up and many very fine senti- and an operation resulted in a wound that pear to be ten commanderies and about 220 ments were drawn out, off hand, from a could not heal alone, and for which skin members. number of gray haired veterans of the order, grafted from animals had failed. To snatch Dickenson from death, 144 ranging from three-score to four-score years square inches of human cuticle were re­ For Lis tn of Subscribers, and more, the expressed sentiment of quired. It was to supply this that over 150 We are indebted to Bro. Stark Webster, Mat- their experience and observation being that knights marched to the Emergency hospital tawamkeag. this afternoon. Dr. Fenger’s instructions the world and humanity have been very had been obeyed, and assisted by Drs. Ber- much benefited by Masonry, and they look nauer, Leonard, Palmer, Taylor, Strickland, Our Thanks. forward to the time when the world at large Ballard and Tobias, the operation was per­ Alabama.—Grand Lodge, Dec. 1, 1890, formed. will be convinced of its good effect. After from Myles J. Green, Gr. Sec , Montgomery. Dickerson was conscious most of the time, Geo. M. Morrow, Gr. Master, Birmingham. singing the closing ode composed by Past and as each knight stepped to the sacrifice 305 lodges, 9,546 members, 978 initiates. thanked him with warm affection in scarcely Master James McGregor, the convention ArizoNA.—Grand Lodge, Nov. 11, 1890, closed to meet at Calais next year. a whisper. The strip of skin was taken from the left from Geo. J. Roskruge, Tucson, Gr. Sec. Lubec, Feb. 27, 1891. j. b. n. arm on the biceps. One after another the Geo. W. Cheyney, Tombstone, Gr. Master. knights stepped forward. Each carried his 9 lodges, 429 members, 32 initiates. The first cargo of stone for the new Ma­ own razor, which Dr. Fenger took. With a Grand Chapter, org. Nov. 13,1889, and first flash the surgeon seized a thin strip of skin annual, Nov. 12, 1890, from Geo. J. Ros­ sonic Temple in Chicago was shipped from kruge, Tucson, Gr. See. Martin W. Kales, an inch and a half long, severed it with the Vinalhaven, Me., Feb. 7th, on schooner Har­ razor and placed it upon Dickerson’s wound. Phoenix, G. H. P. 5 chapters. vester, for Portland, thence by rail. Vinal­ Soon both Dr. Fenger and Dr. Bernauer ARKANSAS.—Grand Lodge, Nov. 18, 1890, haven is an island in Penobscot Bay, but the were cutting arms as a man cuts bacon. from Fay Hempstead, Little Rock, Gr. Sec. Each knight was at once bandaged by nurses. W. K. Ramsey, Camden, Gr. Master. 427 Chicago brethren will be likely to find the Two of them fainted under the razor. lodges, 12,654 members, 1,168 initiates. marks of the workmen on the stones, for that Within 10 days the arms of the scarred FloRida.—Gr. Lodge, Jan. 20, 1891, from little island has a lodge of 182 members, a knights will be healed. Not before 30 days DeWitt C. Dawkins, Jacksonville, Gr. Sec. will it be known if the new cuticle will grow Angus Paterson, Madison, Gr. Master. chapter of 88 members and a commandery on Sir Knight Dickinson’s back. of 38 members and the number of voters is Illinois.—Grand Council, Oct. 29, 1890, Chicago, Feb. 25. Sir Knight John O. from Gil. W. Barnard, Chicago, Gr. Rec. Dickerson, who a few weeks ago was sub­ only 783, a large number of them workmen Geo. W. Warvelle, Chicago, G. Master. 35 jected to the operation of skin grafting at in the quarries. councils, 1,995 members, 131 candidates. the expense of a hundred and thirty-two of his brother Knights Templar, died Monday at ORIENTAL ConsistoRY.—Proceedings 35th —Hughan says the oldest known date of Emergency hospital. The unique operation annual Rendezvous Jan. 15, 1891, from Gil. the 3d degree is 1725. appeared for a time to have materially bene- W. Barnard, Gr. Sec. MASONIC TOKEN, MAY 15, 1891. 127

INDIANA.—Grand Commandery, April 21, Utah.—Grand Lodge, Jan. 20, 1891, from In Portland, March 6, Sarah H. C., wife of our late Bro. John B. Fillebrown, aged 70 yrs. 6 mos. 1891, from Wm. II. Smythe, Grand Record- Chris. Diehl, Salt Lake City, Gr. Sec. Wm. 4 days. er. Irvin B. Webber, Gr. Com. 32 com­ G. Van Horne, Salt Lake City, Gr. Master. At Sebago Lake, March 18, Issac D. Sawyer, manderies, 2,878 members, 170 knighted. 7 lodges, 486 members, 22 initiates. aged 61. He was a captain in the 25th Me., ana LouisiaNA.—Grand Lodge, Feb. 9, 10, VIRGINIA.—Grand Lodge, Dec. 9, 1890, was sheriff in 1881. He belonged to Standish 11, 2 891, from Richard Lambert, N. Orleans, from Wm. B. Isaacs, Richmond, Gr. Sec. Lodge and St. Alban Commandery. Gr. Sec. Chas. F. Buck, N. Orleans, Gr. J. Howard Wayt, Staunton, Grand Master. In Portland, March 24, Charles H. Fessenden, aged 61 yrs. 6 mos. He was a member of Atlantic Master. 108 lodges, 4,311 members, 303 224 lodges, 9,930 members. Lodge, Portland Commandery, and other masonic initiates. Grand Chapter, Oct. 28, 1890, from Wm. bodies of Portland. Grand Council, Feb. 12, 1891, from Rich- B. Isaacs, Gr. Sec., Richmond. J. Howard In Portland, April 5, Charles B. Merrill, aged ard Lambert, N. Orleans, Gr. Rec. Rev. H. Wayt, Gr. H. P., Staunton. 26 chapters, 61 yrs. 11 mos. He was a member of Atlantic 1,571 members, 189 exaltations. Lodge. He graduated at Bowdoin in 1847, and C. Duncan, Alexandria, Gr. Master. 4 was Lieut.-Col. of the 17th Maine in the war. councils, 142 members, 7 candidates. Grand Commandery, Oct. 30, 1880, from Wm. B. Isaacs, Gr. Rec., Richmond. In Freeport, April 10, John L. Kelsey, aged 70. Grand Commandery, Feb. 13, 1891, from Daniel J. Turner, G. Com., Norfolk. 19 In Berlin Falls, N. H., May 4, George Waite Deering, aged 61 years, (see editorial.) Richard Lambert, Gr. Rec. A. S. Badger, commanderies, 1,064 members, 83 candi- N. Orleans. Gr. Com. 4 commanderies, 293 dates. In Portland, May 5, Stephen C. Munsey, aged members, 7 knighted. 86 yrs. 9 mos. He’was a native of Wiscasset, and Southern Supreme Council. — Trans­ a sailmaker. He was an old mason, having been Massachusetts.—Grand Lodge, Dec. 30, initiated in Ancient Land-Mark Lodge Jan. 2, actions, Oct. 1890, from Fred Webber, 1828. 1890, from Sereno D. Nickerson, Boston, Gr. Washington, See. Gen. Transactions of Sec. Samuel Wells, Boston, Gr. Master. In Portland, May 11th, Thomas Bentley Lawn, 232 lodges, 30,880 members, 1,526 initiates. the Masonic Veteran Association, I). C., steward of the Cumberland Club, aged 46. He 1887-90, and allocution of Sov. Gr. Com­ was a K. T. and a 32°, belonging to bodies in New Gr. Chapter, Dec. 8, 1890, from Alfred mander 1890, from Albert Pike. York. F. Chapman, Boston, Gr. See. J. Albert NORTHERN SUPREME COUNCIL.—Proceed- Blake, Haverhill, G. H. P. 11,198 members, 792 exaltations. ings Sept. 17, 1890, from A. P. Moriarty, GEO. II. GRIFFEN, New York, Asst. Gr. Sec. Gen. There are Grand Council, Dec. 10, 1890, from Alfred several fine plates of deceased members and Diamonds, Vacheron, Waltham, Elgin F. Chapman, Gr. Rec. Boston. Wm B. and Hampden Watches, the proceedings are valuable and interest­ Lawrence, Gr. Master, Medford. 24 coun­ ALSO THE NEW WATCH “FOREST CITY." ing- ______cils, 3,800 members, 423 candidates. Excel- Jewelry, French Clocks, and a fine line of lent phototype of John W. Dadinun. Premiums—Any brother who will pro- sterling silver, and silver plated ware. Grand Commandery, Oct. 29, 1890, from cure subscribers for us, remitting not less 504 Congress St., Portland. Alfred F. Chapman, Gr. Rec., Boston. John than $1 at a time, may retain one-fourth of P. Sanborn, Newburyport, R. I., Gr. Com. the money for his services. Those who 42 commanderies, 8,490 members, 604 can­ wish to assist us, without caring for the didates. premium, can gratify some indigent brother QUINN & CO., MichigaN.—Grand Lodge, Jan. 28, 1891, by sending him a paper free. It is better from Wm. P. Innes, Grand Rapids, Gr. Sec. to take subscriptions for two years. Boiler Makers, John Q. Look, Lowell, Gr. Master. 367 lodges, 31,864 members, 1,944 initiates. A Blacksmiths and Machinists, Office of Westbrook Boakd of Health, big volume and quickly issued. Fine plate Special Attention Paid to Repaiks. Saccarappa, Me., Sept. 29, 1890. of Grand Master John S. Cross. Office, 49 Commercial, cor. Franklin Street, Grand Chapter, Jan. 20, 1891, from Wm. Gentlemen:—Having for many years made

P. Innes, Grand Rapids, Gr. Sec. Samuel C. use in my family of “ L. F.” Atwood’s Bit­ PORTLAND, ME. Randall, Flint, Gr. 11. P. 120 chapters, Thomas B. Merrill. 10,166 members, 726 exaltations. ters, and always with good results, I do not MINNESOTA.—Gr. Lodge, Jan. 14, 1891, hesitate to concede all that is claimed for from Thomas Montgomery, St. Paul, Gr. them. They are among the very few pro­ SKILLIN, HAWKES & CO., Sec. Alphonso Barto, Sauk Centre, Gr. prietary medicines that have gained for Wholesale Dealers in Master. 188 lodges, 12,168 members, 945 initiates. themselves a good and permanent reputation FlOur and GrOceries, Mississippi.—Grand Lodge, Feb. 1891, on their own merits instead of having a rep- from J. L. Power, Jackson, Grand Sec. utation manufactured for them by loud ad­ No. 85 Commercial Street, John M. Ware, Starkville, Grand Master. vertising. To aid in breaking up a cold, W. A. Skillin, 273 lodges, 8,390 members, 720 initiates. J.F. Hawkes. PORTLAND. and for complaints of a bilious character, it Grand Council, Feb. 10, 1891, from Fred- eric Speed, Vicksburg, Gr. Master. J. L. is safe to assert that there is no article now Power, Jackson, Gr. Rec. 7 councils, 189 selling at so low a price that has equal members, 19 candidates. Same from J. L. medicinal value. • Yours truly, Power, Gr. Sec. H. K. GRIGGS. NEBRASKA.—We did Bro. Bowen injustice in saying that he did not give the number of [N. B. The True “ L. F.” Medicine is war­ lodges. It was stated on the first page of ranted to contain more medical properties proceedings. in a thirty-five cent bottle than any other In- New JERSEY.—Grand Council, Jan. 27, vigorator or Sarsaparilla sold for a dollar.] 1891, from Chas. Bechtel, Trenton, Gr. Rec. Lewis G. Dawson, Newark, Gr. Master. 7 DIED. A. L. DENNISON, councils, 402 members, 24 candidates. GENERAL agent for New HampshiRE.—Grand Commandery, In Bangor, Jan. 23, Silas Alden, aged 86 yrs. 7 Sept. 30, 1890, from Geo. P. Cleaves, Con- mos. (See editorial) Walter A. Wood’s Mower, In Skowhegan, Jan. 24, William B. Morrill, cord, Gr. Rec. Henry A. Marsh, Nashua, And other Standard Implements, Gr. Com. 10 commanderies, 1,558 members, aged 93. (See editorial page.) In Portland. Jan. 27, Daniel S. Warren, aged 50 122 knighted. years. He left a wife and four children. He was 27 PREBLE ST., PORTLAND, ME. New York.—Grand Chapter, Feb. 3,1891, a coal dealer, and was a member of Portland Commandery, Maine Consistory and other ma­ from Christopher G. Fox, Buffalo, Gr. Sec. sonic bodies. Wm. J McDonald, New York, Gr. 11. Priest. F. A. LEAVITT, At the Insane Asylum, Augusta, January 16, 185 chapters, 16,145 members, 1,241 exalta- Ambrose II. Knight, a member of Portland Com- tions. mandery. He was buried at Lovell, his old home, Awnings, Tents, Flags, Pennsylvania.—Council of Deliberation, by Delta Lodge. YACHT SAILS, $c., Dec. 2, 1890, from Francis M. Highley, Phila In Boston, Keb. 16, killed on the Old Colony Railroad, Ira F. Clark, of Port land, aged 40. He No. 39 Exchange Street, delphia, Gr. Sec. Anthony E. Stocker, was a member of Greenleaf Chapter and St. Al­ Philadelphia, Cominander-in-Chief. ban Commandery, of Portland, and Arion Lodge, PORTLAND. of Goodwin’s Mills, Lyman. • Tennessee.—Report on Correspondence, Grand Lodge, 1891, from Geo. C. Connor, In Camden, B'eb. 19, James Perry, aged 72. He ORTLAND CEMENT PIPE AND the author. Fine report. was a member of Keystone Chapter and Clare­ STONE CO. Sewer and Well Pipe, mont Commandery. PPavements, Tiles, &c., 294 & 296 Commercial St. Also Report on Correspondence Grand In Cape Elizabeth, Feb. 24, Hayden P. Barrett, J. W. Stockwell, Prest. Commandery, 1891. aged 57. He was a member of Hiram Lodge. H. G. Briggs, Treas. H. G. Stockwell, Sec. 128 MASONIC TOKEN, - - MAY 15, 1891.

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Is a large 16 page quarto, published weekly, and is PORTLAND, ME. the leading masonic newspaper of the world. Ad­ Paper Hangings and School Books, dress subscriptions to Geo. Kenning, Publisher, Manufacturers of 16 Great Queen Street, enclosing postal order for 15s. 6d. Rubber Goods! And Dealers in Portland Masonic Relief Association, New and Second Hand Law Books, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Presidents. B. Dunbar. Removed to 474 Congress Street, Engineers’ Supplies. Treas.—Leander W. Fobes. Clerk—Albro E. Chase. PORTLAND. J. & E. R. BARBOUR, Invested Fund §25,170.00. 183 deaths in 16 years. Amount paid at death $10'00. Assessments each C. P. BABCOCK, 8 Exchange St, Portlaud, Me. death are from 70c to $2.00, according to age. Ex­ pense assessment per year §1.00 additional. No Bank & Safe Locksmith, better or cheaper assessment society in the State. EASTMAN BROS.& BANCROFT, Safes of all makes opened and repaired. For particulars apply to the Clerk. Jobbers and Retailers of 36 TEMPLE ST., PORTLAND, ME. Notice.—Special and immediate attention, by Dry and Fancy Goods, The Boston Eegalia Co., skilled workmen, given in answer to calls from Banks troubled with defective doors, bolt work or LADIES’, MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S 10 TEMPLE, PLACE, BOSTON, locks of any manufacture. CLOAKS AND SUITS. Manufacturers of and Dealers in B. M. Eastman, I 492 and 494 Congress Street, Send your Mark Books to E. D. EASTMAN, J PORTLAND, Me. Masonic, Odd Fellows, JOHN B. HUDSON, Artist, DANA W. FELLOWS, M. I)., And other Society Regalia and Jewels, DENTIST, KNIGHTS TEMPLAR UNIFORMS, 345 Cumberland Street, No. 23 Fhee St., Pqutland, Me. Badges, Banners and Flags, PORTLAND, GRAND LODGE CERTIFICATES GOLD AND SILVER TRIMMINGS. To have the Marks drawn in. Can be had at the Grand Secretary’s office, accord­ 94—ly ing to vote of Grand Lodge in 1868. Price $1, (or RUMMOND & DRUMMOND, At­ in pocket book form $1.25). The quickest and best HAS. D. SMITH, M. D„ Physician D torneys at Law, Union Mutual Life In­ way is for Brethren wishing them to apply through C and Surgeon, Office and residence No. surance Building, Portland, Me. the Secretaries of their respective Lodges. 126 Free St., Portland. Josiah H. Drummond. IRA BERRY, Grand Sec’y.