MASONIC TOKEN.
WHEREBY" ONE BROTHER MAY KNOW ANOTHER.
VOLUME 3. PORTLAND, OCT. 15, 1889. NO. IO.
Published quarterly by Stephen Berry, Baskahegan, 175, Danforth. John P Ker, hall, a banquet room, with suitable ante m ; Martin L Porter, sw ; B W Stinchfield, rooms. The large hall is frescoed, the other No. 37 Plum Street, Portland. jw ; Alex McClain, Jr, see. rooms wainscoted in whitewood. Star in the East, 69, Oldtown. George F Twelve cts. per year in advance. Postage Presentations. prepaid. Lull, m ; Frank W Parsons, sw ; Walter II Stevens, jw ; George T Sewall, sec. Bath, Aug. 16. Advertisements $4.00 per inch, or $3.00 for Quantabacook, 129, Searsmont. Alanson Right Eminent Past Commander John 0. half an inch for one year. G Caswell, m ; Benj B Toothaker, sw; Shaw, on the occasion of his 25th wedding Loima C Poor, jw; Allen L Maddocks, sec. No advertisement received unless the advertiser, anniversary this evening, was presented a or some member of the firm, is a Freemason in Amity, 6, Camden. George T Hodgman, good standing. m; Reuel Robinson, sw ; George L Thorn- Past Grand Commander’s jewel of gold stud dike, jw ; Leander M Kenniston, sec. ded with diamonds, by Knights Templar of THE PHANTOM ARMY. Molunkus, 165, Sherman Mills. Elijah F Maine. It is the most elegant ever presented Harriman, in ; John C Hussey, sw; John Gos- in this state. Very Eminent Deputy Grand nell, jw; Benj H Towle, sec. And T saw a phantom army come, Commander E. M. Fuller made a very im With nevor a sound of life or drum, Oxford, 18, Norway. Irving Frost, m ; But keeping step to a muffled hum pressive presentation address, which was hap- Of wailing lamentation ; Seward S Stearns, sw ; Everett F Becknell, The martyred heroes of Malvern Hill, jw ; Howard D Smith, sec. pily responded to by Mr. Shaw. Dunlap Of Gettysburg and Chan cel lorsvi lie— The men whose wasted bodies fill Carrabassett, 161, Canaan. Noah Ricker, Commandery was present in full force. Past The patriot graves of the nation. m ; Samuel J Moore, sw ; Cecil B Gardner, Commander Shaw entertained his friends jw; Albion R. Chase, see. And then came the unknown dead, the men right royally. Many other gifts were re- Who died in fever swamp and fen. Maine, 20, Farmington. Enoch O Green- The slowly starved of prison pen ; leaf, m ; Lauriston A Smith, sw; George L ceived. Among the presents were gold And marching beside the others, ladles in plush cases, and a triple mirror with Came the dusky martyrs of Pillow’s fight, Stevens, jw ; George B Cragin, sec. With iimbs enfranchised and bearing bright. Ancient Brothers, 178, Auburn. Herbert a hammered silver case. I thought it was the pale moonlight— L Gurney, m ; MP Buchanan, sw ; Churchill They looked as white as their brothers. Charles E. Pierce, Past Commander of St. S Stevens, jw ; Lewis A Cobb, sec. And so all night marched the nation’s dead, Timer Commandery of South Boston, was With never a. banner above them spread, Chapter Elections. the recipient of a gold-headed cane from the No sign save the bare, uncovered head Of their silent grim Reviewer ; St. George’s, 45, Liberty. Gustavus H ladies of St. Alban Commandery, in recogni With never an arch but the vaulted sky, With not a flower save those which lie Cargill, up; James Leman, k ; Clarence N tion of assistance rendered them in procur Cram, s ; Ambrose P Cargill, sec. On distant graves, for love could buy ing a national flag which they presented to No gift that was purer or truer. Union, 36, Norway. George W Holmes, that commandery Sept. 20th. On the same So all night long moved the strange array up; George A Cole, i< ; Charles G Mason, s; So all night long till the break of day Howard D Smith, sec. occasion Bethany Commandery, of Law I watched for one who had passed away With a reverent awe and wonder ; Franklin, 44, Farmington. S Clifford rence, Mass., presented St. Alban with a silk Till a blue cap waved in the lengthening line, Belcher, hp; Enoch O Greeleaf, k ; Arthur beauseant. And I knew that one who was kin of mine D Parsons, s; George B Cragin, sec. Had come, and spoke—and, Lo ! that sign Sir Knight Pierce was also presented with Wakened me from my slumber. a sword and shoulder straps by his own —Bret Harte in Chicago Tribune. Constitution. commandery Oct. 3d. St. Elmo Commandery, No. 18, at Machias, MASONRY IN MAINE. was constituted September 4, by Grand Com- The Right SpiRIt.—Marine Lodge, at Lodge Elections. mander Joseph A. Locke, assisted by Grand Deer Isle, being about six hundred dollars in Euclid, 194, Madison. Fred T Blackwell, Prelate Vose, Grand Warder Farnsworth, debt, some of the brethren started a subscrip m; Hiram L Harris, sw ; Leonard O Paine, tion, and in less than a week the amount wras jw; Charles A Wilber, sec. and the Temple Quartet of Boston. Several hundred members of masonic bodies formed subscribed, and the debt paid. Jefferson, 100, Bryant’s Pond. Walter II Small, m; Charles E B Libby, sw; Arthur in the parade, including one hundred Knights Eesti vities. C Ricker, jw; Alden Chase, sec. from Calais, Eastport and Cherryfield. At Lewiston Commandery, accompanied by Liberty, 111, Liberty. John C Sherman, the banquet two hundred plates were laid. ladies, visited Belfast and Islesboro, July m ; Edwin A Porter, sw ; Clarence N Cram, The new Commandery numbers fifty-four jw ; Ambrose P Cargill^sec. 23d, and w’ere entertained by Palestine Com members. We regret that we were unable to Lebanon, 116, Norridgewock. Edward mandery at Belfast. Lowe, m; H E Hale, sw ; G E Porter, jw; accept their kind invitation to be present. August 8th, a delegation of St. Alban Com- Wm J Haynes, So. Norridgewock, sec. New Council. mandery of Portland went out to Portland Morning Sk.r, 41, Litchfield Corner. G A Head, where the Veteran Cunner Association Emerson, m ; C A Norcross, sw ; W II Tarr, Grand Master Penley granted a dispensa jw; Irving W Gilbert, sec. tion for a new Council of Royal and Select was encamped, and Grand r' ..mnander Franklin, 123, New Sharon. James Howes, Masters at Norway, to be callee! Oxford Coun- Locke presented a Past Commander’s jewel to William Ross, now of Philadelphia. in; Abel Chandler, sw; A T Stinson, jw; cil, to Albion Hersey and nine other peti- J C Whitmore, sec. About twenty Templars were of the party, tioners July 16th. Village, 26, Bowdoinham. G II Blodgett, and represented the three city commanderies. nt; Geo W Proctor, sw ; John F Young, jw ; New Halls. Benj L Higgins, sec. August 15th, Atlantic Lodge, of Portland, Moses Webster, 145. Vinalhgven. Oscar The new hall of Harwood Lodge at Ma- had its annual clambake at Spurwink, and C Lane, m; Frank II Webster, sw; W Frank chias, is in the third story of a new block about one hundred attended. It was a Pierce, j w ; W S Carver, sec. built by C. W. Vose, and contains a large pleasant occasion ns usual. 74 MASONIC TOKEN, OCT. 15, 1889.
Dunlap Commandery, of Bath, made an Warren LaRue Thomas, Louisville, Ky., silence, solemn and unbroken, pervaded the excursion to the White Mountains, Sept. G. Geno. hall; this continued, seemingly for some 26th and 27th and had a delightful trip. The Reuben Hedley Lloyd, San Francjsco, time, but really only for a minute, when the party numbered 120. Cal., G. Capt. Gen. Grand Commander arose and responded St. Alban Commandery, of Portland, 94 Henry Bates Stoddard, Texas, G. Sen. “dead,” and the brethren rose in their places strong, escorted the Grand Commandery to Warden. and repeated the solemn word : the ceremony the triennial at Washington, under Fred R. Nicholas Van Slyck, Providence, R. I., was a simple one, but there were few dry Farrington, Commander. They left Port- G. Jun. Warden. eyes in the ball. The ceremony was re land at 2 Thursday afternoon, Oct. 3d. H. Wales Lines, Meriden, Conn., Gr. peated as the names of Aaron King, Samuel Forty-seven ladies accompanied the party. Treas. Harper, Geter C. Shidle and John W. Simons They arrived at Gettysburg, Friday after- Wm. B. Isaacs, Richmond, Va., Gr. Re- were called. The deaths among the Active noon at 4:30, and inspected the battle-field. corder. and Emeritus Members had been unusually On Saturday they visited Luray Caverns, Denver, Colorado, was fixed upon as the large during the year, but still not without a and were received by the Templars of Rich place of meeting in 1892, although Boston, parallel. * mond. Monday afternoon they reached Philadelphia and other cities contested it. The venerable Bro. Lucius R. Paige was Washington at 4 o’clock and quartered at The Grand Master appointed— absent on account of feeble health, and Bros. the Arlington. Tuesday they marched in Geo. M. Moulton, Illinois, Gr. Stand. Benjamin Dean, Robert E. Patterson, and the procession from 10 a. m. until 3 p. m. Bearer. Albert V. II. Carpenter on account of ill Wednesday and Thursday were devoted to Myron M. Parker, Washington, D. C., Gr. ness : one or two others were absent for rea visiting and sight-seeing, and Thursday even Sword Bearer. sons satisfactory to the Supreme Council. ing they received at their headquarters. Henry M. Alton, Tennessee, Gr. Warder. As usual, the Council was opened in the Friday they started for home, which was Francis E. White, Nebraska, Gr. Capt. thirty-second grade, and numerous brethren reached at 1:15 Saturday. They were re- Guard. admitted during the delivery of the address ceived at the Union Station by Portland The Ritual question was settled in a sat of the Grand Commander: this was largely Commandery and escorted to their Armory. isfactory manner. A committee of one devoted to routine business, nothing extraor from each jurisdiction, selected by each dinary having occurred during the year; he Grand Encampment. delegation, with Locke of Maine for Chair- paid an eloquent tribute to the Illustrious The Grand Encampment opened its 24th man and Connor of Tennessee as Secretary, brethren, who had died during the year : he Triennial Conclave at Washington, Tues- labored diligently upon the subject from reported the amount of work done during the day, Oct. 8th, after having been escorted to early in the session. Finally year as very large, though not greater than its place of meeting by 14,000 Templars, 100 EsseNtials were adopted to be made the preceding year, and that the Rite had of whom were from Maine, which was repre obligatory and to be promulgated Jan. never before been in so prosperous a condi sented by St. Alban Commandery of Port- 1st. tion. land. The representatives of the Grand CeuemoNials are referred to the several The thirty-third degree was conferred on Commandery of Maine present, were, Grand Commanderies until the next thirty-four brethren, among whom were Lt.- Joseph A. Locke, of Portland, Grand triennial, and the same committee is Gov. Edward F. Jones of New York, Thomas Commander. continued. They are to receive sugges B. Long of Indiana, Norman T. Gassette of Charles B. Morton, of Augusta, proxy tions from all Grand Commanderies and Illinois, William C. Maybury of Michigan, for Edwin M. Fuller, Dep. Gr. Com. report a full ceremonial then. Levi C. Goodale of Ohio, Benjamin W. Arlington B. Marston, of Bangor, Grand The PheseNT Standard Ritual is to be Rowell and Joseph W. Work of Masssachu- Generalissimo. recalled. setts, George II. Kenyon, Grand Master of John E. Avery, of Augusta, Grand Capt. Correspondence on this subject may be Rhode Island, and Charles C. Danforth of General. addressed to Geo C. Connor, Chattanooga, New Hampshire—brethren, whose names In addition to these, there were present on Tennessee, Secretary of the Committee. are familiar to us in Maine. the Grand Commander’s staff, Charles I. Past Grand Master Withers was present, George W. Currier, of New Hampshire, Collamore, of Bangor, as Gr. Sen. Warden ; having returned from Ilong Kong. the present Grand Master, was elected an Wm. N. Prince, of Portland, as Gr. Jun. Active Member, in place of Bro. Aaron King, Warden ; E. Howard Vose, of Calais, Grand Supreme Council. deceased. Prelate; Dan’l W. Maxfield, of Bangor, as The Supreme Council for the Northern Among the visitors, were Bros. John V. Gr. Treas.; Charles G. Carlton, of Water- Masonic Jurisdiction met in Scottish Rite Ellis, Grand Commander of the Supreme ville, as Gr. Recorder; Royal E. Gould, of hall in the City of New York, on Tuesday, Council of Canada, William H. Hutton, Past Biddeford, as Gr. Standard Bearer; Alger- September 17, and closed its session Thurs G. Commander, and Isaac II. Stearns, Active non M. Roak, of Auburn, as Gr. Sword day afternoon. Member of the same Supreme Council and Bearer; Benj. B. Farnsworth, of Portland, It was opened by Grand Commander Pal the present Grand Master of Quebec ; Fred Gr. Warder. mer, Rev. Josiah L. Seward, 33°, of Lowell, Webber, Grand Secretary, and DeWitt C. Grand Master Roome’s address, while (now preaching at Waterville) acting as Dawkins (Grand Secretary of Florida) and firmly maintaining his position, was kindly Grand Prior. John D. Mayer of Virginia, Active Members towards Iowa, and P. G. M. Hopkins At the call of the roll, all of the officers, of the Southern Supreme Council. reported for the committee on that subject, except Gen. Patterson of Pennsylvania, res- There was an unusual number of Honor- that Iowa had been punished enough, and ponded : when the roll of Active Members ary Members in attendance, among them, their delegates were restored amid much was commenced by the call of the name of Bros. Rufus II. Hinkley, Silas Alden, John expression of good feeling. Of course the the venerable brother, John Christie of New S. Russell, George R. Shaw, and Edmund B. action of the Grand Master was sustained. Hampshire, the oldest member, and he res Mallet, Jr., of Maine. The election of officers resulted as ponded with all the vivacity of days long On Wednesday evening, the resident follows : gone by, a hum, that nearly broke into ap- thirty-thirds gave a “ reception and musi John P. S. Gobin, Lebanon, Penn., Gr. plause, went around the hall: this had cale ” to the ladies of members of the Su Master. scarcely subsided, when the Grand Secretary, preme Council, of whom, also, there was an Hugh McCurdy, Corunna, Mich., Dep. with streaming eyes and trembling voice, unusually large number in attendance, in G. M. called the name of John Livy Lewis ; at once cluding Mrs. Drummond, Miss Margie Drum- MASONIC TOKEN, OCT. 15, 1889. 75
mond, Mrs. King, Miss Etta King, Mrs. Hink James C. Purdy ; Peggy’s Bullet, Kate Up (quadruped), 3 pages; Camera (in optics), ley, Mrs. Russell, Miss Stanley and Mrs. son Clark; How Simeon and Sancho Panza 3 pages; Canada, 8 pages; Canal, 3 pages; Shaw of Portland. The music at the enter- Helped the Revolution, Miss Risley Seward ; Cancer, 4 pages ; Carbonifereous System (in tainment was pronounced to be of a high The Difficulties of a Darling, L. B. Walford ; geology), 3 pages ; Cards (playing), 4 pages ; order, although not more than one of the “ One Good Turn,” Harriet Prescott Spof Carpentry (10 illustrations), 5 pages ; Cata- singers was a “professional”; Mrs. Taylor, ford. lectic (in poetry), 2 lines, and so on. These the daughter of Bro. George H. Fish, 33°, Illustrated Articles, novelties: Dolls of few specimens indicate the wonderful variety was among them; the recitations of Miss Noted Woman, Miss Risley Seward ; How to and comprehensiveness of the knowledge Laura S. Collins, daughter of Bro. John F. Build a Military Snow-fort, An old West embraced within the scope of the work. It Collins, 33°, were exceedingly happy and Pointer; How the Cossacks Play Polo, is an ordinary Cyclopedia of Universal spendidly rendered: an exhibition of the Madame de Meissner; All Around a Frontier Knowledge, and an Unabridged Dictionary phonograph was also given : a fine collation Fort, Lieut. F. P. Fremont; Home of Ra of Language in one, the editorial work being was a fitting closing feature.. The evening mona, Charles F. Lummis ; A Rabbit Round in skillful hands, the mechanical work, was very greatly enjoyed by all who were Up, Joaquin Miller; Japanese Fighting paper, printing and binding, all that one can present. Kites, J. B. Bernadon, U. S. N.; Indian Base- reasonably wish, the form convenient be It was a significant feature of the occa- ball Players, F. L. Sloane of “ The Hamp yond all precedent in works of reference, and sion that there were nearly fifty Grand ton Indian Nine”; A Party in a Chinese the cost so trivial as to astonish even those Masters and Past Grand Masters among the Palace, E. R. Scidmore. who have been familiar with the remarkable brethren in attendance, the very large The poems, pictures and departments will accomplishments of Alden’s “Literary Rev majority of whom had gained that rank be more interesting than ever. olution.” It is probably better than any before they had received the thirty-third The Christmas Number, enlarged 16 pages other Cyclopedia or Dictionary adapted to degree. to admit a great serial of adventure, by Grant popular use. The publisher sends specimen The next session of the Supreme Council Allen, entitled, “Wednesday The Tenth,” pages free to any applicant or specimen is to be held at Cleveland, Ohio, on the a tale of the South Pacific. Wide Awake is volumes, which may be returned, bound in third Tuesday of September, 1890. $2.40 a year. New Vol. begins Dec. D. cloth for 50 cents; or half Morocco 65 Lothrop Company, Boston. cents; postage 10 cents. John B. Alden, Books, Papers, etc. —The National Magazine is the name of a —Scribner’s Magazine for October contains Publisher, 393 Pearl St., New York ; or 218 new literary venture of Chicago, which “Howl Crossed Masai-land,” by Joseph Clark St., Chicago. begins with the October number. It is Thomson. “ The Last Giustiniani,” by —The Craftsman, is a new folio 15 x 22 in. published under the auspices of the new Edith Wharton. “ The Master of Ballan- p., four page weekly masonic paper, pub “ National University,” which opens Oc- trae—XII,” by Robert Louis Stevenson. lished by Wood, Watson & Co., Denver, tober 1st, of which it is the organ. The “ Electricity in War.” “ Song,” by Duncan Colorado, at §3 a year. The first number was first number will contain articles on literary, Campbell Scott. “Inthe Valley—Chapters issued August 3d and contains a large cut of educational and scientific subjects, and a IV—VII,” by Harold Frederick. “ A Sum the new masonic hall at Denver, begun April prospectus of the University, which is said mer in Iceland,” by Charles Sprague Smith. 8th and expected to be occupied a year from to be modelled after the London University “ The Common Roads,” by N. S. Shaler. that time. We hope the Craftsman may find and has extensive non-resident courses, “ The Miniature,” by William McKendree its path strewn with greenbacks, and shall teaching many subjects by mail. Published Bangs. “ The Life of Benvenuto Cellini,” be happy to see it weekly on our table. at 182 Clark Street. by Edward J. Lowell. “Jacob’s Faults,” — Constitutions and Consequences is a little — Wide Awake for 1890. Five Great by Francis Doveridge. “Looking on,” by 18 p. pamphlet by Bro. John Haigh, of Serials. “That Boy Gid,” by William 0. Edward S. Martin. “A Scattering Shot at Somerville, Mass., and discusses Scottish Stoddard. “ The New Senior at Andover,” Some Ruralities,” by Donald G. Mitchell. Rite questions. by Herbert D. Ward. “ The Sons of the —Triftt’s Monthly Galaxy of Music for July — Trifet’s Monthly Galaxy of Music for Vikings,” by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen. contains six vocal and five instrumental September, No. 33, contains 17 pages of vocal “ Bony and Ban,” by Mary Hartwell Cather- pieces, thirty-four pages of music for ten and 17 pages of instrumental music, among wood. “ Sealed Orders,” by Charles Rem cents. F. Trifet 408 Washington street, them “ My Heart’s in the Highlands ” and ington Talbot. “Confessions of an Ama Boston. Russell’s “ We’re growing old, my darling.” teur Photographer,” by Alexander Black. —The Open Court, of Chicago, continues the “ Lucy Pervear,” by Margaret Sidney. interesting correspondence between Wheel The Royal Order of ScotlaND foR “ Tales of Old Acadie,” by Grace Dean barrow and the friends of the Single Land America held its semi-annual session at McLeod, a Canadian author. “ The Will Tax. Scottish Rite Hall, New York, Sept. 16th, and the Way Stories,” by Jessie Benton —Quiet Hour's of Dexter, Maine, completes Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Josiah H. Fremont. “The Puk-wudjies,” by L. J. the deeply interesting story of the murder Drummond, of Maine, presiding. In the Bridgman. “Business Openings for Girls of Cashier Barron in the October number. evening there was a banquet for the mem- and Young Women,” by Sallie Joy White. —John Calvin, the first title in Vol. VII. of bers and their families. Twelve more “Daisy-patty Letters,” by Alden’s Manifold Cyclopedia, occupies seven The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, es Mrs. Ex-Governor Claflin. •* Twelve School pages, and Cevennes, the last title, the name corted by several commanderies, dedicated and Play Ground Tales.” The first will be of the chief mountain range in the South of the Pilgrims’ monument, Aug. 1st. The “ Lambkin ; Was he a Hero or a Prig ? ” by France, is given nearly one page. Between same body laid the corner stone in 1859. Howard Pyle, the artist. these there are over 600 pages, including The monument was designed by Hammatt ^^"Postal-card Votes and Cash Prizes.<=^0 considerably over 100 illustrations, devoted Billings, the artist who designed the elegant Short Stories sifted from thousands: to topics in every department of human diploma of the Grand Lodge of Maine. Santa Claus on a Vegetable Cart, Charlotte knowledge, for instance : Calw, a manufac M. Vail ; Rijane, William Preston Otis; turing town in Wurtemberg, 11 lines space; Grand Master Smith, of Illinois, kindly How Tom Jumped a Mine, Mrs. H. F. Stick- Calypso, in Grecian legend, 9 lines; Calyx sends us an invitation to the 3d annual re ney; The Run of Snow-shoe Thompson, (in botany), 30 lines ; Cam (a river), 9 lines; ception of the Veteran Freemason’s Antient Lieut. F. P. Fremont ; Polly at the Book- Camaldolites (a religious order), 10 lines ; Society, at his residence, Oct. 23, which we kitchen, Delia W. Lyman ; Trailing Arbutus, Cambridge University, 5 1-2 pages ; Camby- acknowledge with thanks. The invitations Hezekiah Butterworth ; Golden ^Margaret, ses (King of the Medes), half page ; Camel are quaint. 76 MASONIC TOKEN, - - OCT. 15, 1889.
The Higher Degrees. issippi, sends us “The Great South,” a argument is a terse collection of historical Whatever may be the decision of theques- paper booming Vicksburg. It contains a illustration, which throws a brilliant light tion as to whether the advanced degrees of somewhat dilapidated woodcut of the hand- upon the customs and the history of Anglo Masonry are properly styled higher degrees, some judge (and a woodcut is always the Saxon days, and Bro. G. W. Speth has aided it will not be disputed that the really high unkindest cut of all) and another of his him with three maps, showing the political degrees are not conferred but are attained residence which is an attractive looking division of the island at three different by masonic study. The man who under- place. We should like to walk up those epochs. stands and follows the researches of masonic broad steps and upon that wide piazza. Bro. Gould has weeded out errors from historians finds a pleasure in the pursuit Jefferson Coolidge. masonic history so unsparingly that his which the uninterested craftsman cannot Was born in Canton, Maine, April 10,1803, opinion carries great weight when he en understand or appreciate, and passes into in that portion of the town which was once dorses the antiquity of a document in such chambers where the other has not the pass- a part of Jay. He entered early in life upon a manner, yet Masonry has been so overlaid word. Whether the study is worth the labor a mercantile career, and settling in Liver- with fable that the incredulous are hardly is for the initiated to decide, but, at least, it more at once identified himself with the busi- inclined to accept anything with a masonic is a study of civilization, and of antiquities. ness and social interests of the town. stamp upon it. Still it would not be wise It leads definitely back into the the middle He was one of the charter members of to reject the entire Bible because the Tal ages, and being lineally connected with the Oriental Star Lodge of Masons, and for years mudists have adorned it with fiction. And noble architecture of that time, the student transacted a large and successful mercantile the fact will remain that several lodges in cannot but follow back to the architecture business. In 1854 he moved with his family England and Scotland have come down from of ancient times, even though the lodge may to this city, where with his younger brother, the operative times, and that they possessed not have been known among the ancient Merritt, he continued in the grocery and flour old charges and regulations of unknown an builders. Certainly there can be no nobler trade, occupying for years the large stores tiquity. study than architecture. When our own at the head of Atlantic wharf at the foot of VVe can readily see that lodges may have ancestors were savage tribes the Romans India street, where one of the ocean steam existed where we cannot trace them, from were building temples of which the traces ship sheds now stands. In 1875 he retired the fact that we know our Templar orders which remain make us gaze in wonder. from active business, living quietly until came from Great Britain ten or twenty Fifteen hundred years earlier when their an- death closed a long and honorable career. years earlier than any trace of it is found cestors were savages, the Phenecians were A widow and five children, two sons and there. But there cannot be a donbt that it building temples and palaces whose views three daughters, mourn the loss of a kind did exist there, for it was brought here by filled the Romans with equal amazement, and indulgent husband and father. British regimental lodges. and two thousand years earlier the Egyp- So far back as we can go the stronger we tians were building temples whose ruins still Commentary on the Regius Ms. find the guilds, and if we are ever able to seem grander than anything else we know, This metrical copy of the ancient charges, run a subsoil plough into the domestic his and pyramids which stand as firm to-day as known as the Halliwell Ms., is supposed to tory of Egypt and Assyria we shall be likely the everlasting hills. Who were the masters be the earliest masonic document extant, to find that tlie trades were steel-bound that taught them ? We know that their art and to have been composed as far back as castes, and their regulations inflexible, and must have been the growth of ages. We 1390, or in the age of Chaucer. Its metrical the noblest trade among them all was that have the whole panorama always before us. form is an important indication of its an- of the builders. Somewhere we can always find the savage tiquity, for, as our historian points out, the living in his cave, then building his but, the first laws of all nations were composed in We are indebted to Dr. A. G. Young, Sec huts growing into villages, the villages into verse and sung. Bro. Robert Freke Gould, retary, for a copy of the fourth annual re towns, the towns into cities, the dwellings the historian, has made an excellent study port of the Maine Board of Health for 1888. into palaces, and we know that the process of this document for the literary lodge of Doubtless many fail to appreciate the good takes centuries. the Four Crowned Martyrs, and it has been work this board is doing, and think nature It may be said that we never shall know published in their proceedings. One of the can take care of her own, but if they will about the early Egyptians and that it is of author’s extra copies he has kindly pre remember that New England was nearly no use to try, but forty years ago our his- sented to us and we shall prize it for his depopulated, shortly before the coming of tories said “ The Assyrian’s were the earliest sake and for its value as an admirable piece the whites, by a pestilence, they will see of nations.” Now, we have dug up their of literary work. He thinks the poem was that nature cannot be trusted too absolutely. history and find that they were preceded by of Northumbrian origin, and that the Edwin A copy also received from Dr. C. 0. Smith, the Ancient Chaldeans, and they by the referred to is Edwin of that ilk, 627, while of Portland, who has been appointed on the Akkads, and we know as much about the Athelstan was of 936. He thinks all the board in place of Dr. Fred. II. Gerrish, re Akkads as we formerly did about the lines of tradition converge about York. He signed. Assyrians. It is impossible that among all notes that no later King than Athelstan is the writings that are found in tombs, among referred to in the legend, and thinks that M. M. Estee, of Napa, was re-elected Gr. all the paintings and inscriptions, and upon the Old Charges had become fixed or Master of the Grand Lodge of California, the monuments, there shall not finally be crystalized before the Regius Ms. took form Oct. 11th, and Alexander G. Abell, of San be found traces which will guide the scholar as a writing. He further argues that this Francisco, Gr. Secretary. to the truth. Does the Sphinx, indeed, poem was in possession of a Guild, and Capt. George O. Hallowell. typify a civilization grown so old and hoary that the Guild was not an operative one, Bro. Geo. 0. Hallowell, a retired sea cap that it mournfully broods over its own lost for the rules of manners laid down are suit- tain, died in Warren, Oct. 11th, and was history? If the world thinks such studies able for gentleman and not such as would buried Oct. 13th, by St. George Lodge, unremunerative, it will still look with respect have been prescribed for workmen in that assisted by Orient Lodge, of Thomaston, upon those who pursue them, . and hail day. He is strongly guided to belief in and St. Paul’s Lodge, of Rockport, with every discovery with interest and gratitude. the authenticity of the legend by finding Knox R. A. Chapter, of Thomaston. Who, then, brethren, wish to take the higher that the Cathedral of St. Peter’s at York degrees ? was begun under Edwin in 627, and that the clergy of that edifice were granted a charter The Northeastern Masonic Relief Associ Grand Commander Fred. Speed of Miss- by Athelstan in 936. The detail of his ation of Augusta, proposes to dissolve. 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Capt. Rishworth Jordan. The Mystic Shrine. Seven members of Phalanx Lodge, at Captain Rishworth Jordan died in South Aleppo Council of Nobles of the Mystic Charlotte, N. C., have been sued for libel Biddeford, Oct. 13, aged ninety-five. He Shrine, came down from Boston on the on account of a letter having been read in, studied navigation in the Old Thornton Steamer New York, arriving on the morning the lodge reflecting on a citizen. The lodge Academy and became a sailor, going on of August 29th, about 390 strong, including requests all masons, who have legal evidence several foreign and coastwise voyages. After- candidates, marched to City Hall, initiated or decisions bearing upon such cases, to send wards he was for years master on the packet about 74 candidates, then went to Little them to Hon. W. H. Bailey, Attorney, 13 line between Saco and Boston, not missing a Chebeague for a clam bake, and returned by Law Building, Charlotte, N. C. single trip all that time. During the war of boat to Boston the same night. Their Elizabeth, wife of Past Grand Master S. 1812 he was one of the eighteen who went to march through the streets attracted con- Stacker Williams, of Newark, Ohio, died Fair Hill to drive the English cruisers out of siderable attention. The members wore quite recently. She was a native of Eng Saco harbor. He was a member of the first ordinary business suits, excepting that the land, and thay were married in 1858. The city council of Biddeford and was one of the head-gear was a red fez. The leading craft will sympathize with Bro. Williams in oldest masons in Maine, having joined that officer wore an ornate Turkish garb, and his bereavement. order in Newbern, N. C., in 1821. He leaves wielded an immense scimetar, and another one daughter, four sons, thirteen grand- man in Turkish garb led a dainty little We should have been pleased to accept children and five great grandchildren. camel. We recognized some familiar faces the kind invitation of the Grand Com and they evidently were having a good time. mandery of Illinois to join them in their MasoNic Life Association In accept- It was much to be regretted that these memorial service at the Tomb of Washing ingan advertisement from this Association, noble Arabs should have been obliged to ton, had we gone to the Triennial. we required a letter from General Grand tramp through the dusty streets, just like Secretary Fox, to be sure that it was one folks, when they should have come sweep- We are indebted to Past Gr. Master J. C« that the Token could recommend, as we ing in from the desert on stallions shod Corbin, (Grand Secretary) for proceedings refuse all doubtful advertisements, and there with fire, but the company was so large of the Colored Grand Lodge of Arkansas are now many doubtful insurance societies. that it was impossible to find stallions shod for 1889. Eighty-seven lodges, 204 initiates, Bro. Fox’s endorsement is all that will be just right for all of them, and therefore the 1489 members, or an average of 17 to a needed to satisfy our readers, and Maine Portland Sheiks were obliged to lead them lodge. masons who want insurance additional to up gently on the hoof. Bro. Wm. James Huglian, the English that afforded by the Portland and Andros- Masonic Historian, is hard at work on his coggin Relief Associations, will be safe in Masonic Orations by L. P. Metham, P. G. history of Apollo Lodge, York, in relation trying this. D. England, P. D. Prov. G. M. Devon, &c._. to Craft and Royal Arch Masonry. It will Office of GeNeral GRAND Secretary, with an introduction by William James Buffalo, N. Y., July 29, 1889. be out before the end of the year, and will Stephen Berry, Esq., Portland, Me. Hugban on Freemasonry in Devon and sell for 5s. Dear Sir and Companion :—Your letter of Cornwall, edited by John Chapman, P. M., July 26th instant, addressed to Bro. Tiffany, London : George Kenning, 1889. _ Bro. We cordially favor giving the Exposi Sec’y of the Masonic Life Ass’n of Western New York, has been shown me. Hughan favors us with a copy of this little tion of 1892 to Chicago. The New York I was one of the founders of the Associa- volume, which contains 128 octavo pages, subscription can go on so as to be ready for tion, years ago, and am still a member of it. bound in blue cloth. The historical sketch the next in 2292. You need not hesitate to recommend it, as is brief and shows that the oldest lodge in it is in good hands and prosperous. I esteem The 50th anniversary of the Grand Lodge it highly. Devon was instituted in 1732 and in Corn- of Illinois was celebrated in an admirable With kind regards, faithfully yours, wall in 1751. The addresses are of a general ChRistopiier G. Fox. manner at Chicago Oct. 2d. character, rather than historic, and justify The Pacific States of San Francisco gives the high regard which the brethren of Devon The Grand Lodge of Rhode Island laid a large engraving of Rev. Charles Dana and Cornwall seem to have for Bro. Metham. the corner stone of a Jewish Synagogue in Barrows, D. D., Grand Chaplain of California. We cannot but take a lively interest in any- Providence, Sept. 23d. Bro. Barrows is a native of Fryeburg, Maine, thing concerning pleasant Devon, whence so John C. Yorston & Co. announce the and Brother-in-law of Hon. Thomas B. Reed, many of our New England forefathers came, completion and early appearance of the M. C., of Portland. He was made a mason and Cornwall, which was the country of King fourth volume of their masonic history. in California Lodge in 1888, and a Templar Arthur and Jack the Giant Killer, both Bro. Drummond explains that he was in February, 1889. He is pastor of the first dearer to memory than the most brilliant delayed in his part of the work by going Congregational Church in San Francisco, historic characters. Devon, too, is the home into it much more deeply than he intended. and is a very popular preacher. His ability of Lorna Doon. The volume can be ob Bro. Drummond’s work is always good was well recognized before lie went west. tained of John Chapman, Esq., The Lawn, Torquay, England, for §1.25 post-paid, the work, and the patient waiters will be no profits of which go to the Royal Female losers. The publishers also announce a We had a pleasant call from Sir Knight British Orphan Asylum. Portrait Gallery volume with biographical A. W. Jackson, of California Commandery, notices, which will interest all who wish to San Francisco, and his wife, who visited Bro. A. F. Chapman, of Boston, sends us know about leading American Masons. their old Maine home on their way to the schedule of routes to Atlanta and return, Triennial. time limit 5 days. Rate §25 each way, by We were indebted to Commander F. J. the Shenandoah Valley Route. This he Foss for an invitation to a reception of Rob Morris’ Lodge of Kearney, Nebraska, says is satisfactory to the representatives of Grand Commander Freeman, by Beauseant seeks information regarding Bro. John A. the Grand Chapter of Massachusetts. A Commandery at Malden, Mass., Sept. 23d. Greenlee, who left Belle Plaine, Iowa, May letter to him will probably bring a program. 6th, and was to go to Kearney. He is 24 The Supreme Council, 33°, of Canada, meets at Montreal, October 23d. years old, 6 feet 1 inch high, weighs 192 William H. Peckham, of New York, form- pounds, no beard, pleasant address, well erly Grand Commander of the Cerneau Rite, The Monadnock Masonic Relief Associa dressed, rather large Roman nose. Any withdrew from that rite August 20th. He tion of Keene, N. H., has transferred its information may be sent to_R. E. French based his withdrawal on its recognition of business to a Massachusetts association, and Kearney, Nebraska. the Grand Orient of France. ( has gone out of business. 78 MASONIC TOKEN, - - OCT. 15, 1889.
THE TROUBADOUR. Quebec. John H. Isaacson, Montreal, Gr. —Grand Commander Frederic Speed, of Sec’y, for proc. Grand Lodge 1889. Isaac Mississippi, has issued a mourning notice of With a jaunty cloak and swagger, the death of William S. Patton, Past Grand And a jewel hilted dagger, H. Stearns, Montreal, Gr. Master. 59 lodges, Commander, Past Grand Master and Past A guitar swung from his shoulders by a ribbon, 2,820 members (48 to lodge), 209 initiates. blue at that; Grand High Priest, who died July 5, 1889, And his breeches never bigger Louisiana. Richard Lambert, Gr. Re- aged 76 years. Than would show his shapely figure, And a fascinating feather in his funny tilted hat; corder, New Orleans, for proceedings Cen —The first masonic lodge under the tennial Celebration Inauguration Washing- United Grand Lodge of Victoria was consti So he wandered forth a-warring, tuted at Melbourne, May 6, 1889, under the And a-rhyming and guitaring, ton. Several interesting addresses are given. And in attitudes artistic tinkled many a tricksy name of Davies Lodge. air ; Prince Edward IslaND. B. Wilson —Mr. Charles Good hue, of this city, has And the ladies all adored him, in his possession an application to the W. M., And the balconies encored him, Higgs, Gr. Sec’y, for proc. Gr. Lodge 1889. And his tunes were legal tender for his welcome Neil McKelvie, Summerside, Gr. Master. S. W., J. W. and brethren of Union Lodge, everywhere. 66, of Winchester, Va., and signed by T. F. Twelve lodges, 494 members, 27 initiates. Webb. It is dated Feb. 25, 1803, and en Thus a-humming and a-strumming, And a-wooing and a-cooing, John Yeo, who had been Grand Master for dorsed with four names. It was picked up Droning ditties by the dozen. fourteen years, retired. on the battlefield of Winchester, on May 10, Lisping sonnets by the score, 1863, by John W. Goodhue, a member of Went the hero of our story Kansas. John H. Brown, Gr. Sec’y, for Through its glamour and its glory ; Co. C, Fifth Maine. Wrapped up with it Ah ! so mellow and so merry was the gallant proc. Gr. Chapter 1889. Robert E. Torring was a blank form for a meeting of “ Holy Troubadour I Royal Arch Chapter.” —Kate Brownlee Sherwood in Belford's. ton, Emporia, G. II. Priest. 72 chapters, 328 exaltations, 3589 members. —Oscar M. Metcalf, formerly of Portland Commandery, is Prelate of Paladin Com Our Thanks To New Hampshire. Geo. P. Cleaves, Gr. mandery of St. Paul, Minnesota, a new or Sec’y, for proc. Gr. Lodge, 1889. Geo. W. ganization. Kansas. John H. Brown, Kansas City, Grand Sec’y, for proc. Gr. Lodge 1889. Geo. Currier, Nashua, Gr. Master. Seventy-six —Capt. Murrell, who saved the 300 lives lodges, 315 initiates, 8280 members. This from the Danmark, was present at bis own C. Kenyon, of Abilene, Grand Master. 321 lodge in Leeds, August 1st, and was passed was the 100th communication, and it was lodges, 16,661 members, 1,239 initiates. to the degree of Fellow Craft. An address celebrated with a banquet. Also for proc. from the lodge, illuminated on vellum, was Iowa. T. S. Parvin, Cedar Rapids, Grand Gr. Chapter 1889, Nathan P. Hunt, Man also presented to him. Sec’y, for proc. Gr. Lodge 1889, James D. chester, Gr. H. Priest. Twenty-one chapters, —Alexander B. Mott, a distinguished sur Gamble, Knoxville, Grand Master. 435 geon, and the second officer in the Cerneau 135 exaltations, 2607 members. lodges,21,969 members (50 to a lodge), 1,294 Supreme Council, died at Yonkers, N. Y., initiates. Bro. Parvin, in his report, says : Dakota. Bruce M. Rowley, Huron, Gr. Aug. 12th, at the age of 63. “ It does not cost a cent of money nor a Recorder, for proc. Gr. Commandery 1889. —James Clardy, initiated in 1819, died at Center Point, Ark., June 23d, aged 93 yrs., minute of time for the * Model Grand Secre- William D. Stites, Sioux Falls. Gr. Com 3 mos. He does not come into the list of tary ’ to print on his cover or title page the mander. Twelve subordinates, 100 candi PaRT and Volume of the year; and when Masonic Elders, but had been 70 years a the volume is concluded, to state the fact, as dates, 621 members. Steps were taken for mason. does Bro. Berry, of Maine.” the formation of a new Grand Commandery —Edmund Flagg, the author of “De There is no doubt about Parvin being the for North Dakota, and for dividing tlie Molai, the Last Grand Master of the Templars,” is a resident of West End, model Grand Secretary, and we see he rates assets of the Grand Commandery equitably. Fairfax Co., Virginia. the Maine Grand Secretary as close to the Canada. J. J. Mason, Hamilton, Gr. —Amos F. Beecher, initiated in 1819, head. Sec’y, for proc. Grand Lodge 1889. Richard died at Winsted, Conn., June 20th, aged 91 SOUTHERN SUPREME CouNCil. Fred T. Walkem, Kingston, Gr. Master. 354 years. Israel Coe, of Waterbury, made in 1815, is the oldest mason in Connecticut. Webber, Washington, Sec’y Gen., for Oc lodges, 1,306 initiates, 19,818 members. —A circular from Grand Master Smith, casional Bulletin No. 9 and Indictment and Ohio. John D. Caldwell, Cincinnati, Gr. of Illinois, announces the death Sept. 4th, Proof. They are occupied principally with Recorder, for proc. Gr. Council 1888. Geo. of Alexander T. Darrah. Grand Master in the Cerneau question. Also for “ Chastise- D. McBride, Gallipolis, Gr. Master. 44 1886 and 1887, at his home in Bloomington. ment of a Bearer of False Witness.” Councils, 3166 members, 224 candidates. —Salathiel C. Coffinberry, Past Grand Dakota. Chas. T. McCoy, Aberdeen, Gr. New Yohk. Geo. VanVliet, New York, Master and Past Grand High Priest of Michigan, died at his home in Constantine, Sec’y, for proc. Gr. Lodge, 1889. George V. Gr. Recorder, for proc. Gr. Council 1889. Mich., Sept. 20th, aged 80 years and 7 mos. Ayres, Deadwood, Gr. Master. A committee John N. Macomb, Jr., Branchport, Grand —Duluth is to have a §200,000 Masonic pronounced against the Cerneau rite. The Master. 23 subordinates. Temple. new Grand Lodge of North Dakota was rec- —Bro. John Thomson, Past Grand Mas ognized. The Correspondent, F. J. Thomp- Editorial Chips. ter, Treasurer and Secretary of Pennsylva —The Earl of Fife, who is married to the nia, now in his ninety-first year, is reported son, speaks of Bro. Drummond as “ one of by the Keystone to be very much prostrated the soundest masonic jurists among the few Prince of Wales’ eldest daughter, Louise, is a Knight Templar and Past Provincial Grand and sinking. who are able to grasp truly the maze of Ma- Master of Banffshire, Scotland. —James W. Iredell, Jr., of Cincinnati, has sonic Jurisprudence.” We do not really —The Toronto Freemason says the Egyp been elected Grand High Priest, and Mat. believe that Bro. Drummond can truly grasp tian Rite is fast fading out of sight, leaving H. Watt, of Chillicothe, Grand Secretary of only a gorgeous list of Grand Officers. the Grand Chapter, of Ohio. The charter a maze, because he is a teetotaler, but we of Ivanhoe Chapter at Bucyrus was arrested like the sentiment. He gives a poem on —In New Zealand there are 148 lodges for Cerneauism. and 7,700 members, and they propose to have “ The Bugaboo Landmark,” where a mason a united Grand Lodge. Why not? —The Grand Commandery of New Hamp pursues and catches it. We quote : shire, Sept. 24th, elected Charles C. Dan —The Grand Lodge of Connecticut issued forth, of Concord, Grand Commander, Geo. “Then hurrying home his prize he bore an edict July 22d restoring Hiram Lodge to P. Cleaves, of Concord, Grand Recorder. And put it in the shed ; good standing. —The 34th Semi-annual Reunion of the Then thundered at the kitchen door— —Carnot Courtland Mason, Grand Com His folk’s were still in bed. Scottish Rite in Illinois, will take place in mander of California, died at Chico, after a Chicago, Nov. 19, 20 and 21. long and severe illness, July 15th. “ ‘ Get up, get up,’ he gave a shout, —Benedict Aldrich, the Senior Past Mas ‘ I’ve caught a prize, by gum 1 —Grand Master Dingman of the District ter of Friendship Lodge at Chepachet, R. Cone Betsey,get the boys out, of Columbia has issued an edict against the I. , presided at its Annual Meeting, Sept. 9th, Get up you, Jah, Joh, Jum ! Cerneau Rite. says the Repository. Bro. Aldrich was in " Then to the shed he proudly hied, —The General Grand Chapter will meet itiated May 30,1814, was Master in 1825-6-7, His family coming, too, at Atlanta, Georgia, October 29th. and is No. 5 in the Token list of masonic And said, ‘ Behold the prize ! ’ They cried —Grand Master Ayres of South Dakota elders. He is 97 years old. ■ Why, that’s a Bugaboo ! ’ ” has proclaimed the Cerneau Rite as anath —We should like to record some Ameri 107 lodges, 4595 members, 580 initiates. ema. can contributions to the presentation fund to MASONIC TOKEN. OCT. 15, 1889. 79
Robert Freke Gould, the masonic historian. Masonic Advocate, Indianapolis, $1.00. GEO. H. GRIFFEN, We will forward any sums that may be Freemasons' Repository, Prov., R. I., $2.00. La Chained’Union de Paris, Hubert, editor. Diamonds, Vacheron, Waltham, Elgin sent to us for that purpose, and will aeknowl- and Hampden Watches, edge them in the Token. Any mason who The Freemason, Toronto, Canada, 50c. believes that the author is entitled to some Loomis’ Musical Journal, N. Haven, Ct., $1. ALSO THE NEW WATCH “FOREST CTTY.” gratitude and reward for his labors from Masonic Chronicle, Columbus, O., $1. Jewelry, French Clocks, and a fine line of American craftsman, can testify his faith La Revista Masonica, Lima, Peru. sterling silver, and silver plated ware. in this way. Fictomin' Freemason, Melbourne, Victoria. 504 Congress St., Portland. —The Sidney, Australia, Freemason quotes Masonic Home Journal, Louisville, Ky. the statement that in Maine non-afflliates Masonic World, Boston, Mass. QUINN & CO., are required to pay dues to Grand Lodge, Light, monthly, Topeka, Kansas. and asks how the dues are collected. The El Taller, Sevilla, Spain. statement is but partly correct. Non-affili- Cadiz Masonica, Cadiz, Spain. QjJJ) Boiler Makers, ates who have applied for membership and Masonic Journal, Portland Me., 50c. been refused, are permitted to register with Masonic Tidings, Milwaukee, monthly, $1. Blacksmiths and Machinists, the Grand Secretary, and remain in good La Gran Logia, City of Mexico. Special AtteNtioN Paid to RepaiRS. Master Mason, Minneapolis, $1. standing so long as they pay $1 yearly dues Office, 49 Commercial, cor. Franklin Street, to the Grand Lodge. Practically but very The Royal Craftsman, Plainfield, N. J., $1. few avail themselves of the privilege. The New Zealand Masonic Journal, Dunedin. PORTLAND, ME. regulation was simply made so that none Trestle Boatd, San Francisco, Cal. Thomas B. Merrill. could reasonably decline to affiliate. Trowel, Walnut Ridge, Ark., $1. The Orient, Budapesth, Hungary. ORTLAND CEMENT PIPE AND STONE CO. Sewer and Well Pipe, S^=,The following lodges pay $1 or $2 a Masonic Chronicle, New York. P El Simbolismo Libre, Vera Cruz. Pavements, Tiles, &c., 294 & 296 Commercial St. year, receiving 11 and 22 copies of the Token, J. W. Stockwell, Prest. 77
The General Grand Council will meet at Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, Nov. 19th,_ at Sabattcs, Me., April 8, 1889. Dear Sirs:—Allow me to say that the ‘‘L. F.” 10 a. M. Full information about reduced The oldest and leadingBusinessSchool in the State Atwood’s Bitters have been used in our fam- Thorough instruction given in all Departments, ily for several years with the most satisfactory rates will be sent to all asking it from the and satisfaction guaranteed. For full information results and in my opinion it is the Rest Medicine address L. A. GRAY. A. M.. PRINCIPAL. Gen. Gr. Recorder, Henry W. Mordhurst, for Biliousness, Sick Headache, Constipation and General Debility ever placed upon the mar Fort Wayne, Ind. ket. But the best recommendation I can give is IRA BERRY, Jr., that in less than three years I have sold upwards of four gross of the same, and the sales have The General Grand Chapter will meet at Watches, Clocks, Charts, constantly increased on the merits of the medi- Atlanta, Ga., Wednesday, Nov. 20th. cine alone. Yours, AND NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS. Chas. L. Cabk, Drug’t for Edwin Woodside. FoxcRoft, Me., April 6,1889. Our Masonic Exchanges. Agent for U. S. COAST SURVEY CHARTS. Dear Sirs:—“L.. F.” Atwood’s Bitters I London Freemason, weekly. 4S Exchange St., Portland. consider a very excellent medicine for Throat Keystone, Philadelphia, Weekly, $3. and Bronchial troubles. Have found them truly Boletin Masonico, Mexico, per year, $6. UTT* Special attention paid to Repairing. a benefit to me. Yours, Mits. I. N. Medeb. Masonic Review, Cincinnati, Ohio, $2.00. Nobway, Me., March 19, 1889. La Acacia, Buenos Aires, Monthly. RUMMOND & DRUMMOND, At Dear Sirs:—1 have used the " L. F.” At Freemason, Sydney, N. S. W., 6s. 6d. torneys al Law, Union Mutual Life In wood’s Bitters and consider them first-class D for Spring Bitters. They have done me lots of Liberal Freemason, Boston, Mass., $2. surance Building, Portland, Me. good. Respectfully, Hoback Cole. Canadian Craftsman, Toronto, $1.50. Josiah H. Drummond. 80 MASONIC TOKEN. OCT. 15, 1889.
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