MASONIC TOKEN.

WHEREBY ONE BROTHER MAY KNOW ANOTHER.

VOLUME 2. PORTLAND, OCT. 15, 1884. No. 30.

Published quarterly by Stephen Berry, MASONRY IN MAINE. made a similar excursion to the same place, October 7th. No..37 Plum Street, Portland. Lodge Elections. New Lodge.—The M. W. Grand Master Twelve cts. per year in advance. '13/= Postage Central, 45, China. George B Pray, m ; prepaid. Theron E Doe, sw; Willis R Ward, jw; has issued a dispensation, dated September Willis W Washburn, sec. 6th, for a lodge at South Thomaston, to kc Plymouth, 75, Plymouth. William Harris, called Knox Lodge:—Mark D. Ames, Mas­ Advertisements $4.00 per inch, or $3.00 for half an inch for one year. m ; William H Toothaker, sw ; William H ter; Robert A. Harrington, Senior Warden ; Condon, jw ; L P Toothaker, sec. William A. Tripp, Junior Warden. No advertisement received unless the advertiser, Liberty, 111, Liberty. Moses M Johnson, or some member of the linn, is a Freemason in m ; Hazen N Dennis, sw ; John C Sherman, good standing. jw; Ambrose P Cargill, sec. Rooks, Papers, etc. Monument, 96, Houlton. Samuel W Put­ We are indebted to Hoyt, Fogg & Don- nam, m; Hjalmar Edblad, sw; George S ham for the Maine Register for 18Sf Price, TIIE DEATH OF TIIE FLOWERS. Gentle, jw; William F Braden, sec. §1.25. The statistics in this book render Oxford, 18, Norway. J Hibbard Aldrich, it invaluable. BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. m ; Frank Seavy, sw ; Samuel R Knowland, jw; Howard D Smith, sec. The Freemason’s Journal of New York has Moses Webster, 145, Vinalhaven. George increased its size to eight pages. The melancholy days are come, the saddest of R Doak, m; E W Arey, sw; Moses L Young, the year, Boletim Official de Grande Oriente Lusita- Of wailing winds, and naked woods, and meadows j w; C E Boman, sec. brown and sere. Village, 26, Bowdoinham. Converse Pur- no Unido Supremo Consilho da Maponaria, Heaped in the hollows of the grove, the autumn leaves lie dead; ington, m ; S Loyelest Browne, sw ; George Portugueza, publiFreemasonry in Maryland, by s; Willis W Washburn, sec. Edw. T. Schultz. As we go to press we ’Till fell the frost from the clear, cold heaven as St. George’s, 45, Liberty. Gustavus H falls the plague on men, hp k have received the first number of this valua­ And the brightness of their smile was gone, from Cargill, ; Lucius C Morse, ; James Lee­ upland, glade and glen ; man, s; Ambrose P Cargill, sec. ble history, which is published by J. H. And now, when comes the calm, mild day, as still St. John’s, 25, Dexter. William II Dustin, Medairy & Co., Baltimore. It is issued in such days will come. hp k To call the squirrel and the bee from out their ; Henry S Dole, ; John Martin, s; parts of 112 pages each, at 50c. a part. Newell H. Bates, sec. winter home; Woodcuts of Lord Baltimore and other Cushnoc, 43, Augusta. Charles B Mor- When the sound of dropping nuts is heard, though ton, hp ; F B Smith, k ; John E Avery, worthies illustrate it. We have not time to all the trees are still, And twinkle in the smoky light the waters of the s; 1) M Waitt, sec. review it for this issue, but it is needless to rill, point out that Maryland was one of the earli­ The South wind searches for the flowers whose Installations. fragrance late he bore, est points in this country to receive Masonry, And sigh., to find them in the wood and by the The officers of Oxford Lodge, at Norway, and that therefore its early history is indis­ stream no more. were installed Sept. 9th, by P. M. Alfred S. pensable to every masonic library. And then I think of one who in her youthful Kimball. Large attendance. Supper and beauty died, The first lodge was instituted at Annapolis T,iebymyni?de bl°88Oln that grew Up and faded social entertainment. in 1750 by Grand Master Thomas Oxnard, 1,1

dricks’ Grand Victory March;” “You Ask An Old Maton. Editorial Items. me to Forgive the Past;” “ Better Luck To- All masonic editors are happy to greet —Grand Master Henry W. Murray, of Vir- Morrow,” a new Motto Song; “ Amatori Bro. Stephen Berry’s spicy little eight page ginia, died at Charlottesville, August 15th, Waltzes.” The publisher offers to send the sheet from Portland, Maine We notice ref­ He was born at Dublin, Ireland, in 1826. lot post free on receipt of §1.00. erence made to “ First among his Equals,” in allusion to the roll of aged craftsmen where­ His father, being reduced from affluence to in Bro. J. M. Bickford gives some comments poverty, came to Virginia about 1840. He Chips. as to Capt. Sylvanus Hatch, of Port Lavacca, became a prominent lawyer, and was a cap­ —There are 9 lodges and 293 masons in Texas, whose certificate of membership in British Columbia. Solomon Lodge, No. 1, Savannah, Georgia, tain in the confederate service during the war. —Gen. Logan is a mason. is designated as issued as of Juue 6th, 1809, thus making him a mason of seventy-five —Irish Lodges, including those chartered —Bro. Robert Burns was “exalted” to the years, standing, and mentioning him as first abroad, number up to 1014, of which 378 are Royal Arch degree by the Chapter at Eye- among his equals. This is well so far as it now working. Irish Chapters number almost mouth. Scotland, as would appear from the goes, but should New York State not come in for an older, when we read from t‘ie as high, viz : up to 935, and 162 are working. following extract from the records : Tribune of this city, thus: Delhi, N. Y.,— The Chapters largely take the numbers of “ On account of R. Burns’ remarkable Simon Knowles, of Meredith, this county, poetical genius, the members unanimously claims to be the oldest Freemason in New the lodges in the same places. agreed to admit him gratis, and considered York State, if not in the Union. He joined —Bro. Grove B. Cooley, who died in Min­ themselves honored by having a man of such Columbia Lodge in East Haddam, Conn., in neapolis, August 20th, had been Grand Master shining abilities for one of their companions.” October, 1807, at the age of twenty-one. In 1818 he removed to Meredith, where he has of the Grand Lodge and Grand Council of MasoNic CoNGRess.—In the official organ lived ever since, never having been away Minnesota, Chairman of Committee on Cor of the United Grand Lodge of Colon and from the village. He is now in his ninety- respondence in the Grand Council five years, ninth year, and is active and sound both Cuba for October 1st, appears an invitation physically and mentally, A shoemaker by and member of the Committee on Jurispru­ from that body to all masonic bodies of Span­ trade, he half-soled and heeled a pair of shoes dence in the General Grand Council. Also ish nationality, in America and the Peninsula, for a great-great-grandchild a few days ago, Master, High Priest, and presiding officer of doing the work quickly and well, without which govern symbolic lodges, to a Spanish using glasses. The old gentleman was mar- the Council. He was born in Attica, N. Y., American Masonic Congress, to settle with ried in 1802, at the age of sixteen, to a girl December 10,1827 ; his age was therefore 57. binding force the landmarks and certain gov- one year his junior. They lived together —We had a pleasant visit August 16th nearly eighty years, the wife dying at the from Judge McCurdy of Michigan, the gen­ erning laws of Masonry, including jurisdic- age of ninety-five. Mr. Knowles served all tion. Venezuela is suggested as a central through the war of 1812, and draws a pension ial Captain General of the Grand Encamp­ point for assembling. of $8 a month. He works every day in his ment. He had been stopping with his fam­ We cannot but highly approve such an as­ garden.—[Zfeirew Leader. ily at the Alpine House, Gorham, N. H., sembly, as it can settle at once many irnpor- No, the following letter will show that and ran down here for an afternoon. He tant points which American Grand Lodges Bro. Knowles erred as to his initiation : had been promising us a longer visit, but have spent half a century in reconciling. East Haddam, Ct., Aug. 7, 1884. his family, who were here, curtailed their Dear Brother:—Yours of the 6 th at hand visit to the seaside, and went to the moun­ GRAND Orient.—The Chaine d’Union pub­ I in reply would state that there is a mistake tains before his coming to the east. He lishes the text of the new Constitution sub­ in regard to Bro. Knowles' masonic age, as promises a longer visit next summer when mitted by the Council of the Order. The given in some of the papers. He was initiat­ he comes to the session of the Supreme preamble states the position of the Grand ed November 13, 1811. Council at Boston. Orient frankly : Yours fraternally, John Haigh, Grand Master of the Grand I. Freemasonry, an institution essentially HenRY H. Squiue, Council of Massachusetts, who was visiting philanthropic, philosophic and progressive, Sec’ty Columbia Lod

—General Grand High Priest Chapman —The proceedings of the Grand Chapter of wines or intoxicants are to be allowed. As shows that Webb did not introduce the Mark, Nebraska for 1883 contain a fine steel por- an old Freemason, allow me to say that all masonic lodges are strictly ‘temperance’ Past and M. Ex. degrees into the Chapter, as trait of W. II. Munger, Past G. H. Priest. lodges, and 1 think it is only due to those he was exalted in Pennsylvania, May 18, —John F. Webster, Concord, was elected who have long been members of this an- 1796, while those degrees were conferred in Grand Commander of.the Grand Command- cient and honorable fraternity to point out that it is quite invidious to designate any Providence Chapter, Rhode Island, on six ery of New Hampshire, and Geo P. Cleaves, * new ’ lodge as a * temperance ’ lodge Re- brethren, October 5, 1793, the record of which Grand Recorder, at the annual meeting at freshments, after the work of the lodge is still exists. Thus vanishes another favorite Concord, September 30th. done, are generally served, but everyone is left to the freedom of his own will as to theory. —Samuel W. Langhorne, of Bozeman, was whether he takes intoxicants or non-intoxi­ —Grand High Priest Sumpter, of Arkansas, elected Grand Master, and Cornelius Hedges, cants—toleration being the rule—everyone says that great numbers of poor cripples resort of Helena, Grand Secretary of the Grand being allowed to please himself.” to their Hot Springs, and on account of desti- Lodge of Montana, October 1st. The Grand It will be seen that the London lodge, have tution Jie night and day on the hillsides ex- Lodge of South Australia was recognized. got exactly to the point reached in Maine, posed to the weather, naked, hungry and —At the annual conclave of the Grand April 20, 1813, when Ancient Landmark dying. He recommends the building of a Commandery of Ohio, October 8th, Eli Fas- Lodge voted to dispense with liquors except free hospital there, and we cannot too highly old, of Dayton, was elected Grand Com- at festivals. They are becoming restive commend the proposition. mander, James Nesbitt, Troy, re-elected under the yoke of King Alcohol, although —The colored masons of Boston celebrated Grand Recorder. Two new Commanderies his sway is gentle and his discipline only the centennial of their first lodge September were chartered. persuasive. 29th. There was a procession. —A mourning circular in memory of —Lieut. A. W. Greeley, of Arctic fame, is Judge E. H. English is rceived from the DR. AustiN’s Monument.—A monument a Knight Templar General Grand Chapter under date of Sep­ erected in Woodlawn Cemetery in memory of Dr. James M. Austin, who died in Decem­ —The Prince of Orange had an imposing tember 22d. ber, 1881, was presented Wednesday to his funeral at the Hague, July 17th. The Prince family by the masonic fraternity of the State of Wales, as Grand Master of Freemasons, Mint and Cumin. of New York. The money for the monu­ ment, amounting to a large sum, was sub- sent a wreath. Bro. Thomas H. B. Anderson, in his report scribed by masons in lodges in all parts of the —The corner-stone of the new capitol of to the Grand Lodge of California, says : State, who held Dr. Austin in great respect Nebraska was laid with masonic ceremonies We remember an instance where two for his long and excellent services as Secre­ tary of the Grand Lodge. The monument is honors at Lincoln, July 15th. lecturers in the ritual disagreed upon the point as to whether the Grand Master, Hiram of granite, rough and polished. The design —Texas has recently erected a monument Abiff, should be characterized as “ so good is that of an obelisk rising from a square ped­ on the field of San Jacinto. and great a man ” or “ so great and good a estal, built in the form of three steps, repre­ senting the three degrees of the blue lodge in —Grand Secretary Parvin suggests that man.” Failing to come to any satisfactory conclusion, they submitted the point in dis- Masonry. Upon one side is the inscription, visitors be required to exhibit a receipted bill pute to our Grand Secretary, who replied, " Erected by the Masonic Fraternity of New for lodge dues not more than one year old. that “ having diligently searched the Ancient York,” and on the other side is inscribed —The Grand Lodge of Iowa is building a Charges and Regulations, and consulted the the name of James M. Austin, the dates of Constitutions and Edicts of most of the Grand his birth and death, and the statement of fireproof building at Cedar Rapids, for its Lodges in existence, he had failed to find any the length of his services—twenty-seven library, to cost $23,000. authority upon the subject”; but, in his years—as Secretary of the Grand Lodge of —The coner-stone of the pedestal for opinion, any disposition they might choose to New York. There are also Masonic em­ make of the adjectives “ would not seriously blems carved in the stone, one of them Bartholdi’s Statute of Liberty enlightening affect the reputation of our Grand Master, two pens crossed, being emblematic of the the world, was laid at Bedloe’s Island, August Hiram Abiff.” office which Dr. Austin filled in the Order. 5th, by the Grand Lodge of New York, The presentation took place n the after­ noon. About 100 prominent masons as­ William A. Brodie, Grand Master, officiating. French Masonry. sembled in the cemetery, and Dr. Austin’s There was a heavy rain, but several hundred We may well wonder as to what the new widow and his two daughters were present masons and guests were present. French departure will lead to. Bro. Hubert, to receive the gift. Venerable Brother George 11. Fish, of a committee appointed consisting —New York Masonic Temple is to be re- of the Chaine d’ Union, objects to the project of himself, Worshipful C. T. McClenachan, stored at once. The contracts have been of letting all visitors vote on candidates. and R. W. Philander Reed first presented signed. But the French idea seems to be that mason- the monument to the fraternity, R. W. Frank Lawrence, D. G. M., receiving it in their be- —Ramon 0. Williams, a member of Atlan- ry is progressive. They have abolished the half and in turn presenting it to the family, tic Lodge, Portland, has been appointed office of Grand Master, eliminated religion, M. W. General Charles Roome, P. G. M , Consul General of the United States for the and allusions to deity, and seem disposed to appearing for them. Among the leading masons present were Grand Secretary Edward Island of Cuba. make their watch-word “Liberty, Equality M. L. Ehlers, George II. Raymond, Grand —We are indebted to Bro. Roscoe G. Smith, and Fraternity.” Lecturer; Herman G. Carter, Grand Li­ for a complimentary ticket to the Seventh Anglo-Saxon Masonry believes in that brarian > R. W. Sidney F. Walker, R W. Annual Fair of the Ossipee Valley Union John Stewart, R. W. Edward F. Hassey, idea, but seeks to attain it by the opposite R. W. Theodore II. Tilton, R. W. William Agricultural Association. method, and it certainly has not been un- Peterkin, Brother Horace 11. Brockway, —Sir Erasmus Wilson, the distinguished successfnl. If there is any question about it R. W. Robert Roberts and R. W. Edward H. Walker.—[ t hronicle-IIerald. English Surgeon, who died August 8th, was a in Europe, there certainly can be none in leading mason in that country. America. Masonic tramps vexed the souls of the —James II. Peabody, Canon City, has But, as Walter Besant remarks, France is Kilwinning (Scotland) brethren in days of been elected Grand Master, Horace N. Banks, the country of ideas, and we can only wait yore, as they do the society in these more favored times. In 1717 the members (of South Pueblo, Grand High Priest, James P. ami see what will come of it. Mother Lodge Kilwinning) passed a resolu­ Maxwell, Boulder, Grand Commander, and tion, that “ as the lodges have been imposed Ed. C. Parmelee, Georgetown, Grand Secre­ A correspondent to the Manchester Ex­ upon by begging brethren, both here and at tary, (Lodge, Chapter and Commandery) of aminer and Times writes under date of June Irvine, it is resolved that no charity be given to traveling brethren with ait an order from Colorado. 3d: the Master.” After the lapse of more than —Thomas W. Tilden, Jersey City, is elected “ I notice a paragraph in your paper of a century and a half no better regulation has Grand Commander, and Charles Bechtel, Monday in which it is announced that a been made to lessen this evil, for indiscrimi­ new Lodge of Freemasons has been founded nate and profuse relief to masonic mendi- Trenton, Grand Recorder, of the Grand Com­ at 33 Golden Square, London, on ‘ temper­ cants tends but to widen the area over which mandery of New Jersey. ance principles,’ and that at its banquets no their depredations extend.—Could’s History. 236 MASONIC TOKEN OCT. 15, 1884.

MAINE MASONIC TEXT BOOK. tions of her as a two-horned goddess are PUBLICATIONS found among the ruins on the Nile. The proprietor of the Token has purchased But if the Moon is the tutelar deity of the SENT post-paid ON RECEIPT OF PRICE. the copyright, plates and edition of Drum- earliest craftsmen on record, we have the mond’s Maine Masonic Text Book, and right to accept her as they believed her, and will in future supply the trade. All orders as the Greeks, her last worshipers, also re­ should be addressed to History of 1-10-29 Me. Regt, by Maj. J. M. ceived her, and as Ben Johnson describes Gould, 720pp. octavo; illustrated with cuts, tephen e ortland e and plans of Battle-fields and portraits of S B RRY, P , M . her— officers, cloth,...... $15.00 Queen and huntress chaste and fair, Maine Masonic Text Book, Digest and Early Architects III. Now the sun is laid to sleep ; Monitor, by J. II. Drummond, 350 pp. 12 mo. Seated in thy silver chair cloth, or leather tuck, 2d edition...... $1.50 The “ Sons of Light” or early Craftsmen State in wonted manner keep Memorial of Lieut. Fred. H. Beecher, 48 pp. Hesperus intreats thy light, quarto; tinted paper, gilt edge; cloth, $2.00. are said to have been Sun-Worshipers, but a Goddess excellently bright 1 Civil Service Reform, Prof. W. B. Wedg­ curious exception is found among the early Earth, let not thy envious shade wood, cloth,...... $1.00 Dare itself to interpose ; History of Town of Woodstock, Me., Chaldeans. Sin or Hurki, the moon-god, pre­ Cynthia’s shining orb was made W. B. Lapham, cloth, 8vo...... $2.50 sided over buildings and architecture, which Heaven to clear when day did close ; Grand Lodge of Maine, vol. 1, Reprint, 1820 Bless us then with wished sight, to 1847, inclusive, in sheets,...... $3.00 were placed under his special protection, lie Goddess excellently bright I Vol. 6, 1867 to 1869, in sheets,...... $2 50 was regarded as a more important deity than Lay thy bow of pearl apart, Vol. 7, 1870 to 1872, in sheets,...... $2.50 And thy crystal shining quiver ; Vol. 8, 1873 to 1875, in sheets,...... $2.50 the Sun-god, San, and his secondary name Give unto the flying hart, Vol. 9, 1876 to 1878, in sheets,...... $2.00 Hurki, signifies the Watcher. His chief Space to breathe, how short soever ; Vol. 10,1879 to 1881, in sheets,...... $1.80 Thou that mak’st a day of night, Vol. 11, 1882 to 1884, in sheets...... $1.80 temple was at Ur, (where Abraham was Goddess excellently bright I Grand Chapter of Maine, Vol. 1, reprint, 1821 to 1854, in sheets,...... $1.85 born,) and was begun by Urukh, the most an- Vol. 4,1868 to 1873, in sheets,...... $3.00 cient historical monarch, and completed by Grand Encampment. Vol. 5, 1874 to 1878 in sheets...... $2.50 Vol. 6, 1879 to 1883, in sheets...... $2.50 his son Ilgi. Ilurki’s wife was called “the Grand Master Withers authorizes us to Grand Council of Maine, Vol. 2, 1868 to Great Lady,” and her ark was placed in the 1875, in sheets,...... $3.00 say that his address is Wytheville, Va., and Sanctuary along with his, and while his was Grand Commandery of Maine, Vol. 2,1868 not Alexandria, as had been published. Vexa­ to 1873, in sheets...... 3.00 called “ The Light,” hers was called “The Vol. 3, 1874 to 1879, in sheets,...... 3.00 tious delays have been caused by the wrong Lesser Light.” This supremacy of the moon- Grand Chapter of Florida, Reprint 1861 and address. 1862, in paper, ...... 1.00 god shows that the night was considered more General Orders, No. 2, issued September Masonic Token, Vol. I, 1867 to 1877, with favorable to mankind than the day, and his Index and illuminated title, in sheets, $2.00 12th, recognize the Supreme Great Priory selection to preside over architecture indi- of Canada, as an independent and sovereign LODGE HISTORIES. cates that building may have been largely body. Lincoln Lodge, Wiscasset,...... 40 prosecuted by moonlight, to avoid the ex­ Lincoln Lo., Wiscasset, Supplement, to 1870,..20 Harmony Lodge, Gorham,...... 40 hausting heat of day. Complaint is made because the Grand Arundel Lodge, Kennebunkport,...... 30 Casco Lodge, Yarmouth,...... 40 Among the Greeks, Diana, (the moon) was Lodges of Texas and Illinois print and send Lewy’s Island Lodge, Princeton,...... 25 much less powerful than Apollo fthe sun), al­ York Lodge, Kennebunk...... 50 out names of rejected candidates. Is it not Eastern Frontier Lodge, Fort Fairfield,...... 25 though his sister, but it is significant that her possible that the trouble is simply that the Messalonskee Lodge, West Waterville,...... 35 Atlantic Lodge, Portland,...... 30 worship was more ancient than that of Apollo. Grand Secretaries of those Grand Lodges Mt. Desert Lodge, Mt. Desert,...... 25 Doubtless the Greeks received it from the Hancock Lodge, Castine,...... ,.35 sent private circulars to editors on account of Paris Lodge, South Paris,...... 40 Chaldeans through the Tyrians, at an earlier other information therein contained, trusting Forest Lodge, Springfield,...... 25 Crescent Lodge, Pembroke...... 30 day. to the editorial discretion to refrain from Cumberland Lodge, No. 12, New Gloucester,. 50 Greenleaf Lodge, No. 117, Cornish,...... 30 We find also among the Ephesians the publishing the private portion ? Rising Sun Lodge, No. 71? Orland,...... 25 moon-worship predominant, their great temple Aina Lodge, No. 43, Damariscotta,...... 30 Tremont Lodge, No. 77, Tremont,...... 20 to Diana being among the “ Wonders of the Spain.—The Grand Orient of Spain has Waterville Lodge, No. 33, Waterville,...... 90 under its jurisdiction 238 lodges. Many of Sebasticook Lodge, No. 146, Clinton,...... 30 World,” although we do not know the archi­ Howard Lodge, No. 69, Winterport,...... 30 tect, and Demetrius, a leading silversmith, these are in the colonies. Eor instance, there Somerset Lodge, No. 34, Skowhegan,...... 50 Crescent Chapter, No. 26, Pembroke, ... . 30 spoke of her as the great goddess “ whom all are seventy-one in the West Indies, and five Drummond Chapter, No. 27, W. Waterville, .35 Asia and the world worshippeth.” in the Philippine Islands. (We gather this Meridian Lodge, No. 125, Pittsfield,...... 40 Mt. Vernon Chapter, No. 1, Portland, Berry, .40 The Mohammedans use the Crescent upon from the district list in the Boletin Official.) Portland Lodge, No. 1. Drummond, cloth,..1.50 Hancock Lodge, Supplement to 1880,...... 25 their banner as a sacred device. Probably These lodges number up to 297. In addition Olive Branch Lodge...... 20 there are forty-seven Chapters of Rose Croix Lewy’s Island Lodge, Supplement to 1880,..20 they had it from the early Arabs, who were Portland Commandery, Berry,...... 75 addicted to star-worship. numbering up to fifty-eight. Crescent Lodge, 1870-’80,...... 20 Ancient Land-Mark Lodge, Berry,...... 80 Milton says— Aina Lodge, Supplement to 1880...... 20 ------“ With these in troops Ancient Landmarks. Came Ashtaroth, whom the Phoenicians called Astarte, queen of Heav’n, with crescent horns, There is not an absolute agreement as to GRAND LODGE OF MAINE. To whose bright image, nightly, by tiie moon the identity of the Ancient Landmarks, but Sidonian virgins paid their vows and songs.” it is generally agreed that they cannot be And again— J onesport Lodge, at changed. If, therefore, we find which have “And mooned Ashtaroth. Jonesport, is to be Heaven’s queen and mother both been absolutely unchanged from the first, we Now sits not girt with tapers holy shrine. constituted under its can set them down as the real articles. charter, on Thurs- The best Chaldean scholars of our day say Some have held that the necessity of the day evening, the 23d that Astarte was the Chaldean Ishtar or the presence of a bible and warrant in a lodge is a instant planetary Venus, who was not the goddess landmark, but French lodges dispense with EU Wednesday the of chastity like the Greek Diana, but these the bible, and the original English lodges, the 22d was the day ap- deities come down to us badly confounded, first lodge in Pennsylvania, the earliest pointed, and notices were issued to that because they originated with different peo- English Commanderies, and the earliest effect; but the change of time of the trips of ples at different times, and each nation who American Commanderies had no warrants. the steamers, made it necessary to put it off adopted them lent them some new attribute. Others claim that the requirement that a till the next day. The Egyptians received the worship of man should be free born and of lawful age is IRA BERRY, Gr. Sec. Astarte from the Sidonians, and represen ta- a landmark. But England has changed free- MASONIC TOKEN, OCT. 15, 1884. 237 born to freeman, and there are frequent deserve more credit than they have received. promotion, even if you have a better worker examples of masons initiated at eighteen in It may be interesting to inquire if the Roman for Master. Harmony is worth more than the last and in the present century in English Colleges of Builders accompanied the march superior work. If your Senior Warden is not colonies and in Europe. of Roman armies. sufficiently skilled to take the chair, invite Physicial perfection cannot be a landmark, him to continue as Warden another year, and for the English constitution does not require it. Elbert Hartwell English. select some Past Master who was exception­ Debarring women from the degrees was Our distinguished brother, Judge English, ally excellent in the place, and ask him to disregarded a century ago in Ireland in the died at Ashland, N. C., where he had gone serve an additional term. case of Mrs. Aid worth, and ten years ago in for medical treatment, Sept. 1, 1884, aged When you have installed your officers, Hungary in the case of the Countess Hadiek. sixty-eight years. He was born in Ala- support them thoroughly. Show your towns- The legend of the third degree is claimed bama in 1816. He entered upon practice men that you find the lodge a pleasant place strongly as a landmark, but the records of the of the law at Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1844, to go to, and they will seek to join you there. oldest Scottish lodges indicate that they did at a time when Pike and Prentiss were at Have as many social meetings as possible. the zenith of their fame, and took rank with not have it in the 17th century. Look up the initiations of your oldest mem­ The password and signs of the first and them, finally becoming Chief Justice. He bers, and celebrate their anniversaries. second degrees have good claims, but they was Grand Master, Grand High Priest and Nothing is more delightful to a venerable appear to have been transposed about the Grand Commander, and was elected General brother, than to find that the brethren have Grand High Priest in 1874. Masonically he middle of the l8th century. remembered the fiftieth anniversary of his The prerogative of the Grand Master to was one of the first men of the country, initiation, and that they have got up a supper make a mason at sight, looks as if it had as in his own profession, and he will be long to greet him on the occasion. The reminis­ originated for the benefit of English Princes, remembered and mourned. cences called forth by such an occasion are although Masonry regards no man for his long remembered, and rejoice the hearts of Organizing Grand Lodgcs. wordly honors, and it is certainly being re- the members almost as much as that of the In Gurney’s Report on Correspondence to venerable recipient of the honor. stricted by some Grand Lodges at the present the Grand Lodge of Illinois for 1884, is a re­ If there is no work don’t neglect the meet­ day. port of great value, it being the result of his The right to take candidates regardless of ings, but make believe “ the Church is full,” inquiries of all American Grand Lodges in re­ have social meetings and enjoy yourselves, residence has been maintained by Scotland gard to their organization. It establishes the and England from time immemorial, but it and you will find your lodge healthy and position that a majority of all the lodges, and thriving even in dull times. cannot be a landmark because American not less than three, must unite in the forma- Grand Lodges strongly protest against it. tion of a new Grand Lodge. Supreme Council N. M. J. The prohibition against printing and writ­ The Northern Supreme Council held its ing the lectures looks like a landmark, but in Royal Arch Statistic* for 1SS4. annual session at Detroit, September 23d. Mexico they have been printed in a masonic Drummond’s statistics, reported to the Forty Active, three Emeriti and 100 Honorary magazine, and in England and other countries Grand Chapter of Maine for 1884, show in the they seem to have been written since early United States and. Canada, 137,617 Royal members were present, representing fifteen ) States. Commander Palmer reported the in­ in the 18th century. Arch Masons against 132,737 last year, a crease of the rite at 1059. Mackey stated that an important landmark creditable gain of 4,880. In 1882 there were The establishment of an Order of Merit and was that a lodge should be governed by a 128,557, and in 1881, 127,105. The exalta- an Order of Service was considered and laid Master and two Wardens; but the Grand tions were 10,639 against 10,557 in 1883, over. Lodge of England introduced a Deputy Grand 7,424 in 1882, and 6,733 in 1881. The other Hon. Joseph A. Locke, of Portland, received Master into the Grand Lodge, and most other footings continue about the same. the 33°. Grand Masonic Bodies have copied after it. Templar Statistic* for 1S84. The next session will be at Boston on the It has also been held to be a landmark that third Tuesday of September, 1885.—| Ab­ only one who has served as Warden can be Berry’s statistics, reported to the Grand stracted from Hebrew Leader. a Master, but the exceptions in practice prove Commandery of Maine for 1884, show in the United States 612 Commanderies, and 64,635 that it cannot be a landmark. GRAND SECRETARY Wm. R. BoWEN, OF Templars, against 59,125 last year. There The duty of helping a brother in distress NebRaska.—I cannot close this report seems to be admitted by all, and we think were 6,638 Knighted, against 6,548 last year. without reference to the assistance I have The total in the world is 804 Commanderies, received from Bro. William R. Bowen, that it may be a genuine landmark. We hope Grand Secretary. Only those who have it may be set down as number one, for it is and 69,864 members, against 64,005 last year. filled the station I now occupy—the Execu­ certainly a noble landmark. In our civil war This includes twenty jurisdictions for 1884, tive of the Fraternity in the State—can ap- and is therefore much later than anything dreciate the worth he is to the Grand Master. it made the slave forget his former wrongs, heretofore published. Alert, efficient, learned, willing and able to and the Master forget that black Masonry assist, with his office and his office work in was illegitimate. It sweeps aside all question For Lists of Subscribers, complete order, and conducted with an almost perfecT system, he has at all times of written evidence in the moment of im- We are indebted to Bros. L. L. Jones, Weld, been a most efficient help and invaluable in minent danger and regards only the sacred John Gosnell, Sherman Mills. counsel. He works without confusion, and signal of distress. Let it take its place at the his work is thoroughly done. I have had We now have three lodges on our list who occasion to visit the offices of several of the head of the Ancient Landmarks, for time can­ send $1 and $2, and have eleven or twenty- Grand Secretaries in the country, and in not change it. two copies to distribute to their members as none of them have I seen as complete sys- tem and order. It is not too much to say prizes for punctual attendance. Will not New BRUNSwick.—The centennial of the that to his ideas concerning the printing and other lodges imitiate their example? issuing of our proceedings, and in other mat­ introduction of Masonry into that province ters pertaining to his office and to the craft was celebrated at St. John, July 1st. John Again the gavel is sounding to call the at large, more than to all others, are we in- V. Ellis, Grand Master, made an interesting crafstmen to their labors. The summer vaca- pebted for the high rank our masonic work historical address, in which he showed that it has taken in our neighboring jurisdictions tions are over and the lodges are resuming and throughout the world. Long occupancy was started thereby regimental lodges. The work. The elections are close upon us. Let of the office has made him thoroughly famil­ first lodge was instituted at Parr Town. Regi- the brethren remember to choose the best iar with all detail, and he is known abroad, even better than nt home, because we are so mental lodges have done much to spread men for the vacancies, but do not pass over near him, as the Grand Secretary par excel­ Masonry throughout the world, and they the faithful Wardens who have labored for lence.—[Gr. M. Edwin F. Warren. 238 MASONIC TOKEN OCT. 15, 1884

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THE SUNDAY TIMES On hand and furnished to order. Gives all the news, both at home BANNERS AND FLAGS Street Uniforms and Regalias Painted and made to order. a Specialty. and from abroad. Its large local circulation makes it a most valuable ESTABLISHED 1841. advertising medium. No. S39 Middle Street, Office No. 31 Market Street, (opposite Post Office). GILES O. BAILEY, Prop’r. H. H. HAY & SON, a. A. MERRILL. PORTLAND. ALBION KEITH. ROBERT B. SWIFT, Wholesale Druggists, E. COREY & CO., O E>T I C I A. KT. Junction Free and Middle Sts., Dealers in PORTLAND. THON uAISTTD STEETi, Particular attention paid to fitting spectacles, and eye-glass frames, thus bringing the center of Carriage Hardware and Wood Work, the lenses directly over the eyes, as otherwise per­ CHARLES M. RICE & CO., Blacksmiths’ Tools, Manufacturers fect vision cannot be obtained. Dealer in all the varieties of of Carriage Springs & Axles, i 513 Congress St., PORTLAND. PAPER, PAPER BAGS, & TWINE, 125 & 127 Commercial St., PORTLAND. / THE W. H. PENNELL CO., No. 14 Exchange St., Portland. Paper of any size or quality made to order. Engineers of Heating & Ventilation Charles M. Rice. DEALERS IN STEAM, GAS AND WATER CONGRESS SQUARE, PIPE AND FIXTURES. FIRST-CLASS PLUMBING MATERIALS, &C. WOOD1MAN, TRUE & CO., PORTLAND, ME. 51 U.NI0N ST., PORTLAND, MB. Importers and Dealers in SANITARY MATTERS A SPECIALTY. J. W. Robinson & Son, - - Proprietors. O. C. Evans, Mang’r, W. H. Pennell, Supt. DRY GOODS AND WOOLENS Woodman Block, cor. Pearl & Middle Sts., LORING, SHORT & HARMON, ATWOOD & WENTWORTH, Seth B. Hersey. Wm. C. Webster. PORTLAND ST BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS, And jobbers of SILVER WARE MANUFACTURERS, GOLD ANDROSCOGGIN AND SILVER PLATERS. Paper Hangings and School Books, Masanio Relief FINE WATCH REPAIRING. Manufacturens of EIjANK BOCKS, OF LEWISTON, ME. 509 CONGRESS STREET, PORTLAND, ME. And Dealers in DR. Nathan Woodbury, President; Feed New and Second Hand Law Books, Kelley, Treasurer; M. E. D. Bailey, Sec’y. For blanks, by-laws, &c., address the Sec­ FALMOUTH HOTEL, Removed to 474 Congress Street, retary, Lewiston, Maine. PORTLAND. Established IN 1843. 212 Middle Street, OCKE & LOCKE, Attorneys and W. D. LITTLE & CO., L Counsellors at Law, 176 Middle St., J. K. MartiN, Prop’r. PORTLAND. cor. Exchange street, Portland. Jos. A. Locke. art RANDALL & McALLISTER, UNITED STATES HOTEL, Office 31 Exchange St., Stanton Block, ANTHRACITE & BITUMINOUS T. J. Little.______PORTLAND. MARKET SQUARE, COAL, June. Middle, Federal, Congress and Elm Sts., H. H, NEVENS & CO., BY THE CARGO AND AT RETAIL, Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in PORTLAND. PORTLAND, ME. COFFEE AND SPICES, Offices:—78 Exchange St. and 60 Commercial St. Will. H. McDonAld, - - PhopRietok. CREAM TARTAR, CAYENNE &c., WILLIAM SENTER & CO., Rubber Goods! Eagle Mills, Office 184 & 186 Fore St. PORTLAND, ME. Chronometers, Watches, Clocks, SilverWare, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Jewelry, Nautical, Optical and Math­ Portland Cement Pipe and Stone Go, ematical Instruments, Engineers’ Supplies. J. W. Stockwell, Treasurer. No. 51 Exchange StReet, Western Promenade, Junction Danforth Street. Telephone No. 128. William Senter, Jr. PORTLAND, ME. J. & E. R. BARBOUR, 8 Exchange St.