Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-08-22
MASOy1C READlNG.

M A0ONuC IL AWA1vs
The trieunial msstiugs Of ..ths Grand
Encamp1uen, and tho General Grand Chap.
"a, AZ the United States will be held a. ST.
Louis on Monday, September. l4tb. Pre-
prst,ons are usiDg made for . large atten-
tendance.
Hostility to Masonry can do no harm %
iess % Aasons are not reoreant to every
lest priaeipls Of the Order. But Il 10 tree
Or Masonry, - Of Chnstanity. her greatest
enemies are found amsng the bending
woeshiepers q hse shrins. So long % We
shame our wisdem BY eur unmasonic con-
duct, % long do Ne furnish our enemies .
fulcrum On Whish to rest their lever Of hes
tility.
With the tsachisgs Of Masonry none can
Ind fanlt: they ssk the clssest scrutiny.
and court most rigid examination. In
this grand system Of Masonic alleRory and
scripture morality, Ne have . structure
that must challenge the admission OF eyery
one WHO 10 influenced BY wisdom aud truth
rather than nsrrow-mindsd bigotry or an
ignorant prejudice. SO long as Masons are
hostile in their conduct to the teachings Of
Masonry, SO long - We shAll fail BY 3
blameless life to put "gsinsayers 70 shame
80 long do ~ give onr enemies an advan-
tags over W, and 90 long do W defeat the
s"1- Of wisdom. masonically considered,
and prove to the world that 10 are either
knaveo or fools.
Propositions may b d,batsd; truths
may BE- rejected professions may be
doubted but a consistent, upright, and
weli-osdsred life, 10 an end ofsll controvsr-
~, and ~ irrefutabs monument Of excel
lencs. That will bsa sad day for Masonry
whom, from the towering grandeur Of
celestial wisdom. and the performaaes Of Q
grand mission, We shall descend 10 the
common level Of mere secret society -
Nay Ne sash DO iaspired with pure Wis
dom toward them that are without that
bsholdisg eur Righteousness, they nay to
disarmsd Of their snmi,y, and won TO our
portals and eur ahrins.-Brs. A. b, Ken.
nsdy.
BEAUTIFUL ExrRAcr. -Grand 10 the vie.
dem Of Masonry in her multfarous oontriv.
ances, fer the dissemination Of the races,
the diffusion Of truth, the exercise Of .
world-~'as philanthropy. the promotion Of
love and good will among men, and the
libsrating of mind from the shack!es Of
gross ssnsuality and lamsntabls ignorance.
Her foundations we're laid 10 the council
chambers Of Eternal goodness; and from
before the time when angels sang the birth
song Of creation. until the present genera.
tion have been adding 70 the superstruc.
turs in process Of erection on that base OF
everlasting truth; though multiplied
thousands Of courses have been laid By
good and true worknsu in the buried cen
turiss OF the past yet, - higher and high.
Or rise her walls, and more and more per-
fsstiy 10 seen the grand outline Of this
magnificent temple, and more and more
evident 10 the wisdom that devised and the
strsngt. that executes 20 gOdlike . mis-
sion. Conceived with wisdom, resting 10
Truth. cemsnted with Love, and banded
with Faith, Hope and Charity, it stands
erect, lar and irm As the eternal granite.
When Time was born, it was. Nations
have arisen and fallen empires have been
born lived, died. and are buried mighty
coalitions have besn formed and broken :;
Inventions have been made and forgotten !;
arts have been discovered and lost foods
have dsaolated, fires consumed, sickness
blasted, death dsvoursd and yet through
all these mighty changes and those mutat-
.ons, the principles Of Masonry have sur
vivsd. resisting all the elements Of disorg.
anization and decay, unaffected by surroun-
ding changes or unto~ard events she
grsets us 10 this afternoon Of the nineteenth
century with undimmei eye, with unfalt.
sripg step, and in the completeness Of her
perfected msjority.-Ar. B. ksnd,e.
A WIDow IN SOUTHERN NEvADA,-Ths
~kt>f ~ = r.. ~ -
Hyko City is kept BY . comsly young Nor
wseian widow. who is celebrated for the
excellence Of her table, and for having re-
fused more offers than any other woman
in Nevada. About four years ago her hus-
baDd died 10 Kansas. She remained there
long enough tot pay from her own earnings
every cent Of his indebtedness, then came
| west to try her fortune in newer coun-
try. Inferior cooke have bssn paid 800
. month in this region, and wrctchtd hired
| girls about go a week, SO our widow does
herself oil the labor pertaining to supply
ing the inner man Of from twenty TO thirty
boarders, assist ed by only an Indian or two
in some Of the simple drudgery She milk 8
her own COW, does her own washing, and
finds time, time in tho crush Of all this
routine, t. come out every in . neat toilet.
Women are scarce in Nsvada-such NO.
men are scarce any whcre-and report says
there is not bachelor within . hundred
miles who has not sought the hand OF the
fair reict. She lodges politely, but firmly
prefers single Independence. and but one
| voice Of authority in the business she has
built up. Her conduct 10 unsxcsptisnabls;
asd il have taken an unwarrantable lib.
srty in this paragraph, it 10 to show what
an unprotected female may do for herself
in wild country, il she has the energy
and pluck.