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M. W. JOHN W. SIMONS, P. G. M., Editor.
Advertisements for the Masonio De
jartment, to secure their insertion, must be
sent in by TWO O’CLOCK, P. M., Friday.
ALWAYS SDNRISE SOMEWHERE.
There is always sunrise somewhere!
Though the night Do round thee drawn,
Somewhere still the east ie bright’nlng
With the rosy flush of dawn.
What though near the bat is flitting,
And the raven croaks his lay,
Somewhere still the sun bird’s greeting
Hails the rising of the day !
Let us lay to heart the comfort
In this sweet reflection found,
That, however dense our darkness,
Somewhere still the world around
Dews are glistening, flowers uplisting,
Wild birds warbling, as reborn, .
Lakes and streams and woods and mountains
Meeting in the kiss of morn I
Ne’er the night, however di«ma),
But withdrew its wings of gloom,
Ne’er was sorrow but a day star,
Ne’er was woe but in its bosom,
Was the seed of hope impearled, $
There is still a sunrise somewhere,
Speeding, speeding round the world,
*THE NATION’S LOSS.
In common with our fellow citizens we mourn
the lose of General Grant, who has eo long faced
the grim enemy of mankind with unflinching
courage and patient resignation.
Well might he have said:
"Ob Death! no more, no more delay;
My spirit louge to flee away
And be at rest.
The will of Heaven my will shall be;
I bow to thia Divine decree—
To God's behest.'’
In the remembrance of a great people his life
and deeds will ever hold a foremost place as a
leader of men, and when the summons camo
be met it as became the valiant soldier and the
true man, who could bid adieu to the world to
enter upon the rest we can only know when we
have passed beyond the valley and shadow of
death.
On one heart this blow will fall with a severity
too great for ordinary appreciation, too sacred
for analysis. Well we know that the sympathy
of the world cannot mitigate it nor highten the
poignant grief that will mark the severance of
the loving ties so long maintained.
Let us stand aside and leave her with her
dead, praying that the Father will have her in
His Holy keeping till at last in brighter climes
there will come the reunion that knows no end.
Peaceful be the rest of the old hero.
POLAR STAR LODGE, NO. 245.
" The bright Polar Star !
It shines from afar—
Its radiance is reflected all around;
And so it will be.
You can plainly see,
As long as the b Earth goes round.”
So sang a certain brother on a recent occasion,
■nd the sentiment was echoed on tho 16th inst.,
when tho niembers of the lodge an'd tlteir
families and friends, to the number of several
hundred, enibarked on a steamboat and two
barges and proceeded to Oriental Grove for a
day’s pleasuring. The day was fine, tho ac
commodations ample, and the attractions at the
Grove could not be surpassed, “and all went
merry as a marriage bell.”
There were several pleasant features con
nected with the affair. The lodge is pretty well
“ fixed ” financially, and supports some twenty
or moro widows. Several of these were among
the excursionists, and under the especial care
of Bro. George A. Harkness, the Senior Warden,
■nd most faithfully did he perform his pleasing
duty. Ono good old lady was heard to say:
That young Mr. Harkness is the most pro
perest young man I ever saw. He is so polite
and attentive and respectful that he makes a
body feel at home.” Bro. John Dallimore
looked after the gentlemen guests, and Bro.
“Sam” Holmes had charge of the ladies.
We will not repeat any of the compliments
passed on these two brothers, neither specify
by name each and all of the brethren to whom
the guests were indebted, for each member of
the lodge seemed to consider himself a commit
tee of one. whoso duty it was to make every
body happy, and it necessarily resulted that
everybody was happy.
A pleasant feature of the affair was the bear
ing at the steamer’s masthead of a beautiful
eilk flag, with the name and number of the
lodge worked thereon. It was presented to
Polar Star by the wife of Bro. D. M. Nelson, »
member of tho lodge, and which was entirely
Slio work of her own fair hands.
Another feature at the grove was a game of
baseball played by two picked nines—one com
posed of young men and the other of old men.
Among the latter was Bro. Past Master Stone,
who is considered a champibn veteran catcher.
Bro. Dallimore, Jr., sent him a ball which
■" knocked him out ” temporarily, but he was
soon on hand again with a vim worthy of a
younger man.
The excursionists returned home at a season
able hour, everybody tired, but pleased with
the day’s enjoyment. The entire affair was of
that pleasant character for which " the boys ” of
■old Polar Star are so well known.
MANHATTAN LODGE, NO. E2.
Thanks to the untiring labors-of the commit
dee, and especially Brother Russell, the excur
sion of this lodge on last Thursday, 23d inst,
proved a grand success. Both steamer and
.barge were filled to overflowing with happy
faces and merrymakers, and, as was previously
mentioned in the Dispatch, every arrangement
was perfect and complete, even to the smallest
detail.
Brother Eben had charge ot tho band, while
.Professor John F. Altrogge presided at the
■piano, and tho celebrated Manhattan Quartette
evoked thunders of applause by their splendid
aißging. W. Bro. Wm. Long, Charles M. Pond,
Swenarton, and above all, the Vail Brothers,
distinguished themselves greatly.
Many well-known brethren were on board.
Charles K. Hyde, U. Bates, Dr. Barnes, Toop,
Delemater (the terror of tramps), Phil. Hibbs,
Freddy Davis, Pap Andreas, Uncle John Hoole,
Dr. Banning, W. Bro. M. Jackson, of Herman
Lodge, No. 39, Quincey, Ill.; M. E. Comp. To
bias, P. H. P. of Metropolitan Chapter ; Samuel
Frankfort, P. H. P. of Empire, and ever so
many more whoso names we could not obtain.
Among the pretty matrons and maids we
observed Mrs. Finn and her pretty daughter
Katie; Mrs. Waller, Mrs. Russel, Mrs. Wickham,
Mrs. Dr. Warth and Mrs. L. P. Warth, Miss
Hyde, the Misses Fannie and Maude Honick,
Millie Thompson, Mrs. Toop, Mrs. Hibbs, Mrs.
E. Loewenstein, Mrs. Bittiner, Mrs. Pierce,
Mrs. John Wood, Mrs. Barnes, Mrs. Carey, and
a host of other beauties whose names our re
porter was too bashful to ask for; this of course
Is tho fault of tho aforesaid beauties, as the
modesty of our reporter is well known and
■pretty girls should always come to him with
their names.
The usual funny incidents were not missing,
lor instance; Dr. Banning had invented anew
game to induce healthy excercise, but the doc
tor was hoisted by his own petard every time,
he had to abandon his patent game. A base
ball match was also arranged, but unfortunately
they chose Billy Long as umpire.
New, our basehall man says there may occa
sionally be an honest Umpire, but W. Bro. Long
was not one of those. He deliberately accepted
■ bribe, and when the stock of cigars had ruu
out he forsook the game, and told the players to
replenish their stock before he would give any
decision; bapplyy for Mr. Bill that he was in the
hands of his friends. W. Bro. Froment, how
ever, was very indignant, although finally de
clared the champion.
W. Bro. Sailer, the Master, was very attentive
to the guests ot Manhattan, and was ably as
sisted by Dr. Worth, Meyers, Samuel M. Cham
bers, and the indefatigable John Russell) and
Seo. McKeever, and the united and harmonious
work of all of the various committees resulted,
as we remarked above, in a grand success, and
Manhattan may justly feel proud of this.
ISLAND CITY LODGE, NO. 583.
On Wednesday, August Sth, this lodge, if
nothing happens that will interfere with the
programme, will sail up tho East River and the
Sound, as far as Hudson Grove. From the
programme, as now mapped out, the occasion
bids fair to outstrip all previous affairs of this
nature in which this lodge has been engaged.
is saying a
event, for the previous efforts at water excur
sions have been excellent and very pleasurable.
Improvements are always in order, and the
occasion of August sth shows a slight advance
ment; hence the remark that it will excel. The
old war horses like Jake Rockwell, J. B. Laws,
Sylvester Gray, and the new bongs and sinew,
Billy Meiners, Charley Stockford, and James
McKigney, aided and abetted by tho active
brethren, propose to make the affair as per ad
vertisement in another column, just the best
and most enjoyable affair ever sailed from Long
Island City.
A large number of distinguished craftsmen of
New York and Brooklyn will participate, which,
with presence of the ladies (the elite), Island
City Lodge evidently will have a red letter day.
BROOKLYN LODGE, NO. 288.
The excursion given by this gallant lodge on
last Wednesday to Hudson Grove was a grand
success in every particular. In fact, it could
not be otherwise when the General Committee
ol Arrangements consisted of such efficient and
energetic brethren as Henry J. Smith, Albert F.
Geerken, John H. Darrow, James H. Dykeman,
and Henry C. Simonson, and the Floor and Re
ception committees were composed of brethren
conspicuous for their ability, courtesy, and un
tiring attention to the comfort and welfare of
the guests.
The commodious saloon steamer “Blackbird”
and the favorite barge “Warren” left Jewell’s
Wharf about 9 o’clock, having on board a happy
and joyous company. It was utterly impossible
to obtain all the names of those present, but
we noticed among them the following: John B,
Harris and sen, Charles P. Marratt, sons and
daughter; Fred. Lenhardt, George fiardy,
Alonzo Brymer, Richard Senior, F. Martin, Jas.
B. Martin, William Meyer, Henry Barkhouse,
Lambert Kelly, Dr. Stone and ladies, F. W.
Geehr, George Baldwin, Captain Kellett, Robert
Harper, Rudolph Lohman, John E. Smith, Mor
ris D. Moxley, beside the members of the com
mittee above named.
The order of dancing consisted of two parts,
of fifteen pieces each, and it is needless to say
that the music, by Dodworth’s Thirteenth Regi
ment Band, was unsurpassed.
Tho excursionists arrived at the Grove in
time for about four hours of enjoyment there in
the various ways usual on such occasions, and
returned home in good season, more than
pleased with the day’s experience, nothing
whatever having occurred to mar their pleas
ure.
To Bros. Harry Smith, Albert Geerken, Wil
liam Myers, Samuel C. Yeaton, James Mitchell,
James H. Dykeman, John Pepper, and Donald
McNeil, the Dispatch representative is indebted
lor special courtesies, for which we hereby re
turn our thanks.
COMMANDERY NEWS.
Commanders, Recorders, or Sir Knights. are
requested to send their items for publication
direct to the N. Y. Dispatch Office, :
“ Commandery News." Aldbmab.
MIXED.
Our readers will doubtless recollect that in
the issue of July 12th inst., wa published a brief
article under this head, relative to the proposed
visit of a South Boston Commandery, Mass., to
the Scottish Encampment at St. John, N, B, It
was the opinion then, and the opinion remains
unchanged, that in view of the peculiar rela
tions between the Templars of the United States,
and that of the Grand Priory of all Canada, the
proposed visit ought to be postponed, but it
seems the advice of the prominent Templars of
the States have been set aside, and the visit, as
contemplated, is to go pn'under the permission
of the Grand Commander of Massachusetts and
Rhode Island. The following from the Boston
Journal, under date July 17th, explains the sit
uation:
The contemplated pilgrimage of St. Omer
Commandery of Knights Templars, ot South
Boston, to St. John, N. 8., where the organiza
tion is to bo entertained by the Encampment of
St. John, Religious and Military Order of the
Temple, has been a matter of much interest in
Masonio circles for some days past, owing to
the question raised by the National Great Priory
of Canada, of tbe United Religious and Military
Orders of the Temple as to the legitimacy 01
the Encampment of St. John, which holds' its
charter under the Chapter General of Scotland.
The matter has been carefully considered by
some ef the highest Templar authorities, and
as a result St. Omer Commandery has received
from B. E. Sir C. C. Hutchinson, Grand Com
mander of Knights Templar of Massachusetts
and Rhode Island, permission to make the pil
grimage as proposed. They will leave Boston
under command of E, Sir Charles J. Noyes, on
Monday, August 3, accompanied by the Salem
Cadetßand, twenty-five pieces. A special train
will be taken at the Eastern Depot for Portland,
which city will bo reached about IP. M. Here
they are under invitation to accept the hospi
tality of Portland Ceramandery, No. 2, Em. Sir
Thomas P. Shaw, Commander. Embarking on
tho new steameri“Cumberland” of the Interna
tion Steamship Line, St. John will be reached
early Tuesday afternoon, and tho commandery
will be received ‘by the Encampment of St.
John, Sir James Adam, Noble and Eminent
Commander. The Sir Knights will be quartered
at tho Hotels Dufferin and Royal, the former
hotel being headquarters. Tho programme for
toe next twe days is in the hands of tho fraters
of St. John. .On Friday at 8 A. M. the command
ery will embark on the steamer “ State of
Maine ” of Boston, and will reach home about
noon on Saturday.
MONROE COMMANDERY, NO. 12,
of Rochester, N. Y., will keep open house dur
ing the Summer months and accomplish what
work is set before them with that punctuality
and ease which this Commandery is so famously
noted for. Work in the Orders of Knighthood
will goon as usual.
GREENWOOD COMMANDERY, NO. 58,
goes to Hudson Grove, Long Island Sound, in
the early part of the coming month. Extensive
preparations have been made on the part of the
Commandery to make the excursion a pleasant
and a very enjoyable affair.
WELL, AND AT THEIR POSTS.
Very Eminent Sir Charles Boome, acting
Grand Master of the Grand Encampment ot the
United States, and R. E. Sir John W. Simons,
Grand Treasurer of the aforesaid Grand En
campment, are at present enjoying remarkably
good health and attending to the business of
their respective departments with their usual
activity. These gentleman are commonly known
among tho Iraters of this section of tho world as
“Old Men Eloquent,” therefore their voices, as
well as their pens, will enrich the literature of
Masonic love and tenderness as in days of yore,
and be quite as fascinating and entertaining,
even though tho thermometer for tbe past ten
days has steadily twisted the cyphers of the
glass into the nineties.
MICHIGAN.
The Grand Commandery of this State, at its
recent session, ordained by statute that from
that date “ Ascension Day” will be the day to
celebrate by the Templars .of that jurisdiction,
instead of Good Friday.
St. John’s Day, at Charlotte, Mich., was cele
brated by instituting Charlotte Commandery,
No. 37. Battle Creek, No. 33; Grand Rapids,
No. 5; Marshall, No. 17, and Jackson Com
mandery, No. 9, aggregating 225 swords, par
ticipated in tho exercises and the banquet that
followed. Jackson Commandery gave an exhi
bition drill, whose evolutions were difficult,
but executed like clock-work, for which the
commandery received the plaudits of the popu
lace without stint.
PERSONAL.
The Grand Treasury of the Grand Com
mandery of New York, E. Sir Ralph C. Cristi
anos, presented to St. Augustine Commandery,
No. 38, stationed at Ithaca, a very handsome
libation set.
William Pabkman Commandery, of East Bos
ton, Mass., went to the White Mountains on
July 7th, and after spending a couple of days
returned home quite invigorated.
GOLDEN~WEDDING.
Worshipful Bro. J. J. Little, the efficient Mas
ter of Kane Lodge, is in the country for the
Summer season, with his family, at Bedford,
Westchester county. On the 27th of this month
he will attend the family reunion of his parents,
at Morris, Otsego county, New York, on the oc
casion of their “ golden wedding.” James Lit
tle, tho father, was born in merry Old England,
and fifty years ago the 27th of July (1835) mar
ried his wife, Etttao Rogers. Soon after that
event they came to America, and for thirty
seven years they have lived at Morris, tbe neat
county village in the rich rolling county of
Butternut Valley, where J. Fennimore Cooper
was bora, and where the great advocates and
jurists, Story and Nelson, were raised. Mr.
James Little is the father of si* children and
NEW YOKK DISPATCH, JUIA 26, 1885.
the grandfather of seventeen, all of whom are
living. It is an important event in the family
history of this county for golden weddings to
occur. There are so few married people who
live together happily for fifty years, that a pub
lic recognition and rejoicing ought to be made
whenever a husband and wife have been faithful
and true companions for fifty years on the rugged
journey of life. It is a sublime spectacle for
the young men and women of this country, and
we wish the aged father and mother of our
worthy brother the full measure of life’s silent
blessings. J. J. Little came to New York city
fron Otsego county in 1859, and at once began
an active business life as an apprenticed printer,
with the old firm of Renneshed & Lindsley, with
whom he remained for seven years, when the
senior member of the firm became Bro. Little’s
junior partner in business for himself. A few
years later Mr. Little bought out his partner’s
interest, and now, as the fruit of his industry
and enterprise, we behold the large establish
ment of J. J. Little & Co., No. 10 Astor place,
printers and publishers, which in its extensive
departments sometimes employs three hundred
men. We relate these incidents as an illustration
of what an industrious and honest man may do
in settling in this great city and attending to his
business. Bro. Little is affable and popular
with his employees, his friends and brothers,
and is proud of his success, and the fact that he
is enabled to attend his father’s and mother’s
golden wedding. We wish him and his excel
lent wife not only a golden, but a diamond wed
ding, and may all brother Masons aspiro not
only to be fathers of good families, but partici
pants in golden weddings.
STILL ANOTHER.
One by one our friends leave us, some few
die, some move away, and leave this neighbor
hood, and others, alas ! get married. The latest
victim who succumbed to the latter calamity is
our friend W. Bro. James McGrath. This good
brother is a P. Master, a P. H. P., and Eminent
Commander, and yet he succumbed. We have
not the honor of a personal acquaintance of the
charmer who spirited away from us our brother,
but it must have been a strong attraction and a
magnet of great magnitude to successfully lead
him astray, and led astray by a woman, too.
He discreetly went to a foreign shore. Got
married in Jersey; probably thought his
numerous friends here would interfere, or at
tempt a rescue; however, the thing is done, and
we wish you joy, Brother James, and may the
Heavenly Father bless you and yours, and keep
your heart and hopes green and buoyant, and
when the frost of many Winters has settled
upon you and the choice of your heart, may
you be surrounded by all that is good and joy
ful, and may you be able to look back upon one
long continued honeymoon and be happy in the
contemplation of a well spent life. Joy and
good luck to you for ever and ever. Amen.
. PERSONAL.
B:i<x*'Th 'Lr:HVEr.T, of Hermann Lodge, No.
268, had quite a gathering of the brethren at
his hostelrio, corner of Pike and Water streets,
a few days ago. Among those present we no
ticed Bros. Dallimore, Nelson, Holmes and
Harkness, of Polar Star; Brown, of Independ
ent ; Simonson-and Wolfe, of Antiquity ; Smith,
of Brooklyn, and Marratt, of Zeredatha. They
were discussing tho question which of the
lodges represented in tho company was the
best, each brother contending that his own
lodge was entitled to the palm. It Was found
impossible to decide the question in any other
way than for each one present to visit all the
lodges under discussion and decide for himself.
This will be done at the earliest opportunity,
after which the brethren will meet again at the
same place and renew the discussion. Before
the company separated it was unanimously re
solved that Bro. “Dick” Lehnert knows how to
keep a hotel.
Brn. Henry Lentz.—This esteemed brother
recently presented us with a sample package of
a preparation designated as “ Champion Mono
gram Green Seal,” the principal ingredient of
which is known in the Pharmacopoeia as "Spiri
ts frumenti.” It is thought by some to be a
sovereign remedy for many of the ills that flesh
is heir to, and we know of our own knowledge
that it is good for some of them. The contents
of the package referred to have been tested by
those who are supposed to be competent judges,
and their verdict is that it is “ good.” If any
brother has doubts on the subject, he can sat
isfy himself by calling at No. 840 Broadway,
corner of Thirteenth street, where he will find
Bro. Lentz personally present to superintend
tho dispensing of tho article with that gentle
manly courtesy for which he is so well known
among the brethren.
Bro. Robert Worthington, of Hai le® Lodge,
is enjoying a trip to Fatherland, ’mid
“The happy homes of Albion,”
and is at the present time “ doing ” the “Lions”
of Dublin, where, doubtless, he will receive
fraternal welcome from the loving hearts of our
Celtic fraters. We take much pleasure in com
mending him to the kind officers of the craft
everywhere as a model Mason, «md not the least
among Nature’s noblemen.
Dr. Z. T. Benson, the courteous and gentle
manly Secretaryof Bunting Ledge, is indulging
his vacation at Ocean Beach, N. J. We 'hope
soon to look in at his beautiful cottage by the
sea, and partake of the hospitality to which his
partial has invited us.
W. Bro. Edward P. Wilder, Master-of Citi
zen’s Lodge, and E. Comp. William Fowler, P.
H. P. of Ancient Chapter, have gone on a fish
ing excursion, and expect to return next week,
when weexpeot to hear some account of the
weight of the fish which they will assort they
caught. We will state in advance, however,
that we shall not question any of tho marvelous
figures which they will give as to weight, for
they have taken with them a full supply of bird
shot, with which to back up their assertions as
to the alleged weight. [See seventh column,
second page, of the Dispatch of last Sunday.]
Charles De F. Burns.—Among the appoint
ments and promotions recently made jn the
oivil service of the city of New York, we know
of none more appropriate and meritorious than
the appointment of W. Bro. Charles De F.
Burns, late Assistant Secretary ot the Fire De
partment, to be Secretary of the Department of
Public Parks. This is a promotion—not only
in regard to rank and responsibility, but also in
regard to compensation, and we congratulate
our esteemed brother on his'preferment. We
have long known Bro. Burns, both officially
and personally, and we have no hesitation in
saying that a more efficient officer or a moro
courteous gentleman could not have been se
lected. Bro. Burns takes with him to his new
position a long and valuable business experi
ence, together with the congratulations and best
wishes of all who know him.
Bro. Henry Kornahrens is happy in the con
templation of a present received from his good
wife, a baby—a ten-pound baby, and a girl baby
at that—just wh%t Brother Henry wanted. He
desired to perpetuate the name of his wife, and
behold! she aided him, and Marie Magdeline
came to be the joy of her parents. May she
live long and prosper, and grow up to be some
body’s darling in imitation of her mother. Bro.
Kornahrens is the King of Americus Chapter
and a king of good fellows beside. Joy be with
you, Brother Henry.
We saw M. E. Comp. Ahlstrom in close con
fab with Tony Yeomans, and thought some seri
ous trouble was brewing. We watched the pair
closely to prevent mischief; but they only con
sulted to find the best place “to see a man.”
We kindly showed them the way, and every
thing was serene. Tony looks as youthful and
gay as ever.
His Den—We saw W. Bro. Tom Moore in his
den tbe other day, and a very comfortable den
it is, with all modern improvements, strong ice
water in the cooler, and a pretty sideboard at
tached. Brother Tom is busy now with Cope
stone’s excursion, and is making elaborate pre
parations for it.
V. F. Luther, of Kane Lodge, left for Europe
on Thursday last, to be gone six weeks.
Bro. Charles Roblee, of Syracuse, hae taken
up his residence in New York and is engaged in
the sale of several recently patented articles,
one of which is a hanger for sliding doors. It
is the most complete and efficient article ot the
kind we have ever seen—simple in construction
and readily applied, and it works eo easily that
a child can open or close a door provided with
it, Wo wish him success in hjs enterprise,
Bro. Alfred W. Royal, the S. W. of Metro
politan Lodge, was presented by his estimable
wile with a bouncing son on tho 22d inst. We
are pleased to note that the mother, child, and
father, are doing as well as can be expected
under the circumstances.
Mrs. John Hoole, the good wife of our es
teemed " Unele John,” is sojourning for a brief
rest in the Catskill Mountains. How she ever
made up her mind to leave him alone in the
city is a mystery to us. Possibly her long and
patient efforts have resulted in bringing about
a happy reform, although we saw him at Man
hattan Lodge excursion, flirting with every
pretty girl, but, of course, as good Mrs. Hoole
was not there to watch him, he had the best of
it. We hope Mrs. H. will enjoy the bracing air
of the Catskills, and come back refreshed and
happy.
Bro. W. H. Little, M. D.--We have known
this brother for several years as a member of
Hill Grove Lodge »nd a courteous gentleman,
and we have lately seen something of his skill
as a physician. A young lady, the daughter of
an esteemed brother, has been under the pro
fessional treatment of Bro. Little for a severe
attack of rheumatism, and ho not only showed
his ability to deal with the ailment, but also
displayed a degree of patience and gentleness
in his treatment which is such a desirable trait
in a physician and has a tendency to endear
him to those with whom he comes in contact,
both professionally and socially.
QUESTIONS—THOUGHTS—IDEAS.
L. G. D.—We have received a communication
from a gentleman, whom wo suppose to be a
member of the Roman Catholic Church, asking
us to answer this question: “ Why are Masons
antagonistic to the Roman Catholic Church ?”
He also asks for the reasons for the objections
ol the Catholic Church against Freemasonry and
other so-called secret societies.
Wo answer—First: Masons ate not antagonis
tic to the Roman Catholic Church, nor to any
other Church, as such, whether it be Christian,
Jewish, Mohammedan, or any other creed.
Freemasonry has been defined as “ a sublime
system ot morality,” Ac.; and it has also been
said that “ Freemasonry is the handmaid of
religion,” &c. While Masonry is not a religion,
yet it is said to be “so far interwoven with
religion ” as to lay us under obligation to pay
rational homage to the Deity. It stops there,
so far as religion is concerned. It requires,
first and foremost, a belief in a Supreme Being.
That being assured, the peculiar doctrine or
creed is left to tho individual brother’s own
conscience. This is one of the points which
account for the universality of Freemasonry.
Secondly, as to the “ objections of the Church
against Freemasonry,” Ac. : In some countries
of Europe—and particularly those countries
where the interests of Church and State were
united and co-operative- there have long exist
ed certain secret political societies having for
their object the overthrow of the Government.
Such organizations being seditious and detri
mental to the public welfare, it became neces
sary for the Pope to denounce them—not only
lor the preservation of the temporal power
which he then held, but also lor the peace and
happiness ot all countries where the authority
of tbe Church is acknowledged by any portion
ot tho inhabitants. As it was not possible to
draw tbe line anywhere, it became necessary to
include in tho denunciation all societies ot a so
called secret nature.
From a long acquaintance with learned
priests and intelligent laymen of the Catholic
Church, we have formed the opinion that tho
Churchris not particularly opposed to Free
masonry any more than to other organizations :
but as the'denunciation includes all so-called
secret societies, every Catholic must decide for
himself whether or not he will abide by the
rules of his Church.
Cui Bono.—The question of physical qualifi
cations has been argued pro and con for lo I
these manyiyears, with little apparent progress
toward adjustment. The question turns upon
tho provisions of tlio IV. of the Ancient Charges
requiring the candidate to be a perfect youth,
having no maim or defect in his body, leaving
out the conclusion of the sentence, “that may
render him incapable of learning the art and of
being made a brother.” Tho difficulty really
i« a? to tho limit that can bo fixed of the line
drawn where incapacity for initiation begins,
and it is more than doubtful if this generation
will witness a general agreement.
Several Brethren.—General Grant was not
a Mason, and hence, while Masons will unite
with their fellow-citizens, as citizens, in all
proper demonstrations of regret, there can bo
no distinctive Masonic ceremony, for the reason
above mentioned.
A MASONIC ISLAND.
None but Masonic students may choose so to
designate the Isle of St. Louis, that forms a
part of the city ot Paris. By earnest votaries of
the order it might, with some consistency, be
termed a sacred island.
Various celebrated old mansions, built prior
to 1680, have rendered the locality interesting
to tourists ot antiquarian and historical tastes,
one of which, the Hotel Lambert, has been more
or less associated with the great names of the
polite land. This was at one time tho residence
of a devoted patriot prince of Poland, a volun
tary emigrant from his unfortunate country.
Within the now demolished Hotel Chenniseau,
in the same locality, Archbishop Afire expired
from his wounds, received on the fortifications,
in the revolution of 1848.
Before the seventeenth century, St. Lonis Isl
and was known as two small isles, “Notre
Damo,” and “Ho Aux Vaches ” —island of the
cows. These have become one tract, as tho
seven islands originally formed by tho Seine, in
the region of modern Paris, are now only count
ed as three.
In those days the “palaces” were mors like
structures made of willow than the favorite
homes of tho luxurious French queens, who
lived and fascinated the world in later times.
There was no " Malmaison,” scented perpetu
ally with the violets of a discarded empress; no
“Trianon” sacred to the gay life and wotui
■death of a Marie Antoinette; no elegant counts,
■ memorialized by tho presence of the sweet
■ Scotch Mary, young consort of the Dauphin
> Francis 11., whose fair head finally lay on the
block in her navivo realm.
The Isle ot St. Louis was marshy and unin
habited before the seventeenth century—two
islands, as then known. A part of it was owned
by tho Chapter of the Cathedral of Notre Dame,
and a part by the Abbey of St. Germain des
Pres. This was the Isle of the Cows. The monks
rented it as a .pasture. On tbe tract known as
Notre Dame, the spinners ot the town were per
mitted to spread their linens to bleach. Upon
this river island, on March 11th, 1314, were
martyrized the brothers Jaques de Malay,
Grand Master of Templar Knights, and Guy,
Commander of tho Chapter of Normandy. They
were cruelly burned alive, victims ol early ig
norance and bigotry, such as no Freemasons,
for the sake of the grand order, will ever again
suffer.— Masonic Review.
DIRGE.
ON THE DEATH OF THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD.
James Hogg, the “Ettrick Shepherd,” was
initiated into Masonry on the 7th ef May, 1831,
by th® brethren of the ancient “ Lodge Canon
gate Kilwinning.” He afterward became “ poet
laureate ” of the lodge, which position bad re
mained vacant from the death of Robert Burns'
until that time. Bro. Hogg died Nov. 21, 1835,
and these lines were composed on that event:
There's walling down by Yarrow's vale,
There’s mourning through the Ettrick forest;
St. Mary's wave takes up the wail—
At Altrieve Lake the erv is sorest.
Why mute that Doric reed whose tones
O’er birk and brao found sweetest pleasure,
Whose spell could charm the elfin ones
To listen to[tho minstrel's measure ?
'Tisgone! No more may Ettrick bear
The well-known voice of eong or story;
No more St. Mary's bosom clear
Move to the lay of love or glory.
Bast is tbe magic of the place—
The living breath of joy in Yarrow !
A spirit mounts to the throne of grace
The clay is shrouded in the cold cell narrow.
But pilgrims oil from distant shore,
Shall wander tbore and worship lone,
And strew that grave with wild flowers o'er.
And bang fresh chaplets on its stone.”
— Vol. 1, Charles W. Moore, Freemasons*
Magazine.
Masonic Charities in England. We
may with pride remember as Freemasons what
tho zeal and energy of Freemasons have done
in England for the support of our great Masonic
Metropolitan Charities in 1885. Despite bad
times and an universal tendency to uncertainty
and unsettledness in business, and when all
around we note the falling off of subscriptions
and piteous appeals for help from countless
useful associations, our good brethren in Free
masonry have not relaxed one jot or tittle in
their steady munificent support of our great
charities. Forty-four thousand pounds is a re
turn for 1885, thus far incomplete as it is which
we may well point to and “ make a note of ”
Suoh a total is a very remarkable fact in itself
and commends itself to the notice of the thou'dit
ful and the philanthropic, as very suggestive in
all good truth of the loving reality and hearty
beneficence of our great order. We do not
wish to prolong these considerations to-day, but
amid attacks many and virulent, it is something
for us all to remember and witness, that Eng
lish Freemasonry in its stately march stands
before us in clearest contour' the pride and
trust of its sodality, and the helpmeet and bene
factress of mankind. —Freemason (London).
“ A proper knowledge of speculative
Freemasonry requires thought and application
of the mental faculties. Yet, such is ths frame
of the human mind, such its construction and
such its varied elements, that the great masses
are more generally content with the mere forma
and ceremonies, the external show and the out
ward display, than with the more substantial
enioymeU'S, to be secured by application of the
mind in tbe pursuit of knowledge, using its
energies in the investigation of subjects claim
ing its attention, as worthy ot its highest con
sideration.”
An Aged Member of the Grand
Lodge of Rhode Island Bro. Benedict Aid-
rich, of Friendship Lodge, ol No. 7, of Chepa
chet, R. 1., v. as in attendance at the recent ses
sion of the Grand Lodge of that Stare. Bro.
Aldrich is ninety-two years of age. He was
initiated May 13th, 1814, and raised September
26th of the same year. He was elected Master
of Friendship Lodge in 1825, and is the oldest
member oi the Grand Lodge. He is a worthy
membor of the fraternity, who has always been
steadfast in his devotion to the wut,—Reposi
tory,
THE MASON’S LAST BEQUEST.
BY BRO. EDWARD Z. C. JUDSON.
It was a very hot day in the Summer of 1778.
The British General Clinton, with a formidable
army, was hastening across the sandy plains of
New Jersey to join the forces of General Howe
at Sandy Hook ; and Washington, with an army
regenerated into life, determined, if it lay within
the bounds of possibility, to prevent that junc
tion, and, to effect his purpose, sent a large de
tachment of light troops, under General Lee, to
harass their movements and retard their prog
ress until he could come up with the main force
and effect their capture or destruction.
As soon as the American sharpshooters in the
van of Lee’s division began to annoy the British,
the latter drew up in order of battle and pre
pared for defense. The Americans boldly pushed
on, and were driving all before them when, to
their utter astonishment and to the deep morti
fication of their gallant officers, who were flushed
with the hope of victory almost in their hands,
General Leo ordered a retreat.
Shame mantled many a brow then and. there,
and in spite of discipline, angry words broke
from many a lip; for even then, as now, the
word retreat sounded strangely, aye, almost
harshly upon an American ear. But the order
bad been given by him who had command and
he must be obeyed. But so angry and unwill
ing were these who fell back that they did not
preserve the order which they would have done
had they only been yielding to stern necessity.
And the British, overjoyed at a victory so
easy, were pushing their advantages as they
ever did, mercilessly, and our brave men were
falling fast before them, when suddenly dashing
forward upon a horse which was white with
foam, rode that matchless man upon whom a
nation’s fate depended.
“ What means this cowardly retreat ? Who
dared to order it ?” he thundered.
“ 1 did I” was the angry response of General
Lee.
“ Bally your men, coward, or go hide your
face in shame 1” cried Washington, that day
giving vent to a passion which hitherto, under
all circumstances, he had managed to control.
“ Halt and form 1” he cried again in a voice so
loud that it fell alike upon the ears of friend and
foe.
And though the bullets fell like hail around
him and brave men dropped upon his right and
upon his left, he sat unmoved upon his horse,
stemmed the tide of retreat, and checked the
advance of the triumphant foe.
The carnage was terrible. Bayonet clashed
against bayonet, sabre met sabre, while the sul
phurous smoke almost hid the combatants from
view ; and they sprang at each other like fiends,
lighted by the flash of cannon and the blaze of
musketry.
One gallant officer whose hairs had become
tinged with blood fought directly under the eyes
of Washington, whom he loved not only as a
general, but as a Broth er— bound by that mys
terious and holy tie which equalizes a peasant
with a prince. By his side three sons of lesser
rank, the youngest scarce eighteen years of age,
fought as bravely as himself.
It was at that moment when, with Washington
at their head, the Americans drove back the
foe at the bayonet’s point, that he whom I will
call Major Carroll, who was leading his battal
ion on, himself on foot—for two horses bad al
ready gone down under him on that day—and
to whom I just alluded,saw a British officer fall,
who had, with heroic gallantry, striven to stem
the changing tide.
Though wounded and down, the brave officer
still struggled, and, drawing a pistol, disabled
a man whose bayonet was at his breast. Major
Carroll’s sword was raised about his head, but
quickly a sign, a word, and the “widow’s son”
was safe, lor the foe whose arm had just been
raised was now a Brother, whose extended hand
was ready to lilt him who lay upon the earth in
such distress.
But ah ! fatal pause ! that generous bosom, so
full of fraternal love, which did not forget duty
even there amid the wild carnage of battle, was
pierced by a bullet, and the brave Carroll sank
dying by the side ot him who had called for
help and had not been refused. Washington’s
eve was on him—he knew who and what he was,
for he had sat with him in a place where light
fthpunded; but he could not wait—the enemy
are and must bG pursued.
“On 1” cried the dying hero to his men.
“ Forward 1” he shouted to his boys.
“ We are victorious and I am content.”
The battle was over. The British had been
swept back over the gory field which they had
taken and night had drawn its mantle over the
horrors which the day had exposed.
And by Major Carroll’s side knelt the only
one of his race that was left to life—his young
est born. His two eldest sons had fallen on that
dear bought field—like himself, contented, that
they died for their country and fell in the hour
when victory was theirs.
“ Father, what can 1 do for you ?” said the
boy hero, as he grasped his dying sire by the
hand and sustained his head upon bis breast.
“Be a man and do your duly to ysur country
first and to your mother next. And, lad, save
my Masonic regalia. He, our nation s father,
invested me with it! Save it, and act so worth
ily that when you are of full age you may be en
titled to wear it. It is my last request 1”
And soon the noble spirit of that brave, good
man, left his body and went to dwell with the
Great Architect of the universe.
And years after, when peace smiled on our
land, the son fulfilled the father’s request, and
that cherished regalia is still in the possession
of his descendants.— Masonic Eclectic,
SUCCESSION OF GENERAL HIGH PRIESTS
FROM 1833.
1833 to 1847.—Paul Dean, of Massachusetts,
33°, Active Member of the Supreme Council for
the Northern Jurisdiction of the United States.
1847 to 1856.—Robert F. Dunlap, of Maine,
33°, Active Member of the same.
135G._Charles Gilman, of Maryland, 33°, Ac
tive Member of the same.
1850 to 1865.—Albert G. Mackey, of South
Carolina, 33°, Secretary-General of the Supreme
Council for the Southern Jurisdiction of the
United States.
1865 (Columbus).—John L. Lewis, of New
York, 33°, Grand Commander of the Supreme
Council for the Northern Jurisdiction.
1868 (St. Louis).—James M. Austin, of New
York, 33°, Honorary Member of the Supreme
Council for the Northern Jurisdiction.
1871 (Baltimore).—Josiah H. Drummond, of
Maine, 33°, Grand Commander of the Supreme
Council for the Northern Jurisdiction.
1874 (New Orleans).—Elbert H. English, of
Arkansas, 33° Honorary Member of the Su
preme Council for the Southern Jurisdiction.
1877 (Buffalo). —John Frizzel, of Tennessee,
33°, Honorary Member of the Supreme Council
for the Southern Jurisdiction.
1880 (Detroit). —Robert F. Bower, of lowa,
33°, active member ol the Supreme Councillor
the Southern Jurisdiction.
1883.—Alfred F. Chapman, ot Massachusetts,
82°, of the Obedience ot the Supreme Council
for the Northern Jurisdiction.— Baltimore Sun
day News.
Garibaldi. —It will never be denied
that our well-beloved brother, the lamented
General G. Garibaldi, who fought so well for
the freedom of Italy, and who held fast to those
beautiful lessons inculcated on his introduction
to Freemasonry, can never be forgotten by the
brethren of New South Wales. The Grand
Representative of Most Illustrious Bro. Gen
eral G. Garibaldi and his successors has pro
cured for the library ot the Grand Lodge ot
New South Wales a marble bust of the lato
Grand Hierophant of the world, 970, mounted
on a substantial marble pedestal, and we can
not fail to be reminded, in observing the same,
of the many noble and manly traits of character
which so distinguished his career, which at the
same time serves as a most useful lesson to all
our younger members of the craft, that how
ever humble their sphere in life, the least may
attain, by diligence' and perseverance, to the
highest summit of his Masonic ambition.—Syd
ney Freemason.
Monument to Captain Webb.—The
widow of Capt. Matthew Webb, the unfortunate
swimmer, who lost his life a year ago in the
foolhardy attempt to swim the Niagara Biver
Rapids, has purchased of the Lookport Marble
Company, a handsome Barre granite monu
ment, eight feet in bight, which will be placed
in Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, over the
remains ot the brave captain, on Monday next.
The monument is of exceeding beauty of pro
portion, of gothic cottage design, and on the
cap contains the Masonic emblem “G.” On
the die is the inscription, “Captain Matthew
Webb, born January 19, 1848; died July 24,
1883. The base has on its face the word “Webb.”
Mrs. Webb, who is employed at the art gallery
beside the rapids, where the daring swimmer
lost his life, was assisted in procuring this
handsome monument by several prominent
citizens of Niagara Falls.— Marine Record.
Do This.—Ours is a lofty undertaking;
may we never falter, but continually press for
ward in the good work. Masonry is to-day
stronger in numbers and more united in pur
pose than ever before, not only on our own
continent, but throughout the civilized world,
and to our mind the great stumbling block to
our future prosperity is to be looked for in the
too rapid multiplication of lodges and the too
unfrequent use of that mighty engine ot Ma
sonic safety, the ballot. Brothers, guard well
the outer door; admit none upon whom any
doubt as to morality exists; look to it that all
give assurances by their past lives as being fit
for the Masonic Temple, and that they give
promise of the future by the past, being sure
that reformation within our walls is “ too
flimsy a thread” to hang the prosperity of the
cralt upon. Again, we say, “ guard well the
outer door.”— Wm. P. Innes.
A Lodge Attending the Roman
Chvbch.— Bro. James H. Neilson, of Dublin,
has a certified copy of the entry in the minutes
of Lodge No. 60, of Ennis, Ireland, of the lodge
having, on St. John’s Day, June 24, 1800, at
tended the Roman Catholic chapel of Ennis
and heard a sermon from the Rev. Dr. McDon
agh, the parish priest, who afterward dined
with brethren of the lodge. This is quite
unique.— Keystone.
Radiant Lodge, No. 739, had an in
teresting time at its last meeting, when W. Bros
Maxfield, Littenbergh, Holmes, and Stengel
were present. The Third degree was illus
trated, W. Bro. Philip E. Hersliet delivering the
lecture. A banquet crowned the evening’s
work, after which adjournment was had to Sep
tember 19111 pibAi I
Freemasonry recognizes the truth, I
which is written everywhere in nature, that we
must take our ashlars out of the quarry, and
hew, square, and mark them, so that they shall
be perfectly fit for building into an eternal Tem- 1
pie. " Clay and rock are given us, not brick
and squared stone. God gives us no raiment,
he gives us flax and sheep.” Masonry recog
nizes this fact. Every candidate, after being
approved, is to be made a Mason, while the 1
labor that is thus performed is most emphatic
ally a labor of love. Freemasons are not
ashamed of labor. Noble men engage in it—
men of the highest intellect, the rarest attain
ments, the greatest social, political and reli- !
gious distinction. The respect for all labor en
gendered within the lodge, where rich and poor,
the favorites and the forgotten of fortune, “meet
upon the level,” is such that the noblest senti
ments are inculcated. You would never expect •
Freemasons to “ paint coats of arms to cover up
the leather aprons of their grandfathers I”
Benjamin Franklin was never ashamed of the
leather apron of his grandfather—and he came
of a race of blacksmiths. If Masonry wrought 1
no other good than to teach the brotherhood of
its initiates, that we are all the children of a
common father, it would have a sufficient rea
son for its being. But, not satisfied with this,
it compasses the whole circuit of human life.
From the time that the candidate is made a
Mason until he passes forever from the lodge
below, it ministers to his highest needs, it gives
him the most satisfying enjoyment, it associates
him with chosen spirits whose aspirations are
similar to his own, and from the moment that
its mystic hand is laid upon him until it benefi
cently performs its last fraternal act in bommit
ting his remains to the grave when all of life is
over, its benison is over him and he is ceaseless
ly enjoying his connection with the brotherhood.
—Keystone,
• Bro. Abd-el-Kader said: “In my
opinion every man who does not profess Free
masonry (which I consider to be the first in
stitution in the world) is an incomplete man.”
LABOR IIXCIIANGE.
A Mason and Knight of Pythias wants
a situation as watchman or janitor, to support his siA
wife and children. Address
CHAS. H., N. Y. Dispatch Office.
Tabernacle o, No. 598, will hold their
annual COMPLIMENTARY EXCURSION to Oscawanna
Island, on FRIDAY, July 31st. Ticketscan be procured
from W. Bro. WILLIAM J. CROW, No. 296 Sixth avenue,
or D. R. WOQLLETT, Sec., No. 166 Eighth avenue.
Isla.id City Lodge, No. 586.
FIFTEENTH ANNUAL EXCURSION
TO HUDSON GROVE,
(Long Island Sound),
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 5, 1885.
Barge will leave Noble street, Greenpoint, at 8:30 A.
M.; Third street pier, Long Island City, at 9 o’clock.
TICKETS, sl. Admitting Lady and Gentleman.
Extra Lady’s’ Tickets, 50 cents. To be had at either
landing.
For Sale.—A very handsome pair of
Middle Chamber Columns.* Inquire of FREDERICK O.
GOMBERT, No. 32 Gansevoort street, N. Y.
William H. Heathcote,
WATCHES, JEWELRY AND DIAMONDS.
Masonic Jewelry a Specialty.
No. 31 PARK ROW, WORLD BUILDING (opp. Post Office)
and
No. 184 CHATHAM SQUARE, above Worth street.
MYSTIC SHRINE BADGES.
WILLIAM IT. GAMMON,
No. 43 CHATHAM STREET.
(80 lect north of Bridge entrance.)
Price, $8 to sls, GENUINE TIGERS’ CLAWS,
Warranted 14-carat gold.
N. B.—Goods sent to all parts of the United States, C.
O.D. _
DR. B, H. DUPIGNAC, No. 159 BOWERY, five doors
above Broome street. Forty five years of active practice.
Extracts, Inserts, and Fills Teeth without pain.
A Specialty: Artificial Teeth, $4, $6, SB, $lO, and up.
Repairing, sl, and up. Gold Filling, sl, and up. Clean
ing and beautifying natural teeth, 50 cents, up.
Open Sundays and evenings.
Lady Dentist in attendance.
MANUFACTURER of
KNIOFITfeS TEMPL Alt’S,
MASONIC,
AND
ALL KINDS OF SOCIETY GOODS,
No. 133 GRAND STREET, CORNER OF CROSBY.
NOTARY AND COMMISSIONER
ran me tise states,
Henry C. Banks.
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICES of BANKS A BANKS
Nos. 3 JOHN ST. and 192 BROADWAY.
House ; No. 181 East 127th st., cor. Lexington ave.,
NEW YORK CITY.
MASONIC DIRECTORY.
NEW YORK.
ACACIA, No. 327, meats first and Third Tues
days, Clinton Room, Masonic Temple, Twenty-third
street and Sixth avenue. Howell Vail, M.
William Boeckel, Treas. Henry Babbage, S. W.
Frank A. Hovey, Sec- James Guest, J. W.
ADELPHIC, No. 348.—The regular communi
cations are held on the first and Third Tuesdays of each
month, at 8 o’clock. P. M., in lonic Room, Masonic Tem
ple. P- C. Benjamin, M.
J. W. Sandford, Treas. R. H. Foote, S. W.
Wm, I£. Inftet, See. W. E. Marrenner, J. W.
ALBION, No. 26, meets second and fourth
Wednesdays in each month, Doric Room. Masonic
Temple. John Stewart, M.
Edward Taylor, P. M., Treas. E. S. Cooper, S. W.
C. Van Keuren, M. D.. Sec. Jet!. E. Thum. J.W.
ANCIENT, No. 724, meets second and fourth
Tuesdays of each month in Tuscan Rooms, Mafionic
Temple. Edward 8. Post, M.
H. H. Crane, Treas. Charles T. Dunwell, S. W.
Clare W Beames, Sec. Rufus Smith, J. W.
No. 232 East 33rd street
ARCTURUS, No. 274.—Regular communications
of Arcturus Lodge arp held at Miller’s Hall, No, 202 E.
86th street, S. E. cor. 3d avenue, on the first and third
Tuesday ol each months. John E. Wangler, M.
Charies Kurz, Treas. William Kurz, S. W.
David T. Williams, Sec. Charles A. Stevens. J. W.
BUNTING, No. 655, meets first and third Mon
days of each month, corner 124th street and Third
avenue, Harlem. Harry C. Harney, M.
Cyrus O. Hubbell, Treas., Thomas A. Jasper, S. W.
Z. T. Eenson. Sec., Fred. M. Kandell, J. W.
CHANCELLOR WALWORTH, No. 271, mer
first and third Thursdays of each month, Doric P
Masonic Hail, 28d street and Sixth avenue. .oom,
Wright D. PownaP
Geo. W. Millar, Treiis., Wm. M. Leggett
F. W. Herring, Sec., Andrew H. Ke •« w
No. 841 Broadway, N. Y, *
CHARITY, No. 727, meets first and third Fri _
days ot each month, at their ro ra Boulevard and
West Seventy-fourth sa-eet. Thomas Back, M
Charles Eisemann, h p Niebuhr S W
David Taylor, Sec-» w . G. Owens, J. w. ’
10th ave., 99th and 100th sts.
CHARTER OAK LODGE, No. 249, meets sec
ond and fourth Fridays, at. German Masonic Temple.
No. 220 East Fifteenth street. 1
James Y. Watkins. Treas. Charles E. Howard, M
Charles V. Pace, Sec., Charles H. Koenig, s W
No. 11 Spruce st., N. Y, Charles W. Osiertag, J.W.
CITY, No. 408, meets second and fourth Mon
days, lonic Room, Masonic Hal', Twenty-third street
and Sixth avenue. Henry Muller. M,
H. P Muller, Treas. A. A. fiauldwell. S w,
Alex. Mack, Sec. Geo. JI. Pladwell, J. W.
COPESTONE, No. 641, meets every second and
fourth Wednesday, atß P. M.. in the Corinthian Room
Masonic Temple. John H. Grant, M.
Martin Kalb, Treas. William McFaul, S. W
H. T. Gibson, Sec. William J. Mathews, j. W.
CORINTHIAN, No. 488, meets second and
fourth Thursdays, at Grand Opera House, 23d street
and Bth avenue, at trP. M. Oscar G. Ahlstrom M
Geo. Stone, Treas. Fred. K. Van Court, S W*
Geo. F. Thornton, Sec. Thomas Bonner, J. w'.
DIRIGO, No. 30, meets second and fourth Mon
day of each month, at Koster and Bial's, Sixth avenue <
and 23d street. Aaron Morris, M.
H. H. Nestrock, Treas. John A. Sampson, S W
William K. Oidroyd, Sec. S. Blant, J. W.
EMANUEL, No. 654, meets second and fourth
Thursdays each month, Koster & Bial s Hall, No 117
West Twenty-third street. Gustave Baum, M
M. Laski, Treas. Myer Goodman, S W
Leonard Leisersohn, Sec. A. 11. Fleischer J W
GEORGE WASHINGTON, No. 285, meets first
third and filth Fridays of each month, at Eastern Star
Hall, corner Seventh street and Third avenue.
Adolphus D. Pape, M.
A. H. Bradley, Treas. R. Sommers, S. W.
Jared A. Timpson, Sec. W. P. Kent. J. W.
GIRARD, No. 631, meets first Friday in each
month, Livingston Room, Masonic Temple.
Thos. P. Clench. Sec. < has. H. Luscomb, M.
Julius Blankenstein, Treas. Peter G. Arnott, SW.
Andrew Stewart, J. W.
GLOBE, No. 588, meets second and fourth
Saturdays in Livingston Room, Masonic Temple.
James C. Hueston, M.
Charles P. Craig, Treat Reginald T. Hazell, S. W.
George G. Golliasch, Sec. George W. Knight, J. W.
GREENWICH, No. 467, meets the second and
fourth Fridays of each month, Grand Opera House
Twenty-third street and Eighth avenue.
John H. Kocher, Sec. Ralph Mayers, M.
John Geagen, Treas. Geo. M. Skene. S. W.
Russell G. Burroughs, J. W.
HOPE, No. 244, meets first and third Tuesdays of
each month, Tuscan Room, Masonic Temple, Twenty
third street and Sixth avenue.
SAMUEL J. CAMPBELL, M.
Wm. E. Lawrence, Treas. Alfred L. Ryer, s. W.
Chas. Miller, Jr.. Sec. Isaac Fromme. J. W.
HOWARD, No. 35, meets in the Doric Room,
Masonic Temple, second and fourth Fridays.
Geo. H. Fitzwilson, M.
Alfred B. Price, Treas. Chas. H. Heyzer, S. W.
Horace Metcalf, Sec. Chas. S. Ward, J. W.
INDEPENDENT, No. 185, meets first and third
Mondays of each month, at German Masonic Temple,
East Fifteenth street. Arthur Flecknoe, M.
William Hanna, Treas. Isaac S. Gilbert, S. W.
George M. Johnson. Sec., John W. Hunt, J. W.
No. 91 Bedford street.
JOHN D. WILLARD, No. 250, meets first and
th.rd Wednesdays of each month. Grand Opera House
Eighth avenue and Twenty-third street.
William M. White, M.
William H. Hawks, Treas. Waldo H. Richardson, S.W.
Thomas J. Drew, Sec., George A. Cole, J. W.
No. 129 9th ave. Visiting brethren welcomed.
KANE, No. 454.—Regular communications of
Kane Lodge are held on the first, third and fifth Tues
days in Doric Room, Masonic Temple.
Joseph J. Little, M.
Chas. A. Whitney, Jr., Treas. Thos. E. Stewart, 8. W.
Henry W. Penoyar, Sec. Cornelius Waydell, J. W.
LIVINGSTON, No. 657, meets first and third
Mondays, at Tuscan Rooms, Masonic Temple. Music by
the Livingston Lodge Vocal and Instrumental Quar
tettes- J. M. Purdy, M.
Wm- Scott, Treas. J. 11. McCarthy, S.W.
Wm. E. Green, Sec. A. M. Willis, j. W.
LODGE OF ANTIQUITY, No. 11, meets the 1
second and fourth Thursdays each month, Clinton 1
Room, Masonic Hall, Twenty-third street and Sixth
avenue. Adolph C. Wolf. M.
Francis Vogel, Treas. Henry Steffens, 8. W. '
Isaac Simonson, Sec., Wm. E. Bergmann, J. W.
Room No. 65 Astor House. <
MARINERS’, No. 67, meats first and third Ilion- ,
davs eaeh month, at German Masonic Temple, No. 220
East Fifteenth street. Robert J. Poynter, M J
Jacob Ewald, Treas. John W. Ferrier, S. W.
A. R. Wilson, Sec. Henry Hood, J. W.
METROPOLITAN, No. 273, meets second and i
fourth Thursdays of each month, (except July and Au- ,
gust', Corinthian Room, Masonic Temple, Sixth avenue *
and Twenty third street. Louis Stamper, M. }
Thos. Carter, Treas., A. W. Royal, S. W. f
J. B. Russell, Sec. James F. Hughes, J. W. ;
No. 242 E. 25th st. 1
MONTGOMERY, No. 68, meets in the Doric ;
Room, Masonic Temple, every first and third Monday ‘
evenings, at 7:30 o'clock. i
F. O. Woodruff, Treas. W. P. Worster, M. D. M, T
F. W. McGowen, Sec., J. Wesley Smith, S. W. *
Box No, 68* Masonic Temple. Thos. J. I’ardy, J, W» £
MUNN, No. 190, meets on the second and
fourth Thursday evenings, at Livingston Room, Mar
sonic Temple. S. A. Harwood, M.
John Maguire, Treas. Joseph Abrams, & W.
Ezra B. Stockvis, Sec Robert Neeley, J. W. ■
MYSTIC TIE, No. 272, meets first, third and
filth Tuesdays, at Eastern Star Hall, cor. Seventh street
and Third avenue. James A. W’esterfieta, M. .
James P. Snyder, Treas. Henry G. Edwards, S.W.
George Smith, Sec., William Lathers, J.W,'
No. 354 Second ave.
NATIONAL, No. 209, meets in Clinton
Masonic Temple, 23d street and 6th avenue, second and
fourth Fridays each month. James R. Canniff, M.
J. L. Voorhees, Treas. David Newmark, S. W.'
E - Hugh Hawthorn, J. W.l
Res. 2070 3d avenue.
NAVAL, No. 69, meets on the Second and
Fourth Wednesdays of each month at Eight, P.M. ia
Clinton Room Masonic Temple.
Matthew Hettrick. Treas. Washington Mullin, M.
Thos. J. Keyes, Secretary, John J. Bar, S. W.
No. 312 E. 46th St. James Berry, J. W.
NEW YORK, No. 330, meets the first and third
Wednesdays each month, Austin Room, Temple,Twenty
third street and Sixth avenue.
_ John Jav Griffin, M.
Chas. D. Shepard. Treas. E. B. Valentine, S. W.
E. W. Bradley, Sec. Vai Schneider, J. W.f
OCEAN, No. 156, meets at Grand Opera Housfy
23d street and Bth ave., every second and fourth Thurfib
days of each month. H. C. Boniface, M.
James Luker, Treas. Alonzo C.‘Brackett, S. W.
Louis Franswav, Sec , P. J. Looney, J. W.
No. 692 Washington street.
PARK, No. 516, meets first and third Tuesdays,
at Turn Hall, No. 341 West Forty-seven th street.
„ , T , George W. Cregier, M.
Charles Lehr.tter, Treaa Wm. W. Seymour. S. W. ,1
Horatio Sauds. Sec. E. Winterbottoin, J. W.
PERI ECT ASHLAR, No. 604, meets first and
third Thursdays, in the Doric Room, German Masonia
Temple, Fifteenth street, east of Third avenue.
r John B. Hunter. M.
Louis Greenbaum, Treas. W, L. Darmstadt, S. W.
Henry Willson. Sec. Edward Tucker, J. W.
PIATT, No. 194, meets first and third Thurs«
days of each month, Compo.si.e Rooms, Masonic Tem»
pie, 23d street and Sixth avenue.
o -.v or. x m George McAlear. M.
Smith S. Eaton, Treas. Allan Mason, S. W.
Wm. J. Jessup, Sec., Chas. Emmett, J. W,
Residence, No. 11 Norfolk street. City.
PIONEER, No. 20, meets first, third and fifth
Mondays, at Eastern Star Hall, Third avenue, corner ol
Seventh street. John W. Rowan, M.
David W. Higgins, Treas. L. W Duessing,
C. E. Dusanne, Sec. T. F. Rudolph, J.W.}
Res dence, No. 42 Scammel street.
PRINCE OF ORANGE, No. 16, meets second
and fourth Saturdays, in Doric Room, Masonic Temple.
Win. T. Wardwell. Treas. Lewis H. Raymond. M.
John F. Graham, Sec., James B. Taylor. S. W,
No. 368 Eighth st. Garrett Roach, J. W. ;
PRUDENCE, No. 632, meets second and fourth
Fridays each’ month, German Masonic Temple, No. 220
East 15t.h05treet. John H. Conway, M.
Henry Bopp, Treas. Thomas Tipper, S. W.
B. F. Corley, Sec. Isaac Brenner, J. W.
PUTNAM, No. 338, meets the first and third!
Fridays of each month, in Tuscan Room, Masonic Tem
l?,e - , , , John Prentice, M.
Joseph Applegate, Treas. Francis W. Judge, S. WL
Robert R. Bowne. Sec, James L. Kildare, J. W?
REPUBLIC, No. 690, meeta first and third Fri
days of each month. Doric Room, Temple, Twenty-third
street and Sixth avenue, at 7:45 P. M. *
B „ B. C. Williams, M,
B. Brown. Treas. George P. Molleson, S. W;
J. W. Stopford, Sec. Archibald George, J. W.
ROOME, No. 746, meets first and third MOXM
days, in lonic Rooms, Masonic Temple.
m W. Godfrey, M. ;
E. T. Simes, Treas. Geo. D. Emerson, S. ifr.
Amos Brown. Sec. Frank V. Sanford, J. W.
ST. CECILE, No. 568, meets the first, third and
fifth Tuesday afternoons each month, at 1:30 P. MaS
Tuscan Room, Masonic Temple. Visitors are always
welcome. Allan Latham, M. t”
Henry Tissington, Treas. David H. Agan,
Laurence O’Keillv, Sec. Michael Schlig, J. W.
STRICT OBSERVANCE, No. 94, meets second
and fourth Tuesdays of eagh month, at No. 953 ThijQ
avenue, corner Fifty-seventh street.
t t. « Levl Glbb ’
James F. Bragg, Treas. S. D. Smith, S. W.
Jackson Bell, Sec., Harry Hall. J W.
Address, No. 1.035 Third av.
SYLVAN GROVE, No. 275, meets second and!
fourth Tuesdays of each month, at eight o’clock P. M.T
in Livingston Room, Masonic Temple, Sixth avenue and
Twenty-third street. “
Theodore Reeves, Treas. Richard Kirbv, M.
Edgar Kirby, Sec. Wm. Madara, S. W.
lor. Dept. N. Y. P. O. Wm. Helms, J. W.
TECUMSEH, No. 487, meets first and third
Thursdays of each month, at Eastern Star Hall, Third
avenue and Seventh street.
, Wm. Kemble Hall, M.
James stone, Treas. Joseph Hoffman, S. W.
P. B. Dav!s, Sec. Davidß. Allen, XW.
No. 2 j7 East 19th street. 7
TEMPLAR, No. 203, meets first, third, and fifth
Fridays in each month, at No. 161 Eighth avenue, cor
ner of Eighteenth street. '
Geo. Banfield, Treas. Charles N. Jones, M.
James S. Stitt, Sec. W. J. L. Maxwell, S.W.
Thos. Loughrey, Tyler. Geo. W. Heimel, J. W.
UNITED STATES, No. 207, meets in Clinton
Rooms, Masonic Temple, Twenty-third street and Sixth
avenue, first and third Mondays.
C. S. Howell, Treas. Jas. C. Baldwin, M.
John Salt. Sec.. Wm. F. Walker, S. W.
Res., 39 Harrison av., Miles W. Goodyear, J. W«
Brooklyn, E. D.
VERITAS LODGE, No. 7&4, meets every second
P. M. John W Sok el. Sec. John C. Koopman, J. W.
and fourth Tuesdays, at Grand Opera House, 23d street
and Bth avenue. Dennis Redmond, M.
P. M. l?ic ard Koch. Treaa. Jas. N. Johnson, S. W
ZERUBBABEL, No. 329, meets second and
fourth Tuesdays of each month, at Doric Rooms. Ger
man Masonic Temple. No. 220 East Fifteenth street.
Nathan Greenbaum, Tyeas. Solomon Littenberg, M.
Thos. Cody, Sec., Isaac Greenbaum, S. W.
No. 25 Chambers st., city. Abraham Dennison, J. W
CHAPTERS.
ADELPHIC, No. 158, meets 2d and 4th Wed
nesdays of each month, in Egyptian Room, Masonic
Temple. P. G. Beniamin, H. P.
J. V. Kirby, Treas. R. G. Larason, K.
Wm. H. Innet, Sec., H. J. Emerson, Scriba.
Res., 102 Sixth avenue.
AMERICUS CHAPTER, No. 215, meets the
fourth Friday of each month, in the Egyptian Roomsj
Masonic Temple, Twenty-third street and Sixth aveaue
Barry G. Kimber, Treas. Oscar G. Ahlstrom, H.
Anthbny Yeomans, Sec., Henry Kornahrens, K. *
New York Post office. John H. Ehnuss, 8.
COMMA NDERIEB.
COLUMBIAN, No. 1, assombles in conclave
third Tuesday, each month. Masenic Temple, Twenty
third street and Sixth avenue.
Charles A. Benedict, C t
Alfred B. Price, Trea?. Jo eph E. Miller.
Fred. W. Herring, See. Charles H. An c. O.
CIEUB DE LION, No. 23, aßße’- 10 ] GS ; n conclave
second and fourth Fridays ei'hmonth, at Masonia
Temple, Twenty-third and VC nue.
„ „ „ . » Henry F. Ilerkner C.
Edwin R. McCarty, Treas. John Byers, 0.
Charles W. SjfcKeb. Thos. B. Inness, C. G.
IVANHOE, No. 36. assembles in conclave third
Friday each inontV Lank building, Fourteenth street
and Fourth averse. James McGrath, E. C.
Wm. D. Peckham, Treas. JohnCaunr, G.
Wm. H. Arir^fl e ] t(i u. S. Sanderson, C. G.
PALESTINE No. 18, assembles in conclave
first and vq r J Mondays of each month, at the asylum#
Masor H ‘ all 2 3d street and Sixth aveiiue.
James W. Bowden, 0.
m R Carr Treas., Wayne Litzenbcrg, G.
C °S. Champlin. Rec., Charles H. Gillespie, C. G.
YORK COMMANDERY, No. 55, assembles in
a regular conclave on the first Wednesday of
3 month, at Masonic Temple, corner Twenty-third street
l > ?n l Sixth avenue. Geo. W. E. C.
HI Hutchdon Treas. James 8. Man ing,G.
Alexander W,’ Murray, Rec., Robert L. Warke, C. Go
Residence, 259 Humboldt st,, Brookljn, E-D-. j
ANCIENT ACCEPTS?'
J (Four Bodies.)
THE LODGE OF PERFECTION OF NEW
YORK CITY meets at Consistorial Chamber. Masonia
Temple, on the first Tuesday of every month at’B P. M.
Charles S. Ward. D. M. Joseph B. Eakins. M.
N. Ponce de Leon, Treas. Geo. W. Van Buskirk, S. W.
W m. S. Paterson, Sec. Geo. H. Fitzwilson, J. W.
No. -155 Fourth avenue.
THE COUNCIL OF PRINCES OF JERUSA
LEM OF NEW YORK CITY meets at Consistorial''
Chamber, Masonic Temple, on the third Saturday of
every month at 8 P. M.
t Steph. D. Affleck, D. M. Wm. J. Lawless, M.
Edwin Bouton, Treas. Oscar G. Ahlstrom, S. W.
Wm. S. Paterson. Sec.. James M. Fuller, J. VV.
No. 455 Fourth e venue.
I THE CHAPTER OF ROSE CROIX OF NEW
YORK CITY meets at Consistorial Chamber, Masonia
Temple, on the fourth Saturday of every month, at BP.
M. George W. Millar, M.
Seranus Bowen, Orator. Alfred B. Price, S. W. i
[ N. Ponce de Leon, Treas. Arthur B. Townsend, J. W.'
; Wm. 8. Paterson. Sec., No. 455 Fourth avenue.
THE CONSISTORY OF NEW YORK CITY, S. P.
R. S., meets at Consistorial Chamber, Masonic Temple,
when specially convened. C. T. McClenachan, Com.
Charles 11. Heyzer, Ist L. C. George W. Millar, 2d L. Ok
Joseph M. Leavy, Treas. Wm. D. Garrison, M. State.
Wm. S. Paterson, Sec., No. 455 Fourth avenue.
COUNCILS, R. S M.
ADELPHIC COUNCIL, No. 7, R. and S. M.W
The regular assemblies are held on the first Saturday
each month, in the Council Chamber, Masonic Temple#
Sixth ave. and 23d st. P. C. Benjamin, TIM.
John W. Coburn, Rec. Alex. Butts, D. M.
Royal E. Deane, Treas. Fred. Kanter, P. C. W.
NOBLES OF THE MYSTIC SHRINE.
MECCA TEMPLE, A. A. 0., holds its sessions’
at Masonic Temple, New York city on the least day or
every Mohammedan month, of which due notice will
be given. Walter M. Fleming, Grand Potentate
A. W. Peters, Chief Rabban. *
Philip C. Benjamin, Assistant Rabban.
Charles H. Heyzer. High Priest.
Joseph B. Eakins, Director.
Wm. S. Paterson, Grand Recorder.
BROOKLYN.
EZEL, No. 732, meets every first, third and fifth
Mondays, In Adelphi Hall, No- 157 Adelphi street#
corner Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn, at 8 P. M.
Geo. W. Powell, Treas. HerthbertT. Ketcham M.
R. Perrott, Sec., Henry A. Taylor, S. W.
No. 008 Nostrand a- e. A. P. Higgins, J. W.
COMMANDERIES.
DE WITT CLINTON, No. 27, meets in assem
bly on the second, fourth, and fifth Tuesdays of each,
month, at Nos. 87, 89 and 91 Broadway, Brooklyn.
E. D. Juan B. Arcl, C.
T. J. Scharfenberg. Treas. Wm. H. Bryant, G.
8. T. Waterhouse, Rec. Geo. B. Claflin, C. G.
ST. ELMO, No. 57, assembles in stated con
c ave first and third Wednesdays ot each month, at
Masonic Hall, corner Manhattan and Meserole avenues,
E. D Charles E. Stockford, C.
Henry A. Heuschkel, Treas. Valentine Hammann, G.
James H. Whitehorne, Rec. Jas. L. Drummond, C. G.
A Bibm Odd and Rake.—lt is not
generally known that in the Congressional
Library, at Washington, there is an old Bible
which is well worth a walk to the Capitol to ex
amine. It is of Italian origin, and is supposed
to have been written in the thirteenth or four,
teenth century, but the actual date is unknown.
It is written in Latin, upon vellum, in clear,
bold characters, and extremely uniform. The
writing is in two columns, about three inches
wide, with a margin of two inches. It is em
bellished with one hundred and forty-six minia
ture paintings, and upward of twelve hundred
smaller illuminations, which are beautifully
executed, and as brilliant to-dar as the day they
were done. The initials of books and prologues
are two and a halt inches in bight, and those
of the chapters are one inch in bight. It is
contained in two large volumes, and cost the
Government 2,200 dole, in gold when gold was
at a high premium, and was purchased at a sale
of the library of Henry I‘erkins, Hanworth
Park, near London, in June 1873. The skins in
the first volume have all been repaired, except
five ; in the second volume they are nearly all
perfect.”— Canadian Craftsman.
Vermont’s Oldest. —Judge John B.
Hollenbeck is the .Ideal Mason in this State,
having been born February 11th, 1,02, and
being consequently over ninety-three years of
age. He was made a Mason by Friendship
Lodge, in Charlotte, and was raised to the
Third Degree, July 4th, 1813. Judge Hollen
beck was in the battle at Plattsburg, and re
members the incidents of that battle, and other
matters connected with the war of 1812 with
§reat distlßitiw.— typHnqlg}
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