The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-09
& BIT of History.

w nen inc antl-lnasOnlc wave swept over
the country, ostracsing some of the best
ablest and purest men of the country be-
cause, forsooth, they were Mason, and,
knowing that the tendencies of the insttu-
ton were good, pure and true, would not
renounce it, it kept its influence, for a long
time, without the pale of the institution it.
self. In 1881, however, it made its ap-
pearance in force, in the Grand Lodge of
Vermont. In July of that year, petition
was presented to Nathan B. Haswell, then
Grand Master, as he expressed it "by sevc-
raj brethren of Woodstock" requesting him
''to call a special meeting of the Grand
Lodge, to consider the question of dis
''solving the Institution of Masonry in this
estate" This he refused to do, and the
annual communication was held at Mont
peler in October. There were then ten
lodges in Rutland county, their location,
names, number and officers, being as fol-
lows:
Rutland Center Lodge, No. 6-Hiram
Watkins, Master; Luther Thrall, Senior
Warden Joel NJ Mead, Junior Warden.
Pawlet. Hiram, No S-Jonathan Rob
inson, NJ Jonathan Randall, S W Asa
S Jones, w.
West Haven. Cement, No. 19-John p
Colburn, NJ; Hezekiah Bosworth, S w
Oliver Merronville, w.
Brandon. Washington, No. 21-George
W Kelley, NJ Hiram B Strong, S W;
Thomas Davenport, J w.
Middletown. Rainbow, No. 26-Merritt
Clark, NJ Allen Vail, S W; Marcus
Stoddard, J w.
Poultney. Morning Star, No. 81 Sam
uel Rugglcs, NJ Almon Warner, s W;
Alanson Todd, w.
Dandy. Farmers, No. 3O-Nathan
Weller, NJ Josiah Phillips, S W Lyman
r Fiske, W.
Orwell. Independence, No. 40-Wait
Branch, NJ Reuben Webb, S W: Leices-
ter Gri.wold, w.
Clarendon. Clarendon Social, No. Oh
Iorato Beal, NJ; Harvey Shaw, S W;
Ozias B Hosford, ] w.
Pittsford. New England, No. 68-
(Charter forfeited the same year, haye been
unrepresented at this and the two preced-
ing annual sessions of the Grand Lodge.)
All of the persons named were, by the
constitution thereof, representatives from
their several lodges to the grand body.
Very few of them, however, attended, the
actual delegates being as follows
Rutland-John Purdy, Rodney c Royce
and Moses Strong.
Professionalism Robinson, Appleton
Fitch.
Observation-Disclosures Ellis.
Brandon-Hiram b Strong
Poultney-Samuel Ruggles.
Danby-Israel Fiske.
Orwell-BarnardK etchum, Enoch Smith
jr., o Walker.
Characteristics Bowen.
Before the address of the Grand Master
the 'ball was opened" by the reading of
''the Resolutions Of Hiram Lodge No. of
Pawlet disappearing the surrender of the
Charters"
In the afternoon of the same day-Oc-
tober 18th, 1S31-Hon. Moses Strong, of
Rutland, introduced resolution to the eff
feet that committee of five be appointed
with instructions to report resolution re-
quiring surrender of the Charters of the
several secular Lodges and that the Grand
Lodge, thereafter, ''abandon all convoca-
tons as a Masonic body"
In the evening, on the call of Rodney C.,
Royce, also of Rutland, the resolution was
called up, whereupon Hon. Stephen Haight
moved that it be dismissed. The published
record says that "a very able discussion
was had, in which Bros Strong, Royce,
Haight, Haswell, Prentiss, Hail. Willough-
by, Reed, and many other Brethren, took
part On ga final vote" the resolution
was dismissed by a vote of ninety-nine ayes
to nineteen nays. This ended the matter
for that year, and we leave its future his
tory until another day.