Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-10-09

rected the march, you again placed the Sir
knights of Trinity under special obligation
to YOU, and hence the unanimous wish of every
Sir knight OF Trinity, (knowing that such
attentions cannot be repaid, to testify their
appreciation Of your kindly action. And
may this testimonial ever remind you of the
warm regard of Trinity for you, which shall
not fail while you travel the weary pilgrimage
of this life.
Sir A. d. Knight said:
1t may not seem inappropriate for me
to say a word here. 1 believe am the Oldest
knight present, for Sir, have been Knight
forty-eight years, and even my wife, Sir, has
been Knight eighteen years. In my travels
l have before this trip enjoyed the hospitality
of the city of Maiden, and indeed the most
pleasant associations of my life are connected
in memory with these towns which it has
lately been our fortune to visit. One of my
earliest visits to Massachusetts, was to Nal
den, and while there, among many other &C
quaintances, l made that of a Maiden school
mistress, and strange as it may seem, she was
installed in the village school in my own
place, at the opening of the next term, and
soon after the close was persuaded to assist
me in the management of a household, where
Knight continually existed, but which
has notwithstanding, by her presence, been
made light and gladstone these many years.
l was obliged to call to my aid, one John
G.. Adams of Maiden, in this important
enterprise of mine, and his friendship was
one which you may imagine was among the
choicest possessed.
After few years, in the duties of life, he
was called away, and in the same house an
other John G. Adams resided, the name pre-
cisely of my old friend. When l came to
this county from my early home, one of the
first signs | saw here was that of j. u. Adams.
and strange as it may seem, it was the man
who occupied the house of my old friend. 1t
is the man who has led US on this trip OF
pleasure, the Sir Knight who is before us
He has been with us and in our front on many
a pilgrimage. The last year at Bangor to
join in the martial and masonic array, and
lead the van; again with solemn tread, when
we honor those who have fallen in life's bat
tie 'full knightly with their armor on" and
in these last festivities on our excursion, still
in front and ready for every good work.
/ was reminded when the time drew near
for us to separate of the puzzled expression
of German friend of mine, who when learn
ing our language and finding that a certain
body of men in New York had "dissolved,'
studied his dictionary with care and said with
wonder to me GLOW very hot it must be il
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whole meeting melted away" The banquet
at the Masonic Temple, the magnificent en-
tertanment at Sir Knights Fuller and Yale,
the princey banquet at Past Commando
Foss', and the rich and cordial reception and
greeting at "Uncle Joe's," seemed to make o
sudden departure impossible, and so our sep
aration was hardly a separation, but rather
to use the phrase of my German friend, a
melting away" He has been with us at all
these, and it is especially fit that this gift
should testify our esteem for him and appre-
citation Of his knighty assistance and exam
pie. This gift to you, Sir Knight Adams,
will bring, beside our regards, the memory OF
the pleasant duties of our order, and wher-
ever you may go, will remind you that ever
with you as a true knight is carried the mys-
tic bread and water for such weary pilgrims
as you may meet or overtake along your
pathway who may need the advice and assist
ance of friend and brother.
Sir MIGHT Adams said