The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-06-28

,epted AIasqns dedicated their new
md eleganAIlodge4room, at Jefferson
vile, with hppropriate ceremonies.
This frhternal association was or
yanized abssit len years hgo and num'
bers in its ranks over eighty members
composed OF the ) best material, OF
which thai sieimtylhas an abundance.
After praSet ytHe Rev Edwin Vince
lock. and excellent vocal and instru
mental music bg the choir, the dedi-
catory ceremony was conducted by
Henry dlaiR, EsdIs of Rutland Secre-
tary oftbGp Grind lodge Of Vermont,
who was duly commissioned by the
Grandg Msstsr, TIA large procession
was forarediataln lodge-room, after
the close ~ the ceremonial of dedica
ton, nidsshailed by H. A. Waterman,
Esq, of johnson, and marched to the
Congregational Meeting House, which
was filed to OVERLOOKING. Here was
had more vocal and instrumental mu-
sic, after which prayer was offered by
the Rev. Edwin Wheelock, Pastor,
and then Henry Clark, Esq, was in
troduced, who pronounced an elabo-
rate and acceptable address, in which
he gave n history Of the order from
its outset to the present time, and
presented the claims of the In5titu
ton to the favorable acceptance of the
immense auditory i'll attendance. S.
well pleased were the members o
Warner Lodge, that a copy for thu
, press will undoubtedly be solicited.
Mr.. Clark's subject was The ori
: gin and history of Operative and Spec
! ulative Masonry, and its rightfu
, place in the world The addres
G was conceived in Il happy vein {
n thought, clothed in graceful languag
a and aboundedf in passages of grec
beauty 1t had the undivided after
n ton of the audience to its close. Nj
- Clark's long, but not too long di
$ course, was followed by an appropr
ate anthem, after which was the bel
ediction.
u BY this time the dinner was
readiness, which was prepared by Ell
as Chadwick, Esq, the well-knoW
hotcl-koeper of Jacksonville, and
ne such abundance that none could fl
es of refroshmeut after the labors of Il
re morning This dinner was at Cha
i'll wick's hotel, of which many ladies al
to gentlemen partook.
In the evening there was a levee,
Is, which all were cordially invited, al
Il, it was a joyous gathering of the q
ly and young. Music and pleasant co
at versation lent swift feet to two or thr
ge hours, when the company was d
o. missed with the benediction to tn
by quiet homes.
of The choir did their part well a
as great credit is due to them and
IS pecially to Miss Mary Stafford W
he presided at the organ.
re 1t may not be invidious to menti
that much credit is due, especially
lin Sanford Heath, Henry Griswold, a
er- others for the erection and comp
IN ton of their new and pleasantly
ed nished hall just dedicated, and also
nd Harrison Warner, Esq, for his L
re- ni6cent donation to defray the
ter pense of building.
nd Like the dedfcation at Winoo
'ly June Goth, this one at Jeffersonvi
ga, in the Township of Cambridge, wa
lies gratifying success
vi The lodge was named after the
OF John Warner, Esq, of Cambria
ere who spent most of his industrious
lch and until his death, in that tow
ere Hanging upon the lodge walls W
'Ice the portraits of the good old Ma
alter whom the lodge was named,
'ey' of the late and genial Philip c. TT
oc- er, for many years Grand Master
de- the Grand Lodge of Vermont. l.
maj may their memory be kept green.
uss- The officers of Warner Lodge
leiy as follows; Loren G. Lee, NJ; Joel
nee Wilcox, S. W.; Levi l.. Smith, j.
Elijah Adams, Treasurer; Guy r.
tual Ter, Secretary; Oscar Atwood, Sc
Mr. Deacon; Stephen f. Stinehour, ]
re- Tor Deacon; Messrs. Levi c. Me
orks and Edwin Paul, Stewards, and
vid c. Carleton, Tyler
am These officers all performed I
gun parts nobly, and the impression
arly upon the public mind by the add
ofks of Mr.. Clark, was not only favor
men to the Masonic institution, but hi
Mr. crolitable to the Orator Of the
, OF For the main particulars Of the
vat going report, we desire TO exl