MASONIC TOKEN.

WHEREBY ONE BROTHER MAY KNOW ANOTHER.

VOLUME 2. PORTLAND, JAN. 15, 1885. Ng. 31.

Freeport, 23, Freeport. Geo H Gerrish, Benson, m ; James G Fenderson, sw ; Geo Published quarterly by Stephen Berry, m ; Fred S Soule, sw; D H Kilby, jw; E B P Davis, jw; A R Leavitt, sec. No. 37 Plum Street, Portland. Mallett, sec. Rising Sun, 71, Orland. Aaron G Page, wTrinity, 130, Presque Isle. Lewis F Carr, tn ; Allard Staples, sw ; Dudley P Saunders, Twelve cts. per year in advance. Postage m; Albert Jones, sw; Richard Libby, jw; jw ; James C Saunders, sec. prepaid. Wm R Pipes, sec. Delta. 153, Lovell. Edward L Bell, m; Hancock, 4, Castine. John N Gardner, m ; David Coffin, sw; Seth Walker, jw ; D. W.“ Frank Hooper, sw ; Frank S Perkins, jw; True, sec. Advertisements .$4.00 per inch, or §3.00 for half an inch for one year. I L Shepherd, sec. Temple, 86, Saccarappa. Alonzo Libby, Pine Tree, 172, Mattawamkeag. Alex m ; D Frank Estey, sw ; S Frank Tufts, jw ; No advertisement received unless the advertiser, McClain, m ; N A Averill, sw ; Hiram Davis, Oliver A Cobb, sec. or some member of the firm, is a Freemason in good standing. jw ; Geo W Smith, sec. Bar Harbor, 185, D P Marcyes, m; F M Atlantic, 81, Portland. Martin A. Dilling­ Connors, sw; F A Jellison, jw ; B Bradley, ham, m , Charles D Smith, sw; William G sec. THE FIRST SNOW. Mills, jw; Franklin Fox, sec. Greenleaf, 117, Cornish. Geo F Merrill, Eastern, 7, Eastport. R C Green, m; A m ; Erskin L Watson, sw ; Wm H Nevers, Gay bloom the flowers in springtime set, D Jones, sw; A W Clark, jw ; N B Nutt, jw; James C Ayer, sec. And streaky apples linger yet; ’Twas autumn but a week ago, sec. Warren, 2, Fast Machias. Austin F King- Why, then, these flakes of winter snow ? Vernon Valley, 99, Mount Vernon. Or- sley, m ; Austin Harris, sw ; George H Hunt- Summer’s last rose they disarrayed, The while she dreamed in peace to fade. man F French, m; Willie A French, sw; ley, jw; Herbert Harris, sec. One swallow was inclined to stay; Dudley Blake, jw ; Silas Burbank, sec. Parian, 160, Corinna. Nathan R Packard, The white flecks frightened him away. Star in the East, 60, Oldtown. John II m ; George B Fisher, sw ; W H Dearborn, Winter’s cold shock who first endure Morrison, m; Marion F Tyler, sw; Allen jw; Ivory M Knowles, sec. Think him unkind and premature; Ricker, jw; George T Sewall, sec. Complain the summer was too brief, . Mount Kineo, 109, Abbott. Amos Beal, And moralize o’er each dead leaf. Ancient Brothers’, 178, Auburn. Lionel m ; D Horace Buxton, sw; Frank M Briggs, But as he grips with firmer hold O Brackett, m; Grenville M Atkins, sw ; jw ; Alfred P Race, sec. We grow more careless of the cold, Joy in the sparkle of his snow, Horatio B Sawyer, jw ; Walter H Johnson, Maine Lodge, 20, Farmington. William E And nestle by the fireside glow. sec. Dresser, m ; Levi G Brown, sw ; George M Dismayed we note the first gray hair, Tyrian, 73, Mechanic Falls. E F Edge- Currier, jw ; George B Cragin, sec.' Soon others come—we cease to care; comb, m; John H King, sw; T B Davis, Acacia, 121, Durham. Elbridge O Tyler, Then gray, outnumbering the brown. jw; E F Ross, sec. And soon white winter settles down. m ; Samuel B Libby, sw ; Wm H Douglass, And when from youth we’ve passed to age, Asylum, 133, Wayne. C W Crosby, in ; jw ; Lora Neweli, sec. We’ve learned our lesson page by page; J M Pike, sw; AF Johnson, jw; Williston Mechanics’, 66, Orono. A J Durgin, m To take what comes for weal or woe, Jennings, sec. A nd never fret about the snow. J C Wilson, sw; H E Hall, jw; J I Chase, , —[Si. James' Gazette. Fraternal, 55, Alfred. Luke H Roberts, sec. m; James H Littlefield, sw ; Washington C Webster, 164, Sabatis. Judson Bangs, Taylor, jw ; Asa L Ricker, sec. MASONRY IN MAINE. m ; Wm H Wright, sw ; Elbridge G Thomas, Howard, 69, Winterport. Moses A Snow, jw ; Thad C Billings, sec. m; Isaac H Davis, sw; Geo W Crockett, Ledge Elections. Aina 43, Damariscotta. Alexander S jw ; George White, sec. Teague, m ; Walter M Barstow, sw ; George Sebasticook, 146, Clinton. C E Marr, m ; Rabboni, 150, Lewiston. Albert S. Plum- II Weeks, jw ; Wm A Jones, sec. B T Foster, sw; J F Rolte,jw; R W Gerald, mer, m; Frank L Hoyt, sw ; Clarence V Timothy Chase, 126, Belfast. Frank A sec. Emerson, jw; Eugene E Ham, sec. Patterson, m; George I Mudgett, sw; 8 Oriental Star, 21, Livermore. Charles E Solar, 14, Bath. William II Hartwell, m; Aug Parker, jw; Waldo B Washburn, sec. Knight, m; George Q Gammon, sw ; James George E Littlefield, sw ; Joshua F Upton, Molunkus, 165, Sherman Mills. Cyrus L N Atwood, jw ; John Larrabee, sec. jw; J Lufkin Douglass, sec. Daggett, m ; Randal Gallison, sw; Andrew Carrabassett, 161, Canaan. Sewall Brown, Mystic Tie, 154, Weld. J Sumner Hough- J Lufkin, jw; John Gosnell, sec. m; Noah Ricker, sw; Frank W Ames,jw; ton, m; Abiel H Jones, sw; Hamlin R Butter- Meridian Splendor, 49, Newport. Austin I Albion R Chase, sec. field, jw; Abel D Russell, sec. Harvey, m; Christopher C Pickering, sw; Forest, 148, Springfield. Edwin E Reed, Penobscot, 39, Dexter. Willard B Goff, Albert L Chase, jw ; F M Shaw, sec. nr; Jesper L Lewis, sw ; Judson L Young, tn; Charles II Haskell, sw; V Mason Bur­ Northern Star, 28, No. Anson. Ben M Stew­ jw; John A Larrabee, Carroll, sec. dick, jw; Andrew H Knight, sec. ard, m; Fred T Blackwell, sw; Charles C Keystone, 80, Solon. Joseph D Merrill, Mosiac, §2. Foxcroft. Wainwright Cushr Getchell, jw ; Ben Moore, sec. in; Selden F Greene, sw; Daniel K Wil- ing, m; David E Dinsmore, sw ; Frank D Augusta, 141, Augusta. Edmund McMur- liams, jw; Turner Bus well, sec. Folsom, jw ; James T Roberts, sec. die, m ; John E Fossett, sw; Ged E Macom­ Cumberland, 12, New Gloucester. Henry Warren Phillips, 186, Cumberland Mills. ber, jw ; Harry Sewall, sec. W Loring, m ; John D Anderson, sw ; El- Eugene M Walker, m; Silas S Andrews, Mystic, 65, Hampden. William E. Bogart, sw ; P J Elwell, jw ; Hugh A Craigie, sec. bridge G Robinson, jw; George 11 Goding, in; John E Emerson, sw ; George A Colley, sec. King David’s, 62, Lincolnville. Edward jw; Fred L Wyman, sec. Portland, 1, Portland. Lindley M Webb, M Coleman, m; Rufus B Sherman sw; Asa Tremont, 77, S. W. Harbor. Cyrus H m; Judson B Dunbar, sw; Convers O J H Pitcher, jw; David Howe, sec. Lurvey, m ; Reuben F Lurvey, sw ; George Leach, jw; Geo F Gould, sec. Quantabaeook, 129, Searsmont. Robie F L Harmon, jw; John T R Freeman, sec. Meservie, m ; Uriah N Dyer, 2d, sw ; Aaron Bethel, 97, Bethel. David Bridge, m ; A Eastern Frontier, 112, Fort Fairfield. James 0 Ripley, jw; Dan G Wentworth, sec. P Wheeler, sw; C M Andrews, jw ; John B S Stevens, m ; A W Hoyt, sw ; A E Stevens, Chapman, sec. St. George, 16, Warren. H W Robinson, jw ; N H Martin, sec. m ; N B Eastman, sw; Wm Burgess, jw; Ancient Landmark, 17, Portland. Tho>pas Oriental, 13, Bridgton. Caleb A Chaplin, B Merrill, m; Louis D Greenwood, sw; Charles A Perry, sec. m; R R Gibbs, sw ; Charles G Cushman, j w ; Joseph 8 Gilliatt, jw; John 8 Russell, sec. Drummond, 118, Parsonsfield. John H F P Bennett, sec. z 242 MASONIC TOKEN JAN. 15, 1885.

St. Croix, 46, Calais. John F Oliver, m ; Mount Vernon Chapter—Stephen Berry. ders, the Constitution, Code of Statutes, Di­ Oliver II Page, sw; John D Bates, jw; Greenleaf Chapter—Benjamin F. Andrews. gest of Templar Law, forms for Constitutions, Stephen D Morrell, sec. Portland Commandery—William G. Davis. Installations and Templar trials, as approved Caribou, 170, Caribou. Charles E Oak, m; Fred L Oak, sw ; S D Shaw, jw ; Calvin St. Alban Com’dry—Aug. G. Schlotterbeck. by the Grand Encampment, a vocabulary of B Roberts, sec. Chairman—Stephen Berry. military terms, Templar Emblems, and ex­ Rockland, 79, Rockland. A I Mather,in; Secretary and Treas.—Rufus II. Hinkley. planation of Templar Crosses, and is a valu­ Janitor—Christopher U. Hayes. J R Stewart, sw; FL Richardson, jw ; able and interesting w’ork. John F Singhi, sec. Board of Masonic Relief, 1885. Light, is the name of anew monthly, of the Aurora, 50, Rockland. Lorenzo S Robinson, m; J Fred Hall, sw; Enoch Davies, jw ; Portland Lodge—John H. Hall. size of this paper, published in Topeka, Kan­ Erastus P Rollins, sec. A. J, Rich. sas, by Bro. C. Spalding. It is especially de­ Saco, 9, Saco. Isaac E Stover, m ; Ambrose Ancient Landmark Lodge—M. N. Rich. voted to the interests of the Scottish Rite. P Rose, Jr., sw; Wm S Wakefield, jw; Geo L. A. Gray. Maine Farmers’ Almanac. The publisher, A Emery, sec. Atlantic Lodge—C. C. Hayes. Charles E. Nash, Augusta, Me., sends us this G. E. Haymond. Chapter Elections. old favorite for 1885, (price 10c.) and with it C C. Hayes, Secretary. Mt. Vernon, 1, Portland. Albro E Chase, a pamphlet of 112 pp., containing proceedings hp ; John E Sawyer, k ; Frank A Clark, sc; Installations. of the third and fourth annual meetings of the Franklin Fox, sec. The officers of Ancient Brothers’ Lodge, contributors, at Augusta, Oct., 1882, and Greenleaf, 13, Portland. Almon C Waite, Auburn, were publicly installed November June, 1883. These correspondents seem to hp; Martin A Dillingham, k ; Geo E Ray- mond, sc; Francis E Chase, sec. 18th, by R. W. A. M. Roak. A large com- have the happiest of meetings, and enjoy Piscataquis, 21, Foxcroft. Robert J Widdis, pany was present. Refreshments, and music themselves famously in getting acquainted hp; Henry J Robinson, k ; Timothy L Jen- by Mendelssohn quartet. with each other. This is likely to attract nison, sc; Elihu B Averill, sec. The officers of Stevens Chapter and many new and valuable contributors, and Eastern, 10, Eastport. N B Nutt, up; W Meridian Splendor Lodge, at Newport, were these records of their meetings will be highly P Paine, k ; F L Wood, sc; L Holitzer, sec. installed at a joint meeting December 16th. valued. Ezra B French, 42, Damariscotta. Charles W Stetson, hp ; Alexander S Teague, k; A supper and social reunion followed. The Freemason is an eight-page weekly, Samuel L Miller, sc ; Wm A Jones, sec. Past Grand Master Albert Moore installed published in Detroit, Michigan, by Latour Stevens, 28, Newport. Austin I Harvey, the officers of Northern Star Lodge, No. Brothers, at $1 a year. We shall be pleased hp; David S Libby, k ; John B Marsh, sc; Anson, January 1st. to receive Nos. 1 and 2. Francis M. Shaw, sec. Past Master W. E. Dorman publicly in- The Texas Fremason is changed to a 48 p. Cumberland, 35, Yarmouth. A J Curtis, stalled the officers of Caribou Lodge, at hp ; John Burr, k ; C H Woodman, sc; James magazine, very neat, $1 a year. R. C. Mc­ M Bates, sec. Caribou, January 1st. Phail and J. K. Ashley, editors. King Hiram, 9, Lewiston. Frank L Hoyt, Dedication. History of Rising Star Lodge, Penobscot, hp; Fred Kelley, k; John Q A Jumper, sc; Maine. This brief, but excellent history, is Albert S Plummer, sec. A new masonic hall was dedicated at Cam­ by Hosea B. Ward well, a charter member. ^-Tvvvvtsva, 2‘2, Cornish. Howard Brackett, den Oct. 28th, Deputy Grand Master Fessen- wr Yrank C YavUer, w ■ Gilbert Civase, sc ; \ den 1. Day presiding over the Grand Lodge, These histories are valuable, and we welcome James C Ayer, sec. / assisted by Grand Marshal H. H. Burbank, every one that is put in print. Union, 36, Norway. Samuel R Knowland, I Vick’s Floral Guide, elegant as usual, is out. I with T. R. Simonton, E. L. Freeman (of hp; Irving Frost, k; Frank Seavey, sc; Send 10c. to James Vick, Rochester, N. Y., Howard D Smith, sec. Providence,) Fred. Lewis, A. M. Wetherbee, and you will receive it. Eagle, 11, Saccarappa. Abner L Hawkes, H. L. Shepherd and W. C. G. Carney in the Wolverine Cyclone. This is a new paper hp ; Albert H Burroughs, k ; Fred P Hodgdon, other Grand Offices. A banquet followed, sc ; Fred Graffam, sec. with a tearing name, started Dec. 20th in and after that a ball. Addresses were made Franklin, 44, Farmington. William E Grand Rapids, Michigan, of which Will. A. by Hon. E L. Freeman, of Providence, and Dresser,| up; S Clifford Belcher, k; Ben- Innes is business manager. It has a masonic others. We acknowledge, with thanks, an jamin M Hardy, 'c; George B Cragin, sec. column. It will be pleasant to hear weekly invitation to be present. Somerset, 15, Skowhegan. G A Wilbur, from the home of Grand Recorder Innes, and hp ; F 11 Wing, k ; C B Danforth, sc ; C M Lambert, sec. Presentation. we hope “ our Hugh ” will not be forgotten in At the installation of Portland Command- its col urns. Council Elections. ery officers, Dec. 22d, Past Commander Frank Maine Press Association Reports, 1864, 1865, Portland, 4, Portland. Geo E. Raymond, E. Allen was presented with a Past Com- 1866. A pamphlet from Joseph Wood, Sec­ tim ; Thomas B Merrill, dm; James A Mar- tin, pcw ; Franklin Sawyer, kec. mander’s jewel, by his fratres of the Com- retary, brings these three interesting reports St. Croix, 11, Calais. D E Seymour, tim; mandery. reprinted in one. He will please accept our DM Gardiner, dm; E H Vose, pcw; BM Festivities. thanks. Flint, Rec. There was a masonic ball at Ashland, The Creation and the Scripture, the Revela­ Commandery Elections. Aroostook Co., Nov. 26th. tion of God, by Gilbert Chiscester Monell, Portland, 2, Portland. Thos P Shaw, c ; Trinity Lodge, of Presque Isle, gave their M. D. N. York : G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1882. John E Sawyer, g ; Clayton J Farrington, nineteenth annual masonic ball January 8th. We are indebted to our friend John J. Mo­ cg ; John S Russell, rec. Northern Star Lodge, of North Anson, nell, Jr., of Omaha, (correspondent of the St. Alban, 8, Portland. Albro E Chase, c; gave its fourth annual masonic ball, Jan. 1st. Grand Commandery of Nebraska) for a copy Fred R Farrington, g ; B B Farnsworth, cg ; of what looks to be an interesting volume, Franklin Sawyer, bec. Seventy-five couples were present, and a St. Bernard, 11, Eastport. T M Bibber, c ; large audience. written by his brother, now deceased. J M Swett; g ; N B Nutt, Jr., co; J M Cush- Caribou Lodge, at Caribou, gave its ninth York Institute Publications. W e are indebt­ ing, REp. annual ball, Jan. 1st. ed to Bro. W. S. Dennett for the first-two num­ Board of Trustees. bers of these publications. No. 1 contains an Books, Papers, etc. interesting address on the work of the Insti­ Portland Lodge—Robert B. Swift, William N, Prince. Myers Templar Manual. E. B. Myers & tute, by B. Redford Melcher, and No. 2 an Ancient Landmark Lo.—George L. Swett, Co., of. Chicago, have issued a new edition address on Industrial Education in public Leander W. Fobes. of their Templar Manual (see advertise- schools, by Bro. Edwin F. Small. Atlantic Lpdge—-Daniel W. True, ment). It contains a comprehensive system Idyls of the year, by James Phinney Baxter, Rufus H. Hinkley. of Tactics, with all the monitorial of the Or (Hoyt, Fogg & Donham, Portland). A MASONIC TOKEN, JAN. 15, 1885. 243 charming little volume in vellum flexible eov- the candidate was accepted, by previous ar­ —Grand Treasurer William H. Dingley, ers, by an author well known to our readers, rangement of tjie Master. of the Grand Commandery of Alabama, is a under the signature of “ Launcelot.” We —General John A. Logan was received en­ Maine man, born in Winslow, and an old give a selection from it, as a sample. thusiastically in Dubuque, Iowa, Oct. 2lst, boyhood friend of Bro. Drummond. JANUARY. and our Templar Grand Correspondent, Dr. —A fire in the Masonic Temple, at Cin- ;7T fair child by a glimmering sea cinnnati, Dec. 24th, damaged it heavily. But Scanning the mute east wistfully, Edw. A. Guilbert, was one of the speakers To catch a glimpse of sails blown free who welcomed him. it was saved. The Scottish Rite lost $85,- From wonder-ports,—such sails, maybe, As flit in dreams from ports of air,— —Prudence Lodge, at Leeds, England, has 000. A child of elfish mien and shy. been organized as a temperance lodge. Ob­ Athwart the sheen of whose clear eye —Henry Irving, the actor, is a Freemason. Oft light-winged visions softly fly, jections were made that their rules were a Leaving a glory there. —Grand Commander Albert Pike and dictation to visiting brethren, but the London Secretary General W. M. Ireland, were in The sea is dumb, the woods are still; Freemason says that as the lodges were unan­ No fragrance steals from plain nor hill; Texas in December. From far-off isles, so white and chill, imous in deciding for temperance, they wTere Of happy change no voices trill; —The Keystone points out that Bro. Drum­ To him the universe is given, entitled to their own way. At the consecra­ mond is mistaken in styling St. John’s Lodge, An ivory casket locked and sealed, tion of the lodge Deputy Provincial Grand Which to no key of sense may yield, But wherein pearls, like hopes congealed, Master Tew spoke of the objections to a de­ of Boston, the first lodge ever chartered on Garner the tints of heaven. clared temperance lodge, to which Mayor American soil, as it received no charter until Notes and Queries for December is full of Woodhouse replied, defending the new de­ the year 1783. Also in saying that the Pro- interest as usual. S. C. & L. M. Gould, pub- parture. The fact that temperance lodges vincial Grand Warrant of April 30, 1733, to lishers, Manchester, N. H. $1 a year. are the rule in this country, may indicate Henry Price, was the first, since the first We have received from Root & Tinker, of what the final result will be. was that granted Daniel Cox, June 6, 1730. New York, a fine print of a crayon portrait of —Lemuel T. Davis, a Portland boy, has —A convention of the Rite of Memphis Col. Richard M. Hoe, the great press invent­ been elected Master of St. Andrews Lodge, was held in Boston the second week in or. It is No. 2 of their series, “ Men of Mark.” of Portsmouth, N. H. December and a Union Sovereign Sanctuary —Humane Lodge, of Rochester, N. H., formed. With the. exception of Darius Wil­ Editorial Items. held a reception Dec. 6th, to celebrate the son, Grand Master, we do not recognize any —French Masonry has refused, as yet, to sixtieth anniversary of the initiation off John names among the officers except that of John admit women to initiation, but Bro. Aubus, McDuffee. A most excellent thing, gratify­ H. Hall, of Maine, the leader of Egyptian in a communication to the Bulletin Maqon- ing to the honored brother and to the mem- Masonry in Portland, who is chosen Very nlque of Paris, alludes to the initiation of bers of the lodge. Illustrious Junior Grand Conductor. Mlle. Maria Deraismes, which was not ap­ —Weber Lodge, Ogden, Utah, celebrates proved, and expresses surprise that it is not —Bro. Clifford P. MacCalla, of the Key­ i its tenth anniversay Nov. 12th, by the dedi- permitted. stone, has been elected Senior Grand Warden I cation of a new hall. In the procession was —The widow of Bro. Geo. E. Taylor, who of the Grand. Lodge of Penna^Garda. Vie I the Grand Bodge, escorted by Utah Com­ /congratulate the Grand Lodge. was herself the daughter of the Rev. Ger- mandery and the craft masons. We with —English charities are large. The Benev- sliom F. Cox, married a Spaniard, named pleasure acknowledge an invitation. Juan Ramon. Ray mon was engaged in the olent Institution for aged Freemasons and —The Grand Lodge of Arkansas, Nov. 25th, Evans House, Boston, as night watchman, Widows received §100,000; that for Girls, elected W. H. II. Clayton, Fort Smith, Grand and his wife was employed in the same hotel, $75,000; that for Boys, §70,000 in 1884. Master, Fay Hempstead, Little Rock, Grand when, in October, as reported by the Boston Secretary. George E. Dodge, Little Rock, is papers, he received intelligence that his VisitiNG.—A brother writes from New Chairman of Correspondence. 278 lodges uncle, in Spain, was dying, and that he York, that visiting a lodge there in company were represented. The Order was pros­ would be heir to eight millions. with a New Zealand brother, after waiting perous and increasing. —Wyoming Grand Lodge, at its annual thirty-five minutes, they were informed by —lf Bro. Canton of the Bo/etin Masonieo, meeting, Oct. 14th, elected E. F. Cheney, of the Tyler that nothing could be done for them, Mexico, will kindly add “Maine” to our Lander, Grand Master, J. H. Symonds, Lara- and asks if this was right. Their credentials address, it will prevent his valuable magazine mie, Grand Secretary. Six lodges, 448 mem­ were complete. Although the rule is that going to Oregon, on the other side of the bers, an increase of 50. $790.89 in treasury, all worthy brothers should be courteously Continent. one lodge chartered. By-laws amended, so received, it is not in our power to say what —The Grand Chapter of Iowa, Oct. 7th, that Grand Lodge will meet in December. circumstances there were to prevent it. The elected Clark Varnum, of Newton, Grand Regulation adopted prohibiting affiliation or lodge might be engaged in private business,— High Priest, and John C. Parish, of Des initiation of any engaged in the sale of liquor might be about to close, or there might be no Moines, Grand Secretary. 102 Chapters, 6,123 as a beverage. one present qualified to examine them. We members, 524 exaltatons. Net increase 240. —The Grand Commandery of Virginia, remember once, when presiding in a Chapter, —Portland Business College, advertised on Oct. 9th, elected Frank A. Reed, of zflex- finding no one present who would undertake another page, is a long established and ex- andria, Grand Commander, and William B. an examination. Word to that effect was cellent institution, and Bro. Levi A. Gray, the Isaacs, Grand Recorder. The latter takes sent to the visitor, but he insisted. He was Principal, is well known by the brethren who the correspondence. informed that if he would consent, work come to Grand Lodge as an excellent business —The Grand Commandery of North Caro­ should be suspended and he be examined in man. Those who send their boys to him lina, Oct. 14th, re-elected Eugene Grissom, the Chapter. He accepted the proposition, cannot fail to be satisfied with the result. Raleigh, Grand Commander, James C. and the examination was exemplified before Munds, Washington, Grand Recorder. Two —There was a most ornate Lodge of Sor­ the Companions. If he had not cared to face charters granted. row held by the Scottish Rite at the Academy the full Chapter he would probably have felt —A correspondent of the Rough Ashlar, of Music, New York, in December. neglected, yet it could not have been helped, Adelaide, Australia, justly censures the —A “ Happy New Year ” card from Chris­ as the Companions would not have cared to action of a Master, who invited certain topher Diehl, is a pleasant reminder of the suspend their labors to accommodate a stranger brethren, who had determined to blackball a craft in distant Utah; and equally pleasant is who had simply a claim upon them for recep­ candidate, to retire with him and settle their a New Year’s card from Bro. Hubert of the tion and not for half an hour of the Chapter’s grievances masonically. In their absence Chaine d’ Union of Paris. session. 244 MASONIC TOKEN, JAN. 15, 1885.

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Vol. 4,1868 to 1873, in sheets,...... $3.00 Edward Oxnard, well known in Portland Vol. 5, 1874 to 1878 in sheets...... $2.50 history. Vol. 6, 1879 to 1883, in sheets,...... $2.50 Mackey’s Encyclopedia of Freemasonry. Grand Council of Maine, Vol. 2, 1868 to At the close of the last century, French 1875, in sheets,...... $3.00 In 1874 the masonic scholar, Albert G. refugees from St. Domingo brought with Grand Commandery of Maine, Vol. 2,1868 to 1873, in sheets...... 3.00 Mackey, M. D., issued the great Masonic them a chartered Chapter of Rose Croix, Vol. 3, 1874 to 1879, in sheets,...... 3.00 Cyclopedia which is so well known. The which continued its labors in Baltimore. Grand Chapter of Florida, Reprint 1861 and 1862, in paper, ...... 1.00 cost of the volume then was $10. L. H. Everts The army lodges of the Revolution con­ Maeonic Token, Vol. I, 1867 to 1877, with & Co., of Philadelphia, have secured the tributed to the spread of Masonry in Mary­ Index and illuminated title, in sheets, $2.00 plates and now issue a new and revised edi­ land, as elsewhere. LODGE HISTORIES. tion, with a supplement by Charles T. Biographical sketches of distinguished Lincoln Lodge, Wiscasset,...... 40 McClenachan, of New York, bringing it up to early brethren are given. Lincoln Lo., Wiscasset, Supplement, to 1870,..20 The Grand Lodge of Maryland owes it to Harmony Lodge. Gorham,...... 40 the present time, at the price of only $6. Arundel Eodge, Kennvljunkjjort,...... 30 the Fraternity at large to see that this valu­ Casco Lodge, Yarmouth,...... 40 The whole work, bound in full library sheep, Lewy’s Island Lodge, Princeton,...... 25 makes a magnificent imperial octavo volume able work should go forward. York Lodge, Kennebunk,...... 50 Eastern Frontier Lodge, Fort Fairfield,...... 25 of 1,052 pages and is a library in itself, cover- Messalonskee Lodge, West Waterville,...... 35 ing almost every subject upon which the Atlantic Lodge, Portland,...... 30 Origin of the English Rite of Freema­ Mt. Desert Lodge, Mt. Desert,...... 25 mason cares to inquire. Bro. Mackey spent sonry, especially in Relation to the Hancock Lodge, Castine,...... 35 Royal Arch Degrce. Paris Lodge, South Paris,...... 40 his life in masonic labor, and this work con- Forest Lodge, Springfield,...... 25 tained the condensed results of that lifetime We are indebted to Bro. William James Crescent Lodge, Pembroke...... 30 Cumberland Lodge, No. 12, New Gloucester,. .50 of work. In quality it is unsurpassed, and Hughan, the distinguished masonic Historian, Greenleaf Lodge, No. 117, Cornish,...... 30 Rising' Sun Lodge, No. 71, Orland,...... 25 all will desire to possess it, both as the work of Truro, England, for this valuable work Aina Lodge, No. 43, Damariscotta,...... 30 of an admired author and for its intrinsic Tremont Lodge, No. 77, Tremont,...... 20 (150 pp. 8vo., London, George Kenning, Waterville Lodge, No. 33, Waterville,...... 90 merit. Bro. McClenachan’s work is also ad- 1884.) Sebasticook Lodge, No. 146, Clinton,...... 30 Howard Lodge, No. 69, Winterport,...... 30 mirable, and will be read with great interest. It is of especial interest to American ma­ Somerset Lodge, No. 34, Skowhegan,...... 50 The original part has many illustrations of sons, since it is the history of the Order which Crescent Chapter, No. 26, Pembroke, . 30 Drummond Chapter, No. 27, W. Waterville, .35 value, such as the various crosses. The sup­ has spread so much more widely here than Meridian Lodge, No. 125, Pittsfield,...... 40 Mt. Vernon Chapter, No. 1, Portland, Berry, .40 plement is illustrated quite fully, especially in the country of its birth. Portland Lodge, No. 1, Drummond, cloth,.. 1.50 on subjects which have attracted attention in Bro. Hughan says that the York Grand Hancock Lodge, Supplement to 1880,...... 25 Olive Branch Lodge...... 20 late years. An idea of the amount of informa- Lodge never chartered any lodges ont of Lewy’s Island Lodge, Supplement to 1880,. .20 Portland Commandery, Berry,...... 75 tion contained in the book may be formed England, therefore the American custom of Crescent Lodge, 187O-’80...... 20 from the fact that 4,500 subjects are treated saying “Ancient York Masons’’ is wholly . Ancient Land-Mark Lodge, Berry...... 80 Aina Lodge, Supplement to 1880,...... 20 of, and an excellent index is also given. unjustifiable. Rising1 Star Lodge, Penobscot...... 15 Such a work as this can only be sold by He adopts the view that only one degree solicitation, and despite our prejudice against existed before the last century, but Bro. GRAND LODGE OF MAINE. that method of selling books, we cannot help Woodford holds out against this view, and admitting that the more of these volumes are we cannot yet consider it settled. We have Annual MeetiNgs. sold in Maine the better we shall be pleased, indications enough in the manner in which The Masonic Grand since the character of the work and the price the Past Master’s degree is conferred in a Bodies in Maine will are all that could be desired. lodge, the Malta in an Asylum of Knights hold their Annual Ses- Templar, and side degrees in various bodies, sions for 1885 at Ma­ History of Freemasonry in Maryland. but only in the presence of those who possess sonic Hall in Portland, In our last we had time to give but a brief them, to show us how the degrees of Fellow as follows: notice of this work by Bro. Edward T. Craft and Master may have been given in op­ Schultz. We have now received the second erative lodges, for the survival of old customs Grand Lodge, Tuesday, May 5, at 9 o’clock a . m. Grand Chapter, “ “ 5, at 7 o’clock p. m. number containing the history from 1783 to without apparent reason, is always significant. Grand Council, Wed’sdy, “ 6, at 2 o’clock p. m. 1800. It was considered so valuable that our In our earliest lodge the Master’s degree had Grand Commandery, “ “ 6, at 7 o’clock p. m. Grand Lodge Library and Portland Masonic a separate record, and that record is lost, Lodge officers, in making applications to Library at once subscribed for it, and we showing that it was appendent yet self-con­ MASONIC TOKEN JAN. 15, 1885. 245 trolling, while the apprentice’s degree con­ were accepted with a vote of thanks, and he January 1st. A large number of prominent trolled the business organization. was elected an honorary member. citizens were* present. The services were by Bro. Hughan says the Royal Arch first ap- We doubt if there is any one living who Rev. Asa Dalton, Rector of St. Stephen’s, assisted by Rev. Mr. Berry and Rev. Dr. pears about 1737-40. It was referred to in can remember when Bro. Burnham did not print in 1744, and a mention of it occurs in attend our Grand Communications, and always Bashford of the Chestnut street Methodist. the Atholl Records in 1752, while the oldest he has been a diligent worker and a most Ancient Landmark Lodge performed masonic minutes of it are at York in 1762. kindly and delightful Companion. We need funeral services, and his old friends Charles He acknowledges that Jerusalem Chapter, not bid him farewell, for we know that the Fobes, Ira Berry and A. E. Howell were pall No. 3, of Philadelphia, having been continu- May meetings will bring him as prompt and bearers, representing Portland Commandery. ously in the roll since 1758, is the oldest smiling as ever, but we shall miss his pleasant Mt. Vernon Chapter was also represented. known. and frequent calls, and we know the brethren He leaves three sons and two daughters. The first record of “passing the chair” as of Saco will seek long before they find Edmund Phinney. a qualification tor the Royal Arch was at another so devoted to the interests of the Bro. Phinney, for thirty years a merchant Bolton, Nov. 30, 1769. The arching was Fraternity. done in the lodge, and Virtual Past Masters in Portland, died suddenly of neuralgia of the were received as well as actual. Crowning the Poet Laureate. heart, October 31st. He was born in Gorham, By whom the Royal Arch degree was fab­ On December 18th, the dear, genial old February 4, 1818, his grandfather, John ricated or arranged he thinks it likely to re- craftsman, Rob Morris, was crowned Masonic I Phinney, having been one of the first settlers main unknown. Poet Laureate at Masonic Temple, by Grand of that town. He came to Portland in 1854, Bro. Hughan says the minutes of St. An- Master Brodie, in the presence of many dis- and conducted a large Cuban business until drew’s Chapter, respecting the conferring of tinguished masons, some of whom had come recent reverses (the fault entirely of others) the Order of Knight Templar in 1769, is the from distant points to attend the ceremonies. swept away business and fortune. He was a earliest known reference to that masonic de- By order of the Grand Master, Joseph D. Past Master of Atlantic Lodge, District gree. We hope that he will interest himself Evans, eldest Past Grand Master, placed Deputy Grand Master in 1862, and an old in this subject, and find where St. Andrew’s the crown upon his brows. A part of the member of Portland Commandery. He was Chapter got it. ceremony was the recitation of “ We meet buried with masonic honors, November 2d. Respected and beloved by all, Bro. Phinney In closing, Bro. Hughan remarks that he upon the Level,” and an address on the •will be mourned by his brethren and by our is persuaded that determined objection will “ Poetry of Freemasonry ” by Bro. Frank citizens. always be urged again t the recognition of any R. Lawrence. We have no doubt the tribute was as gratifying to the old veteran as it will other degrees in the English Royal Arch James A. Scott. Rite. This, of course, refers to the Mark, be to his brethren throughout the world to This able and distinguished writer of Tem­ which is a separate rite there, and the Past hear of it. plar Correspondence, died at Richmond, Va., and Most Excellent which they do not give. John Brown Coyle. May 20th. He was born December 19, 1821, We are pleased to see that on Dec. 3d, in Bro. Coyle died Dec. 30th, of paralysis, at and was therefore 63 years old. He had been London, Bro. Hughan was presented with a his residence in Deering, aged 79 years, 2 District Deputy Grand Master in the Grand writing desk and $1,800 in money, as a testi- months and 24 days, having been born in Lodge, and since 1868 has been Chairman of monial, from many friends and admirers, of Norwich, Conn., Oct. 6, 1805. He com­ the Correspondence Committee of the Grand their appreciation of his services to masonic menced life as a steamboat engineer on Long Commandery of Virginia. literature. The speeches were very interest- Island Sound, and came to Portland in the The Committee reporting on his death say : ing. Bro. Hughan, in his response, said that McDonough in 1834. In 1844 he founded “ His zeal, his ability and his devotion to he was able to affirm, without hesitation, that the Portland Steam Packet Co., which after every branch of our Institution, were equalled Freemasons of to-day are lineal descendants by the purity of his life and the amiability of many years of patient labor made him and of the masons of the thirteenth and fourteenth his disposition, and sterling attributes of his his associates rich during the war. He character.” centuries. has also been active in the management of Such is also the impression he has made other Portland lines of steamers, and taken upon his brethren in other States. The first Edward P. Riirnhnm. an interest in all important enterprises. He intelligence we received of his death came We regret to announce that Edward P. was acknowledged as the ablest steamboat from a Virginia gentleman who was visiting Burnham (P. G. M., P. G 11. P., P. G. C. and man in Maine. Portland, and we could not believe it until it P. G. M. Council), of Saco, will remove from In religion he was an Episcopalian by birth was confirmed by Grand Recorder Isaacs, to the State (probably in February) to Roxbury, and education, and a member of the vestry of whom we wrote. Mass., where his residence will be on School St. Stephen’s church, but he also took a street, second house from Amory street. He warm interest in the Methodist chnrch, of Stephen W. Patten. has resided in Saco for thirty-two years as which his wife was a member. A letter from San Francisco brings the sad the Secretary and Treasurer of Saco and In Masonry he joined Ancient Landmark intelligence (flat Stephen W. Patten, the eldest Biddeford Savings Institution, and the Mutual Lodge in 1843, being then classed as a Mas- son of Edward M. Patten, died December Fire Insurance Co., and relinquishes these ter Mariner ; he was Senior Deacon in 1845-6, 27th, suddenly, of pneumonia, at Alameda. positions by reason of increasing ill health of Master in 1848-9, and became an honorary His age was 41 years, 9 months, 6 days. himself and wife, especially the latter. member in 1870. He was devoted to the The funeral services were from St. Paul’s At the annual meeting of Saco Lodge, a welfare of the lodge, and never lost his lively Episcopal Church, December 29th. He had resolution was adopted thanking him for his interest in it. He took the Chapter and long held a prominent position in Wells, Fargo faithful service as Treasurer for more than Commandery degrees about 1845, the latter & Co.’s Express office. thirteen years, and for the wise counsel and in Maine Commandery, and became a char- He was a member of Ancient Landmark substantial aid he had ever rendered them. ter member of Portland Commandery. In Lodge of this city, having joined in 1865, of The lodge also presented two easy chairs to the latter he was Guard in 1847-8, Warder Mt. Vernon Chapter and Portland Com­ him and to his wife, at Christmas time, and in 1849, and Sword Bearer in 1852. mandery, having joined the latter in 1868. at the annual meeting he acknowledged it He had also been President ofjhe Mechan- and gave fifty dollars to the Watchers’ fund, ics Association. —The three point abbreviation .* was in­ troduced by the Grand Orient of France in with a picture of himself to the lodge. They His funeral took place from his residence 1774. 2i6 MASONIC TOKEN JAN. 15, 1885

The Jewels of a Fcllowpraft. Postmaster A. Armstrong, of Grand Blanc, J^We have added Chapter notices to informs us that Bro. Sawyer, No. 2, is failing delinquents to our list of blanks. Per hun­ BY GEO. A. WHEELER, OF CASTENE, P. D. D. G. M. quite rapidly this winter. dred 65c. Sir Moses Montefiore celebrated the hun­ Sweetly on the listening Ear dredth anniversary of his birth this fall with Contributions to Portland Masonic Falls the voice of those we love, Library. great ecldt. As we nightly mingle here, Wm. P. Preble— Seeking wisdom from above. We have a long list of names waiting for A lot of pamphlet proceedings, etc. Voices, in a Tongue so dear, vacancies in our list, but it is necessary to get William P. Innes— Teach us wisely, teach us well, back of 1816 to get in. Proc. Grand Lodge Michigan, Vol. I, What to hope and what to fear, 1826-1860. What to keep and what to tell. For Lists of Subscribers, Stephen Berry— Keystone, Vol. 17, July ’83, June ’84. Safely locked in Faithful Breast, We are indebted to Bro. O. H. Wakefield, Till we sleep beneath the mold; Repository, Vol. 13, Oct. ’83, Sept. ’84. Or in earnest or in jest, of East Lowell; O. A. Cobb, Temple Lodge. Other Sources— Bet no secrets e’er be told. We now have four lodges on our list who Early History Pennsylvania, Vol. I. send $1 and $2, and have eleven or twenty- two copies to distribute to their members as PREMIUMS.—Any brother who will procure Masonic Elders for 1885. subscribers for us, remitting not less than $1 prizes for punctual attendance. Will not Simon Knowles, the oldest Freemason in at a time, may retain one-fourth of the money other lodges imitiate their example? New York, died November 16th. He was for his services. Those who wish to assist us, without caring for the premium, can grat- born in Connecticut April 21, 1786, and Chips. ify some indigent brother by sending him a initiated November 13, 1811. He would have paper free. It is better to take subscriptions been No. 5 this year if he had lived. —President Andrew Jackson was Grand for two years. Master of Tennessee Masons in 1822-23. Philip Chetham, No. 6, died at Stockport, —The Duke of Wellington was initiated Our Thanks To England, July 21st. As he was mentioned in lodge 494, Dublin, Dec. 27, 1790. Sereno D. Nickerson, Gr. Sec., for proc. Gr. as the oldest in England, we also cross out —In the last century stated meeting were Lodge Mass., June and September, 1884. No. 5, Bro. Knight, of Dover, England, con- called “publick” meetings, and specials were J. H. Symonds, Gr. Sec., for proc. Gr. Lodge cluding that his death has escaped us. Bro. called “ emergent.” Wyoming, 1883. Loyal L. Munn, Gr. Sec.J for proc. Gr. Lodge Norris (Noyes), of Croyden, England, has —Speaking of masonic balls the London Illinois, 1884. Freemason says: “Our American brethren j ust died in his 95th year. He was Warden Wm. B. Isaacs, Gr. Rec., for proc. Gr. Com­ appear to delight in this king of thing.” We mandery Virginia, 1884. of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution. had always supposed it an English custom, Zeph. H. Thomas, Gr. Sec., for By-Laws Mass. Our list now stands : which was little known here. We have Consistory, 1884. Initiated. always heard of them in the British Prov- Benj. Curren, Gr. Sec., for proc. Gr. Lodge Nova 1 Capt. Sylvanus Hatch, Port Lavacca, Tex., 1809 inces and Colonies, and it is only of late Scotia, 1884. 2 Col. Edward Sawyer, Grand Blanc, Mich., 1809 years that Knights Templar have taken them John Haigh, Somerville, for “Information for 3 Wait Garrett, New Hartford, Conn., 1810 up here. Members of A. A. S. Lt.” 4 Edward Nichols, Woodbury, Conn., 1810 5 Edward L. Kidder, Berlin, Conn., 1812 [From the Buda-Pesth Orient.] Wm. M. Ireland, Sec. Gen., for proc. Off. Bulle­ 6 Hon. Jas. Garland, Lynchburg, Va., Aug, 1812 —The St. John’s Grand Lodge of Hungary tin Sup. Council S. J , 1884. 7 James Scott, Middlebourne, " 1812 Wm. B. Isaacs, Gr. Sec., for proc. Gr. Chapter 8 Elijah Pratt, Castleton, N. Y., 1812 has, during the past year, spent 343 Guilders Virginia, 1884. 9 Abijah Bessique, Ridgefield, Ct., Oct. 13, 1812 as charity ; besides this it has paid the widow Frederick Speed, P. G. M., for proc. Gr. Chap­ 10 John B. Hollenbeck, Burlington, Vt., 1813 of Bro. Belanyi 480 florins in regular month­ ter and Gr. Commandery Mississippi, 1884. 11 Sir Moses Montefiore, England, 1813 12 David McDaniel, Johnson, Vt., May, 1814 ly installments for the purpose of assisting B. Wilson Higgs, Gr. Sec., for proc. Gr. Lodge 13 Benedict Aldrich, Providence, R. I, his widow in educating her two promising Prince Edward Island, 1884. May 30, 1814 sons. Truly, “ Charity is the greatest.” L. D. Croninger, Gr Rec., for proc. Grand Coun­ 14 William Crane, Warren, Me., Feb. 7, 1815 cil Kentucky, 1884. 15 Capt. Hiram Ferris, Fond du Lac, Wis., 1815 —The subordinate lodges of Hungary paid 16 J. W. Doane, New Glasgow, N. S., 1815 during the past year 7,924 florins for charity. Gil. W. Barnard, Gr. Rec., for proc. Gr. Com­ 17 Silas Wheeler, Corry, Penn., Sept. 12, 1815 mandery, Gr. Chapter, Gr. Council Illinois, 1884. 18 Pierpont Potter, Jamaica, L. I., Oct. 1815 —The average of members attending 540 Ed. C. Parmelee, Gr. Sec., for proc. Gr. Lodge, 19 William Eliot, Weymouth, Eng., Feb. 1816 meetings for “ work” was 40 6-10 per cent. Gr. Chapter and Gr. Commandery Colorado, 1884. 20 Hezekiah Hubbell, Huntington, Conn., 1816 21 Phineas S. Bradley, Woodbury, Conn., 1816 L. D. Croninger, Gr. Rec., for proc. Order High Fu nerals. Priesthood Kentucky, 1884. Bro. Bickford writes about Bro. Hatch as J. J. Munoz, Vera Cruz, Gr. Sec., for proc. Sym­ Bro. John D. Hammond, Grand Secretary bolic Grand Lodge Mexico, 1884, organization. follows : of Nevada, says: John C, Parish, Gr. Sec., for proc. Gr. Chapter PORT Lavacca, Texas, Jan’y 5th, 1885. Iowa, 1884. “ A misunderstanding at a funeral is very William P. Innes, for Volume I Gr. Lodge Mich­ Dear Sir and Bro.: awkward, and may, almost always, be avoided igan (reprint). Capt. Hatch is in good health and full of by the exercise of a little plain common George Van Vliet, Gr. Rec., for proc. Gr. Coun­ humor. On the 4th of November he rode sense. Too frequently, civic societies regard cil New York, 1884. a funeral as an occasion for dress parade, and A. P. Moriarty, Asst. Gr. Sec. Gen., for proc. into town and voted the straight Democratic Supreme Council N. M. J. 1884. they come to think that, some way or ticket, as he has done for seventy-five years. another, they have rights in the burial which Geo. L. McCallan, Gr. Sec., for j>roc. Gr. Chap­ ter Maryland, 1884. On Christmas day he sent some cake to a must not be set aside. So far as Masonry is young lady about twenty years old. Her concerned, the general ritual sets forth the Our Masonic Exchanges. proprieties, when it says that ‘from time itn- beau being with her when she received it, memorial it has been the custom, at /he request London Freemason, weekly. said he would have some fun with the old of a brother, to accompany his remains to the La Cadena de Union, Vera Cruz, Mexico. gent; so took a bullet, wrapped it in some place of interment, and there to deposit them Boletin Masonieo, Mexico, per year, $6. with the solemn formalities of the craft.’ If, Masonic Review, Cincinnati, Ohio, $2.00. twenty pieces of paper, and sent it to Bro. H. however, as is most frequently the case, the La Acacia, Buenos Aires, Monthly. The old man unrolled the package and said, deceased has left no request, then the wish Freemason, Sydney, N. S. W., 6s. 6d. “ Tell the young man 1 accept his challenge of the widow or friends -should control. A The Orient, Budapest!), Hungary, Monthly. double service should never be tolerated, but Liberal Freemason, Boston, Mass., $2. and will meet him on the prairie when the we know of no reason why a lodge of masons Eve. Chronicle-Herald, Phila., Daily, $6. weather is a little more pleasant.” All had may not appear, as mourners, at a funeral Keystone, Philadelphia, Weekly, $g.' a good laugh over the joke, to see how cool which they do not conduct, nor do we see Hebrew Leader, New York, Weekly, $3. why the same right should not be freely CanadianCraftsman, Port Hope, Ont., $1.50. he turned it off. granted to any other civic society at a ma­ Masonic Advocate, Indianapolis, $1.10. With all the compliments of the season, I sonic funeral. If such societies attend at our Freemasons’ Repository, Prov., R. I., $1.50. remain as ever, funerals, we see no impropriety in allowing La Chained’Union de Paris, Hubert, editor. them a representation among the pall bear- The Freemason, Toronto, Canada, 50c. Fraternally thine, ers or elsewhere, so that said representation Loomis’ Musical Journal, N. Haven, Ct., $1. J. M. Bickfokd. does not entangle the service.” Masonic Chronicle, Columbus, O., $1. MASONIC TOKEN JAN. 15, 1885 247

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MECHANICS’ HALL, No. 23 FREE St., PoRTland, Me. CorNer CoNGRess and Casco Sts. DIED. The oldest Business School in the State. Estab­ IRA BERRY, JR., lished February 2,1863. In Oakland, Cal., Oct. 19th, Leoline H. Drink­ water formerly of Portland, aged 63 y. 4 m. He Those desirous of pursuing a Business Course Watches, Clacks, Ghatlts, joined Portland Commandery in 1868, and dimitted would do well to take advantage of the present in 1880. 33% per cent, discount on tuition rates. AND NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, In Portland, Oct. 24th, Walter F. Phillips, aged Tuition for Three Months (13 weeks) §20.00. No. 48 Exchange Street. 59 y. 3 mos. Strictly a business course, combining both the­ AgEF" Special attention paid to repairing. In Portland, Oct. 31st, Edmund Phinney, aged ory and practice. 66 y. 9 m. (See editorial.) Students are admitted on any school day and receive individual instruction at all times, in both In Bath, Nov. 11th, Capt. Joseph Small, aged the Theoretical and Practical Departments. SHAW, SON & HAWKES, 66 y. He was a charter member of Dunlap Com­ They are also thoroughly drilled in Arithmetic, mandery, a member of St. Bernard Chapter, and Commercial Law and Book-keeping, in classes, Polar Star Lodge. by a teacher of over thirty years’ experience, and In Deerfield, N. H., at the residence of his sis­ who is also a practical accountant. Wholesale Grocers, ter, Nov. 18th, Jonathan Burbank, of Bangor, The students are encouraged to advance as fast aged 71 y. He was a native of Vermont, but his as their ability will admit, consistent with thor­ No. 225 COMMERCIAL STREET, PORTLAND. business life had been spent in Bangor. He was oughness. Mr. H. W. Shaylob, who has had charge of Past Master and Past High Priest, and had long George R. Shaw. James F. Hawkes. been Secretary of Mount Moriah Chapter, St. the Writing Department for the past twenty John’s Commandery and Bangor Council. He years, and who has no superior as a penman, still leaves a wife, two sons and two (.laughters. continues in charge Since good writing is indis­ pensable in the counting room, the advantages S. C . ANDRE W S , In Bath, Nov. 23d, Elisha Clarke, aged 69 y. 1 m. offered in this department, are worthy of consid­ A member of Maine Consistory. eration. Counsellor at Law, In Portland, Nov. 28th, William E. Thornes, For further information, address 188 Middle St., Portland, Me. aged 49 y. He was a master in the navy during L. A. GRAY, A.M., PRtNClFAL, Portland, Me. the war, and took the masonic craft degrees in RUMMOND & DRUMMOND, At­ Scotland. D torneys at Law, Union Mutual Life In­ In San Francisco, Dec. 27th, Stephen W. Patten, Maine benefit $.ssaciaiian surance Building, Portland, Me. aged 43. (See editorial.) Josiah H. Drummond. In Portland, Dec. 30th, John B. Coyle, aged 79 y. OF AUBURN, MAINE. (See editorial.) OFFICERS: HARLES D. SMITH, Physician and Geo. C. Wing, President. 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