The Portland daily press., 1870-06-29


to- morrow.
THE MASONIC CELEBRATION AT BANGOR.
BANGOR, June % The day looked forward
to with SO much anticipation by the Masonic
fraternity in this city opened this morning
bright and beautiful, the threatening rain cloud
giving place to clear shy, while a refreshing
breeze kept the heat from being oppressive as
it otherwise would have been. At an early
hour carriages came pouring in upon all the
roads leading from the country filed with
members of the various lodges from localities
not upon the railroad or steamboat routes and
during the forenoon steamers City of Rich
mond and Cambridge arrived loaded down
with members of the fraternity; and special
trains over the Maine Central and European
& North American brought those from places
on the line OF those roads. Pending the arriv-
al of these lodges the Portland Communicates
had reception at the mansion OF Mayor Prem
tiss, and Trinity Commandery of Skowhegau
bad reception at the residence of Gen. s. F
Hersey. At II 80 the procession, comprising
six Communicates of Knights Tempar ard 80
mile in length took up the line Of march un-
der the direction of Gen. FL. M. Plaisted, Chief
Marshal, and proceeded directly to the city
common, where $500 plates had been laid un-
der Yaes' mammoth tent, and fine collation.
was served up in elegant style. The tables
were all filled by the Fraternity. Before the
collation. had been partaken of an address of
welcome was delivered by NJ. w. G. Master
John H. Lynde. Following the collation. an
Grafton was delivered by Hon. j. Fl. Drum
mOnd of Portland, p. M. w. G. Master of
Maine, and Sir Jere Fenno of the Building
Committee, made report Of the progress of
the building of the new hall. The dedcatory
services took place at the hall during the fore
noon. During the progress of the procession
the streets were lined by thousands Of people,
who were delighted with the magnificent dis
play of the pageant, which was the finest thing
ever seen in our city.
After the reading of the report of the Build
ing Committee by the chairman. Sir Knight
Jere FenDo, in which be gave history of the
building from its Inception to its erection and
dedication, as also history of the rooms occu-
pied by the fraternity since their first orgapi-
zatiOn, poem was read by David Barker,
Esq, OF Exeter, addresses were made by Sir
KpM5eb az bt Ghas e; MCCLELLAN, .. G: Command
of Portland Commandery, E. E. Dillingham;,
E G. of St. Johns Commau 1ery OF Bangor,
Silas Alden Captain General and others. The
procession having been dismissed at the tent
the members of the subordinate lodges return
ed to their homes by the extra trains and other
conveyances by which they had arrived, al
though large number remained over. The
whiting Communicates of knights Templar
were escorted to their quarters by st. Johns
Commandery, headed by the Bangor Band.
The entertainment provided for the evening
was reception at Masonic Hall and ball at
NOrombega Hall, which were largely attended
by the beauty and fashion of the city. Both
halls were filed by perfect galaxy of beauty
Tomorrow forenoon the Communicates will
meet for drill and parade at Warren's field,
when they will be reviewed by r. E. G. Com
mander Charles II. Mcclellan, Immediately af-
ter which they will start for their respective
homes.
MAINE MEDICAL CONVENTION.
The Maine Medical Association commenced
its annual session in this city to-day. A large
number of delegates are present, DR.. Daniel
cRuer of this city President presiding. DIR.
Sanger introduced DR.. Hart, delegate from the
New York Association. The Secretary read a
biographical sketch of DR.. Smonton, who has
died during the present year. DR.. Weeks of
Portland read paper on the therapeutic ac-
ton of the hypophosphates The following Of
ficers were elected for the ensuing year: DR.. b.
f. Buxton of Warren, President; DR.. Eugene
r. Sanger of Bangor, First Vice President; |;
S. H. Weeks of Portland, Corresponding Sec
retary; DR.. T. A. Foster of Portland, Treasur-
er Standing Committee, Drs. L. III. Brown
of Paris, H. N. Small of Portland, A. F. Page
of Bucksport, M. c. Wedgewood of Lewiston,
and j. w. Nutting of Hallowell. Committee
on Publications, Drs G. o. Hunt, l. T. Dana
aud S. H. Weeks of Portland,J. w. Toward of
Augusta and A. P. Snow of Winthrop. DR..
Cummings, delegate to the National Conyen-
ton for the Revision of the Pharmacopea, re-
ported. Tomorrow DR.. Goodale will deliver
the annual address,
Especial dispatch by Western Union Line.I
The report Of the standing committee for
1871 was for Portland as the next place Of
meeting on the third Tuesday of June; the or
ator to be DR.. Calvin Seavey of Bangor. The
following gentlemen were appointed delegates
to other Medical Societies: