Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-17
From the Rutland Globe.
A BIT of History.

biA VI hiNANi9s
When the anti-masonic wave swept over
the country, oStracising some OF the best.
ablest and purcst men Of the country be
cause. iorSoOth. they were MasOns, and.
knowing that the tendencies of the insttu-
ton were good, pure and true, would not
renounce 1t, it kept its influence, for a long
time, without the pale of the institution it
self In 1881. however, it made its appear
ance in force, IN the Grand Lodge of Yer
mont. In July of that year. a petition
was presented e. Nathan b. llaswell, then
Grand Master. as he expressed it by seve-
raj brethren of Woodstock requesting him
10 call a special meeting of the Grand
Lodge. to consider the question Of dis
solving the Institution Of Masonry in this
State" This he refused to do, and the
annual communication was held at Mont
pelier in October. There were then ten
lodges in Rutland county, their location
names. number and off, 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 Robin
son, NJ Jonathan Randall, ). W; Asa ).
Jones, J. W.
West Haven. Cement. No. l9-John p.
Colburn. NJ; Iezekiah Bosworth, 5. W.
Oliver Merronville J. W.
Brandon. Washington. No. 2l-George
W. Kelley. NJ. Hiram b. Strong, ). W.
Thomas Davenport, J. W.
Mddletown. Rainbow, No. 26-Merritt
Clark. NJ. Allen Vail, 5. W. Marcus
Stoddard, J. ".
Poultney. Morning Star, No. 27-Sam-
uel Ruggles, NJ. o.; Almon Warner, 5. W. ;
AIanson Todd ! W
DANNY. Farmers, No. 3O-Nathan Wei
Ter, NJ. Josiah Phillips, S. W; Lyman r.
Fiske, J. W.
Orwell. Independence, No. 4O-Wait
Branch, NJ. Reuben Webb, 5. W.; Lei
cester Griswold, wv.
Clarendon. Clarendon Social, No. 81
Horatio Beal. NJ. a; Harvey Shaw, 5. W. 4;
Ozias b. Hosford, j. W.
Pittsford. New England, No. 66-
(Charter forfeited the same year, have been
unrepresented at this and the two preceding
annual sessions of the Grand LODGE
Al 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:
Rutand-John Purdy, Rodney c. Royce
and Moses Strong.
lAhltt-J 0uiludu DDoluSpu. AppACtDh
Fitch.
Westhaven-Barnaba Ellis.
Brand0n-lIiram b. Strong,
Poultney-Samuel Ruggles.
Dandy Israel Fiske.
Orwell-Barnard ketchum, Enoeh 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. s of
Pawlet disappearing the surrender of the
Charters"
In the afternoon of the same day-Octo-
Der Ilth ls3I-iIon. Moses Strong, of Rut-
land, introduced a resolution TO the effect
thut committee of five be appointed with
instructions 10 report resolution requiring
a surrender of the " Charters of the several
secular Lodges and that the Grand Lodge,
thereafter, abandon all convocations 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 . very able discussion
was had, in which Bros. Strong, Royce,
Haight, Haswell. Prentiss, Hall, Willough-
by. Reed, and many other brethren, took a
part" On "a final vote" the resolution