Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-01-06

yeaf, sh ould send $500 at once, or writ
for specimen numbers and particular abou,
premiums. About one thousand familie
In the West are new using sewing ma.
chimes secured by forming clubs for the
WESTERN Rural. Thousands OF watches
bells, and musical instruments, also SILVER
plated ware, books, choice jewelry, etc..
have been given for clubs. Address. H
N. F. LEWIS, Publisher, Chicago. Ills.
The Masonic banquet, on last Friday
evening was one of those rare occasions
Of social convivialilies and friendship
which will leave . place In tho memory
Of those present that win not soon be
forgotten. The birthday OF John the
Evangelist was celebrated by the fra,erni-
ty in . manner every way worthy Of the
occasion. The members OF the lodge from
Plymouth with large number from Bour-
bon end few from Warsaw together with
the invited friends assembled 10 the hall
to witness the public Installation of
the officers elect, and listen to the sd-
dress Of n. A. O. Packard. The hall was
beautifully decorated with evergreens and
emblemaiic symbols. and filed with as
One an assembly Of ladies and gentlemen
as can be found In the world. The In
stallation was impressive, interpreted
with excellent music from the choir and
baud. The Grafton Of Mr.. Packard was
I:stcned to with high degree of pleasure,
made more interesting by his excellent
delivery. At the conclusion of the cere-
monies, the friends repaired TO Corbin's
hall, where IN excellent supper was In
waiting. prepared by the lady friends OF
the order About 200 people sat down to
the table filled with every delicacies of
the season. Good feeling, mirth and wit
flied its time during supper, after which
toasts were offered and responded to by
Messrs. Osborne. ViDall. Thayer. Pack
ard. Van volkenburgh. johnson, Melon
aid. Rev. q. H. Thsyer, of Bourbon,
Reynolds and Corbin. The occasion was
made doubly pleasant by the presence of
the good people of Bourbon and Warsaw,
whom We trust enjoyed themselves as
well Is we enjoyed their company. We
hare only space to give the response to
one Of the toasts, which was responded
to by Hon. Ii. Corbia:
0ur deceased brothers: Their Ia
bors are endeo, 6uf their Vorks lire
after them.
Their labors are ended; their walk Is
no more among US. Whatever Of 10y and
pleasure or little heart burnings We ex-
perienced with them IN the walks of life,
are now all ended. The eye which drank
from the beautiful store houses OF nature
Is now sealed in death. And the tongue
once eloquent in the praise or condemns
ton Of msn' 9 actis n, Is now silent. The
living sympathetic heart which moved
among US. has now gone to that bourne
from whence no traveller ever returns.
Sympathizing friends have sadly followed
their cold remains to that narrow house,
appointed for all the living-perfcrmed
the last sad rites, and dropped the sympa.
thetic tear over their silent dust, where
kind hearts and gentle hands have trained
the evergreen and sweet flowers And
each returning season. with q continual
newncss of life, brings her perpetual Of
fering upon the breezss richly lsdened
with the fragrance OF the forest fields
and flowers Swestly signing tie peace
ful requiem over their graves. Their Ia
bors are ended. and in their narrow house
the tornado and the gentle breeze, the
suust Inc and the storm. the spriag Tide
and yellow leaf, are all UNDECIDED by them.
The voice of hollow mockery and the
tread of sacrilegious feet disturb hem
not. The hearts which wept and the gen
tie hands which strewed flowers over
their graves, are seen there no more.
Surely their labors are ended, tui are
they forg often? No blessed be the
memory of the great and good, for ID
though the eatLern notes have pasg.d
over them, and they sleep the sleep that
knows no waking, their works still live.
The labors OF the great Spartan and Athe>
MAN lswgivers are ended. yet their works
are eDgrafted into the body and life of the
State. We know Egypt by her Carthage,
by her Hannibal; Rome by her Cato, An
tony, Pompey and Cesar Macedonia by
her Alexander; France by her Bonaparte,
and o"r own land by her Washington, the
Father OF his Country" We know the
Saviour of mankind and the Apostles be.
cause their deeds and works have been
recorded by faithful hands upon pcrpetu-
oil record, and like the returning seasons
are ever shedding the lustre Of their
names, with an era green perhaps upon
orr memories. The two ST. johns emil
nent in masonry and religion, for rs CEN
turtles. with each returning year, has had
their memories revered from the
repositors Of faithful breasts.
And now, my friends, let US see TO it that
with each returning festal celebration OF
these eminent patterns Of masonry we re-
new our pledge and determination, that
the world shall be better for our having
lived In II that our memories--unlike
that OF the wicked, shall not rot that we
leave no works behind us to refresh our
memory with the living. Let us walk
by the light Of that vision which Jacob
saw; let US seek to ascend that ladder,
the principal rounds OF which are Faith,
Hope and Charity; let our pathway be
one Of light, which will direct the erring
and disconsclAte to the Joy and happiness
OF better life let Us plant along that
SSAo ea1oesy OOWCt WuCiC y WA
~ brother may rest and refresh himself,
some emblematic evergreen Of a life be-
yond the dark waters let US delve by the
way side some cool refreshing fountain,
where the weary traveller may quench his
burning thirst; and erect some temple
that Win finnish food for the rejecting
mind And when we pass down on the
other side oil the Hill, ~ the shadows Of
deaths night gather around Nc, and look
back over the pathway of our lives, IL
may be with joy and not with grief; and
with conscience void of offence towards
God and man. Aid as we look forward
'sto the unknown future, may the bright
star Of hope guide our tottering steps and
may we be enabled through faith and
the promises Of O resurrection morn, to
zee beyond the dask valley; that the doors
open for N into tha: celestial lodge, not
made with hands, where the Supreme